MCP server cost passportsdraft data · stage 0
Catalogs show stars and installs. We show the money: which keys you need, where the free tier ends, where the traps are - and how much “presence tax” a server adds to every request on your model. Every number with a proof and a date.
18
passports
7 🔴
traps found
6
run for $0
3
affiliate programs
| Server | Key | Free tier | Paid entry | Flags | Schema tokens | $/mo · Sonnet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server | FIRECRAWL_API_KEY required · free tier without a card | 1,000 pages/mo, no card | Hobby $16/mo · 5,000 pages | honest free tieraffiliate 25% → 15%heavy token taxkeyless mode = scrape only | 19 255 | $115.5 |
| Apifyofficial | API token required | $5 platform credits/mo | Starter $29/mo | affiliate 20% → 30%two-layer billing (CU + Actor price)heavy token tax | 11 736 | $70.4 |
| ElevenLabsofficial | API key required | 10K credits/mo | Starter $6/mo | affiliate 22% (12 mo)free tier: no commercial license | - | - |
Token overhead - PolicyLayer & community measurements · tariffs - pricing-page snapshots (2026-07-10) · $/mo - via the PriceRadar price base (Sonnet 5, 100 requests/day, API billing, no cache).
Affiliate links are marked rel=sponsored and never affect the numbers or the ordering. Data: CC BY 4.0 · machine access: /mcp-servers/api.json