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Fireworks AI vs xAI API: which is more reliable? (2026)

xAI API is more reliable than Fireworks AI, scoring 82.0 vs 44.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Fireworks AI reported 231 incidents and xAI API reported 5, with effective uptime of 98.04% and 99.76% respectively. Fireworks AI resolves incidents faster on average (53m).

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

Fireworks AI

44.0/100

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xAI API

82.0/100

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VS
MetricFireworks AIxAI API
Reliability score44.082.0
Rank (LLM API providers)#10#5
Uptime (90 days)98.04%99.76%
Incidents (90 days)2315
Partial / major outages25
Avg time to resolve53m1h 10m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Fireworks AI and xAI API differ

  • Fireworks AI reported 46.2× as many incidents as xAI API over the last 90 days (231 vs 5).
  • xAI API had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Fireworks AI.
  • Fireworks AI fixes problems faster: 53m on average, against 1h 10m for xAI API.
  • Fireworks AI's longest outage on record lasted 1d 22h (Aug 11, 2026); xAI API's lasted 3h 39m (Sep 3, 2026).

90-day uptime

Fireworks AI

Aug 5, 2026: 97.50% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 6, 2026: 95.02% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 7, 2026: 94.83% uptime, 7 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 8, 2026: 99.77% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 9, 2026: no incidentsAug 10, 2026: 98.82% uptime, 8 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 11, 2026: 85.96% uptime, 10 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 12, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 8 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 13, 2026: 63.49% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 14, 2026: 98.05% uptime, 15 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 15, 2026: 99.92% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 16, 2026: 99.55% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 17, 2026: 99.84% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 96.11% uptime, 8 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 19, 2026: 91.36% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 20, 2026: 99.37% uptime, 7 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 21, 2026: 98.47% uptime, 10 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026: 98.52% uptime, 8 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 23, 2026: 99.42% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 24, 2026: 99.86% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026: 99.18% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 26, 2026: 99.75% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 27, 2026: no incidentsAug 28, 2026: 99.14% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 29, 2026: no incidentsAug 30, 2026: 99.96% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 31, 2026: 99.86% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 1, 2026: 96.26% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: 99.28% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: 96.73% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 5, 2026: 99.99% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 6, 2026: no incidentsSep 7, 2026: 99.84% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 8, 2026: 99.41% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 9, 2026: 98.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 10, 2026: 99.88% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026: 99.76% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 12, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 98.35% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: no incidentsSep 17, 2026: 99.87% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026: no incidentsSep 19, 2026: 99.78% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 99.93% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 22, 2026: 99.99% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 99.67% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 99.57% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 99.92% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026: 99.85% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026: no incidentsOct 4, 2026: 99.99% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 5, 2026: 99.43% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 6, 2026: 98.62% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 7, 2026: 99.77% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 98.74% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: no incidentsOct 10, 2026: 98.87% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026: 99.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 12, 2026: 96.33% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 13, 2026: 98.25% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 99.23% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 97.19% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 16, 2026: no incidentsOct 17, 2026: 99.51% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 18, 2026: 99.60% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 19, 2026: 97.95% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 20, 2026: 98.52% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026: 98.98% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026: 99.11% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026: 98.06% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026: no incidentsOct 25, 2026: 99.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026: 97.85% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 27, 2026: 99.43% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 99.22% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 99.29% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026: 99.80% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Nov 1, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.046% average daily uptimeToday

xAI API

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 96.85% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 18, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026: no incidentsSep 3, 2026: 84.77% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026: no incidentsSep 10, 2026: 99.58% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 98.20% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026: no incidentsOct 24, 2026: 99.97% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 25, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.771% average daily uptimeToday

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