# AnsweringPrices.com pricing

> Dated answering service prices, plans, billing terms, and comparisons at your call volume.

- name: com.answeringprices/pricing
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.answeringprices%2Fpricing
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.answeringprices%2Fpricing/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pricing": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.answeringprices.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-7d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 4 of 4 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 844 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 4, about 844 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 3432115e7f1e12d03e649a634b299333
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.answeringprices/pricing.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.answeringprices/pricing)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://www.answeringprices.com/mcp/ (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (4)

- `category_range`: The range and median comparison cost of live, AI or hybrid answering services at a call volume (3-minute calls), the all-in rate per minute, the published overage range, and which narrower service sets an end of the range. AnswerAmerica's cost is the upfront prepaid purchase with credit rollover. Source: AnsweringPrices.com, prices checked October 12, 2026, https://www.answeringprices.com/answering-service-statistics/
- `compare_at_volume`: Comparison cost of every answering service at a call volume and call length, lowest first: monthly plans, or the minimum upfront package purchase for AnswerAmerica's prepaid credits. Quote-only vendors are listed separately. Defaults: live services, 3-minute calls. AnswerAmerica and ReceptionHQ MessageExpress take messages only; Alert Communications serves law firms only. Source: AnsweringPrices.com, prices checked October 12, 2026, https://www.answeringprices.com/answering-service-cost/
- `get_vendor_pricing`: One answering service's published plans, overage, comparison cost at 50, 100 and 200 three-minute calls, and its billing terms (rounding, time billed beyond the call, spam, setup fee, contract, trial) summarized from its own terms page, each with the URL and the date it was read. AnswerAmerica uses upfront prepaid package purchases with credit rollover. Accepts an id or a name, e.g. "PATLive", "Ruby", "VoiceNation". Source: AnsweringPrices.com, prices checked October 12, 2026, https://www.answeringprices.com/
- `list_vendors`: Every answering service AnsweringPrices.com prices (live, AI and hybrid), with its entry plan, whether it publishes prices, and the date its pricing page was read. Use it to find a vendor's id. Source: AnsweringPrices.com, prices checked October 12, 2026, https://www.answeringprices.com/pricing/