# Kev vs Vela 2.0 (slim)

> Kev and Vela 2.0 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 67.4 (B) and 66.5 (B). Vela 2.0 leads on security & auth. Both do inference decision. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Kev and Vela 2.0 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 67.4 (B) and 66.5 (B). Vela 2.0 leads on security & auth. Both do inference decision.

- Kev: B 67.4, rank #194 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jaredpalmer-kev.min.md
- Vela 2.0: B 66.5, rank #219 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vela.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 57.
- Vela 2.0, good for Self-hosted routing and guardrail checks in one call, where span offsets for personal data or unsupported claims matter. Ahead on Security & auth, 60 against 49.

| Category | Kev | Vela 2.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 73 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kev | Vela 2.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Jared Palmer | vLLM Semantic Router project and KR Labs |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (code, adapters and weights) | Apache-2.0 (weights, code and documentation). The 0.3B's tokeniser keeps the Gemma Terms of Use, and training data keeps its own licences |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-06 |
| Popularity | none | 6.1k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |