# Kev vs pplx-decider-flash (slim)

> pplx-decider-flash and Kev score within a point of each other for decision models, 67.9 and 67.4 out of 100. 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 and Kev score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 67.9 (B) and 67.4 (B). Kev leads on reliability, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do decision models. pplx-decider-flash is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- Kev: B 67.4, rank #275 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jaredpalmer-kev.min.md
- pplx-decider-flash: B 67.9, rank #260 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pplx-decider-flash.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 66; Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 83 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 Schema & documentation, 89 against 77; Security & auth, 68 against 49; Transparency & trust, 71 against 49. Also Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Kev | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 73 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 67 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kev | pplx-decider-flash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Jared Palmer | 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 (code, adapters and weights) | Apache-2.0 for the published weights and inference code. The hosted Decisions API is a proprietary service |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3.3/5 (4) |