LLM API Providers · reliability comparison
Groq vs xAI API: which is more reliable? (2026)
Groq is more reliable than xAI API, scoring 91.4 vs 82.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Groq reported 3 incidents and xAI API reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.94% and 99.76% respectively. xAI API resolves incidents faster on average (1h 10m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Groq | xAI API |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.4 | 82.0 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | #3 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.94% | 99.76% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 16m | 1h 10m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Groq and xAI API differ
- xAI API reported 67% more incidents than Groq over the last 90 days (5 vs 3).
- xAI API had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Groq.
- xAI API fixes problems faster: 1h 10m on average, against 2h 16m for Groq.
- Groq's longest outage on record lasted 3h 33m (Nov 18, 2025); xAI API's lasted 3h 39m (Sep 3, 2026).
90-day uptime
Groq
xAI API
- 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 xAI API incidents
- Partial outageOct 24, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Major outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 26m
[Global (api.x.ai)] Outages across API, Grok.com, and Grok Build
- Partial outageSep 10, 2026 · resolved in 12m
- Major outageSep 3, 2026 · resolved in 3h 39m
- Partial outageAug 17, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Other LLM API providers to consider
- Perplexity API · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Cohere · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Cerebras Inference · #4 · 99.88% uptime
- DeepSeek API · #6 · 100% uptime