# Automation Economics Comparator

> Automation Economics Comparator is a paid API for AI agents from www.mahastrategies.com, paid per call via x402, $0.09/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-14).

Compares up to 20 automation scenarios side-by-side using declared setup costs, per-unit costs, and volumes to compute exact savings and break-even counts in USD.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://www.mahastrategies.com/api/v1/micro/automation-economics-compare?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.09/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/automation-economics-comparator-9f5c81ad
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-1WeWhpIZCaAbboyWXy26

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability automation-economics-comparator-9f5c81ad -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: I have three automation scenarios I want to compare: Scenario A costs $500 to set up and $0.10 per unit at 10,000 units/month, Scenario B costs $200 setup and $0.18 per unit at 10,000 units/month, and Scenario C costs $1,000 setup and $0.05 per unit at 10,000 units/month — can you tell me the exact savings and break-even counts for each?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need exact, deterministic cost arithmetic across multiple automation scenarios in USD with no forecasting or estimation — it is ideal for structured build-vs-buy analyses, vendor comparisons, and break-even calculations where all cost inputs are already known. Prefer alternatives if you need currency conversion, demand forecasting, investment advice, or independently sourced cost benchmarks.

## Known failure modes

- More than 20 scenarios submitted — request rejected with validation error
- Missing required fields (currency, dataClass, scenarios) — 400-level error
- Currency other than USD specified — enum validation failure
- Malformed cost or volume values in scenario objects — schema validation error
- Network timeout or upstream service unavailability

## How this service works

Compare up to 20 automation scenarios using declared setup cost, per-unit costs and volumes. Exact cents, savings and break-even counts; no currency conversion, demand forecast, investment advice or independently measured costs.

## Output

Returns a structured result per scenario including exact total costs in cents, savings versus baseline, break-even unit counts, plus metadata fields (offerId, version, inputDigest, receiptDigest, amountBaseUnits) and any computed boundaries array.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "dataClass",
      "currency",
      "scenarios"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "currency": {
       "enum": [
        "USD"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "dataClass": {
       "enum": [
        "public",
        "synthetic"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "scenarios": {
       "type": "array",
       "maxItems": 20,
       "minItems": 1
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "version",
      "offerId",
      "amountBaseUnits",
      "inputDigest",
      "result",
      "boundaries",
      "receiptDigest"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "result": {
       "type": "object"
      },
      "offerId": {
       "enum": [
        "automation-economics-compare"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "version": {
       "enum": [
        "maha-microproducts/0.1"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      },
      "boundaries": {
       "type": "array",
       "maxItems": 128,
       "minItems": 0
      },
      "inputDigest": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 71
      },
      "receiptDigest": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 71
      },
      "amountBaseUnits": {
       "enum": [
        "90000"
       ],
       "type": "string"
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/automation-economics-comparator-9f5c81ad/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from www.mahastrategies.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.mahastrategies.com/llms.txt)