# ModelCostComparison (remote · modelcostcomparison.com)

Find AI model pricing, estimate token costs and compare offers. No API key required.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `modelcostcomparison.com`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/lazige-modelcostcomparison/api-v1-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/lazige-modelcostcomparison/api-v1-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-09-28.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - 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.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - 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**: 60/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 477 tokens (~79/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 10/100
  - Stability observed for 3 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 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 ModelCostComparison MCP server?

ModelCostComparison is a hosted endpoint at https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp, 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 lazige-modelcostcomparison 'https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lazige-modelcostcomparison": {
      "url": "https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "lazige-modelcostcomparison": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.lazige-modelcostcomparison]
url = "https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "lazige-modelcostcomparison": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add lazige-modelcostcomparison --url 'https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  lazige-modelcostcomparison:
    url: "https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "lazige-modelcostcomparison": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add lazige-modelcostcomparison -t streamable-http -u 'https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lazige-modelcostcomparison": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 70, −1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-26 (score 71, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-25 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `list_models` (~110 tokens)

Find exact pricing offers and their IDs. Defaults to current reviewed prices; offers may still have unsupported billing modes. No model capability recommendation. Search accepts case, spacing and punctuation variants of recorded labels and API IDs. Multiple matching tariffs are returned as choices; costing still requires an exact ID.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `pricing_tier` (string)
- `provider_id` (string)
- `query` (string)
- `status` (string)

### `get_model_pricing` (~48 tokens)

Read recorded USD text-token prices, tariff identity, provenance and freshness for an exact offer ID. Expired or unreviewed prices are informational only.

Input parameters:

- `model_id` (string, required)

### `calculate_cost` (~67 tokens)

Estimate a USD text-token subtotal for one exact offer using current reviewed rates. Input includes cached input. Excludes cache writes, storage, tools and taxes. No model invocation.

Input parameters:

- `expected_dataset_revision` (string)
- `model_id` (string, required)
- `usage` (object, required)

### `compare_model_costs` (~72 tokens)

Compare 2–20 exact offers for identical text-token counts using one pricing snapshot. Returns supported results plus per-offer exclusions. Equal token counts are an assumption, not tokenizer equivalence.

Input parameters:

- `expected_dataset_revision` (string)
- `model_ids` (array, required)
- `usage` (object, required)

### `find_cheapest_models` (~116 tokens)

Rank current reviewed offers by USD text-token subtotal for the supplied input/output/cache workload. Defaults to standard tariffs. Optional verified input-capacity filter is a pricing-scope limit, not full context size. No model-quality recommendation. Returns exclusion counts; discover exact IDs in results.

Input parameters:

- `expected_dataset_revision` (string)
- `limit` (integer)
- `min_input_tokens_per_request` (integer)
- `pricing_tier` (string)
- `provider_id` (string)
- `usage` (object, required)

### `list_providers` (~64 tokens)

Summarize catalogue providers, distinct API model identities, tariff counts and current supported input/output rate ranges in USD per million tokens. Ranges are informational, not workload estimates or capability rankings.

Input parameters:

- `pricing_tier` (string)
- `provider_id` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/lazige-modelcostcomparison/api-v1-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 70
- 2026-09-27: 71
- 2026-09-26: 71
- 2026-09-25: 70

## Common questions

### What is the ModelCostComparison MCP server?

ModelCostComparison is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Lazige/modelcostcomparison. Find AI model pricing, estimate token costs and compare offers. No API key required. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp).

### Is the ModelCostComparison MCP server safe to use?

ModelCostComparison scores 70 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 ModelCostComparison MCP server expose?

ModelCostComparison exposes 6 tools: list_models, get_model_pricing, calculate_cost, compare_model_costs, find_cheapest_models, list_providers. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 477 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ModelCostComparison MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ModelCostComparison without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ModelCostComparison MCP server still maintained?

ModelCostComparison is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 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://modelcostcomparison.com/api/v1/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Lazige/modelcostcomparison-mcp
- Website: https://modelcostcomparison.com/developers
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/lazige-modelcostcomparison/api-v1-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/lazige-modelcostcomparison/api-v1-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/lazige-modelcostcomparison/api-v1-mcp