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Shortlist Price Index

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Software prices for AI agents: hosting, SEO, backup, antivirus, email and more. True 3-year cost

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Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport http shortlist-price-index 'https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "shortlist-price-index": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. Shortlist Price Index MCP server
  2. Tools
  3. Add to Claude Code
  4. Add to any MCP client
  5. Example questions your agent can now answer
  6. Sources
  7. Data
  8. Run locally
  9. Self-host with Docker

Shortlist Price Index MCP server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI agents software pricing data: entry prices (lowest paid plan per provider) and the true 3-year cost for categories such as web hosting, SEO tools, cloud backup, antivirus, password managers and email marketing, in USD and for the Dutch market in EUR. Prices are compiled from each provider's public pricing page and republished monthly since June 2026. An automated price watcher re-checks the figures against those pricing pages; figures it cannot confirm automatically (for example because of regional pricing or a cookie wall) are flagged for manual review. Each index carries the date its figures were last updated, and a category whose latest index is older than 35 days is withheld until its next verified refresh, so an agent never quotes an outdated price. Published as open data under CC BY 4.0 by Orai Media.

Endpoint: https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp (streamable HTTP, no auth, free)

Tools

ToolWhat it does
list_categoriesThe categories that are current, with slugs, units, currencies and the date of the latest update
get_price_indexFull index for one category: average, median, cheapest, every provider sorted by price, monthly history, methodology
get_true_3yr_costHonest 3-year cost per provider (year 1 intro, years 2-3 at renewal), ranked by real total, with the renewal multiplier. Published for web hosting and antivirus today
get_cheapestThe N cheapest providers in a category right now, with a link to the full comparison

Every response includes a citation string and the CC BY 4.0 license note, so agents can attribute figures correctly.

Add to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http shortlist-prices https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp

Add to any MCP client

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortlist-prices": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Example questions your agent can now answer

  • "What does an SEO tool cost per month right now, and which three are cheapest?"
  • "Which web host is cheapest over three years, once the renewal price kicks in?"
  • "Which antivirus suite costs the least over three years?"
  • "Wat kost een wachtwoordmanager per maand in Nederland?"

Sources

Every figure comes from the price index page of the comparison guide that publishes it. Each response carries that page as its citation.

CategorySource
Cloud backupBackupShortlist Price Index
Web hostingHostingShortlist Price Index
SEO toolsSEOShortlist Price Index
Website buildersWebsiteShortlist Price Index
AntivirusAntivirusShortlist Price Index
Email marketingMailShortlist Price Index
Password managersPasswordShortlist Price Index
Web hosting (Netherlands, EUR)KiesHosting Prijsindex
Password managers (Netherlands, EUR)Wachtwoordkiezer Prijsindex
Newsletter tools (Netherlands, EUR)Nieuwsbriefkiezer Prijsindex

Data

The server reads the live Price Index JSON endpoints of the Shortlist comparison sites (republished monthly, cached one hour) and the open dataset repository:

License: data CC BY 4.0 (attribution + link to the cited source site), code MIT.

Run locally

npm install
npm run dev
# MCP endpoint on http://localhost:3000/mcp

Self-host with Docker

The included Dockerfile builds a self-contained image of the same server (the production endpoint above is the hosted equivalent):

docker build -t shortlist-mcp .
docker run -p 3000:3000 shortlist-mcp
# MCP endpoint on http://localhost:3000/mcp

Built with mcp-handler on Next.js, deployed on Vercel.

Frequently asked questions

What is Shortlist Price Index?

Software prices for AI agents: hosting, SEO, backup, antivirus, email and more. True 3-year cost

How do I install Shortlist Price Index?

It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http shortlist-price-index 'https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does Shortlist Price Index need an API key?

Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.

Is Shortlist Price Index open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains Shortlist Price Index?

It is published by ies86. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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