Mastercard Agent Pay vs PayPal Agentic Commerce

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Criteria	MA Mastercard Agent Pay	PayPal Agentic Commerce
Weighted Score	2.6/5	2.2/5
Pricing	Standard card interchange; no agentic-specific fee published	Standard processing fees
Platform Type	Agentic payments network	Agentic checkout infrastructure
Agent Checkout & Payment Protocol	4.0/5	4.2/5
Merchant Catalogue Integration	2.0/5	3.8/5
Conversion & Basket Economics	3.0/5	2.5/5
Trust, Fraud & Consumer Protection	4.5/5	4.5/5
Publisher/Brand Revenue Models	2.5/5	1.2/5
Platform Reach & Demand Access	3.5/5	3.8/5
Analytics & Attribution	3.0/5	1.5/5
Integration & Onboarding Effort	4.0/5	3.0/5
Standards & Interoperability	4.0/5	2.8/5
Strengths	✓ Global acceptance removes payment-rail risk ✓ Tokenisation limits credential exposure	✓ Strong buyer and seller protection model carried into agent purchases ✓ Builds on an existing PayPal account integration
Limitations	✗ No dedicated publisher solution ✗ Value depends on the wider agentic commerce ecosystem maturing	✗ Agentic-service pricing is not broken out publicly ✗ Protections have eligibility limits and loss caps

Mastercard Agent Pay

2.6

Rating

★ 2.6/5

Pricing

Standard card interchange; no agentic-specific fee published

Platform

Agentic payments network

Scores

Agent Checkout & Payment Protocol

4.0

Merchant Catalogue Integration

2.0

Conversion & Basket Economics

3.0

Trust, Fraud & Consumer Protection

4.5

Publisher/Brand Revenue Models

2.5

Platform Reach & Demand Access

3.5

Analytics & Attribution

3.0

Integration & Onboarding Effort

4.0

Standards & Interoperability

4.0

Strengths

✓ Global acceptance removes payment-rail risk

✓ Tokenisation limits credential exposure

Limitations

✗ No dedicated publisher solution

✗ Value depends on the wider agentic commerce ecosystem maturing

PayPal Agentic Commerce

2.2

Rating

★ 2.2/5

Pricing

Standard processing fees