# Laya vs GLiClass (slim)

> Laya scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against GLiClass's 49.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do inference decision. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Laya scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against GLiClass's 49.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do inference decision.

- Laya: B 69.2, rank #183 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/convai-laya.min.md
- GLiClass: D 49.9, rank #697 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gliclass.min.md
- Laya, good for Fast, cheap classification and routing on short text in many languages, as a base to fine-tune on your own labels, and as an MCP or LangGraph routing step. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 43; Schema & documentation, 80 against 49; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 60; Security & auth, 57 against 38; Maintenance & community, 83 against 44. Also Runs on your own machine.
- GLiClass, good for Topic, intent and sentiment routing over a known label set on the owner's own CPU or GPU, where many labels must be scored at once.

| Category | Laya | GLiClass |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 43 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 49 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 38 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 44 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Laya | GLiClass |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Convai Innovations | Knowledgator |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (library and the model weights we checked) |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-07-21 |
| Popularity | 29k stars | 555 stars, 13k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |