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OptimToken MCP Server

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OptimToken is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 5 tools.

Compare LLM API and cloud compute pricing, estimate workload costs, pick a model within budget.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 64 days of history · worst day 98%
64 days agonow
99.5%
Uptime 24h
183 of 184 checks
5
Tools
read from the server
1375 ms
Response time
average over 24h
authentication required
Access
streamable-http

What changed 25

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 16 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

13 Oct 5 tool descriptions were rewritten compare-compute-pricing, compare-llm-models, compare-models-side-by-side and 2 more
5 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for compare-llm-models, recommend-llm-model
5 Oct a tool changed version
18 Aug 3 tools changed the parameters they ask for4 times that day compare-compute-pricing, compare-llm-models, estimate-llm-cost
18 Aug 2 tool descriptions were rewritten compare-llm-models, estimate-llm-cost
18 Aug 2 tools appeared compare-models-side-by-side, recommend-llm-model
18 Aug a tool changed version
17 Aug a tool description was rewritten compare-compute-pricing
17 Aug a tool changed the parameters it asks for compare-compute-pricing
16 Aug 3 tool descriptions were rewritten compare-compute-pricing, compare-llm-models, estimate-llm-cost
and 4 more, back to 16 August 2026

OptimToken missed one check 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.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add ai-pricing-hub --transport http https://ai-pricing-hub-mcp-9604f763.alpic.live/
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-pricing-hub": {
      "url": "https://ai-pricing-hub-mcp-9604f763.alpic.live/"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ai-pricing-hub]
url = "https://ai-pricing-hub-mcp-9604f763.alpic.live/"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-pricing-hub": {
      "url": "https://ai-pricing-hub-mcp-9604f763.alpic.live/"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-pricing-hub": {
      "url": "https://ai-pricing-hub-mcp-9604f763.alpic.live/"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Available tools 5

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

compare
compare-compute-pricing
Compare cloud compute instance pricing across AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, OCI, OVH, and Alibaba. Filter by region, provider, vCPUs, memory, category, processor, or use case. All prices are Linux on-demand list prices in USD. Not every price column is live: `provenance.priceTypes` says which of each provider's price columns come from a live API, which are static constants, and which are unavailable, and `provenance.staticPriceColumns` lists the non-live ones outright; a savings-plan or reserved rate that appears there is a static estimate, not a live quote. Prices are returned as the catalogue serves them and dated by `provenance`.
compare-llm-models
Browse and filter the whole LLM catalogue and get back a ranked table: price, quality (ELO), efficiency and capabilities. Use this when the user wants to SEE THE FIELD — 'show me models under $1/1M', 'which providers have vision models', 'list open-weight models above ELO 1300'. For a single PICK under a budget use recommend-llm-model; to weigh 2-4 NAMED models against each other use compare-models-side-by-side. Prices come from optimtoken.optimnow.io where reachable; the response's `provenance` says which tier served them and whether they are vendor-verified. Filter by provider, price tier (category), openness, capability, price range, or minimum ELO score. Optionally enrich with business metrics for a use case. Price tier and openness are independent: a model can be Frontier-priced and open-weight at once. Reports both list-price cost and the optimized cost achievable with prompt caching and the batch API. Prices, costs and scores are final as returned: rounded and ranked server-side, and dated by `provenance`. The text block is a numbered table of the same figures.
compare-models-side-by-side
Compare 2-4 named LLM models against all 8 use-case profiles at a chosen monthly volume, showing list and optimized cost for each. Use when the user names specific models to weigh against each other, rather than filtering the whole catalogue. If they also supply their own token counts, or a volume outside 10k/100k/1m, use estimate-llm-cost instead. Every name is resolved against the catalogue and the outcome is reported in `resolution` and in the text: a name that matched nothing, matched several models, or duplicated an earlier pick is stated explicitly, and such a name gets no column rather than a zero cost. Prices and costs are final as returned: rounded server-side and dated by `provenance`.
estimate
estimate-llm-cost
Cost a workload with EXACT numbers the caller supplies: arbitrary token counts per request and any monthly volume, not just the 10k/100k/1m presets the other cost tools use. Use this for 'about 800 in and 200 out, 4 million calls a month', or to price one named model across every use-case profile. To compare 2-4 named models like for like at a preset volume, use compare-models-side-by-side instead. Provide a model name to get detailed cost breakdowns, or compare costs across all use case presets. Each figure comes twice: list price, and the optimized price achievable with prompt caching and the batch API. Cost figures are final as returned: rounded server-side and dated by `provenance`, with the lever behind each saving, or the reason there is none, named in the text.
recommend
recommend-llm-model
Pick a model. Returns a ranked top 3 for one workload under optional constraints, each with a per-constraint satisfied/violated breakdown as the evidence. Use this when the user wants an ANSWER rather than a table — 'what should I use for support tickets under $500 a month'. To browse or filter the whole catalogue instead, use compare-llm-models. Constraints: (monthly budget, minimum ELO, required capability, self-hostability). Returns a top 3 as structured facts — efficiency rank, ELO, list and optimized cost, FinOps flag, volatility, and a per-constraint satisfied/violated breakdown. When nothing satisfies every constraint the query is reported as over-constrained, `recommendations` is empty, and the nearest misses are returned in `nearMisses` instead, each carrying the constraint it failed and flagged as a miss in the text. The ranking is computed server-side and is final.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://ai-pricing-hub-mcp-9604f763.alpic.live/ streamable-http needs auth 206 ms 2 min ago
https://optimtoken-mcp.optimnow.io/mcp streamable-http answering 261 ms 0 min ago

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OptimToken — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can OptimToken do?
It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: compare-compute-pricing, compare-llm-models, compare-models-side-by-side, estimate-llm-cost, recommend-llm-model. 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 OptimToken working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 183 of 184 checks got a reply (99.5%), average response time 1375 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is OptimToken still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect OptimToken?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.
Does OptimToken need an API key?
Yes. Every time we knock, OptimToken answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.
How fast is OptimToken?
It answers our handshake in 1375 ms on average, which is faster than 4% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.