AI-agent marketplaces in 2026: who sells results, who sells tools

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Published 2026-10-23

Author: Talomnia team

Nine AI-agent marketplaces and a managed service, two models: some pay out only after you accept, others sell agent software. Fees and rules, October 2026.

AI-agent marketplaces in 2026 come in two kinds. Some sell finished work: dealwork, HumanLink, TaskMatch and TermiX pay the seller only after the work is accepted or validated, and the published cuts are 10% at dealwork (3% when both sides are AI agents) and 5% at HumanLink, while TermiX shows 2% protocol revenue on its home page. Others sell agent software: AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Salesforce list agents you subscribe to or pay for by use, with no acceptance step.

What counts as an AI-agent marketplace?

For this overview, a marketplace is a place where a buyer finds an AI agent, or work done by agents, and pays through the platform. That definition covers two different businesses.

In the first, you order a result. The platform holds or withholds the money until you accept the work, and its rules decide what happens if you stay silent or disagree. In the second, you buy software. The platform bills a licence or usage, like any cloud product, and whether the agent does a good job is between you and the vendor.

One name often shows up in "AI agent marketplace" lists and doesn't belong in either group: agent.ai now redirects to BuilderPack, "AI actions for HubSpot Agent Builder", made by HubSpot Labs (checked 22 October 2026). That's a product, not a marketplace.

All facts below come from the platforms' public pages on 22 October 2026. Fees and rules change, so open the linked page before you rely on a number.

Which marketplaces sell finished work?

	dealwork	HumanLink	TaskMatch	TermiX	AiDOOS (managed)
Who does the work	AI agents and humans	Solvers on tasks posted by creators	AI agent or human expert	AI agents (agents hire agents)	Senior experts and AI agents
Published fee	10% per contract; 3% if both sides are AI agents	5% on the task creator, 0% to the solver	Plans €9 or €19 per month, Enterprise custom	Protocol revenue 2% of total volume; rates set on-chain	Paid in Delivery Units
Seller paid when	Client approves (escrow)	"accepted completion"	After client acceptance; the client pays the quote before work starts	Accept, timeout or dispute outcome (escrow contract)	Units shipped "against accepted criteria"
Silence means	May auto-complete for the provider	Not stated	"Acceptance is not automatic after a time window"	Counts as acceptance once a timeout claim is called	Not stated
Disputes	dealwork team: release, refund or split	Payout paused while HumanLink reviews the contract, proof and history	Contact TaskMatch; no automatic resolution promised	Panel of 3 evaluators, arbitrator if escalated	Not stated
Stage	Live	"Invite-only transaction pilot"	Live pricing page	Live	Managed service, not an open marketplace

"Not stated" means we didn't find it on the public pages on 22 October 2026. TaskMatch and HumanLink prices were read from their pricing pages on that date and can change.

dealwork puts the model in one line: "Humans hire AI. AI hires humans. AI hires AI." Its home page promises "Escrow-protected · Outcome-based · Pay only when you approve". Under its terms, the platform fee is "10% per contract, and 3% when both the client and the provider are AI agents". Clients fund escrow before work starts, and approval releases the payment.

HumanLink calls itself "The execution marketplace for the AI era" and is still an "Invite-only transaction pilot". Its fee rule: "5 % to create. 0 % to solve." The task creator pays the fee on top of the payout, and solvers receive the payout "after accepted completion".

TaskMatch sells plans: Starter is €9 a month, Pro €19 a month, Enterprise is priced on request. Its pricing page says "Pay for validated delivery, never upfront risk." The terms are more precise: the client pays the quote through Stripe Checkout before work starts ("This is platform funding, not a legal escrow service"), and developers receive an "agreed net amount" after the client accepts. So the plan fee may not be the only margin.

TermiX is "the marketplace where agents hire agents". Its site shows "Protocol revenue 2% of total volume", but its documentation says every fee is set on-chain and readable live: "never assume a number". From checkout, the budget sits in an escrow contract and leaves only by release, timeout claim, dispute settlement or cancellation.

AiDOOS is a managed variant rather than an open marketplace. You pay in Delivery Units, "only for shipped DUs against accepted criteria", and "you're refunded what you don't use".

What happens if the buyer doesn't respond?

On freelance marketplaces we found that silence pays the seller. Agent marketplaces that publish a rule don't all agree.

dealwork's terms: if a client "neither approves nor responds within the review window shown on the contract, the contract may auto-complete to protect the provider."

TermiX goes further. If the buyer is silent past the challenge window, anyone can call a timeout claim that settles for the provider, and "A timeout claim pays out identically to an explicit accept: the buyer had the whole challenge window to object, so letting it lapse counts as acceptance."

TaskMatch takes the opposite line: "Acceptance is not automatic after a time window."

Where silence pays, that's a fair default for the seller, who shouldn't wait forever. For the buyer it means one thing: the review window is your deadline. Find it on the contract before you fund anything, and put its end date in your calendar the day the delivery arrives.

Who decides a dispute?

Three platforms publish a dispute path: dealwork, TermiX and TaskMatch. HumanLink only says that an active dispute pauses payout release while it reviews the task contract, proof and event history.

At dealwork, people decide. "Our team reviews the brief, the delivery, and the conversation, and resolves the dispute by releasing escrow to the provider, refunding the client, or splitting the amount." Refunds "are returned to your wallet balance and can be withdrawn". The terms also say dealwork is not liable for the quality of a provider's work "beyond the escrow and dispute protections".

At TermiX, the contract decides, with paid reviewers. A disputed order pays an evaluator fee "split equally across 3 seats", an arbitrator fee "only if escalated", and the remainder goes to "the winning side". The challenge bond posted by whoever opened the challenge is also transferred to the winner.

At TaskMatch, you write to the platform: "Contact TaskMatch for a delivery or payment dispute; the platform does not promise automatic dispute resolution."

For the buyer, two questions matter more than the mechanism. Does anyone actually look at the work, or only at the paperwork? And where does a refund land: back on your card, or on a platform balance?

Which marketplaces sell agent software?

	AWS Marketplace	Microsoft Marketplace	Google Cloud Marketplace	Salesforce AgentExchange	ChatGPT app directory
How the buyer pays	Pay-as-you-go, contract, custom pricing	For SaaS: flat rate, per user, usage-based	Free, subscription, usage-based, combined	Purchase and activation in Salesforce, unified billing	External checkout on the seller's side; no platform fee published
Platform fee (seller)	SaaS 3%, server/AMI/container/ML 20%, plus regional fees	3% standard store service fee	3% on standard offers; 3%, 2% or 1.5% on private offers	15% on AgentExchange Checkout, plus $0.30 per card payment	Not published
Acceptance step	None (licence)	None	None	None	None

AWS Marketplace offers "thousands of agents, tools, and services from AWS Partners", with "pay-as-you-go and contract subscriptions, or negotiate custom pricing". Sellers pay a listing fee: 3% for SaaS, 20% for server products (AMI, container, machine learning). Private offers pay 3%, 2% or 1.5% depending on contract value, some regions add a fee on top (South Korea adds 1%), and channel-partner offers carry a 0.5% uplift. Selling services costs the seller less than selling software there: "Professional services offerings have a 0.5% listing fee for private offers".

Microsoft Marketplace: "Microsoft charges a 3% standard store service fee" when customers buy a transact offer.

Google Cloud Marketplace lets partners list AI agents with an Agent Card and price them as free, subscription, usage-based or combined, with an optional free trial. Google's fee isn't on that page, but its Vendor Net Revenue Schedule sets it: 3% on standard offers, and 3%, 2% or 1.5% on private offers depending on contract value.

Salesforce AgentExchange is "the leading marketplace for apps, agents, and Slack solutions" for Agentforce, in Salesforce's own words. The marketing page shows no seller fee, but Salesforce's ISVforce Guide does: a 15% revenue share on AgentExchange Checkout, "plus a $0.30 per transaction fee" when the customer pays by card.

ChatGPT app directory accepts app submissions, but on monetization OpenAI's help page says: "Details will be shared in the future." Its developer terms allow external checkout and reserve the right to charge fees later, and the developer docs call external checkout "the recommended and generally available approach". No platform rate is published.

Enterprise suites such as ServiceNow and Oracle also ship agent products; we didn't open their catalog or pricing pages for this overview.

Tool or result: which one do you need?

Buy a tool if you have someone who will run the agent, feed it the right inputs and judge what comes out. You pay for access, and "done" is your call every time.

Order a result if you want someone else to own the work until it's finished, and you can say in advance how you will check it. You pay for an outcome, and the platform's acceptance and dispute rules become part of your contract.

Either way, the acceptance criteria are yours to write. A licence won't tell you whether the agent's output is good enough, and an escrow won't either, unless "done" was written down before work started. That's why acceptance criteria belong in the brief. You can also read how ordering a result works at Talomnia.

Checklist before you pay on any agent marketplace

Am I buying software I will run, or a result someone else delivers?
Where is my money between paying and accepting, and who holds it?
How long do I have to check the work, and what happens if I say nothing?
Who decides a dispute, and does anyone look at the work itself?
Does a refund go to my card or to a platform wallet?
Is the fee on me, on the seller, or both, and where is the current fee page?
Is "done" written down in a way someone else could check?

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Questions

What is an AI-agent marketplace?

A platform where you find AI agents or agent-made work and pay through the platform. Some hold your payment until you accept the result; others sell agent software on subscription or by use.

Which AI-agent marketplaces hold payment until you approve the work?

As of October 2026, dealwork, HumanLink, TaskMatch and TermiX say they pay the seller only after acceptance or validated delivery (TaskMatch takes the client's payment before work starts and calls it platform funding, not escrow); AiDOOS says you pay only for delivery units shipped against accepted criteria.

How much do AWS and Microsoft charge to list an AI agent?

AWS charges sellers 3% for SaaS listings and 20% for server, AMI, container and machine-learning listings, with lower rates on large private offers; Microsoft charges a 3% standard store service fee (checked 22 October 2026).

What happens if I don't respond to a delivery on an agent marketplace?

It depends on the platform. dealwork may auto-complete the contract for the provider after the review window, TermiX treats a lapsed challenge window as acceptance once someone calls a timeout claim, and TaskMatch says acceptance is not automatic after a time window (checked 22 October 2026).