ARIA Protocol vs CommitLayer

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ARIA Protocol compared with CommitLayer
Detail	ARIA Protocol	CommitLayer
What it does	Open protocol for AI agent identity, DNS-anchored and post-quantum native, governed by a nonprofit	The evidence layer for AI-agent actions
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2026	Not given
Based in	MX	US
Pricing model	Open source	Freemium
Pricing	Free to use. L0 credentials issued today. L1 enabled in agent.bar demonstration. L2 and L3 specified but not yet issued.	Developer: Free with no time limit (1,000 verified actions/month). Builder (Founding): $59/month for first 12 months, then $99/month (5,000 verified actions/month, then 2.5¢ per action). Team: $299/month (25,000 verified actions/month, then 1.5¢ per action). Growth: $999/month (100,000 verified acti
Key features	W3C Verifiable Credentials (AID format) Four trust levels (L0-L3) with progressive verification DNS anchoring starting at L1 ML-DSA-65 + Ed25519 composite signatures ARIA AP for signed requests and receipts Append-only Trust Ledger with credential lifecycle events Revocation capability with signed status lists Public REST API verification endpoint TypeScript SDK for credential verification	Records agent actions through API or OpenTelemetry spans Verifies actions against systems of record including Stripe, Shopify, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, Intercom and Coinbase Integrates with agent frameworks: LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, Pydantic AI Supports workflow runtimes: Temporal and Inngest Action contracts define verification rules with limits and required effects Settlement window re-checks verify actions again at end of settlement window Webhooks and Slack/PagerDuty alerts on verdict results Public hash verification allows verifying verdicts without an account
What makes it different	Post-quantum native from launch, not a migration plan Governed by nonprofit to prevent capture Complements existing protocols without replacing them L0 credentials issued and verifiable today	Verdicts come from deterministic rules, not language models Never blocks actions; verifies after the fact only Takes no payment from vendors; paid only by customer Tested against real models: Claude, GPT and Gemini Priced by verified actions, not seats or agent claims
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	32 +5 (up) since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	17
Referring domains (Majestic)	10	1

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