# Decider vs pplx-decider-flash (slim)

> Decider scores 69.5 (B) to pplx-decider-flash's 67.9 (B) for decision models. pplx-decider-flash is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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.

- Decider: B 69.5, rank #193 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/decider.min.md
- pplx-decider-flash: B 67.9, rank #260 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.min.md
- Decider, good 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 No key needed to call it; Open source.
- pplx-decider-flash, good 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 Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Decider | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 46 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Decider | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mark Marosi (Mapika) | Perplexity |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/decisions` |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (code and weights) | Apache-2.0 for the published weights and inference code. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 1.1k stars, 2.7k PyPI/wk | none |