# Orb vs Skyfire API + MCP (slim)

> Orb scores 66.5 (B) to Skyfire's 40.3 (E) for card payments. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Orb scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against Skyfire API + MCP's 40.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Skyfire API + MCP leads on payments & pricing. Both do card payments.

- Orb: B 66.5, rank #289 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orb.min.md
- Skyfire API + MCP: E 40.3, rank #911 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyfire.min.md
- Orb, good for A software or AI company that bills on usage and needs event metering, plan versioning, prepaid credits, invoicing and revenue reporting behind one API, with Stripe or Adyen collecting the money. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 19; Schema & documentation, 88 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 61; Security & auth, 55 against 41; Maintenance & community, 82 against 31; Transparency & trust, 65 against 53.
- Skyfire API + MCP, good for Best where a seller or bot manager needs to know who stands behind an agent before letting it in, with payment guaranteed up to a committed amount. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 20 against 5.

| Category | Orb | Skyfire API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 19 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 84 | 61 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 55 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 5 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Orb | Skyfire API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Orb, Inc. | Skyfire |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.withorb.com/v1` | `https://api.skyfire.xyz` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Orb's Platform Terms and Conditions. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 | none |
| Tools exposed | none | 4 |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-08-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-11-13 | 2025-06-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-05-07 | 2025-06-25 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 5 stars, 185k npm/wk | 16 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |