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Groq vs OpenAI API: which is more reliable? (2026)

Groq is more reliable than OpenAI API, scoring 91.4 vs 49.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Groq reported 3 incidents and OpenAI API reported 35, with effective uptime of 99.94% and 98.73% respectively. Groq resolves incidents faster on average (2h 16m).

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

Groq

91.4/100

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OpenAI API

49.0/100

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MetricGroqOpenAI API
Reliability score91.449.0
Rank (LLM API providers)#3#9
Uptime (90 days)99.94%98.73%
Incidents (90 days)335
Partial / major outages11
Avg time to resolve2h 16m6h 8m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Groq and OpenAI API differ

  • OpenAI API reported 11.7× as many incidents as Groq over the last 90 days (35 vs 3).
  • Groq fixes problems faster: 2h 16m on average, against 6h 8m for OpenAI API (2.7× quicker).
  • Groq's longest outage on record lasted 3h 33m (Nov 18, 2025); OpenAI API's lasted 40m (Sep 15, 2026).

90-day uptime

Groq

Aug 5, 2026 – Oct 9, 2026: no incidentsOct 10, 2026: 96.19% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026: no incidentsOct 12, 2026: 99.11% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.947% average daily uptimeToday

OpenAI API

Aug 5, 2026: 94.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026: no incidentsAug 11, 2026: 99.30% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 12, 2026: no incidentsAug 13, 2026: 94.75% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 30, 2026: no incidentsAug 31, 2026: 99.04% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 1, 2026: 88.06% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: 99.67% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026: no incidentsSep 8, 2026: 95.34% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 9, 2026: 99.74% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 10, 2026: 98.80% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026: 98.60% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 12, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026: no incidentsSep 14, 2026: 97.29% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 15, 2026: 99.67% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 16, 2026: 98.93% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 17, 2026: 99.05% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026: 98.50% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 19, 2026: 95.07% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 20, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026: no incidentsSep 24, 2026: 99.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026: no incidentsSep 29, 2026: 96.13% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 1, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026: 88.82% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026: no incidentsOct 5, 2026: 94.89% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 6, 2026: 90.03% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 7, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026: no incidentsOct 14, 2026: 99.58% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026: no incidentsOct 19, 2026: 99.56% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: 98.63% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026: 95.91% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026: no incidentsOct 27, 2026: 99.18% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 97.48% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.737% average daily uptimeToday

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