# Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) vs L402 (slim)

> Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) has a score of 60.9 (C) against L402's 60.5 (C). Both do agent payment protocols. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 47 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) has a score of 60.9 (C) against L402's 60.5 (C). Both do agent payment protocols. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 47 points.

- Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP): C 60.9, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/acp.min.md
- L402: C 60.5, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/l402.min.md
- Pick Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) for schema & documentation (+25), agent ergonomics (+16). Pick L402 for security & auth (+5), payments & pricing (+47).

| Category | Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) | L402 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 61 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 97 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 26 | 27 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 47 | 50 |