CostBench MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| get_hidden_costsA | 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_tipsC | Sourced negotiation tactics for a product with success-likelihood (how to get a discount). |
| get_price_history | Per-quarter price snapshots + trend for a product — has its price changed? |
| compare_software | Side-by-side pricing comparison of 2–4 products (starting price, enterprise tier, median annual cost, free tier, ratings). |
| discover_software | Find software products by criteria (category, max price, free tier). Returns matching slugs to look up. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
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No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 2 tools
The two tools have clearly distinct purposes: one surfaces hidden costs, the other provides negotiation tactics. There is no overlap in functionality.
Both tools follow a consistent 'get_' prefix with descriptive noun phrases ('hidden_costs', 'negotiation_tips'), forming a clear and predictable pattern.
Only two tools is minimalist but reasonable for a highly specialized server focused on cost revelation and negotiation tips. However, the narrow scope may limit usability in broader cost analysis workflows.
The tools cover two key aspects of cost benchmarking—hidden costs and negotiation—but lack potentially important operations like listing products, comparing prices, or tracking cost changes over time.