# x402 Market Intelligence – Competition Check

> x402 Market Intelligence – Competition Check is a paid API for AI agents from x402-meta.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Analyzes competition for an x402 endpoint idea: how many sellers exist, who hosts them, price range, and how many have real paying buyers.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-meta.x402tookit.com/x402-competition?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-market-intelligence-competition-check-0e27f28d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LNja_ya_vhlbWLIHa8TE-

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 x402-market-intelligence-competition-check-0e27f28d
```

Example prompt: Can you check how competitive the x402 market is for 'perp funding rate' — I want to know how many sellers are out there, what they charge, and whether any of them have real paying users?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to assess market saturation and real buyer traction for a specific x402 endpoint concept before building or pricing it. It is distinct from general API market research because it is scoped exclusively to x402 protocol services, filters out wash trading, and surfaces payer-based traction metrics — not just listing counts. Prefer this over generic web search when you want structured, quantitative competitive intelligence specific to the x402 ecosystem.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty 'topic' query parameter — returns error or empty results
- Topic too vague or ambiguous — may return unrelated services or low-confidence verdict
- No matching x402 services found — returns zero results with open-space verdict
- Degraded mode if upstream market data is stale or partially unavailable — flagged in 'degraded' field
- Rate limiting or payment failure for the $0.02 USDC x402 micropayment

## How this service works

Competition check for an x402 idea: sellers, hosts, price range and how many have real buyers. Open space or crowded?

## Output

Returns a structured report including: topic name, total result count, number of distinct hosts, number of services with 10+ payers, top services ranked by 30-day payers (with URL, price, call count), price range (min/median/max in USD), a human-readable verdict and summary, reasons supporting the verdict, traction thresholds, data source info, and any caveats or degraded-data flags.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "topic"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "topic": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The endpoint idea in plain words, e.g. perp funding rate"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "topic": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "results": {
       "type": [
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        "number"
       ]
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "priceUsd": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "object"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "max": {
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          "null",
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         ]
        },
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         "type": [
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          "number"
         ]
        },
        "median": {
         "type": [
          "null",
          "number"
         ]
        }
       }
      },
      "sourceUrl": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
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        "null"
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        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "thresholds": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "object"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "tractionPayers": {
         "type": [
          "null"
… (truncated)
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/x402-market-intelligence-competition-check-0e27f28d/health.json
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