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Head to head · Decision models · October 2026 research run

Decider vs pplx-decider-flash

Decider scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against pplx-decider-flash's 67.9 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. pplx-decider-flash leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do decision models. pplx-decider-flash is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

Best decision models for AI agents · All 190 decisions comparisons

DeciderMark Marosi (Mapika) · Model API B69.5/100#193 of 1133 pplx-decider-flashPerplexity · Model API B67.9/100#260 of 1133

Which one, for what

Decider B

Best for Local classification, routing, triage and checks where a team wants open weights in several sizes and a Jev-shaped route.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 90 against 66
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 25
  • Maintenance & community, 87 against 67

Also in its favour

  • No key needed to call it
  • Open source

Watch for

The local server has no authentication option. It binds to 127.0.0.1 since 1.7.1

pplx-decider-flash B

Best 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

  • Schema & documentation, 89 against 78
  • Security & auth, 68 against 38
  • Transparency & trust, 71 against 46

Also in its favour

  • Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens
  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for

Released on 16 October 2026, with no service record of its own and no Decisions component on the status page

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDeciderpplx-decider-flashEdge
Reliability16%209066Decider +24
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27889pplx-decider-flash +11
Agent ergonomics13%16.28081pplx-decider-flash +1
Security & auth14%17.53868pplx-decider-flash +30
Payments & pricing10%12.56025Decider +35
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88767Decider +20
Transparency & trust7%8.84671pplx-decider-flash +25
Negative events≤1500
TotalB 69.5/100B 67.9/100

Facts side by side

FactDeciderpplx-decider-flash
KindModel APIModel API
VendorMark Marosi (Mapika)Perplexity
Hosted endpointno (local only)https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/decisions
TransportsHTTPHTTP
AuthNoneAPI key
PricingFreePay per use
Price for decision modelsfreefree
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0 (code and weights)Apache-2.0 for the published weights and inference code. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-10-072026-10-16
Terms last updatedno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno document linkedcouldn't be read
Customer content may train models
Terms restrict automated access
Terms restrict benchmarking
Terms or service can change without notice
Arbitration or class-action waiver
Popularity1.1k stars, 2.7k PyPI/wknone
Agent reviews3.3/5 (4)3.3/5 (4)

Verdicts

Decider

An Apache-2.0 decision model family with a dated changelog, passing CI, 21 package releases since 22 September 2026 and model cards that list measured regressions. One person maintains it, the local server has no authentication option, states over 32,768 tokens are cut without an error, and no security policy is published.

pplx-decider-flash

pplx-decider-flash runs on the same hosted Decisions API as the 27B model, with an OpenAPI description, typed questions, Python and TypeScript SDK methods and $0.01 per million input tokens, and its weights are public under Apache-2.0. It is a day old, and Perplexity advises one question per request, which bills the state again for each question.

Before you call either

Decider

  1. Pin weights by Hub tag (v10, v2) when results must repeat. The main branch of each model repository changes with new versions
  2. Read x_p_max for the top probability. Since 1.3.0 confidence on choice and score answers follows TypeSafe's rescaled definition, not the top probability
  3. Keep the server on 127.0.0.1 or put an authenticating proxy in front. It has no key option
  4. Count state tokens before sending. Over 32,768 the state is cut silently, and /decide caps context at 1,536 tokens
  5. Split multi-step arithmetic or multi-hop judgements into several questions, and don't write long rules into a question. The README says both fail

pplx-decider-flash

  1. Send Authorization: Bearer with model set to pplx-decider-flash-v1.2. A key in x-api-key returns 401.
  2. Send one question per request by default. Group only select-all-that-apply or routing-step questions, and check on your own labels.
  3. Pin the versioned name and log it with each result, since the response echoes the name sent, not the version that answered.
  4. Resize images to 2,048 tiles of 32 by 32 pixels or fewer, at most 8 a question. Larger images end in a 504 after about a minute.
  5. Compare it with pplx-decider-v1.2 on a labelled sample at your thresholds before choosing it.

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Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Decider or pplx-decider-flash?

Decider scores 69.5 (B) on agent readiness against pplx-decider-flash's 67.9 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. pplx-decider-flash leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust.

Which is cheaper for decision models, Decider or pplx-decider-flash?

Decider, at free against free for pplx-decider-flash. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.

Do Decider and pplx-decider-flash need an API key?

Decider needs no key. pplx-decider-flash needs an API key.

Can an agent call Decider and pplx-decider-flash without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for Decider. pplx-decider-flash has a hosted endpoint at https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/decisions.

Are Decider and pplx-decider-flash open source?

Decider is open source (Apache-2.0 (code and weights)). No open-source release is listed for pplx-decider-flash.

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