# Metronome vs Tempo (slim)

> Tempo scores 76.6 (BB) to Metronome's 69.7 (B) for usage billing. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Tempo scores 76.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Metronome's 69.7 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do usage billing.

- Metronome: B 69.7, rank #173 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/metronome.min.md
- Tempo: BB 76.6, rank #27 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tempo.min.md
- Metronome, good for A company that meters usage and bills on contracts, credits and commits, with invoices delivered through Stripe, NetSuite or cloud marketplaces.
- Tempo, good for Builders who want to settle MPP payments in stablecoins at fractions of a cent, or agents that need chain data and can pay per request without an account. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 80 against 39; Maintenance & community, 88 against 82. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.

| Category | Metronome | Tempo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 71 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 39 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Metronome | Tempo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Metronome (Stripe) | Tempo |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.metronome.com` | `https://api.tempo.xyz/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Stripe Services Agreement. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 4 |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-28 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-28 | 2026-07-31 |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 7 stars, 363k npm/wk | 1k stars, 209k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.1/5 (8) |