# Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) vs Visa Intelligent Commerce (slim)

> Agentic Commerce Protocol scores 60.9 (C) to Visa Intelligent Commerce's 47.6 (D) for agent payment protocols. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) scores 60.9 (C) on agent readiness against Visa Intelligent Commerce's 47.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Visa Intelligent Commerce leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do agent payment protocols.

- Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP): C 60.9, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/acp.min.md
- Visa Intelligent Commerce: D 47.6, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/visa-intelligent-commerce.min.md
- Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), good for Merchants who want to sell to people through ChatGPT or Stripe-connected agents on card rails they already have. Ahead on Reliability, 59 against 42; Schema & documentation, 90 against 54; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 40; Payments & pricing, 50 against 35.
- Visa Intelligent Commerce, good for Agent platforms that will sign with Visa to pay with consumers' Visa cards under passkey-approved limits, and for merchants and bot-management vendors that want to recognise Visa-approved agents with TAP. Ahead on Security & auth, 70 against 53; Transparency & trust, 62 against 47. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 2.0 out of 5.

| Category | Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) | Visa Intelligent Commerce |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 54 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 40 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 26 | 22 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 47 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) | Visa Intelligent Commerce |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenAI and Stripe | Visa |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Trusted Agent Protocol specification and sample code under Visa's TAP Product Terms (a revocable, limited licence). The visa/ai integration kit is MIT. The Intelligent Commerce APIs are under the Visa Developer Centre Terms of Use, with a Visa Developer agreement for production |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-04-17 | 2026-06-08 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 1.5k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 2.5/5 (4) |