# Gemini Decision 1 vs Strands Decider 2B (slim)

> Strands Decider 2B scores 64.8 (B) to Gemini Decision 1's 63.2 (B) for decision models. Gemini Decision 1 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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Strands Decider 2B scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Gemini Decision 1's 63.2 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Gemini Decision 1 leads on agent ergonomics, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do decision models. Gemini Decision 1 is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- Gemini Decision 1: B 63.2, rank #630 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-decision-1.min.md
- Strands Decider 2B: B 64.8, rank #554 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strands-decider.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 Agent ergonomics, 85 against 69; Maintenance & community, 79 against 68; Transparency & trust, 70 against 62. Also Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.
- Strands Decider 2B, good for Cheap, local classification, routing, triage and tool-call checks on short text inside Strands or other Python agents, and for teams who want to retrain a decision model from a published recipe. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 40; Payments & pricing, 90 against 60. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Gemini Decision 1 | Strands Decider 2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 85 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 90 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 68 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gemini Decision 1 | Strands Decider 2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | Amazon Web Services (Strands Agents) |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 (code, LoRA adapter, readout head, training recipe and data inventory), on the Apache-2.0 Qwen3.5-2B-Base |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-11-11 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-04-28 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (1) |

Why the edge:
- Payments & pricing, Strands Decider 2B +30: Gemini Decision 1 60 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); Strands Decider 2B 90 (Free Apache-2.0 software with nothing to buy, so 20 + 20 + 20 for pricing, free use and no sign-up, by the self-hosted rule.)
- Agent ergonomics, Gemini Decision 1 +16: Gemini Decision 1 85 (Read on the tool lines, as the other decision-model listings are.); Strands Decider 2B 69 (Read as an API an agent calls for a decision, as for the other decision models.)
- Maintenance & community, Gemini Decision 1 +11: Gemini Decision 1 79 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); Strands Decider 2B 68 (Read as a model, on the lines used for the other decision models listed as models (Decider, Kev, Vela 2.0, Decision 3.0), for deprecation notice and model churn…)
- Reliability, Strands Decider 2B +10: Gemini Decision 1 40 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); Strands Decider 2B 50 (Scored on the local-package checklist, since Strands Decider is open weights the owner runs, as for Kev, Laya, Decider and Vela 2.0…)
- Transparency & trust, Gemini Decision 1 +8: Gemini Decision 1 70 (Model reading for gemini-decision-1 on the Gemini API's Decisions endpoint.); Strands Decider 2B 62 (Apache-2.0 for the code and checkpoints, on an Apache-2.0 base, with the training recipe, data inventory, configs, data hashes and evaluation logs published (30…)