# GLiClass vs ScaleDown (slim)

> GLiClass scores 49.9 (D) to ScaleDown's 48.6 (D) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GLiClass scores 49.9 (D) on agent readiness against ScaleDown's 48.6 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ScaleDown leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do decision models.

- GLiClass: D 49.9, rank #848 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gliclass.min.md
- ScaleDown: D 48.6, rank #880 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scaledown.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 Reliability, 43 against 20; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Transparency & trust, 64 against 54. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 69 against 49; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 60; Security & auth, 48 against 38; Maintenance & community, 56 against 44. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | GLiClass | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 20 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 49 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 44 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GLiClass | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Knowledgator | Carbon ScaleDown, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.scaledown.xyz` |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (library and the model weights we checked) | Proprietary hosted models under ScaleDown's Terms of Service. The langchain-scaledown integration is MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-07-21 | 2026-10-14 |
| 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 | 0 stars |