# Celeris-1 Decision vs Granite Switch 4.1 (slim)

> Granite Switch 4.1 scores 59.4 (C) to Celeris-1 Decision's 49.3 (D) for decision models. Celeris-1 Decision is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Granite Switch 4.1 scores 59.4 (C) on agent readiness against Celeris-1 Decision's 49.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Celeris-1 Decision leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do decision models. Celeris-1 Decision is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- Celeris-1 Decision: D 49.3, rank #898 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/celeris-1-decision.min.md
- Granite Switch 4.1: C 59.4, rank #601 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-switch.min.md
- Celeris-1 Decision, good for Multimodal classification, routing and bounded decisions with probabilities and optional explanations Ahead on Schema & documentation, 60 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 66. Also Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Granite Switch 4.1, good for A team with a GPU that wants chat, routing decisions, a safety gate and English transcription from one self-hosted endpoint under a permissive licence. Ahead on Reliability, 46 against 40; Security & auth, 54 against 45; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 81 against 40; Transparency & trust, 74 against 53. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Celeris-1 Decision | Granite Switch 4.1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 46 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 60 | 55 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 53 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Celeris-1 Decision | Granite Switch 4.1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Celeris (Marqo Inc) | IBM |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://inference.celeris.ai/celeris-1-decision/v1/systemone` | no (local only) |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted model under Celeris terms of service | Apache 2.0 for the weights, the adapters and the repository |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-08 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-23 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |