# Kite Agent Passport vs Sponge Wallet (slim)

> Kite Agent Passport scores 51.5 (D) to Sponge Wallet's 43.2 (E) for onchain wallets. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-10

Kite Agent Passport scores 51.5 (D) on agent readiness against Sponge Wallet's 43.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Sponge Wallet leads on payments & pricing. Both do onchain wallets.

- Kite Agent Passport: D 51.5, rank #755 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.min.md
- Sponge Wallet: E 43.2, rank #893 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sponge-wallet.min.md
- Kite Agent Passport, good for Coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex that need to pay x402 or MPP services within budgets a person approves by passkey. Ahead on Reliability, 35 against 13; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 43; Security & auth, 72 against 48; Maintenance & community, 71 against 27; Transparency & trust, 56 against 39.
- Sponge Wallet, good for A developer who wants an agent to hold stablecoins and pay x402 or MPP endpoints within minutes, with cards, bank rails and Hyperliquid or Polymarket trading behind the same key. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 70 against 35. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Kite Agent Passport loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Kite Agent Passport | Sponge Wallet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 13 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 66 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 43 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 70 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 27 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 39 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kite Agent Passport | Sponge Wallet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Kite AI | Sponge Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.wallet.paysponge.com` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under terms from Datalego Inc. dated 29 April 2026. The Passport Skills repository is MIT. The kpass CLI is distributed as binaries and its source repository is private. | Proprietary service under Sponge's terms of service. The SDK and CLI packages on npm are MIT, and the repository they name is private |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-07-07 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-06-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-06-30 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 126 npm/wk, 20 PyPI/wk |