# Laya vs Granite Switch 4.1 (slim)

> Laya scores 69.2 (B) to Granite Switch 4.1's 59.4 (C) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Laya scores 69.2 (B) on agent readiness against Granite Switch 4.1's 59.4 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Granite Switch 4.1 leads on transparency & trust. Both do decision models.

- Laya: B 69.2, rank #208 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/convai-laya.min.md
- Granite Switch 4.1: C 59.4, rank #601 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-switch.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 46; Schema & documentation, 80 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 66. Also Runs on your own machine.
- 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 Transparency & trust, 74 against 62. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5.

| Category | Laya | Granite Switch 4.1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 46 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 55 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Laya | Granite Switch 4.1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Convai Innovations | IBM |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache 2.0 for the weights, the adapters and the repository |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-14 |
| Popularity | 29k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |