# Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) vs Openfort > Coinbase Developer Platform scores 71.2 (BB) to Openfort's 70.1 (BB) for onchain wallets. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-openfort - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-openfort.md (~2,450 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-openfort.min.md (~780 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-openfort.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-09 Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) scores 71.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Openfort's 70.1 (BB), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Openfort leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do onchain wallets. - Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP): grade BB, 71.2/100, rank #134 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.json - Openfort: grade BB, 70.1/100, rank #163 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openfort.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openfort.json - Best agent wallets and spending controls: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-wallets/index.md - All 23 wallets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-wallets/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) (BB) Good for: Giving a personal agent a USDC wallet with hard caps in two commands, and for builders who want policy-bound server wallets and x402 on both sides. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 94 against 89 - Agent ergonomics, 83 against 65 - Security & auth, 78 against 65 - Payments & pricing, 85 against 60 - Transparency & trust, 76 against 69 Also in its favour: - Open source Watch for: AgentKit on npm is 0.10.4 from December 2025, and its fix for a local file read and public upload path is unreleased ### Openfort (BB) 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 49 - Maintenance & community, 87 against 77 Watch for: An EVM backend send is evaluated only as `signEvmHash`, so address, value and calldata rules do not block it unless the caller pre-flights ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) | Openfort | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 49 | 88 | Openfort +39 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 94 | 89 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +5 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 65 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +18 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 78 | 65 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +13 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 85 | 60 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +25 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 87 | Openfort +10 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 69 | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) +7 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | -5 | | | **Total** | | **71.2 · BB** | **70.1 · BB** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) | Openfort | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API | | Vendor | Coinbase Developer Platform | Openfort (Alamas Labs Inc.) | | Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.base.org` | `https://api.openfort.io` | | Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio | | Auth | OAuth or key | API key | | Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | | x402 | payer tooling only | payer tooling only | | Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Openfort Developer Terms of Service. The Node SDK and OpenSigner are MIT. The CLI repository and package state no licence | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-28 | | Terms last updated | 2026-06-23 | 2026-01-16 | | Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-27 | 2026-09-04 | | Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text | | Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text | | Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes | | Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes | | Popularity | 1.3k stars, 5.8k npm/wk, 1.5k PyPI/wk | 10 stars, 7.6k npm/wk | | Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none | ## Verdicts **Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP).** Operator-set max per call and max per session that the agent can't change, set in the wallet UI. AgentKit on npm is 0.10.4 from December 2025, and its fix for a local file read and public upload path is unreleased. **Openfort.** Backend wallets sign inside a GCP Confidential Space enclave, secret keys carry 26 scopes, and rate limits, errors and prices are published. On EVM, a backend send reaches the policy engine only as a hash, so address and value rules bind only when the caller runs the pre-flight check first. ## Before you call either ### Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) 1. Run `npx awal@2.12.1 status` first and sign in with `auth login` and `auth verify` if it fails 2. Pass `--max-amount` on every `awal x402 pay`; 1000000 is $1.00 3. Send an `X-Idempotency-Key` on server-wallet writes so a retry can't send twice 4. Don't register AgentKit's flaunch or zora providers on 0.10.4; they read local files 5. Give an agent a policy-bound server account or an Agentic Wallet, never a full CDP API key ### Openfort 1. Call `policies.evaluate` with operation `signEvmTransaction` before every EVM backend send. The send itself is checked only as `signEvmHash` 2. Keep the signing policy and the gas sponsorship policy separate. Linking a signing policy to a fee sponsorship stops it working as a guardrail 3. Pass a fee sponsorship on EVM sends. Without one the transaction stays pending with no error 4. Give an agent a secret key without `accounts:export`, and limit the CLI MCP server to the tools it needs 5. On a 5xx after a write, read the resource before retrying. On a 429, wait the full `Retry-After` ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) or Openfort? Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) scores 71.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Openfort's 70.1 (BB), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Openfort leads on reliability and maintenance & community. ### Can an agent call Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Openfort without installing anything? Yes. Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.base.org and Openfort at https://api.openfort.io. ### Are Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Openfort open source? Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Openfort. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-openfort.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coinbase-cdp-agentkit-vs-openfort.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "coinbase-cdp-agentkit", "b": "openfort"}`. 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