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Why use pplx-decider-flash-v1.3 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers pplx-decider-flash-v1.3 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.01/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare pplx-decider-flash-v1.3 across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],perplexity/pplx-decider-flash-v1.3Request example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="perplexity/pplx-decider-flash-v1.3",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "perplexity/pplx-decider-flash-v1.3", not the LLMReference slug "pplx-decider-flash-v1.3".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare pplx-decider-flash-v1.3 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Perplexity Labs | $0.01 | Free |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.01 | Free |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.01 |
| Output tokens | Free |
Capabilities
About pplx-decider-flash-v1.3
pplx-decider-flash-v1.3 is Perplexity's 4B multimodal decision model, released November 12, 2026 with open weights under Apache 2.0. It is fine-tuned from Qwen3.5-4B and distilled from the 27B pplx-decider-v1.3, sharing its request schema and capabilities, including text and image input and the new locate span-extraction questions. Like the other PPLX Decider models it returns probabilities for yes/no, choice and score questions instead of text. It is served through the Perplexity Decisions API (alias pplx-decider-flash-latest now selects it) at $0.01 per 1M input tokens with free output, and is listed on OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway.