# 402cron vs Pusher Channels (slim)

> 402cron scores 63.5 (B) to Pusher Channels's 51.9 (D) for sending webhooks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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402cron scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Pusher Channels's 51.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pusher Channels leads on reliability, security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do sending webhooks. 402cron accepts x402. Pusher Channels doesn't.

- 402cron: B 63.5, rank #452 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/402cron.min.md
- Pusher Channels: D 51.9, rank #888 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pusher-channels.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 Schema & documentation, 81 against 35; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 45; Payments & pricing, 86 against 30. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account.
- Pusher Channels, good for Pushing live updates from a server to browsers and mobile apps, with presence and server-signed private channels. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 45; Security & auth, 52 against 41; Maintenance & community, 76 against 62; Transparency & trust, 78 against 64.

| Category | 402cron | Pusher Channels |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 35 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 45 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 86 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 76 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 78 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 402cron | Pusher Channels |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Georgi Kalchev | Pusher Ltd (a Bird company) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://402cron.com` | `https://api-<cluster>.pusher.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| 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 | Proprietary service under Bird's general terms and product specific terms. The client and server libraries on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 16 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `com.402cron/402cron` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2024-11-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-08-31 |
| 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 | 2.2k stars, 1.4M npm/wk, 638k PyPI/wk |