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+---
+tags:
+  - pricing
+  - cost estimation
+  - tool evaluation
+  - developer tooling
+  - free tier strategy
+tools:
+  - Vercel
+  - Railway
+  - Fly.io
+  - Netlify
+  - Render
+people:
+  - rogermbyrne
+---
+# Pricing.md
+
+Make your AI agent cost-aware when planning developer tool stacks.
+
+Pricing.md surfaces pricing breakpoints, compares alternatives, flags lock-in risks, and shows where free tiers end — so developers make informed decisions about the tools they choose.
+
+## Install as a Skill
+
+The quickest way to use Pricing.md is as an agent skill. No MCP setup needed — the pricing data is embedded directly in the skill.
+
+```bash
+npx skills add rogermbyrne/pricing.md
+```
+
+Once installed, your agent will proactively surface pricing when you're evaluating tools, planning a stack, or comparing options.
+
+## Install as an MCP Server
+
+For programmatic pricing queries (search, compare, estimate cost), you can also run Pricing.md as an MCP server.
+
+Add to your Claude Code MCP config:
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "pricing.md": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "pricing.md"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### MCP Tools
+
+| Tool | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| `search_tools` | Search and filter tools by category, price range, tags |
+| `get_pricing` | Get full pricing details for a specific tool |
+| `compare_tools` | Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 tools |
+| `estimate_cost` | Estimate monthly cost given usage quantities |
+
+## What's Covered
+
+53 developer tools across 16 categories:
+
+| Category | Tools |
+| --- | --- |
+| **Hosting** | Vercel, Railway, Fly.io, Netlify, Render |
+| **Database** | Supabase, Neon, PlanetScale Postgres, PlanetScale Vitess, Turso, Upstash, Convex |
+| **Auth** | Clerk, Auth0 (B2C), Auth0 (B2B), WorkOS, Descope |
+| **Email** | Resend, Unosend, Postmark, SendGrid |
+| **Payments** | Stripe, Paddle |
+| **Monitoring** | Sentry, Checkly, New Relic, Honeycomb |
+| **CI/CD** | CircleCI, Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Depot |
+| **Search** | Algolia, Weaviate, Orama |
+| **Analytics** | PostHog, Plausible, Mixpanel, Amplitude |
+| **CMS** | Sanity, Contentful, Storyblok |
+| **Feature Flags** | LaunchDarkly, Statsig |
+| **Edge** | Cloudflare, Deno Deploy |
+| **Queues** | Inngest, Trigger.dev |
+| **Notifications** | Novu, Courier, Engagespot |
+| **Storage** | Tigris, Mux |
+| **Scheduling** | Mergent |
+
+All pricing verified as of 2026-04-03. Each tool links to its pricing page for verification.
+
+## How It Works
+
+When you're planning a project and mention tools like Vercel or Resend, the agent will:
+
+1. **Show the free tier** and its limits
+2. **Flag where free ends** — is it a cliff ($0 to $25/mo) or a gentle ramp?
+3. **Note portability** — open standard (SMTP, PostgreSQL) or proprietary lock-in?
+4. **Present, don't recommend** — you know your requirements, the agent shows the numbers
+
+## Maintaining Pricing Data
+
+Pricing data lives in `data/tools/` as JSON files validated against a Zod schema.
+
+```bash
+# Validate all data files
+npm run validate
+
+# Check if any pricing pages have changed
+npm run check-freshness
+
+# Re-discover which tools have pricing.md files
+npm run discover
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+Pricing.md is community-maintained. Anyone can add a new tool or update stale pricing by submitting a PR.
+
+**Quick version:** Add a JSON file to `data/tools/`, run `npm run validate`, open a PR with a link to the pricing page you used.
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for the full guide — schema reference, category list, portability ratings, and review process.
+
+## License
+
+MIT