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Groq vs OpenRouter: which is more reliable? (2026)
Groq is more reliable than OpenRouter, scoring 91.4 vs 62.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Groq reported 3 incidents and OpenRouter reported 10, with effective uptime of 99.94% and 99.44% respectively. Groq resolves incidents faster on average (2h 16m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Groq | OpenRouter |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.4 | 62.9 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | #3 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.94% | 99.44% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 16m | 6h 48m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Groq and OpenRouter differ
- OpenRouter reported 3.3× as many incidents as Groq over the last 90 days (10 vs 3).
- OpenRouter had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Groq.
- Groq fixes problems faster: 2h 16m on average, against 6h 48m for OpenRouter (3.0× quicker).
- Groq's longest outage on record lasted 3h 33m (Nov 18, 2025); OpenRouter's lasted 2h 10m (Oct 25, 2026).
90-day uptime
Groq
OpenRouter
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Groq incidents
- MaintenanceOct 16, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Website
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 18m
Model Performance or Availability Issue
Affected: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
- Degraded performanceOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 23m
GroqCloud Console Errors Affecting Multiple Regions
Affected: Website, API
- Degraded performanceOct 10, 2026 · resolved in 6h 5m
Model Performance or Availability Issue - minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
Affected: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
- MaintenanceOct 8, 2026 · ongoing
Planned Maintenance: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
Affected: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
Recent OpenRouter incidents
- MaintenanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 6d 1h
Affected: Web & Application Services
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 12m
Affected: Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
- Major outageOct 25, 2026 · resolved in 2h 10m
Video webhooks are not being calledofficial update ↗
Affected: Video (/api/v1/videos)
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 1d 13h
Activity logs, usage metrics reporting are experiencing delays
Affected: Web & Application Services
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 42m
Increased errors and latency on API requests in the US Pacific Northwest
Affected: Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
- Degraded performanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 6h 38m
Usage Reporting Delays in Web App
Affected: Web & Application Services
Other LLM API providers to consider
- Perplexity API · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Cohere · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Cerebras Inference · #4 · 99.88% uptime
- xAI API · #5 · 99.76% uptime