Service comparison

DeepSeek vs. Claude

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

Last 90 days · 144 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

DeepSeek

deepseek.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.96%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  3
  
  2 major · 1 minor
- Median resolution
  
  11m
- Longest outage
  
  33m
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Claude

claude.ai

Major outage
- 90-day uptime
  
  68.87%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  141
  
  43 major · 98 minor
- Median resolution
  
  57m
- Longest outage
  
  450h 35m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	DeepSeek	Claude	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	88.47%	+11.53 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	76.53%	+23.47 pp
Last 30 days	100.00%	77.08%	+22.92 pp
Last 90 days	99.96%	68.87%	+31.09 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

DeepSeek

3 total

2 major 1 minor
- Median resolution
  
  11m
- Longest outage
  
  33m
Claude

141 total

43 major 98 minor
- Median resolution
  
  57m
- 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 30
  
  Elevated errors across many models
  
  Ongoing
  
  Major
- Jul 29
  
  Elevated errors across all models
  
  2h 46m
  
  Major
- Jul 27
  
  Elevated errors on Claude Opus 5 and Haiku 4.5
  
  56m
  
  Minor
- Jul 27
  
  Elevated errors on Claude Opus 5
  
  1h 2m
  
  Minor
- Jul 27
  
  Elevated errors on Claude Opus 5
  
  48m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DeepSeek wins

DeepSeek edges out on 90-day uptime.

DeepSeek posted 99.96% vs. 68.87% for Claude (Δ +31.09 pp). Incidents: 3 vs. 141 (-138).

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