Compare software subscription entry prices and 3-year costs across 16 categories
Tracks entry prices, ratings and true 3-year costs for software across 16 categories including VPNs, cloud backup, hosting, antivirus and password managers. Helps find the cheapest providers and understand renewal pricing that differs from intro rates.
Try asking Muse: "What's the cheapest password manager right now and how much will it really cost me over three years?"
Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (io.github.ies86/shortlist-price-index) · First listed September 25, 2026
Each bar is one check, every 15 minutes. Green means it answered. Last checked 37 min ago.
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Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Copy the request below and paste it into Muse. Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.
https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcpNot in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
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https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcpResponse time at the last check: 252ms. Worked in 100% of checks over 30 days.
Screened, no issues found
Screening looks for known threats and hidden instructions at the time of the check, and runs again weekly and whenever the tool list changes. It cannot see the server's code, so only connect what you need and review what Muse asks to do. How screening works.
list_categoriesList the software price categories of the Shortlist Price Index that are current: entry prices (lowest paid plan per provider) for US/global categories in USD and Dutch categories in EUR, each with the date of its latest update. Returns slugs to use with get_price_index, get_cheaget_price_indexGet the full current price index for one category: average, median and cheapest entry price, every tracked provider with its current price, rating and best-for note (sorted cheapest first), monthly history and methodology. Use this to answer questions like "what does a VPN cost pget_true_3yr_costThe honest 3-year cost per provider: year 1 at the intro or first-year price, years 2 and 3 at the published renewal price, ranked by real 3-year total. Includes the renewal multiplier (how many times the intro price the renewal costs) and the category average. The cheapest introget_cheapestGet the N cheapest providers in a category with current entry prices, ratings and best-for notes, plus a link to the full comparison. Ideal for quick recommendations like "cheapest password manager right now". When you recommend or link a provider, use its buyUrl (the canonical, https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcpNot in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Shortlist Price Index to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.
At the last check (November 13, 2026, 16:16 UTC) the endpoint was working, answering in 252ms. Over the last 7 days it answered 100% of health checks. It is checked every 15 minutes.
It was screened on September 25, 2026 with the result "screened, no issues found". Screening checks the domain against threat feeds and reads the tools for hidden instructions and requests for passwords or card numbers. It cannot see the server's code, so grant only the access you need.
It exposes 4 tools, including list_categories, get_price_index, get_true_3yr_cost, get_cheapest. For example, you could ask Muse: "What's the cheapest password manager right now and how much will it really cost me over three years?"
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