# Orb vs Tempo (slim)

> Tempo scores 76.6 (BB) to Orb's 66.5 (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 Orb's 66.5 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Orb leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do usage billing.

- Orb: B 66.5, rank #289 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orb.min.md
- Tempo: BB 76.6, rank #27 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tempo.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 71; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 78.
- 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 Security & auth, 70 against 55; Payments & pricing, 80 against 5; Maintenance & community, 88 against 82. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.

| Category | Orb | Tempo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 71 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 88 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 84 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 55 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 5 | 80 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Orb | Tempo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Orb, Inc. | Tempo |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.withorb.com/v1` | `https://api.tempo.xyz/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Orb's Platform Terms and Conditions. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 4 |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-11-13 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-05-07 | 2026-07-31 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| 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 | 5 stars, 185k npm/wk | 1k stars, 209k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.1/5 (8) |