x402-market vs TimeBase
x402-market is an MCP server published by AsaiShota. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). TimeBase is an MCP server published by epam. Marketplaces we read that list it: 3 (Official MCP Registry, Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  TimeBase | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.2.0-alpha.1 Downloads/month (npm): 238 Downloads/week (npm): 37 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 0.2.6 Downloads/month (PyPI): 548 Downloads/week (PyPI): 233 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 8 Not marked · First seen |
| Copilot CLI: github/awesome-copilot | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.7 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 7 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | x402-market | TimeBase |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 3 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 8 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@x402-market/mcp-server) | On your machine (timebase-mcp) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 5, secrets among them: 1 | 16, secrets among them: 6 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not a bundle | 8 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/asaishota/x402-market | github.com/epam/timebase-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
x402-market
Let AI agents pay-per-call for any HTTP API via x402 on Base mainnet. One tool: pay_and_call.
TimeBase
Explore and query TimeBase streams, schemas, QQL, symbols, and server status via MCP.
How to run each
x402-market As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "MCP_BUYER_PRIVATE_KEY=<YOUR_MCP_BUYER_PRIVATE_KEY>" --transport stdio x402-market -- npx -y @x402-market/mcp-serverRequires: MCP_BUYER_PRIVATE_KEY (secret)
TimeBase As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET>" --env "TIMEBASE_PASSWORD=<YOUR_TIMEBASE_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio timebase-mcp -- uvx --from "timebase-mcp[all]" timebase-mcpRequires: TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET (secret), TIMEBASE_PASSWORD (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only x402-market asks for
BASE_CHAIN_IDBASE_RPC_URLMARKET_API_URLMCP_BUYER_PRIVATE_KEY (secret)MCP_MAX_PRICE
Only TimeBase asks for
DXAPI_SSL_CERT_FILEDXAPI_SSL_TERMINATIONDXAPI_SSL_TRUST_ALLMCP_AUTH_API_KEYS_FILEMCP_AUTH_AUDIENCEMCP_AUTH_PUBLIC_URLMCP_HOSTMCP_LOG_LEVELMCP_PORTTIMEBASE_AUTH_MODETIMEBASE_HTTP_URLTIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID (secret)
Show the remaining 9
TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET (secret)TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_SCOPE (secret)TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_TOKEN_PARAMS (secret)TIMEBASE_OAUTH2_TOKEN_URL (secret)TIMEBASE_PASSWORD (secret)TIMEBASE_READ_ONLYTIMEBASE_SERVERSTIMEBASE_URLTIMEBASE_USERNAME
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: x402-market · What it can do: TimeBase · Compare two other plugins
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