# GLiClass vs pplx-decider (slim)

> pplx-decider scores 62.9 (B) to GLiClass's 49.9 (D) for decision models. 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/gliclass-vs-pplx-decider.md (~2,550 tokens) · this version ~780 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gliclass-vs-pplx-decider.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gliclass-vs-pplx-decider
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

pplx-decider scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against GLiClass's 49.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. GLiClass leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do decision models. pplx-decider is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- GLiClass: D 49.9, rank #783 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gliclass.min.md
- pplx-decider: B 62.9, rank #417 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider.min.md
- GLiClass, good for Topic, intent and sentiment routing over a known label set on the owner's own CPU or GPU, where many labels must be scored at once. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Transparency & trust, 64 against 52. 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 Reliability, 61 against 43; Schema & documentation, 90 against 49; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 60; Security & auth, 61 against 38; Maintenance & community, 62 against 44. Also Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | GLiClass | pplx-decider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 61 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 49 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 44 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GLiClass | pplx-decider |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Knowledgator | 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 (library and the model weights we checked) | Apache-2.0 for the published weights. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-07-21 | 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 |
| Popularity | 555 stars, 13k PyPI/wk | none |