# Lago vs Nevermined API + MCP (slim)

> Nevermined scores 70.8 (BB) to Lago's 65.7 (B) for usage billing. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nevermined API + MCP scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Lago's 65.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Lago leads on reliability, schema & documentation and transparency & trust. Both do usage billing.

- Lago: B 65.7, rank #311 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lago.min.md
- Nevermined API + MCP: BB 70.8, rank #142 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nevermined.min.md
- 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 72; Schema & documentation, 87 against 80; Transparency & trust, 59 against 51. Also Open source.
- Nevermined API + MCP, good for Builders who want to charge agents per call or by plan, with fiat and stablecoin rails and caps on the buyer side, and for agents that need one budget across x402 and MPP services. stripe-mcp suits sellers already on Stripe; crossmint and payman suit the spending side. Ahead on Security & auth, 63 against 37; Payments & pricing, 65 against 50. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Lago loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Lago | Nevermined API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 86 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 37 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 65 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 91 | 89 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lago | Nevermined API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Get Lago Corp. | Nevermined |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.live.nevermined.app` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 (platform). The MCP server and agent SDKs are MIT. Premium capabilities and Lago Cloud are commercial | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 12 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.nevermined-io/catalog` |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| 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 |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 11k stars, 48k npm/wk | 17 stars, 468 npm/wk, 4.4k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |