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AI-Cost-CLI MCP server

by ufhouck·io.github.ufhouck/aicost-cli·v1.1.0·1 stars
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AI API cost calculator, recommender & MCP server. 29 models across text/image/video/audio.

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AI-Cost-CLI tools (4)

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  • compare_ai_models

    Compare two AI models side-by-side to see which one is more cost-effective.

  • get_ai_cost

    Calculate the cost of an AI model usage based on tokens or units.

  • get_pricing_metadata

    Get metadata about the current pricing database, such as the last update date.

  • recommend_ai_model

    Recommend AI models based on a task description. Use keywords like 'coding', 'cheap', 'fast', 'ocr', 'vision'.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-27 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings
  • Code scan9 source files scanned25/25
  • –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
  • –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
  • Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
  • Maintenancelast push 22 days ago15/15
  • Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Overall 92/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How AI-Cost-CLI compares

Against every graded Media MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
92/100
higher than 85% of 1,337 Media servers
Tools
4
the typical Media server has 7
Tools that change things
0%
typical: 4%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
GitHub stars
1
more than 55% of 715 Media servers
Downloads a week
30
more than 15% of 365 Media servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 4 read

Install AI-Cost-CLI in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add aicost-cli -- uvx aicost-cli
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What the publisher says

From the AI-Cost-CLI repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

AI-Cost-CLI

A terminal-based calculator and recommendation engine for AI API costs. Supports multiple providers, local currency conversion, and automated pricing updates.

<!-- mcp-name: io.github.ufhouck/aicost-cli -->

Preview: Direct vs. Aggregator Comparison

Compare the effective cost of using models directly vs. through gateways like OpenRouter, including platform fees.

Comparison: gpt-4o vs openrouter/gpt-4o                     
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┃ Attribute        ┃             gpt-4o              ┃    openrouter/gpt-4o    ┃
┡━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╇━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╇━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┩
│ Provider         │             OpenAI              │       OpenRouter        │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Source           │             Direct              │       Aggregator        │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Platform Fee     │              0.0%               │          5.5%           │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Type             │              text               │          text           │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Input Cost       │        111.4775 TRY (1M)        │    117.6088 TRY (1M)    │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Output/Unit Cost │        445.9100 TRY (1M)        │    470.4350 TRY (1M)    │
└────

Supported Models

Text Models

Image, Video & Audio Models

Full list available via aicost list --currency USD

Features

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

AI-Cost-CLI: common questions

Is AI-Cost-CLI MCP server safe?
Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the AI-Cost-CLI safety report
How do I install AI-Cost-CLI?
It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does AI-Cost-CLI need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is AI-Cost-CLI maintained?
The last commit was 59 days ago (2026-09-06). The latest release is v1.1.0.
What can I use instead of AI-Cost-CLI?
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How does AI-Cost-CLI compare with other Media MCP servers?
safety score 92/100 (higher than 85% of 1,337 Media servers); tools 4 (the typical Media server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 4%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

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