# 402cron vs Upstash QStash (slim)

> Upstash QStash scores 72.3 (BB) to 402cron's 63.5 (B) for events schedule. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Upstash QStash scores 72.3 (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. Upstash QStash doesn't.

- 402cron: B 63.5, rank #452 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/402cron.min.md
- Upstash QStash: BB 72.3, rank #115 of 1226 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/upstash-qstash.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 40. Also An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account.
- Upstash QStash, good for Agents and serverless apps that need a delayed, retried or scheduled HTTP call without running a queue. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 76; Security & auth, 61 against 41; Maintenance & community, 77 against 62; Transparency & trust, 81 against 64. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | 402cron | Upstash QStash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 86 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 81 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 402cron | Upstash QStash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Georgi Kalchev | Upstash |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://402cron.com` | `https://qstash.upstash.io/v2` |
| 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 hosted service under Upstash's terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 16 | 10 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.402cron/402cron` | `io.github.upstash/mcp-server` |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-09-29 |
| Popularity | 0 stars | 269 stars, 816k npm/wk, 91k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |