# Drex Max v1 vs joey-1 (slim)

> joey-1 scores 57.1 (C) to Drex Max v1's 55.5 (C) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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joey-1 scores 57.1 (C) on agent readiness against Drex Max v1's 55.5 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Drex Max v1 leads on reach and agent interface. Both do decision models.

- Drex Max v1: C 55.5, rank #90 of 120 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/drex-max-v1.min.md
- joey-1: C 57.1, rank #80 of 120 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/joey-1.min.md
- Drex Max v1, good for Agents that want self-hosted routing, triage or screen decisions with probabilities, on a CUDA GPU with 48 GB or more for images or a 24 GB Mac for text, where the Open RAIL-M terms fit. Ahead on Reach, 65 against 60; Agent interface, 80 against 70.
- joey-1, good for Agents that want self-hosted, low-cost ticket routing or guardrail checks with probabilities to threshold, on a GPU with 8 GB, and can accept a patched runtime. Ahead on Risk, 55 against 45; Documentation and upkeep, 54 against 41.

| Category | Drex Max v1 | joey-1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 60 |
| Risk (20%) | 45 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 80 | 70 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 41 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Drex Max v1 | joey-1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nace AI, Inc. (Nace.AI) | Baseten |
| Licence | Nace.AI Open RAIL-M License (modified), version 1.0, October 2026, in the repository's LICENSE. Not an open-source licence. Use is free only for individuals and organisations under $1 million in revenue in the prior 12 months and under $1 million in total funding (personal and research use excepted), never by anyone with a product that competes with Nace's, decision models included, and under use restrictions that bind the model, its derivatives and its outputs. Built on Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B (Apache-2.0), whose licence text isn't carried in the repository | MIT, named in the card's metadata (license: mit) since the upload of 27 October 2026, with no LICENSE file. The base Qwen/Qwen3.5-2B is Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-10-29 |