# RightNow System Zero vs ScaleDown (slim)

> RightNow System Zero scores 66.8 (B) to ScaleDown's 48.8 (D) for decision models. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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RightNow System Zero scores 66.8 (B) on agent readiness against ScaleDown's 48.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do decision models.

- RightNow System Zero: B 66.8, rank #320 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rightnow-system-zero.min.md
- ScaleDown: D 48.8, rank #985 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/scaledown.min.md
- RightNow System Zero, good for Typed decisions with per-option probabilities over text, JSON, images, audio and PDFs, including on streaming state Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 20; Schema & documentation, 83 against 69; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 76; Security & auth, 70 against 48; Maintenance & community, 68 against 56; Transparency & trust, 70 against 56.
- ScaleDown, good for Cheap, high-volume labelling, routing and yes or no checks where a probability is more useful than prose, and for pulling described fields with offsets from text, images or PDFs.

| Category | RightNow System Zero | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 20 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 70 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 68 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | RightNow System Zero | ScaleDown |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | RightNow AI, Inc. | Carbon ScaleDown, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.rightnowai.co/v1/system-zero/decide` | `https://api.scaledown.xyz` |
| Transports | HTTP, websocket | HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted model under RightNow AI terms of use; the SDKs are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted models under ScaleDown's Terms of Service. The langchain-scaledown integration is MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 0 stars |