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{
"mcpServers": {
"costbench": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://costbench.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http costbench https://costbench.com/mcp[mcp_servers.costbench]
url = "https://costbench.com/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"costbench": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://costbench.com/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"costbench": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://costbench.com/mcp"
}
},
"deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=costbench&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29zdGJlbmNoLmNvbS9tY3AifQ%3D%3D"
}{
"servers": {
"costbench": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://costbench.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"costbench": {
"httpUrl": "https://costbench.com/mcp"
}
}
}extensions:
"costbench":
enabled: true
name: "costbench"
type: streamable_http
uri: "https://costbench.com/mcp"
timeout: 300
protocol.modernnewest supported version is 2025-03-26; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28protocol.statelessonly applies to 2026-07-28 serversprotocol.transportstreamable HTTPprotocol.list_ttlonly applies to 2026-07-28 serversauth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuthauth.secret_in_urlno templated URLtools.descriptionsevery tool has a descriptiontools.description_lengthdescriptions are concisetools.schemasevery tool has an object input schematools.annotations9 of 9 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHinttools.directory_hintsno tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: compare_software (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); get_pricing (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); get_negotiation_tips (destructiveHint, idempotentHint); …tools.token_costabout 1,344 tokens to load every tooltools.api_dumptools are not a one-to-one API dumpstability.changes8 tool changes in 30 daysstability.rug_pullno tool changed its meaning under the same namedeps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI packageestimate_llm_costchangedinput schemacalculate_tcochangedinput schemadiscover_softwarechangeddescription, input schemaFind software products by criteria (category, max price, free tier). Returns matching slugs to look up.
Find software products by name search or criteria (category, max price, free tier). Returns matching slugs to look up — use "query" to find the slug for a product name.
compare_softwarechangedinput schemaget_price_historychangedinput schemaget_negotiation_tipschangedinput schemaget_hidden_costschangedinput schemaget_pricingchangedinput schemaFull history: list_changes · trend: quality JSON.
Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.
+repository +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-97% ~updated-57d-ago
Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.
| remote | auth | reachable | uptime 30d | p50 | protocol | last ok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
https://costbench.com/mcp streamable-http | none | yes | 97% | 572 ms | 2025-03-26 | 2026-10-20 |
calculate_tcoread-only | Total cost of ownership for a product and team size: sourced line items (licenses with price escalation, benchmark implementation), year-one + multi-year totals, effective per-seat cost. The defensible "true cost for an N-person team" answer. |
compare_softwareread-only | Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings). |
discover_softwareread-only | Find software products by name search or criteria (category, max price, free tier). Returns matching slugs to look up — use "query" to find the slug for a product name. |
estimate_llm_costread-only | Estimate the cost of an LLM/API workload (input + output tokens) for a usage-priced provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock…) from its real rate card. |
get_hidden_costsread-only | The documented hidden/implementation/add-on costs of a product (uplifts, onboarding fees, overages), each with a sourced quote + date. The "what they don't tell you" answer. |
get_negotiation_tipsread-only | Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount). |
get_price_changesread-only | Recent software pricing changes CostBench detected against vendor pricing pages (increases, decreases, plan restructures) — dated, with before/after price bands and a source link. Filter by product slug, category, or lookback window. The "what changed lately" answer; each item links to the sourced record. |
get_price_historyread-only | Dated per-quarter snapshots of a product's pricing page. Returns observations, NOT a trend figure — CostBench does not publish one, because diffing snapshots across renamed/restructured plan lineups is ~90% measurement artifact. |
get_pricingread-only | Full sourced pricing record for a software product: tiers, hidden costs, contract terms, market data, sentiment, negotiation tips, TCO scenarios, price history — every claim with its sources + a confidence/verification envelope. |
Schemas: list_tools.
{
"name": "com.costbench/mcp",
"title": "CostBench",
"$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
"remotes": [
{
"url": "https://costbench.com/mcp",
"type": "streamable-http"
}
],
"version": "1.1.0",
"repository": {
"url": "https://github.com/aadilr/costbench-mcp",
"source": "github"
},
"websiteUrl": "https://costbench.com",
"description": "Verified pricing, hidden costs, negotiation data, price changes & TCO for 3,390+ software products."
}