# Nevermined API + MCP vs Paid (slim)

> Nevermined scores 70.8 (BB) to Paid's 55.1 (C) 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 Paid's 55.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do usage billing.

- Nevermined API + MCP: BB 70.8, rank #142 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nevermined.min.md
- Paid: C 55.1, rank #669 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paid.min.md
- 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 Reliability, 72 against 35; Schema & documentation, 80 against 64; Payments & pricing, 65 against 30; Maintenance & community, 89 against 77. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Paid, good 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. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Nevermined API + MCP | Paid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 72 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 65 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 89 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nevermined API + MCP | Paid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nevermined | Agent Paid Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.live.nevermined.app` | `https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2` |
| x402 | payer tooling only | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Paid's Master Subscription Agreement. The Node and Python SDKs on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 12 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.github.nevermined-io/catalog` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 17 stars, 468 npm/wk, 4.4k PyPI/wk | 24k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |