io.github.petrovicistefan/mcp-cost-optimizer

MCP Cost Optimizer

Is the MCP Cost Optimizer MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-26.

Local-first LLM cost analysis and model-switch savings estimates for AI agents.

alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-10-26

3tools

1.8ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5

0.9 %of Claude's 200k window

0.7×the median server

369 msto initialize

10 msto list tools

Run it: npx -y mcp-cost-optimizer@0.1.2 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host: npmjs.com
Reports itself as: mcp-cost-optimizer 0.1.2
Capabilities: tools
Instructions: none
Of a 1M window: 0.2 % of a 1M context window
Count: 1.8k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-26. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 1.8k. The o200k_base estimate is 907. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository: https://github.com/petrovicistefan/mcp-cost-optimizer
Website: https://github.com/petrovicistefan/mcp-cost-optimizer#readme
Registry: active, updated 2026-10-19 · registry entry
Changes: 2 recorded, reachable in 2 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.97×.

Tool	≈ Claude tokens	o200k estimate	Share of this server
compare_llm_models	626	317	35 %
analyze_llm_usage	602	305	34 %
estimate_llm_cost	563	285	31 %

Other registry entries on npmjs.com, the ones next to this name; all of them.

Servers that mention optimizer.

offerhopper.ai — AI Supermarket & Drugstore Shopping Assistant for Germany ai.offerhopper.mcp/german-grocery-assistant · alive
Inventory Intelligence & Optimizer ai.saifs/inventory-intelligence-optimizer · needs auth
ai.smithery/mrugankpednekar-mcp-optimizer · not found
Production Schedule Optimizer com.a2awire/benchmark-production-schedule-optimizer-v1 · alive
Bikefuchs — Bike Parts Price Comparison com.bikefuchs/bikefuchs · alive
Ecom Image Optimizer com.ecommerceimageoptimizer/image-optimizer · needs auth
Fleet Route Optimizer com.kindoflost.routing/fleet-route-optimizer · alive
Sematryx Optimizer com.sematryx/optimizer · refused

We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.

Probed	Result	Init	Tools	Claude	o200k
2026-10-26 07:04	alive	426 ms	3	1.8k	907
2026-10-19 06:53	alive	369 ms	3		907

The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.

Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.