# FluxA AgentMarket vs Orb (slim)

> Orb scores 75.2 (BB) to FluxA AgentMarket's 48.4 (D) for usage billing. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Orb scores 75.2 (BB) on agent readiness against FluxA AgentMarket's 48.4 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. FluxA AgentMarket leads on payments & pricing. Both do usage billing.

- FluxA AgentMarket: D 48.4, rank #1127 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fluxa-agentmarket.min.md
- Orb: BB 75.2, rank #69 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orb.min.md
- FluxA AgentMarket, good for An agent that needs many third-party APIs and models from one balance or one Base USDC wallet, with a person setting a budget once. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 75 against 30.
- 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, 87 against 12; Schema & documentation, 90 against 53; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 66; Security & auth, 72 against 51; Maintenance & community, 84 against 64; Transparency & trust, 66 against 32. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | FluxA AgentMarket | Orb |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 12 | 87 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 53 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 72 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 75 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 32 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | FluxA AgentMarket | Orb |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | FluxA Technology Pte. Ltd. | Orb, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://router.fluxapay.xyz` | `https://api.withorb.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| x402 | payer tooling only | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under the AgentMarket Terms of Service (effective 14 January 2026). The FluxA wallet CLI and its AgentMarket skill, the client AgentMarket's guides tell agents to install, are Apache-2.0 on GitHub | Proprietary service under Orb's Platform Terms and Conditions. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-11-06 | 2026-10-31 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | 2024-11-13 |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | 2025-05-07 |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 5 stars, 185k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, Orb +75: FluxA AgentMarket 12 (Graded as a hosted service, the discovery gateway on agentmarket.fluxapay.xyz and the proxy and LLM endpoints on router.fluxapay.xyz, from the vendor's pages.); Orb 87 (Hosted lines.)
- Payments & pricing, FluxA AgentMarket +45: FluxA AgentMarket 75 (Payment platforms take the highest step that applies on the 40-point protocol line (40 on all their own endpoints, 30 on part of their own API, 25 when their me…); Orb 30 (Payment platforms take the highest step that applies on the 40-point protocol line.)
- Schema & documentation, Orb +37: FluxA AgentMarket 53 (No OpenAPI file was found.); Orb 90 (A public OpenAPI 3.1 description, now 160 operations on 124 paths, 781 schemas and 117 webhook events (25).)
- Transparency & trust, Orb +34: FluxA AgentMarket 32 (The editorial half.); Orb 66 (The platform is closed under published Platform Terms and Conditions, and the SDKs are Apache-2.0. The terms page shows no version date (17 of 30).)
- Security & auth, Orb +21: FluxA AgentMarket 51 (`fxa_live_` keys are created by a person at /keys and shown once, each with a spending limit in Units that changes within seconds, and are revoked immediately o…); Orb 72 (API keys are Bearer tokens created in the web app, separately for test mode and live mode, and can be revoked.)
- Maintenance & community, Orb +20: FluxA AgentMarket 64 (Read for a closed service.); Orb 84 (The Python SDK 4.93.0, TypeScript SDK 6.36.0 and Go SDK v1.136.0 were all tagged on 31 October 2026 (30).)