# Crossmint API + Docs MCP vs Orb (slim)

> Crossmint API + Docs MCP and Orb score within a point of each other for card payments, 67.1 and 66.5 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Crossmint API + Docs MCP and Orb score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 67.1 (B) and 66.5 (B). Orb leads on reliability, schema & documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do card payments.

- Crossmint API + Docs MCP: B 67.1, rank #260 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crossmint.min.md
- Orb: B 66.5, rank #289 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orb.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 55; Payments & pricing, 50 against 5; Transparency & trust, 80 against 65.
- 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 53; Schema & documentation, 88 against 71; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 71.

| Category | Crossmint API + Docs MCP | Orb |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 53 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 5 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 80 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crossmint API + Docs MCP | Orb |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Crossmint | Orb, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.crossmint.com/api` | `https://api.withorb.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| x402 | payer tooling only | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Orb's Platform Terms and Conditions. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 1 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-01 | 2024-11-13 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-21 | 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 | 52 stars, 40k npm/wk | 5 stars, 185k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |