Agent Pay MCP vs Tollbooth X402
A side-by-side look at the Agent Pay MCP and Tollbooth X402 MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Agent Pay MCP for finance & fintech work as a local process; choose Tollbooth X402 for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Agent Pay MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
AGENT_PAY_AGENT_KEY, AGENT_PAY_BURNER_SEED.
Choose Tollbooth X402 when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
tollbooth_catalog, tollbooth_preview, tollbooth_verify_hash.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 45/100 · Fair | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | AGENT_PAY_AGENT_KEYAGENT_PAY_BURNER_SEED | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 4 |
| Full listing | View Agent Pay MCP | View Tollbooth X402 |
Tools & capabilities
Agent Pay MCP tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Tollbooth X402 tools 4
tollbooth_catalogtollbooth_previewtollbooth_verify_hashtollbooth_how_to_pay
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Agent Pay MCP
{
"mcpServers": {
"agent-pay-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@deepfirstsearch/agent-pay"
],
"env": {
"AGENT_PAY_AGENT_KEY": "YOUR_AGENT_PAY_AGENT_KEY_HERE",
"AGENT_PAY_BURNER_SEED": "YOUR_AGENT_PAY_BURNER_SEED_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Tollbooth X402
{
"mcpServers": {
"tollbooth-x402": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"tollbooth-x402"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Agent Pay MCP is categorized under Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Tollbooth X402 belongs to Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Agent Pay MCP for finance & fintech work and Tollbooth X402 for finance & fintech.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Agent Pay MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Tollbooth X402 is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add agent-pay-mcp and tollbooth-x402 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Agent Pay MCP has a quality signal of 45/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Tollbooth X402 has 53/100 (Good) with 4 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.