Service comparison

DeepSeek vs. Claude

DeepSeek vs. Claude — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 137 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

DeepSeek

deepseek.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.75%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  5
  
  3 major · 2 minor
- Median resolution
  
  33m
- Longest outage
  
  3h 28m
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Claude

claude.ai

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  71.79%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  132
  
  38 major · 94 minor
- Median resolution
  
  53m
- Longest outage
  
  450h 35m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	DeepSeek	Claude	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	98.47%	+1.53 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	79.39%	+20.61 pp
Last 30 days	100.00%	31.73%	+68.27 pp
Last 90 days	99.75%	71.79%	+27.96 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (DeepSeek minus Claude). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

DeepSeek

5 total

3 major 2 minor
- Median resolution
  
  33m
- Longest outage
  
  3h 28m
Claude

132 total

38 major 94 minor
- Median resolution
  
  53m
- Longest outage
  
  450h 35m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

DeepSeek
- May 8
  
  【已恢复】DeepSeek 网页/API不可用（[Resolved]DeepSeek Web/API Service Not Available）
  
  33m
  
  Major
- May 6
  
  【已恢复】DeepSeek 网页/API 性能异常（[Resolved]DeepSeek Web/API Service Degraded Performance）
  
  6m
  
  Minor
- May 6
  
  【已恢复】DeepSeek 网页/API 性能异常（[Resolved]DeepSeek Web/API Service Degraded Performance）
  
  11m
  
  Major
- Apr 22
  
  【已恢复】DeepSeek API 异常（[Resolved]DeepSeek API Abnormal）
  
  1h 3m
  
  Major
- Apr 20
  
  【已解决】DeepSeek Web/APP 快速模式性能异常（[Resolved]DeepSeek Web/APP Instant Mode Performance Abnormal）
  
  3h 28m
  
  Minor
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Claude
- Jul 9
  
  Elevated errors for Claude Opus 4.8
  
  22m
  
  Major
- Jul 8
  
  Degraded performance for Claude Code on the web, Cowork Remote, Claude Tag, and Claude Code Review sessions
  
  1h 57m
  
  Minor
- Jul 8
  
  Elevated errors on multiple models
  
  3h 4m
  
  Minor
- Jul 8
  
  Issues authorizing to MCP Servers
  
  7h
  
  Minor
- Jul 8
  
  Elevated errors on Claude Sonnet 5
  
  14m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DeepSeek wins

DeepSeek edges out on 90-day uptime.

DeepSeek posted 99.75% vs. 71.79% for Claude (Δ +27.96 pp). Incidents: 5 vs. 132 (-127).

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