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spendctl

Sidecar that enforces spend budgets, approvals and receipts for an agent's HTTP 402 payments before any wallet signs.

Free plan · From $19/moActively maintained

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  • Is it safe? What spendctl says it does with your chats and data, from its own policy pages.See ↓
  • Is it free? Free plan · From $19/mo · pricing page, read Oct 29, 2026See ↓
  • What else does this? RampfreeBrexfreeRhoSee ↓
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Use

For
Teams running AI agents that pay for APIs over HTTP 402 and need budgets, approvals and receipts.
Price
Free plan · From $19/mopricing page, read Oct 29, 2026
Activity
Actively maintainedrelease 8 days ago
How it runs
SDK
Used for
  • Enforce per-request and daily spend budgets on agent API payments
  • Hold over-budget agent payments for a human to approve
  • Export payment receipts with transaction hashes for expense reports
read off spendctl.dev on Oct 29, 2026
Worth knowingcomputed from what we read · each with its source
  • Has an MCP server (1 in the registry)public registry →
Pricingpricing page, read Oct 29, 2026
Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read Oct 29, 2026

These are spendctl's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read Oct 29, 2026
  • MCP serverdev.spendctl/spendctlverified in the MCP registry
  • Stateanswers, 6 toolschecked 2026-10-29
  • Address to connectmcp.spendctl.dev/mcp

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  • What is spendctl?

    Sidecar that enforces spend budgets, approvals and receipts for an agent's HTTP 402 payments before any wallet signs. It is listed in the Atlas under Finance.

  • Who is spendctl for?

    Teams running AI agents that pay for APIs over HTTP 402 and need budgets, approvals and receipts.

  • How much does spendctl cost?

    spendctl has a free plan; paid plans start at $19/mo, per its pricing page on 2026-10-29.

  • Is spendctl free?

    Yes, spendctl has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-10-29.

  • Is spendctl still maintained?

    Actively maintained: release 8 days ago.

  • Is spendctl safe?

    We do not audit vendors. What spendctl publishes, read 2026-10-29: a trust center.

  • Does spendctl give refunds?

    In its own words (pricing page, 2026-10-29): “Outcomes it cannot know (a timeout after the payment left) are marked unknown and count against the budget until you reconcile them. x402 has no refunds.”

  • What are alternatives to spendctl?

    In Finance, by use: Ramp, Brex, Rho, Axra, Zeni.

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