# ATXP vs Orb (slim)

> Orb scores 66.5 (B) to ATXP's 42.9 (E) for usage billing. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Orb scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against ATXP's 42.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ATXP leads on payments & pricing. Both do usage billing.

- ATXP: E 42.9, rank #887 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atxp.min.md
- Orb: B 66.5, rank #289 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orb.min.md
- ATXP, good for An agent that needs to start with no human signup and pay small amounts for inference, search, media, email or SMS from one balance, and builders who want to charge per MCP tool call. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 75 against 5.
- Orb, good for A software or AI company that bills on usage and needs event metering, plan versioning, prepaid credits, invoicing and revenue reporting behind one API, with Stripe or Adyen collecting the money. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 13; Schema & documentation, 88 against 54; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 51; Security & auth, 55 against 41; Maintenance & community, 82 against 33; Transparency & trust, 65 against 43.

| Category | ATXP | Orb |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 13 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 54 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 51 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 75 | 5 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 33 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 43 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | ATXP | Orb |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Circuit & Chisel, Inc. | Orb, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://llm.atxp.ai/v1` | `https://api.withorb.com/v1` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| x402 | payer tooling only | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Circuit & Chisel's Terms of Service. The SDK packages and the `atxp` CLI on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under Orb's Platform Terms and Conditions. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-06-02 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-03 | 2024-11-13 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-17 | 2025-05-07 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 6 stars, 499 npm/wk | 5 stars, 185k npm/wk |