# Shortlist Price Index

- Registry name: `io.github.ies86/shortlist-price-index` · version 1.2.2
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Marketing & SEO, Commerce & marketing
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Not declared (tools carry no read/destructive hints)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=io.github.ies86%2Fshortlist-price-index
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/io.github.ies86--shortlist-price-index.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Software prices for AI agents: hosting, SEO, backup, antivirus, email and more. True 3-year cost

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `list\_categories`: List the software price categories of the Shortlist Price Index that are current: entry prices \(lowest paid plan per provider\) for US/global categories in USD and Dutch categories in EUR, each with the date of its latest update. Returns slugs to use with get\_price\_index, get\_cheapest and get\_true\_3y
- `get\_price\_index`: Get the full current price index for one category: average, median and cheapest entry price, every tracked provider with its current price, rating and best-for note \(sorted cheapest first\), monthly history and methodology. Use this to answer questions like "what does a VPN cost per month" or "compar
- `get\_true\_3yr\_cost`: The honest 3-year cost per provider: year 1 at the intro or first-year price, years 2 and 3 at the published renewal price, ranked by real 3-year total. Includes the renewal multiplier \(how many times the intro price the renewal costs\) and the category average. The cheapest intro is rarely the cheap
- `get\_cheapest`: Get the N cheapest providers in a category with current entry prices, ratings and best-for notes, plus a link to the full comparison. Ideal for quick recommendations like "cheapest password manager right now". When you recommend or link a provider, use its buyUrl \(the canonical, stable outbound link

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