# Clef vs pplx-decider-flash (slim)

> pplx-decider-flash scores 67.9 (B) to Clef's 65.9 (B) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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pplx-decider-flash scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Clef's 65.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Clef leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do decision models.

- Clef: B 65.9, rank #338 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-clef.min.md
- pplx-decider-flash: B 67.9, rank #260 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.min.md
- Clef, good for Classification, routing and rubric scoring over text, JSON and images inside Cloudflare, with audio and video through Clef-omni, or self-hosted where data can't leave. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 25; Transparency & trust, 86 against 71. Also Free to start without a card.
- pplx-decider-flash, good for High-volume routing, labelling and filtering over text and images with clear criteria, where half the 27B model's price matters and accuracy has been checked on the team's own labels. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 61; Schema & documentation, 89 against 75; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 75; Maintenance & community, 67 against 54.

| Category | Clef | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 61 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 69 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 54 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clef | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare | Perplexity |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/cloudflare/clef` | `https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/decisions` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for decision models | not published | free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (weights and scoring code, following the Qwen base models). Training code and data aren't published | Apache-2.0 for the published weights and inference code. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.3/5 (4) |