For AI assistants · Model Context Protocol
Use this data in your AI assistant
A live MCP server that answers questions about software and hardware pricing with sourced, dated records — 264 software categories and 201 hardware categories, 2,038 tools tracked. Wire it into your assistant and every answer it gives from our data carries the vendor's own source URL and the date we verified it.
https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/mcp Streamable HTTP · no key required Add it in one step
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http front-desk-review https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/mcp Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf
Add to the client's MCP config (Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json; Claude Desktop: Settings → Developer → Edit Config):
{
"mcpServers": {
"front-desk-review": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/mcp"
}
}
} VS Code (GitHub Copilot agent)
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"front-desk-review": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/mcp"
}
}
} Any MCP-capable client works — point it at the Streamable HTTP endpoint above. Machine-readable manifest: server.json.
What your assistant can ask
12 tools. Examples: “cheapest CRM with a free tier”, “normalize Aircall vs Dialpad at 500 calls/mo”, “which GPU under $600 has the most VRAM”.
list_sections- Enumerate all software/SaaS pricing themes (deep sections + catalog topics) with slug, label, vendor count and kind.
search_vendors- Free-text search of a theme's vendors across name, domain, integrations, plan notes and capabilities; returns full provenanced records.
compare- Side-by-side comparison of specific vendors by slug within a theme.
get_normalized_pricing- Effective monthly cost per vendor at a chosen call volume, normalizing flat / per-minute / per-call billing to one comparable number.
get_benchmark- Per-vendor benchmark card: entry price, normalized cost at reference volumes, compliance, free-tier flag, integration breadth.
find_best- Answer 'best/cheapest <theme> for <use case>' — vendors ranked by entry price with verified HIPAA/SOC 2/GDPR/free-tier filters; never infers an unverified fact.
list_coverage- What the index covers — theme count, section/catalog split, total vendors, per-theme counts, data date range, and what it does NOT cover.
whats_changed- Recent dated, two-source-corroborated price-change capsules (vendor, plan, before -> after, date, sources), newest first.
list_product_categories- Enumerate spec-driven hardware categories (phones, laptops, GPUs, ...) with product counts, comparable spec keys and brands.
search_products- Free-text search of one hardware category across product name, brand and spec values; full provenanced spec + price records.
compare_products- Side-by-side spec comparison of specific products by slug within a category, lined up on the category's comparable spec keys.
find_products- Answer 'best <category> under $N' or 'which has the most <spec>' — filter by price/brand and rank by price, release date or any spec key.
No MCP client? Use the REST API or a GPT
The same sourced data is a plain read-only JSON API — no key, CORS-open — callable from any HTTP client, agent framework, automation tool, or a ChatGPT custom GPT.
curl "https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/api/v1/best?section=crm-software&requireFreeTier=true"
curl "https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/api/v1/products/find?category=laptops&maxPriceUsd=1000" Build a ChatGPT GPT: in the GPT editor → Actions → Import, paste the OpenAPI URL mcp.frontdeskreview.com/openapi.json. Your GPT can then answer pricing/spec questions from our verified, dated data.
Why connect it
- Cited, not guessed. Every record returns
source.url+accessedAt, so your agent can attribute any figure. Quote-only vendors returnnull, never an invented price. - Current. Prices are re-verified and dated;
whats_changedsurfaces recent two-source-corroborated moves a base model can't know. - Neutral. We are not a vendor or reseller. Payment never affects ranking or the data. How we make money.
Prefer raw data? The full corpus is open (CC-BY-4.0) on GitHub, with a citable DOI and per-category JSON/CSV. See also the 2026 Software Pricing Index.