# Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for Flagship LLMs (remote · modevc.com)

Qwen3.8-Max rates within 30 Arena points of Claude Opus 5.5 for 3.3× less per output token..

- Trust score: 68/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-23

## Components

- remote · `modevc.com`: 68/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison/api-mcp-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison/api-mcp-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `2.0.2`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-23.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 42/100
  - 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 396 tokens (~66/item across 6 items; 3 tools + 3 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… MCP server?

Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… is a hosted endpoint at https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison 'https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison": {
      "url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison]
url = "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison --url 'https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison:
    url: "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison -t streamable-http -u 'https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-23 (score 68, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 67, 0)

- [functional regression] Resource “Mode VC Chart of the Day archive (41 charts)” was removed
- [functional] New resource “Mode VC Chart of the Day archive (42 charts)”

### 2026-10-21 (score 67, +1)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_chart_data” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “get_venture_chart_of_the_day” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_charts” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 58 → 66
- [functional regression] Resource “Mode VC 38 Empirical Venture & AI Charts Index” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “Mode VC Distribution Moat Thesis” was removed
- [functional regression] Resource “Mode VC Investor Atlas (3,650+ VC Firms & 13,000+ Partners)” was removed
- [functional] Schema quality: fair → good
- [functional] New resource “Mode VC Chart of the Day archive (41 charts)”
- [functional] New resource “Mode VC Investor Atlas: first 50 of 3,650 firms (use search_investors for the rest)”
- [functional] New resource “Mode VC investment thesis and criteria (JSON)”
- [functional] Server version: 2.0.2 → 2.1.0
- [cosmetic] “get_chart_data” reworded the description of “slug”
- [cosmetic] “get_venture_chart_of_the_day” reworded the description of “limit”
- [cosmetic] “search_charts” reworded the description of “limit”
- [cosmetic] “search_charts” reworded the description of “query”
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_chart_data” changed its title: Get Full Chart Data & Sources → Get the Data Table and Sources for One Chart
- [cosmetic] Tool “get_venture_chart_of_the_day” changed its title: Mode VC Chart of the Day Research → Latest Charts from the Mode VC Chart of the Day
- [cosmetic] Tool “search_charts” changed its title: Search All Venture & AI Charts → Search the Chart of the Day Archive

### 2026-10-20 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-19 (score 65, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-18 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `get_venture_chart_of_the_day` (~76 tokens)

Latest Charts from the Mode VC Chart of the Day

Returns the most recent charts from Mode VC's Chart of the Day archive (one new chart per day, mostly AI model, adoption, developer-package and pricing data), newest first, each with its claim, takeaway, URL and cited sources.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Number of recent charts. Default 3.

### `search_charts` (~104 tokens)

Search the Chart of the Day Archive

Searches every chart in the Mode VC Chart of the Day archive by keyword over title, claim, takeaway and keywords. Returns claims, takeaways, canonical URLs, markdown endpoints and cited sources. The archive grows by one chart a day; the response states its current size.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum charts to return. Default 10.
- `query` (string): Search term, e.g. "pricing", "claude", "inference", "sdk"

### `get_chart_data` (~97 tokens)

Get the Data Table and Sources for One Chart

Returns one chart from the Chart of the Day archive: the data table behind it (rows as published), claim, takeaway, note and the sources it cites. Look up by slug or title. Data is as published on the chart page; follow source_urls for the original data.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Chart slug or title, e.g. "pre-seed-valuation-dispersion", "ai-inference-cost-comparison"

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison/api-mcp-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-23: 68
- 2026-10-22: 67
- 2026-10-21: 67
- 2026-10-20: 66
- 2026-10-19: 65
- 2026-10-18: 65

## Common questions

### What is the Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… MCP server?

Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.modevc/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison. Qwen3.8-Max rates within 30 Arena points of Claude Opus 5.5 for 3.3× less per output token.. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison).

### Is the Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… MCP server safe to use?

Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… scores 68 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… MCP server expose?

Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… exposes 3 tools: get_venture_chart_of_the_day, search_charts, get_chart_data. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 277 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… MCP server still maintained?

Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for… is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 23 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison
- Website: https://modevc.com/charts/ai-inference-cost-comparison/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison/api-mcp-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison/api-mcp-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-modevc-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison/api-mcp-chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison