# Gemini Decision 1 vs ScaleDown (slim)

> Gemini Decision 1 scores 63.2 (B) to ScaleDown's 39.6 (E) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Gemini Decision 1 scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against ScaleDown's 39.6 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do decision models.

- Gemini Decision 1: B 63.2, rank #630 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-decision-1.min.md
- ScaleDown: E 39.6, rank #1359 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scaledown.min.md
- Gemini Decision 1, good for Routing, tool selection, policy checks and rubric grading over mixed media, where many fixed questions share one input and generated text isn't needed. Ahead on Reliability, 40 against 20; Schema & documentation, 80 against 69; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 76; Security & auth, 45 against 27; Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 79 against 56; Transparency & trust, 70 against 28.
- ScaleDown, good for Cheap, high-volume labelling, routing and yes or no checks where a probability is more useful than prose, and for pulling described fields with offsets from text, images or PDFs. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Gemini Decision 1 | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 20 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 85 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 27 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 28 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gemini Decision 1 | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | Carbon ScaleDown, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.scaledown.xyz` |
| Price for decision models | free | not published |
| Licence | Closed model, used through the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint under Google's terms. The google-genai SDK that calls it is Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted models under ScaleDown's Terms of Service. The langchain-scaledown integration is MIT |
| Last release | 2026-11-11 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-04-28 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 0 stars |

Why the edge:
- Payments & pricing, Gemini Decision 1 +60: Gemini Decision 1 60 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); ScaleDown 0 (No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the OpenAPI document (0).)
- Transparency & trust, Gemini Decision 1 +42: Gemini Decision 1 70 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); ScaleDown 28 (Closed hosted models.)
- Maintenance & community, Gemini Decision 1 +23: Gemini Decision 1 79 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); ScaleDown 56 (Read for a closed model, on the decision-model split used for Jev (notice 0 to 12, churn 0 to 8).)
- Reliability, Gemini Decision 1 +20: Gemini Decision 1 40 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); ScaleDown 20 (Read as a hosted model API.)
- Security & auth, Gemini Decision 1 +18: Gemini Decision 1 45 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); ScaleDown 27 (Read for a model API, on the lines used for Jev.)
- Schema & documentation, Gemini Decision 1 +11: Gemini Decision 1 80 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); ScaleDown 69 (An OpenAPI 3.1 document (ScaleDown API 1.0.0), linked from the docs' llms.txt under OpenAPI Specs, covers /compress/raw/, /classify and /v1/scaledown.)