# `io.github.comparedge/pricing-api` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.comparedge/pricing-api
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.comparedge/pricing-api
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.comparedge (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/comparedge/pricing-api
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:27:49.897Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
ComparEdge Pricing
Verified SaaS, AI, and LLM pricing for 490+ tools: plans, hidden costs, TCO, and alternatives.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:07:19.207Z over streamable-http.

**9 tools: 2 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (2)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `calculate_tco`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Total cost of ownership for a team: the seat-aware, annual-aware subscription line plus the hidden-cost line items. Params: slug, seats, tier, billing (monthly|annual).
```

### `estimate_llm_cost`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Per-model token rate card ($/1M input, output, cached input, context window) for a token-priced AI product, plus a cost estimate when a token volume is given.
```

## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `compare_software`

- The name "compare_software" says "compare": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Structured side-by-side comparison of 2 to 4 products, each a full record plus a compact matrix (starting price, free tier, max annual discount, hidden-cost count).
```

### `discover_software`

- The description's first verb is "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find software by criteria: category, max starting price, free-tier requirement, or a keyword. Returns compact cards with the source link for each.
```

### `get_cost_guide`

- The name "get_cost_guide" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Negotiation-ready true-cost brief for one product: real renewal-rate costs, the vendor cost-transparency score, discount programs that survive renewal, negotiation tactics with expected discount ranges, what is negotiable vs fixed, and a link to a free negotiation email generator.
```

### `get_hidden_costs`

- The name "get_hidden_costs" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The costs beyond the sticker price (implementation, add-ons, overage, support) for one product, with the intro context and category positioning. This is the data most pricing answers miss.
```

### `get_positioning`

- The name "get_positioning" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Where a product sits on price against its category: starting price vs the category median, min, max and sample size — the most citable one-line stat.
```

### `get_price_history`

- The name "get_price_history" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Price-stability signal, latest verified snapshot, last observed change and derived trend for one product.
```

### `get_pricing`

- The name "get_pricing" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full sourced pricing record for one product: tiers with per-tier features, price range, annual discounts, hidden costs, capabilities, verdict, plan advice, category positioning, verification and links.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `pricing-api`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__pricing-api__get_pricing",
      "mcp__pricing-api__compare_software",
      "mcp__pricing-api__discover_software",
      "mcp__pricing-api__get_hidden_costs",
      "mcp__pricing-api__get_cost_guide",
      "mcp__pricing-api__get_price_history",
      "mcp__pricing-api__get_positioning"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__pricing-api__calculate_tco",
      "mcp__pricing-api__estimate_llm_cost"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```