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24 alternatives to PayID
It's like an email address for payments
PayID is a protocol that enables payments across different networks using a universal address format similar to email. Users create a PayID (like alice$example.com) that maps to a URL and resolves to their payment… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. PayID launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Monidfree tier, from $0.0013/mo▲501One wallet, every paid tool your agent needs
Aug 2026 · monid.ai · its alternatives →
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Crossnode▲383Vibe code AI agents and put them behind a payment wall
Mar 2026 · crossnode.sh · its alternatives →
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pay3▲77Turn your wallet address into a single link and username
Jan 2026 · pay3.so · its alternatives →
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Send business payments to any country in any currency.
2018 · trolley.com · its alternatives →
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The internet-native payment standard for AI agents
Mar 2026 · mpp.dev · its alternatives →
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x402▲119Hi HN – excited to announce x402, initially developed by Coinbase (YC 12) x402 lets any HTTP API charge per request without issuing API keys or storing credit cards. Buyers (humans or AI agents) keep funds in their own wallet and dynamically discover compatible endpoints, call them as usual, and automatically pay a microtransaction in USDC or other tokens to settle. 90 second demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV-L2AfLhJg Problem: Every time we want to use a new API we have to: find the service online create a developer account, copy a secret key into env vars, pre-fund or…
2025 · x402.org · its alternatives →
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