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Agent payment rails lists 13 Payment rails entries in alphabetical order. Every payment rail in the directory, listed alphabetically by name. Nothing on the page is scored. The names are AP2, Coinbase Agentic Wallet, Hedera Agent Accounts, L402, Machine Payments Protocol, MetaMask Agent Wallet, Nevermined, Polygon Agent CLI, Skyfire, Stripe link-cli, Sui Agentic Payments, Tempo Wallet, x402.
Last verified 2026-10-16 to 2026-10-19
Sources
- AP2 protocol documentation
- Google Cloud announcement of AP2
- AP2 v0.2.0 release on GitHub
- Coinbase Agentic Wallet documentation overview
- Coinbase Agentic Wallet CLI documentation
- Coinbase launch post: Introducing Agentic Wallets (Feb 11, 2026)
- Introducing Hedera Agent Accounts
- Lightning Labs L402 documentation
- MPP protocol site
- Stripe documentation for MPP
- MetaMask Agent Wallet trading modes
- MetaMask Agent Wallet outflow policy
- Nevermined payments facilitator
- Polygon Agent CLI reference
- Polygon Agent CLI package
- Skyfire KYAPay token documentation
- Skyfire payments and settlement
- stripe/link-cli README
- Enable agents to spend
- Sui Agent Payments
- Tempo Wallet agent documentation
- Tempo guide to paying with the CLI
- x402 site
- Coinbase documentation for how x402 works
13 listingsPayment rails
| Name | Status | Open source | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|
| AP2 | Beta | Yes | Open payment extension for A2A and UCP that records checkout and payment authorization as signed mandates. Public samples exist while FIDO continues the standards work. mandates, cards, stablecoins |
| Coinbase Agentic Wallet | Live | No | Wallet for agents on Coinbase Developer Platform. The agent holds USDC, sends, trades, and pays x402 services through the awal CLI and skills, under per session and per transaction caps, while keys stay in Coinbase infrastructure. The MCP version is labeled beta. wallets, stablecoins, http-402, spend-limits |
| Hedera Agent Accounts | Designed | No | Owner funded spending account on Hedera. The owner sets a daily cap, a per transaction maximum, and a recipient allowlist in a smart contract, and can revoke the agent. Hedera says public testnet access is still forthcoming. wallets, spend-limits |
| L402 | Live | Yes | HTTP 402 flow that pairs a macaroon with a Lightning invoice. The client pays, then presents the preimage so the server can check payment without a lookup. http-402, lightning, macaroons |
| Machine Payments Protocol | Live | Yes | Open HTTP 402 protocol, co-authored by Stripe and Tempo, so an agent can authorize payment for an API with a card or a stablecoin and receive a receipt. http-402, cards, stablecoins |
| MetaMask Agent Wallet | Live | No | Agent wallet CLI for sending tokens and paying x402 requests. Guard Mode can enforce address and recipient allowlists and a rolling 24 hour outflow limit, and it asks for 2FA outside that policy. wallets, spend-limits, http-402 |
| Nevermined | Live | No | Payments facilitator that verifies and settles x402 and MPP charges against a payment plan, with metering and delegated card spending. http-402, metering, cards |
| Polygon Agent CLI | Live | Yes | Agent CLI with an embedded smart wallet. Session mode spends only inside an allowance the owner approves, x402 payments can be capped per call, and session logout revokes that install. wallets, spend-limits, http-402 |
| Skyfire | Live | No | Issues signed KYAPay tokens that bind an agent identity to a payment the buyer has committed, which the seller charges after delivery. wallets, identity, kya |
| Stripe link-cli | Live | Yes | CLI for an agent to request a card purchase or a Machine Payments Protocol charge. Link asks the customer to approve the spend request, then returns a one time payment credential. cards, spend-limits, http-402 |
| Sui Agentic Payments | Beta | No | Testnet gateway where an agent pays per API call in USDC on Sui. The owner sets an onchain grant with allowed services, a total budget, a per payment cap, and an expiry, and can revoke it. http-402, spend-limits, stablecoins |
| Tempo Wallet | Live | No | Wallet and CLI that let an agent discover paid services, preview MPP terms, and pay under a max spend cap. wallets, http-402, spend-limits |
| x402 | Live | Yes | Open HTTP payment standard. A server answers with status 402, the client pays and retries, and a facilitator can verify and settle the payment. http-402, stablecoins, pay-per-call |
Questions
- How many listings match Agent payment rails?
- 13 listings match. The list is alphabetical.
- Which listings are on Agent payment rails?
- AP2, Coinbase Agentic Wallet, Hedera Agent Accounts, L402, Machine Payments Protocol, MetaMask Agent Wallet, Nevermined, Polygon Agent CLI, Skyfire, Stripe link-cli, Sui Agentic Payments, Tempo Wallet, x402.
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