# Crossmint API + Docs MCP vs Lago (slim)

> Crossmint API + Docs MCP scores 67.1 (B) to Lago's 65.7 (B) for card payments. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Crossmint API + Docs MCP scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Lago's 65.7 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Lago leads on reliability, schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do card payments.

- Crossmint API + Docs MCP: B 67.1, rank #260 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crossmint.min.md
- Lago: B 65.7, rank #311 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lago.min.md
- Crossmint API + Docs MCP, good for Products that let agents spend, especially where a user wants a capped card or a capped stablecoin wallet for an agent, or an agent that buys from ordinary merchant sites. Ahead on Security & auth, 73 against 37; Transparency & trust, 80 against 59. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Lago loses 3 points for them.
- Lago, good for A team that wants usage metering, plans, wallets and invoicing under its own control and can run PostgreSQL and Redis. Ahead on Reliability, 86 against 53; Schema & documentation, 87 against 71; Maintenance & community, 91 against 85. Also Open source.

| Category | Crossmint API + Docs MCP | Lago |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 53 | 86 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 91 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 80 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crossmint API + Docs MCP | Lago |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Crossmint | Get Lago Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.crossmint.com/api` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| x402 | payer tooling only | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 (platform). The MCP server and agent SDKs are MIT. Premium capabilities and Lago Cloud are commercial |
| Tools exposed | 1 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-01 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-21 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 52 stars, 40k npm/wk | 11k stars, 48k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |