Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy vs AgentPay — trust routing + spend caps for x402 agents
Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy is an MCP server published by cthulhutoo. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). AgentPay — trust routing + spend caps for x402 agents is an MCP server published by romudille-bit. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. 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 |  Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy |  AgentPay — trust routing + spend caps for x402 agents |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.4.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 2.7.3 Downloads/month (npm): 894 Downloads/week (npm): 133 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 4 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 | Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy | AgentPay — trust routing + spend caps for x402 agents |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (api.agentry.com/mcp) | Remote server (agentpay.tools/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/cthulhutoo/agentry-mcp | github.com/romudille-bit/agentpay |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 2 days ago | Responded 26 h ago |
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
Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy
Agent registry with Nostr identity, reputation, escrow, observability, and Lightning payments.
AgentPay — trust routing + spend caps for x402 agents
Buyer-side trust oracle + capped sessions for x402 agents: verified_route, receipts, 17 free tools.
How to run each
Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http agentry https://api.agentry.com/mcpAgentPay — trust routing + spend caps for x402 agents As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http agentpay https://agentpay.tools/mcpRequires: AGENTPAY_BASE_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Both endpoints responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Agentry — The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy · What it can do: AgentPay — trust routing + spend caps for x402 agents · Compare two other plugins
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