# RightNow System Zero vs Vela 2.0 (slim)

> Vela 2.0 and RightNow System Zero score within a point of each other for decision models, 67 and 66.8 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Vela 2.0 and RightNow System Zero score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 67 (B) and 66.8 (B). RightNow System Zero leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do decision models.

- RightNow System Zero: B 66.8, rank #320 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rightnow-system-zero.min.md
- Vela 2.0: B 67, rank #301 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vela.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 Schema & documentation, 83 against 78; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 79; Security & auth, 70 against 60; Transparency & trust, 70 against 54. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- 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 Reliability, 57 against 50; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 84 against 68. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | RightNow System Zero | Vela 2.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 70 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 68 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 54 |

| Fact (where they differ) | RightNow System Zero | Vela 2.0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | RightNow AI, Inc. | vLLM Semantic Router project and KR Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.rightnowai.co/v1/system-zero/decide` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, websocket | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted model under RightNow AI terms of use; the SDKs are Apache-2.0 | 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 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-27 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| 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 |  |
| Popularity | none | 6.1k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.3/5 (4) |