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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub MCPgithub/github-mcp-server | PAT or OAuth · free (~5,000 requests/hour) | Unlimited API (~5K req/h) | - | free keyheavy token tax | 14.4K → 55K | $86-330 |
| Slackcommunity | Bot token · free | Slack API is free | - | reference archived | 834 | $5.0 |
| Notionofficial | Integration token or OAuth · free | Notion API is free | - | heavy token taxaffiliate program closed | 21 937 | $131.6 |
| 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 |
| Exaofficial | API key required | 20K or 1K credits/mo - the number floats | $7 per 1K searches | pricing unstable | 564 | $3.4 |
| Browserbaseofficial | API key + project ID | 1 hour (demo) | Developer $20/mo | free tier = demofree alternative: Playwright | 1 282 | $7.7 |
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