# Optix402 Pricing Benchmarks API

> Optix402 Pricing Benchmarks API is a paid API for AI agents from optinx402.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns pricing benchmark data across x402 ecosystem API categories, including price distributions, market norms, and competitive pricing intelligence.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://optinx402.vercel.app/api/pricing-benchmarks
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/optix402-pricing-benchmarks-api-53a200d7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yC6KhFWXTd9s6C_Vwa4hP

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 optix402-pricing-benchmarks-api-53a200d7
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest pricing benchmarks from the x402 marketplace so I can see how my API's $0.05 per call rate compares across categories?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to understand the current pricing landscape of the x402 API ecosystem — especially useful for API providers setting prices, buyers evaluating cost fairness, or analysts benchmarking market rates. Prefer this over general web searches when you need structured, real-time x402-specific pricing data.

## Known failure modes

- Empty categories array returned if no benchmark data is available for the requested properties filter
- Invalid properties parameter may return an error or empty result
- Service unavailable if the Vercel deployment is down
- No schema validation on input may result in silent filtering failures

## How this service works

Real-time analytics for the x402 ecosystem. 30 endpoints covering market intelligence, buyer analytics, competitive analysis, revenue tracking, and ecosystem health.

## Output

A JSON object containing an array of categories, each with associated pricing benchmark data such as price distributions, median prices, and ranges for x402-monetized API endpoints in that category.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "categories": []
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/optix402-pricing-benchmarks-api-53a200d7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from optinx402.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/optinx402.vercel.app/llms.txt)