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CostBench

com.costbench/mcp · v1.1.0

Measured by MCP Station

Last check	Reachable
Checked at	—
Check success 7 / 30 days	—
First-try success 30 days	—
Median response	—
Lookups 30 days	—
Authentication	No auth
MCP version	2025-03-26
Rank score	—
Declared risk	Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
Capabilities declared	tools
Tool definitions	9 tools · with description 100% · input schema is an object 100% · read/destructive hints 100%

Description written by the publisher, not verified

Verified pricing, hidden costs, negotiation data, price changes & TCO for 3,390+ software products.

Connect

streamable-http · https://costbench.com/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://costbench.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://costbench.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools as reported by the server

get_pricing
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.
get_hidden_costs
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_tips
Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount).
get_price_history
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.
compare_software
Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings).
discover_software
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.
calculate_tco
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.
estimate_llm_cost
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_price_changes
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 r

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