# 402cron vs Amazon EventBridge (slim)

> Amazon EventBridge scores 75.1 (BB) to 402cron's 63.5 (B) for events schedule. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon EventBridge scores 75.1 (BB) on agent readiness against 402cron's 63.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 402cron leads on payments & pricing. Both do events schedule. 402cron accepts x402. Amazon EventBridge doesn't.

- 402cron: B 63.5, rank #452 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/402cron.min.md
- Amazon EventBridge: BB 75.1, rank #65 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-eventbridge.min.md
- 402cron, good for An agent that needs its own endpoint called on a schedule and can pay a few cents with no human, for example a nightly digest, a poll or a heartbeat, and a builder who wants signed, verified deliveries with a tiny bill. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 86 against 35. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; Free to start without a card.
- Amazon EventBridge, good for Teams already on AWS that want events routed between AWS services, their own code and outside HTTPS endpoints under IAM, with retention and replay on the bus. Ahead on Reliability, 78 against 45; Security & auth, 89 against 41; Maintenance & community, 75 against 62; Transparency & trust, 89 against 64. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | 402cron | Amazon EventBridge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 78 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 89 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 86 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 89 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 402cron | Amazon EventBridge |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Georgi Kalchev | Amazon Web Services |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://402cron.com` | `https://events.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| x402 | yes, from $0.02/call | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under 402cron's terms of service, effective 23 October 2026. The server's source isn't published. The docs and examples repository is MIT | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement. The AWS SDKs, the API models and the agent toolkit skill are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 16 | none |
| MCP registry | `com.402cron/402cron` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-05-18 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| 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 |  | yes |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 3.2M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |