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Charges nothing when nothing matches.","url":"https://animica.dev/x402/market/competitors","method":"POST","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"limit":{"type":"integer","description":"competitors to return, 1..25 (default 10)"},"resource":{"type":"string","description":"the http(s) URL of the x402 resource to find competitors for; its own published description supplies the query, so no capability is guessed from the path. Supply this OR capability, not both"},"max_price":{"type":"number","description":"only compare services at or under this price in USD; unpriced listings are kept and counted, because we do not know that they breach it"},"capability":{"type":"string","description":"free-text capability to compare the market for, e.g. \"web search\" or \"ethereum block by number\". Supply this OR resource, not both"},"callable_only":{"type":"boolean","description":"only compare services that publish a call spec an agent could use unattended"},"include_mirrors":{"type":"boolean","description":"resource mode only: also list same-description same-price duplicates, which are one operator listed twice (default true)"}}},"responseSchema":{"type":"json"},"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.0018","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.0018/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.0018","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.0018","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_KpUZF84LDKYlE7_bXrzqv","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.0018","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Returns competitive pricing intelligence (price band, demand, settlement network) for services in the x402 ecosystem that compete with a given resource or capability.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Before I list my new x402 summarization endpoint, can you pull the competitor landscape for 'text summarization' from Animica's market — give me the top 10 rivals, only ones with a callable spec, and cap the price at $0.05?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Price a new x402 service before launch","prompt":"I'm about to list an x402 'sentiment analysis' endpoint — can you check Animica's market for up to 15 competitors offering the same capability, callable-only, so I can see what price band the market is sitting at before I set my own?"},{"title":"Benchmark an existing endpoint against rivals","prompt":"Pull the competitor analysis for https://animica.dev/x402/nlp/classify from Animica — I want to see the full price spread (min, median, p90) and which settlement networks my rivals are on."},{"title":"Find cheapest callable alternatives under budget","prompt":"I need to call an Ethereum block-by-number service via x402 but my budget is $0.01 per call — find me up to 25 competitors for 'ethereum block by number' on Animica, callable-only, under that price limit."}],"resultDescription":"A list of competing x402 services with their price band statistics (min, median, p90, count over real listings), per-rival price provenance, whether each publishes a callable spec, observed 30-day demand signal, and settlement network. Returns empty with no charge when no matches exist.","failureModes":["Both resource and capability supplied simultaneously — schema violation, request rejected","Neither resource nor capability supplied — missing required field","Resource URL not found in the harvest — returns empty result set with no charge","limit out of range (must be 1–25) — validation error","Network or payment settlement failure — x402 payment error"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need real market data on x402 service pricing before setting your own price, choosing a vendor, or listing a new capability. It is specifically valuable because it covers ~18,000 harvested x402 services with verified pricing from actual listings — not estimates. Prefer it over generic API directory searches when you need price band statistics (min/median/p90), demand signals, and settlement network data specific to the x402 ecosystem.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-15T06:56:51.756Z","isFirstParty":false}