# Microsoft-Decision-1 vs Strands Decider 2B (slim)

> Strands Decider 2B scores 61.3 (C) to Microsoft-Decision-1's 39 (E) for decision models. Microsoft-Decision-1 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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Strands Decider 2B scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Microsoft-Decision-1's 39 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do decision models. Microsoft-Decision-1 is cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.

- Microsoft-Decision-1: E 39, rank #921 of 954 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-decision-1.min.md
- Strands Decider 2B: C 61.3, rank #472 of 954 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/strands-decider.min.md
- Microsoft-Decision-1, good for Routing, classification, prioritisation and rubric checks over text, where a fixed set of options and a low price per token matter more than generated text. Also Cheaper for decision models, $0 against $0 per 1M tokens.
- Strands Decider 2B, good for Cheap, local classification, routing, triage and tool-call checks on short text inside Strands or other Python agents, and for teams who want to retrain a decision model from a published recipe. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 30; Schema & documentation, 76 against 43; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 50; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 79 against 40; Transparency & trust, 54 against 32. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Microsoft-Decision-1 | Strands Decider 2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 43 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 50 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 52 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 32 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Microsoft-Decision-1 | Strands Decider 2B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Amazon Web Services (Strands Agents) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Not stated. The announcement and OpenRouter's model page name no licence, and no weights repository was found. | Apache-2.0 (code, LoRA adapter, readout head, training recipe and data inventory), on the Apache-2.0 Qwen3.5-2B-Base |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-05 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (1) |