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.

Endpoint 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 return null, never an invented price.
  • Current. Prices are re-verified and dated; whats_changed surfaces 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.