# 402cron vs Hook0 (slim)

> Hook0 scores 64.6 (B) to 402cron's 63.5 (B) for sending webhooks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hook0 scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against 402cron's 63.5 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 402cron leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do sending webhooks. 402cron accepts x402. Hook0 doesn't.

- 402cron: B 63.5, rank #452 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/402cron.min.md
- Hook0: B 64.6, rank #400 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hook0.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 Agent ergonomics, 76 against 65; Payments & pricing, 86 against 40. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Hook0 loses 4 points for them.
- Hook0, good for A product that has to send signed webhooks to its own customers' endpoints with retries, replay and a delivery log, and that wants EU hosting or the option to self-host the same code. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 45; Security & auth, 64 against 41; Maintenance & community, 87 against 62; Transparency & trust, 84 against 64. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | 402cron | Hook0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 86 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 84 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 402cron | Hook0 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Georgi Kalchev | FGRibreau SARL |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://402cron.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| 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 | SSPL-1.0 for the server (source available, not an OSI licence). The SDKs and the `hook0-mcp` server are MIT per crates.io and npm. Hook0 Cloud is a hosted service under Hook0's terms of service |
| Tools exposed | 16 | 23 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.402cron/402cron` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-09-21 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-06-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-09 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 1.5k stars, 507 npm/wk, 11 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |