Pay-per-call API platform on Base via x402 — $0.02/request, no API keys required.
What it does
lowpaymentfee.com is an x402-enabled API platform that offers a broad catalog of pay-per-request endpoints across data analytics, AI/ML inference, finance/Web3, and infrastructure utilities. Each call costs $0.02 in USDC on the Base network, settled via the x402 exact-payment scheme. No API keys, accounts, or rate limits are required — callers simply attach an X-PAYMENT header with a valid payment proof.
The specific endpoint at `/api/v1/payments/387` is listed as "Premium API Access" and accepts POST requests. The x402 challenge advertises a maxAmountRequired of 20,000 base units of USDC (asset 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913, which has 6 decimals), equating to $0.02 per call. Payment is directed to address 0x1A2B13E97f5F837C8F9FA1F95a1484B7C70d85F3 with a 300-second timeout.
The broader platform advertises endpoints for sentiment analysis, text summarization, classification, embeddings, price feeds, exchange rates, token quotes, gas estimates, geocoding, validation, conversion, and generation — all at the same $0.02 price point. However, documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) returned only a "Connect wallet" prompt with no substantive content, so the actual behavior and response schemas of these endpoints remain undocumented and unverified.
Capabilities
Use cases
- —Agent-driven API calls without pre-registration or API key management
- —Micropayment-gated access to AI inference (sentiment, summarization, classification, embeddings)
- —On-demand financial data retrieval (prices, exchange rates, gas estimates)
- —Utility operations like geocoding, validation, and data conversion
Fit
Best for
- —AI agents needing frictionless, keyless API access via x402
- —Developers who want pay-as-you-go pricing with no commitments
- —Applications requiring diverse lightweight API calls at low cost
Not for
- —High-volume batch processing where per-call fees add up quickly
- —Users who need detailed API documentation or guaranteed SLAs
- —Callers without a Base-network USDC wallet
Quick start
curl -X POST https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/payments/387 \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PAYMENT: <x402-payment-proof>"Endpoint
Quality
The x402 challenge is live and pricing is clear ($0.02 USDC on Base), but there is no OpenAPI schema, no documented request/response formats, and all documentation pages return only 'Connect wallet' with no content. The actual functionality behind 'Premium API Access' at /api/v1/payments/387 is unspecified. This is effectively a stub listing.
Warnings
- —No API documentation available — docs, pricing, and README pages all return only 'Connect wallet'
- —No request or response schema provided for this endpoint or any other listed endpoint
- —The purpose of '/api/v1/payments/387' ('Premium API Access') is vague and not explained anywhere
- —Cannot verify what data or service is actually returned upon successful payment
Citations
- —Platform advertises $0.02/request pricing with no API keys, no rate limits, and instant access on Base networkhttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —x402 challenge returns maxAmountRequired of 20000 base units of USDC (0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913) on Base, equating to $0.02https://lowpaymentfee.com/api/v1/payments/387
- —Platform lists endpoints across Data & Analytics, AI & ML, Finance & Web3, and Infrastructure categorieshttps://lowpaymentfee.com
- —Documentation pages (docs, pricing, README) returned only 'Connect wallet' with no substantive contenthttps://lowpaymentfee.com/docs