# ComparEdge Pricing

> Verified SaaS, AI, and LLM pricing for 490+ tools: plans, hidden costs, TCO, and alternatives.

- name: io.github.comparedge/pricing-api
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 90/100
- quality: 79/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.comparedge%2Fpricing-api
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.comparedge%2Fpricing-api/tools

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

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pricing-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://comparedge.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 99
- freshness: 65
- provenance: 90
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +website +reachable +uptime-97% ~updated-98d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 79/100 (good)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-06-18; 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: 71 (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
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: get_pricing (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); discover_software (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); calculate_tco (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,021 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: 9, about 1,021 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 386bd616c7a4535b1338c94663e20d23
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.comparedge/pricing-api.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.comparedge/pricing-api)
- 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://comparedge.com/api/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.97321427)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (9)

- `calculate_tco`: Total cost of ownership for a team: the seat-aware, annual-aware subscription line plus the hidden-cost line items. Params: slug, seats, tier, billing (monthly|annual).
- `compare_software`: Structured side-by-side comparison of 2 to 4 products, each a full record plus a compact matrix (starting price, free tier, max annual discount, hidden-cost count).
- `discover_software`: Find software by criteria: category, max starting price, free-tier requirement, or a keyword. Returns compact cards with the source link for each.
- `estimate_llm_cost`: Per-model token rate card ($/1M input, output, cached input, context window) for a token-priced AI product, plus a cost estimate when a token volume is given.
- `get_cost_guide`: Negotiation-ready true-cost brief for one product: real renewal-rate costs, the vendor cost-transparency score, discount programs that survive renewal, negotiation tactics with expected discount ranges, what is negotiable vs fixed, and a link to a free negotiation email generator.
- `get_hidden_costs`: The costs beyond the sticker price (implementation, add-ons, overage, support) for one product, with the intro context and category positioning. This is the data most pricing answers miss.
- `get_positioning`: Where a product sits on price against its category: starting price vs the category median, min, max and sample size — the most citable one-line stat.
- `get_price_history`: Price-stability signal, latest verified snapshot, last observed change and derived trend for one product.
- `get_pricing`: Full sourced pricing record for one product: tiers with per-tier features, price range, annual discounts, hidden costs, capabilities, verdict, plan advice, category positioning, verification and links.