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Paddock Best-Value API Rankings
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Paddock Best-Value API Rankings is a paid API for AI agents from paddock.finance, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns a ranked list of best-value API providers for a given category, scored by transaction volume, pricing, liveness, and success rate
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Paddock best-value provider ranking — one-time query
Output
Returns a dated snapshot of ranked API providers in the requested category, each with rank, domain, transaction count, USDC price, unique buyer count, liveness score, composite value score, and 7-day success rate, along with the scoring formula and category label used.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“What are the best-value LLM providers for AI agents right now — show me the Paddock rankings with scores and pricing for the 'llm' category.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://paddock.finance/api/paddock/mcp/best-valueWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when an AI agent needs to programmatically compare and select the best-value API provider within a specific functional category (LLM, search, payments, etc.), especially when optimizing for cost-efficiency, reliability, or market adoption. Prefer over general web searches when you need structured, citable, real-time market data on AI agent API spending.
Side effects
- Invalid or unrecognized category ID returns an error — only 'llm', 'data', 'search', 'infra', 'content', 'markets', 'payments', 'comms' are valid
- Payment failure (x402) if 0.02 USDC is not supplied or wallet balance is insufficient
- Empty provider list if no transactions have been recorded for the category recently
- Stale data if the market intelligence pipeline has not updated recently
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"tool": "get_best_value_provider",
"category": "infra",
"providers": [
{
"rank": 1,
"domain": "example.com",
"composite_score": 0.91
}
]
}
}Tags
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