# Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) vs x402 (slim)

> x402 has a score of 79.7 (A) against Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)'s 60.9 (C). Both do agent payment protocols. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 67 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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x402 has a score of 79.7 (A) against Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)'s 60.9 (C). Both do agent payment protocols. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 67 points.

- Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP): C 60.9, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/acp.min.md
- x402: A 79.7, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x402.min.md
- Pick Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) for nothing in particular. Pick x402 for reliability (+28), agent ergonomics (+7), security & auth (+14), payments & pricing (+47), maintenance & community (+67), transparency & trust (+18).

| Category | Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) | x402 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 53 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 97 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 26 | 93 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 47 | 65 |