# Clef vs kettei (slim)

> Clef scores 65.9 (B) to kettei's 58.3 (C) 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 kettei's 58.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. kettei leads on schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do decision models.

- Clef: B 65.9, rank #338 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-clef.min.md
- kettei: C 58.3, rank #640 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sqwish-kettei.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 30; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35; Transparency & trust, 86 against 51. Also Free to start without a card.
- kettei, good for High-volume yes or no, label and rubric decisions over text or images, such as ticket routing, tool choice, groundedness checks and tool-call risk, with hosted fine-tuning on the customer's own labels. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 87 against 75; Agent ergonomics, 89 against 75. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.8 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Clef | kettei |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 61 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 75 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 89 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 69 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 54 | 57 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clef | kettei |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare | Sqwish Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/cloudflare/clef` | `https://api.sqwish.ai/v1/decide` |
| 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 and API. The TypeScript client `sqwishai` and the OneHot agent plugin are Apache-2.0. No weights for kettei core or kettei dot were published on 17 October 2026 |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| 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 |  |
| Popularity | none | 1.2k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.8/5 (4) |