# Decision 3.0 vs pplx-decider-flash (slim)

> pplx-decider-flash scores 67.9 (B) to Decision 3.0's 63.1 (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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pplx-decider-flash scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Decision 3.0's 63.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Decision 3.0 leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do decision models. pplx-decider-flash is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- Decision 3.0: B 63.1, rank #448 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/decision-3.min.md
- pplx-decider-flash: B 67.9, rank #260 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.min.md
- Decision 3.0, good for Self-hosted typed decisions over screenshots, documents and short video as well as text, where open weights matter. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 82 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 Reliability, 66 against 58; Schema & documentation, 89 against 70; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 72; Security & auth, 68 against 56; Transparency & trust, 71 against 45. Also Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Decision 3.0 | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Decision 3.0 | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | vLLM Semantic Router Team | 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 for the weights and the bundled runtime, built on Apache-2.0 Qwen3.5 and Qwen3.8 bases | Apache-2.0 for the published weights and inference code. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |