# Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) vs L402 (slim)

> L402 has a score of 60.5 (C) against Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)'s 55.3 (C). Both do agent payment protocols. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 37 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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L402 has a score of 60.5 (C) against Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)'s 55.3 (C). Both do agent payment protocols. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 37 points.

- Agent Payments Protocol (AP2): C 55.3, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ap2.min.md
- L402: C 60.5, rank graded, not ranked against tools · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/l402.min.md
- Pick Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) for schema & documentation (+9), security & auth (+26), transparency & trust (+6). Pick L402 for reliability (+24), agent ergonomics (+10), payments & pricing (+37), maintenance & community (+8).

| Category | Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) | L402 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 31 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 51 | 61 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 84 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 97 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 19 | 27 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 50 |