MCP server

CostBench Official

com.costbench/mcp

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

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

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

costbench.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

9

Token cost

About 1,543 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.costbench]
url = "https://costbench.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

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

Cursor

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

VS Code

{"servers":{"costbench":{"type":"http","url":"https://costbench.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add costbench https://costbench.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"costbench","server_url":"https://costbench.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"costbench","server_url":"https://costbench.com/mcp"}

Tools

• calculate_tco ~220 tokens
  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.
• compare_software ~110 tokens
  Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings).
• discover_software ~158 tokens
  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.
• estimate_llm_cost ~256 tokens
  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_hidden_costs ~128 tokens
  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 ~105 tokens
  Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount).
• get_price_changes ~252 tokens
  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
• get_price_history ~144 tokens
  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.
• get_pricing ~170 tokens
  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.

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