# ioswarm.io Cross-Retailer Product Price Comparison

> ioswarm.io Cross-Retailer Product Price Comparison is a paid API for AI agents from ioswarm.io, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Scans a product across many retailers, compares prices, specs, and reviews, then returns a ranked report with price-to-value scoring

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://ioswarm.io/api/v1/x402/run/product?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ioswarm-io-cross-retailer-product-price-comparison-09b30064
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8FIIyEv_BCIcgeglXqtUF

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 ioswarm-io-cross-retailer-product-price-comparison-09b30064 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you scan prices and reviews for Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones across all major retailers and tell me which store offers the best value right now?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a comprehensive, multi-retailer price and value comparison for a specific product, including structured specs and reviews — especially when bot-protected retail sites would otherwise block scraping. Prefer this over generic web search when you need structured, ranked, price-to-value analysis rather than raw search results. Best for consumer electronics, appliances, and popular retail goods where price varies across stores.

## Known failure modes

- Bot walls on some retailers may prevent data retrieval, resulting in partial coverage
- Polling timeout if report is not retrieved within the window
- Invalid or ambiguous product query may return no matches
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance prevents run from starting
- Obscure or newly released products may have limited retailer coverage

## How this service works

A cross-retailer product scan: the same items priced across many stores, structured specs and reviews, ranked by price-to-value, bot walls included. Pay $0.25 USDC per run; the response carries a run id and poll URL, the report lands in 3–10 minutes. No account needed — the paying wallet becomes the account and an API key is returned once.

## Output

A structured report (delivered in 3–10 minutes via polling) containing: prices for the specified product across multiple retailers, product specifications, customer review summaries, and a price-to-value ranking identifying the best deal. The immediate response includes a run ID and a poll URL to retrieve the completed report.

## 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": [
      "input"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "input": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The question or brief."
      }
     }
    },
    "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"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ioswarm-io-cross-retailer-product-price-comparison-09b30064/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from ioswarm.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/ioswarm.io/llms.txt)