Ground Stations
22 settlement providers processing x402 payments
Market Overview
| Name | Share | Chains | Pricing | Trend | Tx Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter | 50% | solana, base | Variable; 0.1-0.5% per settlement | growing | 10M+ |
| Coinbase CDP | 25% | base, ethereum, polygon, arbitrum, optimism, solana | Free USDC settlement; platform fees on fiat off-ramp | stable | 10M+ |
| PayAI | 10% | solana | Gasless; 0.1% settlement fee | growing | 10M+ |
| DayDreams | 10% | base, solana | Bundled with inference; facilitator fee included in LLM price | growing | 10M+ |
| Stripe | 2% | base, ethereum | Standard Stripe fees (2.9% + $0.30) on fiat off-ramp; USDC settlement TBD | growing | <100K |
| x402.org Reference | 1% | base, ethereum | Open-source; no facilitator fee | stable | <100K |
| Masa | 0.5% | base, ethereum | 0.2% per data transaction | stable | 500K+ |
| Fluora / MonetizedMCP | 0.3% | base | Per-tool pricing set by MCP server operators | growing | <100K |
| Crossmint | 0.3% | base, ethereum, solana, polygon | API-based; per-transaction fee | stable | 200K+ |
| Questflow | 0.2% | base, solana | Platform fee on workflow execution | growing | <100K |
| Slinky Layer | 0.2% | solana | 0.05% settlement fee | stable | <100K |
| Skyfire | 0.2% | base, ethereum | Per-request facilitation; variable by service | stable | 100K+ |
| AurraCloud | 0.1% | base | Usage-based; bundled with compute | growing | <50K |
| Nevermined | 0.1% | base, arbitrum | Credit-based system with x402 top-up | stable | <50K |
| Replit Agent Payments | 0.1% | base | Integrated with Replit billing | growing | <50K |
| Cointool | 0.1% | base, ethereum | Flat fee per batch operation | stable | <50K |
| Superfluid | 0.1% | base, ethereum, polygon, optimism, arbitrum | Stream-based; per-second settlement | stable | 100K+ |
| Lit Protocol | 0.1% | base, ethereum, solana | Per-decryption fee + gas | stable | <100K |
| Aethir | 0.1% | base, ethereum | Per-GPU-hour; x402 micropayments for burst compute | growing | <50K |
| Privy | 0.1% | base, ethereum, polygon, arbitrum | Per-wallet creation; x402 settlement free | growing | <100K |
| Basin | 0.05% | base | Per-query data access fee | stable | <20K |
| NEAR Intents | 0.05% | near, base | Intent-based; gas abstracted | growing | <50K |
Detailed Verdicts
Dexter — 50% market share
Dominant facilitator since mid-Dec 2025. Flipped Coinbase CDP for #1 position. Solana-native with Base expansion. Strong agent-to-agent routing.
Coinbase CDP — 25% market share
Was 60-70% share Oct/Nov 2025 before Dexter surge. Best multi-chain support. Fee-free USDC settlement is a strong moat for enterprise adoption.
PayAI — 10% market share
Solana-native gasless micropayments. Strong DePIN integration. Growing fast in the sub-$0.01 payment tier where gas fees matter most.
DayDreams — 10% market share
Dual role: LLM inference router AND payment facilitator. Unique bundled model means agents pay once for compute+settlement. Growing via AI agent integrations.
Stripe — 2% market share
Developer preview launched Feb 2026. Massive distribution moat — every Stripe merchant could accept x402. Fiat off-ramp via PaymentIntents is the killer feature for traditional businesses.
x402.org Reference — 1% market share
Reference implementation by Coinbase. Foundation for the protocol spec. Not a commercial facilitator but anchors the ecosystem standards.
Masa — 0.5% market share
Decentralized data network with x402 payment layer. Focus on AI training data marketplace. Niche but defensible position in data-for-tokens.
Fluora / MonetizedMCP — 0.3% market share
MCP-native monetization layer. Lets any MCP server operator add x402 paywalls to individual tools. Early but well-positioned for the MCP ecosystem.
Crossmint — 0.3% market share
NFT/wallet infrastructure adding x402 support. Strong developer tooling. Focus on custodial wallet creation for agents.
Questflow — 0.2% market share
Agent workflow orchestration with built-in x402 payments between steps. Each workflow node can be a paid API call.
Slinky Layer — 0.2% market share
Solana oracle + payment layer. Combines price feeds with settlement for DeFi-adjacent agent payments.
Skyfire — 0.2% market share
AI agent payment network. Provides wallets, payment rails, and service discovery for autonomous agents.
AurraCloud — 0.1% market share
Cloud compute provider with native x402 billing. Pay-per-second GPU access for AI workloads.
Nevermined — 0.1% market share
AI agent payment orchestration. Credit system that agents pre-fund, then spend per-request. Good for burst workloads.
Replit Agent Payments — 0.1% market share
IDE-native x402 support. Agents built on Replit can pay for external APIs directly from the development environment.
Cointool — 0.1% market share
Multi-send and batch payment tooling with x402 integration. Useful for agents that need to pay multiple services in one transaction.
Superfluid — 0.1% market share
Real-time token streaming. x402 integration enables pay-per-second API access. Best for long-running agent sessions rather than discrete requests.
Lit Protocol — 0.1% market share
Decentralized access control with x402 gates. Content encryption where payment unlocks decryption keys. Niche but powerful for gated content.
Aethir — 0.1% market share
Decentralized GPU cloud. x402 enables agents to rent GPU compute without accounts or subscriptions. Pay-per-inference model.
Privy — 0.1% market share
Embedded wallet provider adding x402 server-side signing. Agents get wallets via API, sign x402 payments without user interaction.
Basin — 0.05% market share
Decentralized data storage with x402 payment layer for data access. Built on Textile/Filecoin stack.
NEAR Intents — 0.05% market share
NEAR chain abstraction layer with x402 bridge. Agents express payment intents that get routed to cheapest settlement chain.