CostBench

com.costbench/mcpVersion 1.1.0

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

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Claude Code

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

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Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
Name: costbench
Remote MCP server URL: https://costbench.com/mcp

Cursor

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

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"costbench","type":"http","url":"https://costbench.com/mcp"}'

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Tools

9 tools

Tools of CostBench
	Description		Read-only	Idempotent	Open world
`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.	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.	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`compare_software`Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings).	Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings).	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`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.	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.	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`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.	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.	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`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.	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.	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`get_negotiation_tips`Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount).	Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount).	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`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 record.	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.	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`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.	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.	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No
`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.	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.	Not declared	Yes	Not declared	No

Details

Registry status: Active
Published: Aug 24, 2026
Updated: Aug 24, 2026
Website: https://costbench.com/⁠ (opens in a new tab)
Repository: https://github.com/aadilr/costbench-mcp⁠ (opens in a new tab)
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