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The Node and Python SDKs on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paid-ai/paid-node" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "paid-python" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/paid-ai/paid-go" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paid-ai/cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The REST API takes an organisation API key as a Bearer token. 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`. The quickstart's `pip install paid` names a package we could not check" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 64, "security": 65, "transparency": 55 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @paid-ai/paid-node", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2/customers/external/customer_123/api-keys \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PAID_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"name\": \"Tenant runtime (production)\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http paid https://mcp.agentpaid.io/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "paid": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.agentpaid.io/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/payments.metering", "tool": "https://letme.dev/paid" }, "area": "payments", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Grow plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 300, "note": "up to $200,000 of billings a year, billed monthly" }, { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 600, "note": "up to $500,000 of billings a year, billed monthly" }, { "item": "Accelerate plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 1000, "note": "up to $1 million of billings a year, billed monthly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Agent Paid Limited", "domain": "paid.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://paid.ai/legal/msa", "privacy": "https://paid.ai/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Master Subscription Agreement names Agent Paid Limited, company number 16113498, registered in England and Wales at 161 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3AL. 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": "2026-10-10T02:55:04.956043463Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 263, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 262, "p95ms24h": 378, "samples24h": 115, "samples30d": 115, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "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": "2026-10-10T02:55:04.956043463Z" } }, "answer": "Paid scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Skyfire API + MCP's 40.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "skyfire", "name": "Skyfire API + MCP", "vendor": "Skyfire", "vendorUrl": "https://skyfire.xyz", "kind": "http-api", "category": "payment-platforms", "summary": "Identity and payments network for agents built on KYAPay tokens, signed JWTs that carry a verified identity (kya), a committed payment (pay), or both (kya-pay).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyfire", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyfire.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyfire.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyfire.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.skyfire.xyz", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@skyfire-xyz/skyfire-seller-sdk-node" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Every request sends a `skyfire-api-key` header. Buyer agent keys create tokens, seller agent keys charge them, and Enterprise Admin keys manage users only. The MCP server takes the same header. Sellers verify tokens against the JWKS at app.skyfire.xyz.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "No published price list. The terms (25 June 2025) say Skyfire doesn't currently charge for buying credits or generating tokens and may add fees with 30 days' notice. Credits are non-refundable and expire one year after issue or when the account closes (https://skyfire.xyz/terms-of-service/).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Skyfire uses its own KYAPay token format in a header rather than x402 challenges; no x402 support is documented (https://docs.skyfire.xyz/docs/kyapay-tokens).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 4, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 16, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.skyfire.xyz", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.skyfire.xyz/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "payments.stablecoin", "payments.card", "payments.checkout" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "stablecoin", "wallet", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 40.3, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 911, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 20, "reliability": 19, "schema": 59, "security": 41, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Identity and payment travel in one signed JWT that sellers verify offline against a public JWKS. No x402 or MPP; both buyer and seller must be on Skyfire.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Identity and payment travel in one signed JWT that sellers verify offline against a public JWKS", "A pay token commits funds at creation, so sellers carry no non-payment risk within its amount", "Separate buyer, seller and admin key types", "Four compact MCP tools with a matching sandbox host", "DPA and service-provider list published" ], "weaknesses": [ "No x402 or MPP; both buyer and seller must be on Skyfire", "No status page, changelog, rate limits or SLA", "Settlement of small charges can take up to about 51 hours (24-hour token, 24-hour charge window, 3-hour settlement)", "Credits are non-refundable, and the terms name no bank or custodian for wallet funds", "Privacy policy permits training AI models on personal data" ], "agentNotes": [ "Buyer keys create tokens and seller keys charge them; a 403 usually means the wrong key type", "Set the token amount to the most the task should spend; the seller can't charge more", "Use a kya token when a site only needs to know who you are; it can't be charged", "Don't retry `FORBIDDEN` or `NOT_ELIGIBLE`; fix the key or wait for approval first", "Rehearse against mcp-sandbox.skyfire.xyz before using mcp.skyfire.xyz" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 40.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 61, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 20, "reliability": 19, "schema": 59, "security": 41, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 56 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.skyfire.xyz/api/v1/tokens -H \"skyfire-api-key: $SKYFIRE_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"type\":\"kya-pay\",\"sellerServiceId\":\"\u003cSELLER_SERVICE_ID\u003e\",\"tokenAmount\":\"0.01\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http skyfire https://mcp.skyfire.xyz/mcp --header \"skyfire-api-key: $SKYFIRE_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "skyfire": { "headers": { "skyfire-api-key": "${SKYFIRE_API_KEY}" }, "url": "https://mcp.skyfire.xyz/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/payments.stablecoin", "tool": "https://letme.dev/skyfire" }, "area": "payments", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Skyfire Systems Inc.", "domain": "skyfire.xyz", "domainRegistered": "2023-11-28", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://skyfire.xyz/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://skyfire.xyz/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 56 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyfire.json", "live": { "slug": "skyfire", "probe": { "target": "https://api.skyfire.xyz", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:10.453093579Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 490, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.96, "p50ms24h": 506, "p95ms24h": 592, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 2466, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@skyfire-xyz/skyfire-seller-sdk-node", "version": "0.0.7", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:20:37.710708233Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 10, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://skyfire.xyz/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:16.30146661Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.skyfire.xyz/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:47.119854398Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "skyfire.xyz", "registered": "2023-11-28", "source": "https://rdap.centralnic.com/xyz/domain/skyfire.xyz", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:03.55575612Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://skyfire.xyz/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:28.496404306Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c1150a5691ff" }, { "url": "https://skyfire.xyz/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:30.762165837Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "144fa8551297" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:10.453093579Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Agent Paid Limited", "b": "Skyfire", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2", "b": "https://api.skyfire.xyz", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Paid's Master Subscription Agreement. The Node and Python SDKs on GitHub are MIT", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "4", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-15", "b": "2026-08-04", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-06-25", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-06-25", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "24k npm/wk", "b": "16 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Paid scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Skyfire API + MCP's 40.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Paid or Skyfire API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Paid takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Skyfire API + MCP needs an API key.", "question": "Do Paid and Skyfire API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Paid has a hosted endpoint at https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2 and Skyfire API + MCP at https://api.skyfire.xyz.", "question": "Can an agent call Paid and Skyfire API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 35 against 19", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 59", "Agent ergonomics, 70 against 61", "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 41", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 31" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "paid", "watchFor": "The docs index advertises an OpenAPI 3.1 file at two addresses, and both returned 404 on 9 October 2026" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Best where a seller or bot manager needs to know who stands behind an agent before letting it in, with payment guaranteed up 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paid-vs-paypal-mcp-server.json", "title": "Paid vs PayPal MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paid-vs-paypal-mcp-server" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paypal-mcp-server-vs-skyfire.json", "title": "PayPal MCP server vs Skyfire API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paypal-mcp-server-vs-skyfire" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 16, "edge": "paid", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "paid": 35, "skyfire": 19, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "paid", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "paid": 64, "skyfire": 59, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "paid", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "paid": 70, "skyfire": 61, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "paid", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "paid": 65, "skyfire": 41, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "paid", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "paid": 30, "skyfire": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 46, "edge": "paid", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "paid": 77, "skyfire": 31, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "skyfire", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "paid": 51, "skyfire": 53, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Paid scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Skyfire API + MCP's 40.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do checkout.", "verdicts": { "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.", "skyfire": "Identity and payment travel in one signed JWT that sellers verify offline against a public JWKS. No x402 or MPP; both buyer and seller must be on Skyfire." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paid-vs-skyfire", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paid-vs-skyfire.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paid-vs-skyfire.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paid-vs-skyfire.min.md" }, "markdown": "Paid scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Skyfire API + MCP's 40.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do checkout.\n\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- Skyfire API + MCP: grade E, 40.3/100, rank #911 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyfire.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyfire.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### 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\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 35 against 19\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 64 against 59\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 61\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 41\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 77 against 31\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### Skyfire API + MCP (E)\n\nGood 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.\n\nWatch for: No x402 or MPP; both buyer and seller must be on Skyfire\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Paid | Skyfire API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 19 | Paid +16 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 59 | Paid +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 61 | Paid +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 65 | 41 | Paid +24 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Paid +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 31 | Paid +46 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 53 | Skyfire API + MCP +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.1 · C** | **40.3 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Paid | Skyfire API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Agent Paid Limited | Skyfire |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.agentpaid.io/api/v2` | `https://api.skyfire.xyz` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Paid's Master Subscription Agreement. The Node and Python SDKs on GitHub are MIT | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 4 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-08-04 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-06-25 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-06-25 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n| Popularity | 24k npm/wk | 16 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Skyfire API + MCP.** Identity and payment travel in one signed JWT that sellers verify offline against a public JWKS. No x402 or MPP; both buyer and seller must be on Skyfire.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Skyfire API + MCP\n\n1. Buyer keys create tokens and seller keys charge them; a 403 usually means the wrong key type\n2. Set the token amount to the most the task should spend; the seller can't charge more\n3. Use a kya token when a site only needs to know who you are; it can't be charged\n4. Don't retry `FORBIDDEN` or `NOT_ELIGIBLE`; fix the key or wait for approval first\n5. Rehearse against mcp-sandbox.skyfire.xyz before using mcp.skyfire.xyz\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Paid or Skyfire API + MCP?\n\nPaid scores 55.1 (C) on agent readiness against Skyfire API + MCP's 40.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Paid and Skyfire API + MCP need an API key?\n\nPaid takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. 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