Pricing
A single bundled platform fee — covers certification, the skill directory, the agent wallet UX, fraud + abuse handling, and the audit log. Not just a settlement skim.
Deducted in-line at settlement, in USDC, on Base. No subscription, no setup fee.
No CLI required — the default path is just hosting /.well-known/payagent.json on your domain.
See what you take home before agents start calling.
Gross
$250
PayAgent fee (2%)
$5.00
You keep
$245
| Tier | Price / call | Calls / mo | Gross | Fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indie skill | $0.0025 | 50,000 | $125 | $2.50 | $123 |
| Growing skill | $0.0050 | 500,000 | $2,500 | $50.00 | $2,450 |
| Production skill | $0.0100 | 5,000,000 | $50,000 | $1,000 | $49,000 |
A single 2% facilitator fee, taken in-line at settlement. No spread, no FX, no monthly minimums — here's the full ledger.
PayAgent facilitator fee
2.00%
Skimmed from the gross USDC at settlement. Funds the verifier, certification, and the skill directory.
Deducted from skill provider payout
Network spread / FX
0.00%
None. Settlement is native USDC on Base — no asset conversion, no exchange spread.
N/A
Base L2 gas
≈ $0.0001
Standard ERC-20 transfer on Base. Paid by the agent's wallet, not the skill provider.
Paid by agent wallet
Payouts & withdrawals
$0.00
No payout fee. USDC lands directly in the wallet address from your skill manifest.
N/A
Agent calls your endpoint
GET /v1/score → you return 402 with Payment-Required: 0.0050 USDC, network=base, recipient=0xYourWallet.
Agent wallet signs & broadcasts
Wallet sends 0.0050 USDC on Base. Gas (~$0.0001) paid by the agent wallet, not you.
Facilitator verifies & splits
PayAgent confirms the on-chain transfer in <1s, splits the gross before forwarding to your wallet.
Endpoint returns the paid response
Same HTTP request: agent retries with X-Payment proof, you serve the score.
Per-call ledger
Same call, 1 million times in a month: agents pay $5,000.00, PayAgent fee is $100.00, you keep $4,900.00 — settled across the month, no payout cycle.
Funds settle directly to the Base wallet in your skill manifest. There is no PayAgent-side balance to withdraw — settlement is the payout.
Settlement timing
<1s
USDC lands in your wallet in the same request the agent makes. No batching, no holding period.
Per call, on-chain
Payout schedule
Continuous
No daily, weekly, or monthly cycle. Every paid call is its own payout — your wallet balance grows in real time.
24/7, including weekends
Minimum payout
$0.00
No threshold to clear. The first cent earned is the first cent in your wallet.
No minimums, ever
Withdrawal options
Keep as USDC on Base
Default. Composable with any Base dApp — lending, swaps, treasury management. Zero PayAgent involvement.
Bridge to Ethereum L1 or another L2
Use any standard bridge (native Base bridge, Across, Hop). Costs are bridge gas only — PayAgent charges nothing.
Swap to ETH, DAI, or other ERC-20s
Use Uniswap, Aerodrome, or a CEX of your choice. PayAgent never touches the asset after settlement.
Off-ramp to fiat (USD, EUR, GBP, etc.)
Send USDC to your preferred off-ramp: Coinbase, Kraken, Bitstamp, Bridge.xyz, MoonPay. Timing and limits are set by that provider.
Self-custody multi-sig or smart wallet
Set your payout address to a Safe, Coinbase Smart Wallet, or any contract wallet. Settlement works the same.
Changing your payout wallet
Update the payout field in your /.well-known/payagent.json manifest. The next settled call routes to the new address — no support ticket, no waiting period, no re-certification.
{
"skill": "score-v1",
"payout": {
"network": "base",
"address": "0xYourNewWallet…"
}
}Apples-to-apples is hard — each platform bundles different things into the headline rate. Here's what you actually get for the fee, at every layer you might compare us to.
| Platform | Fee | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| PayAgent | 2.00% | Settlement + cert + directory + wallet UX + audit log + fraud handling. Per-call USDC on Base. |
| Coinbase x402 facilitator | 0.00% | Raw on-chain settlement only. No directory, no cert, no wallet policy, no audit log. |
| Stripe (cards) | 2.9% + $0.30 | Card processing + dispute handling. Per-transaction fixed fee makes sub-cent calls economically impossible. |
| Lemon Squeezy | 5% + $0.50 | Merchant of record + tax + payouts. Designed for SaaS, not per-call API metering. |
| RevenueCat (subscriptions) | ~1% (+ store fees) | Subscription infra. App store / Stripe fees layered on top — effective rate is much higher than the headline. |
The honest take: if you only want raw on-chain settlement, Coinbase's facilitator is free and you should use it. PayAgent's 2% is the price of everything around settlement — being discoverable, being trusted, and letting agents pay you safely.