# Decision 3.0 vs Vela 2.0 (slim)

> Vela 2.0 scores 66.5 (B) to Decision 3.0's 63.1 (B) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vela 2.0 scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against Decision 3.0's 63.1 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do decision models.

- Decision 3.0: B 63.1, rank #413 of 965 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/decision-3.min.md
- Vela 2.0: B 66.5, rank #294 of 965 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vela.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.
- Vela 2.0, good for Self-hosted routing and guardrail checks in one call, where span offsets for personal data or unsupported claims matter. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 78 against 70; Agent ergonomics, 79 against 72.

| Category | Decision 3.0 | Vela 2.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Decision 3.0 | Vela 2.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | vLLM Semantic Router Team | vLLM Semantic Router project and KR Labs |
| 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 (weights, code and documentation). The 0.3B's tokeniser keeps the Gemma Terms of Use, and training data keeps its own licences |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-06 |
| Popularity | none | 6.1k stars |