CostBench
mcp remote · streamable-http · v1.1.0 · source: crawl
https://costbench.com/mcp
https://github.com/aadilr/costbench-mcp
Verified pricing, hidden costs, negotiation data, price changes & TCO for 3,390+ software products.
Works
100
Verified Oct 31, 2026 · p50 366 ms · p95 388 ms
Worth
no data
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Checks
| Check | Weight | Result | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| reachable | 20 | pass | 3 of 3 handshakes succeeded; server 'costbench' |
| tools_listed | 15 | pass | 9 tools |
| schema_complete | 15 | pass | 9 of 9 tools have a description and a typed schema |
| latency_p50 | 10 | pass | p50 366 ms |
| latency_p95 | 5 | pass | p95 388 ms |
| error_free | 10 | pass | 0 of 3 attempts failed |
| auth_posture | 10 | pass | https, open |
| injection_scan | 10 | pass | no patterns found |
| scope | 5 | pass | no execution-style tools |
Unknown counts as fail; n/a is left out of the denominator. How the weights work.
Tools (9)
| Name | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
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 i | typed |
compare_software | Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings). | typed |
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. | typed |
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 defensibl | typed |
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. | typed |
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 confi | typed |
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. | typed |
get_negotiation_tips | Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount). | typed |
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 sl | typed |
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