# Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) vs Openfort (slim)

> Circle Wallets scores 73.9 (BB) to Openfort's 70.1 (BB) for onchain wallets. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) scores 73.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Openfort's 70.1 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Openfort leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do onchain wallets.

- Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets): BB 73.9, rank #80 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/circle-wallets.min.md
- Openfort: BB 70.1, rank #163 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openfort.min.md
- Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets), good for An agent that should hold and spend USDC under limits a person sets and confirms, especially for x402 nanopayments, and for builders who want custodial-grade wallet APIs with their own controls. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65; Payments & pricing, 75 against 60. Also No incidents deducted, where Openfort loses 5 points for them.
- Openfort, good for A team that wants server-held wallets for agents on EVM chains and Solana with enclave signing, a free start and a CLI an agent can drive. Ahead on Reliability, 88 against 68; Maintenance & community, 87 against 77. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) | Openfort |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 88 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 75 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Circle Wallets (Agent Wallets, Programmable Wallets) | Openfort |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Circle | Openfort (Alamas Labs Inc.) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.circle.com/v1/w3s` | `https://api.openfort.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Openfort Developer Terms of Service. The Node SDK and OpenSigner are MIT. The CLI repository and package state no licence |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2026-01-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-04 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 17k npm/wk, 1.1k PyPI/wk | 10 stars, 7.6k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.1/5 (8) | none |