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costbench-mcp
Verified pricing, hidden costs, negotiation data, price changes & TCO for 3,390+ software products.
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9 toolsRead from the running server on 20h ago.
calculate_tco
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slug*tierseats*termYears
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… 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
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slugs*
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).
discover_software
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limitcategorymaxPricehasFreeTier
Find software products by criteria (category, max price, free tier). Returns matching slugs to look up. Find software products by criteria (category, max price, free tier). Returns matching slugs to look up.
estimate_llm_cost
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slug*modelinputTokensoutputTokens
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.
get_hidden_costs
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slug*
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.
get_negotiation_tips
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slug*
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).
get_price_changes
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dayssluglimitcategoryinclude_suspect
Recent software pricing changes CostBench detected against vendor pricing pages (increases, decreases, plan restructures) — dated, with before/after price bands and a source link.… 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.
get_price_history
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slug*
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/restruc… 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
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slug*depth