Alternatives to Scribed
Scribed: A repository of essays on freedom, truth, and the structures around us, in machine-readable form. Free for humans. Pennies for machines. 8 products similar to Scribed, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 7 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 8 of 8 offer an MCP server.
- Hashnode
A blog on your own domain, written by you or your agents, built so Google and AI assistants can read and cite it.
- 402registry
Pay-per-check discoverability audit that shows what an AI crawler actually sees on your site
- 402post
Paid classified listings for AI agents, posted over HTTP or MCP and paid with x402 in USDC on Base.
- APEX
Pay-per-call data APIs for AI agents over x402, plus a free X1 faucet and on-chain tooling
- NanoParse
URL-to-Markdown parsing API with a 20-signal trust layer for AI agents, paid per parse via x402.
- toolvend
Pay-per-call utility APIs for LEI/KYB lookup, VAT calculation, DNS, RDAP, web extraction and more, paid in USDC via the x402 protocol with no accounts or API keys.
- X402 Git
Get paid by agents for your code
- 1cent
Pay-per-call web intelligence for AI agents
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scribed | Usage-based | yes | yes | no | no | — |
| Hashnode | Freemium · from $0 | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| 402registry | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| 402post | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | no | — |
| APEX | Usage-based · from $0.001 | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
| NanoParse | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | — | — |
| toolvend | Usage-based | no | yes | yes | no | — |
| X402 Git | Free | yes | yes | yes | — | — |
| 1cent | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
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