Cheapestinference MCP Server

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Cheapestinference is answering right now. Last checked 13 min ago. It exposes 7 tools.

Discover unlimited LLM inference pools, get USDC quotes, subscribe on Base, check key status.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 95%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

350 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Cheapestinference missed 2 checks this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://api.cheapestinference.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://api.cheapestinference.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://api.cheapestinference.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.cheapestinference.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.cheapestinference.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 7

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

card

get_card_checkout_link

Card payments require a browser (3-D Secure). Returns the dashboard page for the pool where a human can complete checkout. Card subscriptions auto-renew monthly until cancelled.

confirm

confirm_crypto_subscription

After sending the quoted USDC amount on Base, submit the transaction hash plus an EIP-191 signature of the claim message (from get_crypto_quote) made with the paying wallet. Verifies the payment on-chain and returns your API key. Idempotent: safe to retry with the same tx_hash.

connection

get_connection_info

OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic base URLs plus ready-to-paste client snippets. Works with or without a key (keyless: explains subscribe and x402 pay-per-request options).

crypto

get_crypto_quote

Quote for subscribing to a pool with USDC on Base: exact amount, payment address, and the claim message you must sign after paying. Crypto subscriptions are one-time 30 days (no auto-renewal).

pool

get_pool

One pool in detail: models, per-block prices, availability, and what the subscription includes.

pools

list_pools

All active Unlimited pools: models served, per-block USDC price for 30 days, coarse availability. Blocks are 8h daily windows (UTC); reserving all blocks = 24/7. No auth required.

subscription

get_subscription_status

Status of a pool subscription key: pool, reserved daily blocks, expiry, renewal semantics.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.cheapestinference.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	157 ms	13 min ago

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Cheapestinference — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Cheapestinference do?

It exposes 7 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: confirm_crypto_subscription, get_card_checkout_link, get_connection_info, get_crypto_quote, get_pool, get_subscription_status and 1 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Cheapestinference working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 350 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Cheapestinference?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Cheapestinference need an API key?

No. Cheapestinference completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 7 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Cheapestinference?

It answers our handshake in 350 ms on average, which is faster than 38% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.