# EduPulse Student Loan Plan Comparison (SAVE Sunset)

> EduPulse Student Loan Plan Comparison (SAVE Sunset) is a paid API for AI agents from edupulse.theaslangroupllc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.5/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Compares RAP, IBR, and new Tiered Standard loan repayment plans with exact monthly payment math, forgiveness horizons, and PSLF eligibility given a borrower's income and loan details.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://edupulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/loan/plan-check
- Price: $0.5/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/edupulse-student-loan-plan-comparison-save-sunset-a1570a29
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sGSwc0IBP0jM9wC4l4kAc

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 edupulse-student-loan-plan-comparison-save-sunset-a1570a29
```

Example prompt: My SAVE plan is ending and I have $48,000 in federal student loans, an AGI of $62,000, and 2 dependents — can you compare my exact monthly payments, forgiveness timelines, and PSLF eligibility across RAP, IBR, and the new Tiered Standard so I know which plan to pick within my 90-day switch window?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when a borrower needs deterministic, formula-based monthly payment math across the three currently open federal repayment plans (RAP, IBR, Tiered Standard) during the SAVE sunset period. Prefer this over generic financial calculators because it encodes the specific RAP AGI bracket logic, $50/dependent credit, 2026 IBR poverty-line thresholds, and tiered amortization — not estimates. Use it when PSLF eligibility and forgiveness horizon comparisons are needed in one call with citation-pinned outputs rather than LLM-generated approximations.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required income or loan balance parameters — returns 400 with field-level validation errors
- Loan type not eligible for one or more plans — partial comparison returned with ineligible plans flagged
- Income or family size out of supported range — returns 422 with boundary explanation
- Regulatory formulas not yet finalized for a given plan — returns partial result with caveat flag
- Service unavailable — returns 503

## How this service works

SAVE is ending — compare your actual numbers on every plan still open to you. RAP vs IBR vs the new Tiered Standard: exact monthly payment math (RAP AGI brackets + $50/dependent credit, IBR 2026 poverty-line discretionary income, tiered amortization), forgiveness horizons, PSLF eligibility, and which of the three fits your 90-day switch window. Deterministic, citation-pinned, no LLM.

## Output

Returns a deterministic, citation-pinned comparison of RAP, IBR, and Tiered Standard repayment plans including: exact monthly payment amounts (RAP with AGI bracket + $50/dependent credit, IBR using 2026 poverty-line discretionary income, tiered amortization), projected forgiveness horizons for each plan, PSLF eligibility status per plan, and a recommendation for which plan fits the borrower's 90-day switch window. No LLM-generated estimates — all math is rule-based and pinned to current federal formulas.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "agi",
  "balance"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "agi": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Adjusted gross income, e.g. 48000"
  },
  "rate": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Weighted avg interest rate as %, e.g. 6.5 (default 6.5)"
  },
  "balance": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Total federal loan balance, e.g. 42000"
  },
  "dependents": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Dependents claimed on your federal return (RAP $50/mo credit each)"
  },
  "family_size": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Household size for the IBR poverty-line math (default dependents+1)"
  },
  "current_plan": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "save|ibr|paye|icr|standard|graduated|extended|other|none"
  },
  "pursuing_pslf": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "true if working toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness"
  },
  "borrower_status": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "existing (borrowed before 2026-07-01, no new loans/consolidation since) | new"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ibr": {
   "monthly": 175.5
  },
  "rap": {
   "monthly": 110
  },
  "verdict": "RAP_LOWEST",
  "tiered_standard": {
   "years": 15,
   "monthly": 476.83
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/edupulse-student-loan-plan-comparison-save-sunset-a1570a29/health.json
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