INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_hidden_costs

The costs beyond the sticker price (implementation, add-ons, overage, support) for one product, with the intro context and category positioning.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://comparedge.com/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_hidden_costs and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.comparedge-http-mcp]
url = "https://comparedge.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "comparedge-http-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://comparedge.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: comparedge-http-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://comparedge.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "comparedge-http-mcp": {
      "url": "https://comparedge.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "comparedge-http-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://comparedge.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "comparedge-http-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://comparedge.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

get_pricing — 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.
compare_software — 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 — Find software by criteria: category, max starting price, free-tier requirement, or a keyword.
calculate_tco — Total cost of ownership for a team: the seat-aware, annual-aware subscription line plus the hidden-cost line items.
estimate_llm_cost — 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.
get_cost_guide — 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_price_history — Price-stability signal, latest verified snapshot, last observed change and derived trend for one product.
get_positioning — 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.