# Clef vs ScaleDown (slim)

> Clef scores 65.9 (B) to ScaleDown's 48.6 (D) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Clef scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against ScaleDown's 48.6 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do decision models.

- Clef: B 65.9, rank #326 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-clef.min.md
- ScaleDown: D 48.6, rank #880 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scaledown.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 Reliability, 61 against 20; Schema & documentation, 75 against 69; Security & auth, 69 against 48; Transparency & trust, 86 against 54.
- ScaleDown, good for Cheap, high-volume labelling, routing and yes or no checks where a probability is more useful than prose, and for pulling described fields with offsets from text, images or PDFs.

| Category | Clef | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 61 | 20 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 69 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 54 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clef | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare | Carbon ScaleDown, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/cloudflare/clef` | `https://api.scaledown.xyz` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (weights and scoring code, following the Qwen base models). Training code and data aren't published | Proprietary hosted models under ScaleDown's Terms of Service. The langchain-scaledown integration is MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 0 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |