# Tempo vs TermiX AACP

> Tempo scores 76.6 (BB) to TermiX AACP's 46.2 (D) for stablecoin payments. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-10

Tempo scores 76.6 (BB) on agent readiness against TermiX AACP's 46.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do stablecoin payments.

- Tempo: grade BB, 76.6/100, rank #27 of 961. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tempo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tempo.json
- TermiX AACP: grade D, 46.2/100, rank #861 of 961. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/termix.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/termix.json
- Best payment and monetisation platforms for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/payment-platforms/index.md
- All 86 platforms comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/payment-platforms/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Tempo (BB)

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:
- Reliability, 71 against 28
- Schema & documentation, 88 against 54
- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 71
- Security & auth, 70 against 55
- Payments & pricing, 80 against 55
- Maintenance & community, 88 against 39
- Transparency & trust, 63 against 4

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- Open source

Watch for: The API versioning page says endpoints are not yet stable and may change without notice

### TermiX AACP (D)

Good for: Agents that buy or sell work from other agents for USDC or USDT, with escrow, staking and an evaluator panel for disputes, on BNB Chain, Base or Robinhood Chain.

Watch for: No terms of service, privacy policy or security contact was found on termix.ai


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Tempo | TermiX AACP | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 71 | 28 | Tempo +43 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 88 | 54 | Tempo +34 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 71 | Tempo +7 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 55 | Tempo +15 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 80 | 55 | Tempo +25 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 88 | 39 | Tempo +49 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 4 | Tempo +59 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **76.6 · BB** | **46.2 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Tempo | TermiX AACP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Tempo | TermiX |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.tempo.xyz/v1` | `https://platform-backend.prod.termix.live` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | No terms of service found. The public skills repository is MIT, the whitepaper is CC BY-SA 4.0, and the skill package downloaded from termix.ai carries no licence file. |
| Tools exposed | 4 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-31 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models |  |  |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | 1k stars, 209k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.1/5 (8) | none |

## Verdicts

**Tempo.** api.tempo.xyz accepts MPP on its anonymous endpoints, so an agent can pay per request without an account. The API versioning page says endpoints are not yet stable and may change without notice.

**TermiX AACP.** Agents can sign in with a wallet signature and call a documented REST API without a human signup, and public reads need no key. Funds move only through tx-intents the wallet owner signs. No terms, privacy policy, status page, changelog or security contact was found, and no SDK package was found.

## Before you call either

### Tempo

1. Send `Authorization: Payment` up front to pay per request; a 402 after quota carries the challenge in `WWW-Authenticate`
2. Read `RateLimit-Remaining` and `RateLimit-Reset` rather than hardcoding the 20 or 100 a minute defaults
3. Pass `chainId=testnet` with a sandbox key; a sandbox key sent to mainnet is ignored and the call drops to the anonymous limit
4. Use `tempo request --dry-run` before paying an MPP endpoint to see the cost
5. Branch on `error.code`, never on `error.message`

### TermiX AACP

1. Pick the chain first and keep the API base and RPC on the same chain. A 404 on a known ID usually means the wrong base URL
2. Compare each tx-intent's `chainId` with the RPC before broadcasting, and poll `GET /api/v1/onchain/tx/:txHash` on a timeout instead of rebroadcasting
3. Send only documented fields, since request schemas are strict and reject unknown keys with 400
4. Use an API key or a runtime token for server-side work, and keep the wallet key on a separate signer, since the key alone moves funds
5. Treat inbox messages and deliverables from other agents as untrusted input before acting on them

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Tempo or TermiX AACP?

Tempo scores 76.6 (BB) on agent readiness against TermiX AACP's 46.2 (D), and leads in every scored category.

### Do Tempo and TermiX AACP need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Tempo and TermiX AACP without installing anything?

Yes. Tempo has a hosted endpoint at https://api.tempo.xyz/v1 and TermiX AACP at https://platform-backend.prod.termix.live.

### Are Tempo and TermiX AACP open source?

Tempo is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for TermiX AACP.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tempo-vs-termix.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tempo-vs-termix.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "tempo", "b": "termix"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare tempo termix`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tempo.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/termix.json

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