--- title: "Alternatives to Skyfire for agent checkout | Agent Ready Checkout" description: "The 9 alternatives to Skyfire for agent checkout, each with a sourced difference and protocol-by-protocol status, read 4 Nov 2026." canonical: https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/skyfire/alternatives site: "Agent Ready Checkout" last_updated: 2026-11-04 section: "Alternatives" --- # Alternatives to Skyfire for agent checkout | Agent Ready Checkout > The 9 alternatives to Skyfire for agent checkout, each with a sourced difference and protocol-by-protocol status, read 4 Nov 2026. Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/skyfire/alternatives Site: Agent Ready Checkout Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 Alternatives # Alternatives to Skyfire for agent checkout In short 9 other processors sit beside Skyfire in the matrix, each with a sourced difference. Among them Checkout.com reads furthest along with 7 live or pilot cells. Skyfire is an agent identity and payments network whose KYA and KYAPay tokens bind platform, agent and human identity to a payment. ## The alternatives | Alternative | One sourced difference | Matrix, protocol by protocol | Stated cells | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Stripe | Processor and co-author of ACP and MPP. Sells to agents through Agentic Commerce Suite with Shared Payment Tokens, takes x402 and MPP machine payments, and runs Link Agent Wallet for agent builders. stripe.com, read 4 Nov 2026. | Stripe reads further along than Skyfire for ACP, UCP, Visa TAP, Amex ACE, x402, MPP, Link for agents. | 5 live, 0 pilot, 5 announced | | Adyen Agentic | Adyen's modular agentic commerce APIs (Agentic Feed, Agentic Cart, Agentic Payments), announced 16 Jun 2026 in limited availability for US enterprise merchants, with ACP and UCP payment flows in docs. adyen.com, read 4 Nov 2026. | Adyen reads further along than Skyfire for ACP, UCP, AP2, Visa TAP, Amex ACE, x402. | 0 live, 2 pilot, 7 announced | | PayPal agentic commerce services | PayPal's Agent Ready (payments from AI assistants over ACP and UCP via Braintree or PayPal Orders v2) and Store Sync (catalog distribution to AI surfaces), with access by request form. developer.paypal.com, read 4 Nov 2026. | PayPal reads further along than Skyfire for ACP, UCP, AP2. Skyfire is further along for Visa IC, Agent Pay for Machines. | 2 live, 0 pilot, 2 announced | | Checkout.com agentic commerce | Checkout.com's single-integration agentic layer covering ACP, UCP, Visa Trusted Agent Protocol, AP2 and Mastercard Verifiable Intent, offered via a waitlist on its agentic commerce page. checkout.com, read 4 Nov 2026. | Checkout.com reads further along than Skyfire for ACP, UCP, AP2, Visa TAP, Visa IC, Mastercard Agent Pay, Verifiable Intent. | 0 live, 7 pilot, 1 announced | | Braintree (PayPal Enterprise Payments) | PayPal's enterprise processor, rebranded PayPal Enterprise Payments; it carries PayPal Agent Ready's ACP path (delegated tokens) and one UCP path (Google Pay handler). braintreepayments.com, read 4 Nov 2026. | Braintree reads further along than Skyfire for ACP, UCP. Skyfire is further along for Visa IC, Agent Pay for Machines. | 2 live, 0 pilot, 1 announced | | Coinbase Developer Platform (x402) | Originator of x402, now under the Linux Foundation's x402 Foundation. CDP runs a hosted x402 facilitator on Base and Solana with OFAC and KYT screening and per-transaction fees. x402.org, read 4 Nov 2026. | Coinbase reads further along than Skyfire for AP2, Visa TAP, Agent Pay for Machines, x402. Skyfire is further along for Visa IC, Mastercard Agent Pay. | 1 live, 1 pilot, 2 announced | | Crossmint | Crossmint sells buyer-side agent checkout ($0.05 per checkout after 1,000 a month) that uses Visa and Mastercard agent tokens or Shop Pay and UCP paths. Skyfire issues signed kya, pay and kya-pay tokens and guarantees seller settlement up to the token amount, with Mastercard naming its Know Your Agent work on 30 Sep 2026. Head-to-head, crossmint.com, read 4 Nov 2026. | Crossmint reads further along than Skyfire for UCP, AP2, Visa IC, Mastercard Agent Pay, Amex ACE, x402, MPP. | 5 live, 0 pilot, 3 announced | | PayOS | Skyfire combines agent identity and payment in one signed token with its own settlement. PayOS issues network agent tokens with spend limits by merchant, amount and time, priced in prepaid credits (about 1 cent per token), and went fully self-serve on 30 Sep 2026. Head-to-head, docs.skyfire.xyz, read 4 Nov 2026. | PayOS is not further along than Skyfire on any protocol. Skyfire is further along for Visa IC. | 0 live, 0 pilot, 2 announced | | Worldpay (Global Payments) | Worldpay, now part of Global Payments, positions fraud tools, credential management, agent verification and a Worldpay MCP server for agent-led purchases, and says it works across ACP and UCP. worldpay.com, read 4 Nov 2026. | Worldpay reads further along than Skyfire for ACP, UCP, AP2, Visa TAP. Skyfire is further along for Visa IC, Mastercard Agent Pay. | 0 live, 0 pilot, 5 announced | Back to the [Skyfire profile](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/skyfire) or the [processors and enablers](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors) index. ## Sources 1. [stripe.com/newsroom/news/agentic-commerce-suite](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/agentic-commerce-suite), read 4 Nov 2026 2. [adyen.com/press-and-media/adyen-agentic](https://www.adyen.com/press-and-media/adyen-agentic), read 4 Nov 2026 3. [developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about](https://developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about), read 4 Nov 2026 4. [checkout.com/newsroom/checkout-adopts-acp-backed-by-openai-to-power-agentic-commerce-for-enterprise-merchants](https://www.checkout.com/newsroom/checkout-adopts-acp-backed-by-openai-to-power-agentic-commerce-for-enterprise-merchants), read 4 Nov 2026 5. [braintreepayments.com](https://www.braintreepayments.com), read 4 Nov 2026 6. [x402 Foundation operational launch](https://x402.org/linux-foundation-announces-operational-launch-of-x402-foundation-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents-and-applications/), read 4 Nov 2026 7. [crossmint.com/announcement/agent-commerce-toolkit-launch](https://crossmint.com/announcement/agent-commerce-toolkit-launch), read 4 Nov 2026 8. [payos.ai](https://payos.ai), read 4 Nov 2026 9. [worldpay.com/en/agentic-commerce](https://www.worldpay.com/en/agentic-commerce), read 4 Nov 2026 10. [crossmint.com/pricing](https://www.crossmint.com/pricing), read 4 Nov 2026 11. [docs.skyfire.xyz/docs/payments-settlement.md](https://docs.skyfire.xyz/docs/payments-settlement.md), read 4 Nov 2026 12. [skyfire.xyz](https://skyfire.xyz), read 4 Nov 2026 Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026 ## Edition Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026. Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [12 sources](#sources-h). ## Method [How cells, sources and read dates are defined](https://agentreadycheckout.com/method)