CostBench
Verified pricing, hidden costs, negotiation data, price changes & TCO for 3,390+ software products.
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Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
URL: https://costbench.com/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://costbench.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp": {
"url": "https://costbench.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http mcp https://costbench.com/mcp{
"servers": {
"mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://costbench.com/mcp"
}
}
}9 tools, verified live
get_pricingread-onlyFull 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_costsread-onlyThe 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_tipsread-onlySourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount).
get_price_historyread-onlyDated 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_softwareread-onlySide-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings).
discover_softwareread-onlyFind 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_tcoread-onlyTotal 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_costread-onlyEstimate 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_changesread-onlyRecent 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.
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