# Granite Switch 4.1 vs pplx-decider-flash (slim)

> pplx-decider-flash scores 67.9 (B) to Granite Switch 4.1's 59.4 (C) for decision models. pplx-decider-flash 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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pplx-decider-flash scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Granite Switch 4.1's 59.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Granite Switch 4.1 leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do decision models. pplx-decider-flash is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- Granite Switch 4.1: C 59.4, rank #601 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-switch.min.md
- pplx-decider-flash: B 67.9, rank #260 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.min.md
- Granite Switch 4.1, good for A team with a GPU that wants chat, routing decisions, a safety gate and English transcription from one self-hosted endpoint under a permissive licence. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 81 against 67. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- pplx-decider-flash, good for High-volume routing, labelling and filtering over text and images with clear criteria, where half the 27B model's price matters and accuracy has been checked on the team's own labels. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 46; Schema & documentation, 89 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 66; Security & auth, 68 against 54. Also Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Granite Switch 4.1 | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 46 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 74 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granite Switch 4.1 | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | IBM | 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 for the weights, the adapters and the repository | Apache-2.0 for the published weights and inference code. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |