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A person creates it at app.paid.ai under Settings, API keys. Keys are full-access or restricted by scope, and customer API keys are bound to one customer and one route. The MCP server at mcp.agentpaid.io accepts OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and automatic client registration through auth.paid.ai, or an API key. Access is self-serve with no review step found.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan at $0 for up to $100,000 of billings a year, with no card required per the pricing page. Paid plans are $300, $600 and $1,000 a month by billings tier, with a 14-day trial and 20 per cent off for annual billing, and Enterprise is priced on request. No per-call price or percentage fee is published. Test-mode organisations work as a sandbox (https://paid.ai/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$300 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the 178-operation API reference index, the guides read or the pricing page. End customers pay through the builder's connected Stripe account (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 24363, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.paid.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.paid.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "payments.metering", "payments.checkout", "payments.card" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "cli", "webhooks", "typescript", "python", "go", "ruby", "java", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 669, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 64, "security": 65, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Paid suits a builder who wants usage metering, credits and invoicing behind one API, with restricted and customer-bound keys, OAuth on the MCP server and a free plan that needs no card. No status page, SLA figure, API changelog or rate-limit numbers were found, both advertised OpenAPI links returned 404, and card payments need the builder's own Stripe account.", "bestFor": "A team selling an AI agent that needs usage metering, credit balances, cost and margin tracking and invoicing in one service, with Stripe as the payment rail.", "strengths": [ "Free plan at $0 for up to $100,000 of billings a year, and the pricing page says no credit card is required", "The hosted MCP server signs in through OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and client registration, and tools run with the user's role, so viewers stay read-only", "Customer API keys are bound to one customer, can only send that customer's signals, take an optional expiry and are stored as a hash", "Rate-limited requests answer 429 with `Retry-After`, and an `idempotencyKey` on each signal makes a whole-batch retry safe", "The agreement says customer data is not used to train general-purpose models, and the DPA names AWS US-East-1 and a 30-day retrieval window" ], "weaknesses": [ "The docs index advertises an OpenAPI 3.1 file at two addresses, and both returned 404 on 9 October 2026", "No status page, uptime figure or SLA percentage was found. The agreement promises commercially reasonable efforts only", "Rate limits are described as a token bucket per organisation with no published bucket size or refill rate", "No API changelog or deprecation policy was found. Six operations are marked deprecated with no removal date", "The API and MCP server run on agentpaid.io, a second domain, and collecting card or bank payments needs the builder's own connected Stripe account" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2` with `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`. A person creates the first key at app.paid.ai. No programmatic signup was found", "Give every signal a stable `idempotencyKey` and resend the same key on retry. Signals without one are not deduplicated", "Send at most 500 signals a request. A 429 rejects the whole batch, so wait for `Retry-After` and resend it all", "Read the `code` field on a 429. `CONCURRENCY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` carries no `Retry-After` and clears when an analytics query finishes", "Install the Python SDK as `paid-python`, the name in its README and `pyproject.toml`. 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It governs the service, free plan included, and carries no date.", "The privacy policy names the same company as controller and says processing done for business customers is governed by the customer contract and the DPA at https://paid.ai/legal/dpa (last updated 13 March 2026).", "The API answers at api.agentpaid.io and the MCP server at mcp.agentpaid.io. The MCP server's OAuth metadata names auth.paid.ai as its authorisation server.", "paid.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404. The DPA gives security@paid.ai for reporting suspected incidents.", "RDAP for paid.ai gives a registration date of 2017-12-16 and a transfer on 2025-02-13. Agent Paid Limited's SDK licence files are dated 2025.", "No status page or API changelog was found in the pricing page footer, the docs index or the pages read. trust.paid.ai was not read." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paid.json", "live": { "slug": "paid", "probe": { "target": "https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:19.506927913Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 248, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 262, "p95ms24h": 378, "samples24h": 107, "samples30d": 107, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "paid-ai/paid-node", "version": "1.8.0", "released": "2026-09-11", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:11:50.219297356Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paid-ai/cli", "version": "1.2.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:11:49.525583861Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paid-ai/paid-node", "version": "1.8.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:11:47.801044563Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "paid-python", "version": "1.12.0", "released": "2026-09-10", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:11:49.331417076Z" } ], "githubStars": 8, "npmWeekly": 24363, "pypiWeekly": 25035, "pages": [ { "url": "https://paid.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:59.277334688Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "687acc4a19a1" }, { "url": "https://paid.ai/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:57.335349283Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7da60dff7a08" }, { "url": "https://paid.ai/legal/msa", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:55.032947366Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "654fd46e6356" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:19.506927913Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Nevermined", "b": "Agent Paid Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.live.nevermined.app", "b": "https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "payer tooling only", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under Paid's Master Subscription Agreement. 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"Reliability", "nevermined": 72, "paid": 35, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "nevermined", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "nevermined": 80, "paid": 64, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "nevermined", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "nevermined": 74, "paid": 70, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "paid", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "nevermined": 63, "paid": 65, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "nevermined", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "nevermined": 65, "paid": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "nevermined", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "nevermined": 89, "paid": 77, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "nevermined": 51, "paid": 51, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Nevermined API + MCP scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paid's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do usage billing.", "verdicts": { "nevermined": "Fees published without a login, 1% on stablecoins, 2% on cards and 2% for the Router. The x402 paywall settles Nevermined plan tokens, so generic x402 clients need its SDK or API to pay.", "paid": "Paid suits a builder who wants usage metering, credits and invoicing behind one API, with restricted and customer-bound keys, OAuth on the MCP server and a free plan that needs no card. No status page, SLA figure, API changelog or rate-limit numbers were found, both advertised OpenAPI links returned 404, and card payments need the builder's own Stripe account." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nevermined-vs-paid", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nevermined-vs-paid.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nevermined-vs-paid.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nevermined-vs-paid.min.md" }, "markdown": "Nevermined API + MCP scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paid's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do usage billing.\n\n- Nevermined API + MCP: grade BB, 70.8/100, rank #142 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nevermined.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nevermined.json\n- Paid: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #669 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paid.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paid.json\n- Best payment and monetisation platforms for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/payment-platforms/index.md\n- All 76 platforms comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payment-platforms/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Nevermined API + MCP (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 72 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 80 against 64\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 65 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 89 against 77\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: The x402 paywall settles Nevermined plan tokens, so generic x402 clients need its SDK or API to pay\n\n### Paid (C)\n\nGood for: A team selling an AI agent that needs usage metering, credit balances, cost and margin tracking and invoicing in one service, with Stripe as the payment rail.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The docs index advertises an OpenAPI 3.1 file at two addresses, and both returned 404 on 9 October 2026\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Nevermined API + MCP | Paid | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 72 | 35 | Nevermined API + MCP +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 64 | Nevermined API + MCP +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 70 | Nevermined API + MCP +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 65 | Paid +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 65 | 30 | Nevermined API + MCP +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 89 | 77 | Nevermined API + MCP +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 51 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **70.8 · BB** | **55.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Nevermined API + MCP | Paid |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Nevermined | Agent Paid Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.live.nevermined.app` | `https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | payer tooling only | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Paid's Master Subscription Agreement. The Node and Python SDKs on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 12 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.nevermined-io/catalog` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 17 stars, 468 npm/wk, 4.4k PyPI/wk | 24k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Nevermined API + MCP.** Fees published without a login, 1% on stablecoins, 2% on cards and 2% for the Router. The x402 paywall settles Nevermined plan tokens, so generic x402 clients need its SDK or API to pay.\n\n**Paid.** Paid suits a builder who wants usage metering, credits and invoicing behind one API, with restricted and customer-bound keys, OAuth on the MCP server and a free plan that needs no card. No status page, SLA figure, API changelog or rate-limit numbers were found, both advertised OpenAPI links returned 404, and card payments need the builder's own Stripe account.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Nevermined API + MCP\n\n1. Call `quote_service` before `pay_service`; quotes cost nothing\n2. Ask the person to open the `setup_delegation` URL once; you can't mint the first key or budget yourself\n3. Branch on the error `code` and retry only when `retryable` is true\n4. Create a small, short delegation per task; cards stop at $10.00 across delegations unless the owner raises it\n5. Use `sandbox:` keys and mcp.sandbox.nevermined.app until the flow works\n\n### Paid\n\n1. Call `https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2` with `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e`. A person creates the first key at app.paid.ai. No programmatic signup was found\n2. Give every signal a stable `idempotencyKey` and resend the same key on retry. Signals without one are not deduplicated\n3. Send at most 500 signals a request. A 429 rejects the whole batch, so wait for `Retry-After` and resend it all\n4. Read the `code` field on a 429. `CONCURRENCY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` carries no `Retry-After` and clears when an analytics query finishes\n5. Install the Python SDK as `paid-python`, the name in its README and `pyproject.toml`. The quickstart's `pip install paid` names a package we could not check\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Nevermined API + MCP or Paid?\n\nNevermined API + MCP scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Paid's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Nevermined API + MCP and Paid need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Nevermined API + MCP and Paid without installing anything?\n\nYes. Nevermined API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.live.nevermined.app and Paid at https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nevermined-vs-paid.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nevermined-vs-paid.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"nevermined\", \"b\": \"paid\"}`. 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