# Decision 3.0 vs pplx-decider (slim)

> Decision 3.0 and pplx-decider score within a point of each other for decision models, 63.1 and 62.9 out of 100. pplx-decider is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/decision-3-vs-pplx-decider.md (~2,700 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/decision-3-vs-pplx-decider.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/decision-3-vs-pplx-decider
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-12

Decision 3.0 and pplx-decider score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.1 (B) and 62.9 (B). pplx-decider leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do decision models. pplx-decider is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- Decision 3.0: B 63.1, rank #413 of 965 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/decision-3.min.md
- pplx-decider: B 62.9, rank #423 of 965 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider.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 62. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- pplx-decider, good for High-volume classification, routing and rubric scoring over text and images where a team wants a low hosted price and the option to run the same weights itself. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 90 against 70; Security & auth, 61 against 56; Transparency & trust, 52 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 61 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Decision 3.0 | pplx-decider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |