How Tilled’s scores are calculated
The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.
verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10
PA Score7/100
Agent-ready 10.3 × 0.30 = 3.09
API quality 10.0 × 0.20 = 2.00
Openness 9.6 × 0.20 = 1.92
Built-in AI 0.0 × 0.15 = 0.00
Automation 0.0 × 0.15 = 0.00
(3.09 + 2.00 + 1.92 + 0.00 + 0.00) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 7.01 ÷ 1.00 = 7.0
Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.
Agent-ready10.3/100×0.30 of the PA blend
Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Use an official CLIweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3
3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 12.6 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/quick-start“API keys are required to access API. To generate API keys through the Dashboard”
- [claimed-docs] https://tilled.com“Check out everything Tilled has to offer and get a little test-happy in our sandbox environment.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/resources/testing“To simulate a decline, pass-through the respective amount when Creating a Payment Intent”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/webhooks/overview“Webhooks provide real-time notifications to your application about events occurring on platform.”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/quick-start“API keys are required to access API. To generate API keys through the Dashboard”
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/webhooks/overview“Webhooks provide real-time notifications to your application about events occurring on platform.”
Agent-ready = 18.6 ÷ 180 × 100 = 10.3
API quality10.0/100×0.20 of the PA blend
The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1
1 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 7.0 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://tilled.com“Check out everything Tilled has to offer and get a little test-happy in our sandbox environment.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/resources/testing“To simulate a decline, pass-through the respective amount when Creating a Payment Intent”
- [claimed-docs] https://tilled.com/product-journal“A mock card present provider, which allows for terminal creation and testing”
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
API quality = 7.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 10.0
Openness9.6/100×0.20 of the PA blend
Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2
2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/payouts“To view a merchant’s payout speed in the Dashboard”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/disputes“Merchants can manage disputes through the Dashboard.”
- [claimed-docs] https://tilled.com/product-journal“Merchants and ISVs can now view and manage all of their subscriptions within their Dashboard.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/get-started/integration-options“No-code option for software platforms to onboard a merchant.”
- [claimed-docs] https://tilled.com/product-journal“By closing a batch via API, a store can ensure their transactions are settled at time of close or end of shift”
Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Self-host the core productweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Openness = 4.8 ÷ 50 × 100 = 9.6
Built-in AI0.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Built-in AI = 0.0 ÷ 40 × 100 = 0.0
Automation0.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.
Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.tilled.com/docs/webhooks/overview“Webhooks provide real-time notifications to your application about events occurring on platform.”
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Automation = 0.0 ÷ 70 × 100 = 0.0