# Kev vs Liquid d1 (slim)

> Kev scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against Liquid d1's 43.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Liquid d1 leads on transparency & trust. Both do inference decision. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Kev scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against Liquid d1's 43.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Liquid d1 leads on transparency & trust. Both do inference decision.

- Kev: B 67.4, rank #194 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jaredpalmer-kev.min.md
- Liquid d1: E 43.5, rank #582 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liquid-d1.min.md
- Kev, good for Self-hosted classification, routing, triage and rubric scoring where a probability matters, especially for teams already calling Jev who want the same API on their own hardware. Ahead on Reliability, 73 against 21; Schema & documentation, 77 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 63; Security & auth, 49 against 35; Payments & pricing, 60 against 27; Maintenance & community, 83 against 60. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Liquid d1, good for Classification, routing, yes or no gates and rubric scoring over text and images at a low per-token price, or on your own hardware with d1-3B where data can't leave. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 54 against 49. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Kev | Liquid d1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 73 | 21 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 27 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kev | Liquid d1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Jared Palmer | Liquid AI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.liquid.ai/decisions/v1/systemone` |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (code, adapters and weights) | The hosted d1 model is proprietary under Liquid AI's terms of service. The d1-3B and d1-omni-600M weights and model code are under the LFM Open Licence v1.0, which is based on Apache-2.0 and conditions commercial use on annual revenue under $10 million. Training code and data aren't published |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-30 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |