# DiffDeck Hosting & VPS Provider Comparison API

> DiffDeck Hosting & VPS Provider Comparison API is a paid API for AI agents from diffdeck-api.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns live structured comparison data (price, type, best-for) for hosting and VPS providers, with optional filtering for cheapest managed or unmanaged options.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://diffdeck-api.vercel.app/api/providers
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/diffdeck-hosting-vps-provider-comparison-api-348640d1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FXz5LeZjq22Nme4xaVdH0

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 diffdeck-hosting-vps-provider-comparison-api-348640d1
```

Example prompt: Can you show me a comparison of all the hosting and VPS providers, and filter it to only show the cheapest managed options?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent or user needs structured, machine-readable hosting/VPS provider comparison data including pricing and suitability metadata — especially when filtering by management type (managed vs unmanaged). Prefer this over manual web scraping or general search when a clean JSON response with provider comparison fields is needed for automated decision-making or cost comparison workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid cheapest query param value (not 'managed' or 'unmanaged') may return an error or unfiltered results
- No providers found matching the filter returns an empty list
- Service downtime or Vercel deployment issues may return 5xx errors
- Stale pricing data if upstream provider info is not refreshed

## How this service works

Live hosting/VPS provider comparison data (price, type, best-for, cheapest) as JSON for autonomous agents. GET, optional ?cheapest=managed|unmanaged.

## Output

A JSON array or object listing hosting/VPS providers with fields such as provider name, price, type (managed or unmanaged), and what each provider is best suited for, optionally pre-filtered to the cheapest managed or unmanaged option.

## 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"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "cheapest": {
       "enum": [
        "managed",
        "unmanaged"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional filter by managed/unmanaged"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/diffdeck-hosting-vps-provider-comparison-api-348640d1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from diffdeck-api.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/diffdeck-api.vercel.app/llms.txt)