# Shortlist Price Index Muse connector

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## Shortlist Price Index

Compare software subscription entry prices and 3-year costs across 16 categories

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/shortlist-price-index
- Category: Shopping & Commerce
- Developer: ies86 (https://seoshortlist.com/data/price-index)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 612ms, checked 2026-09-28T09:01:21Z
- Endpoint: https://shortlist-mcp.vercel.app/mcp
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-09-25T08:11:39Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (io.github.ies86/shortlist-price-index) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=io.github.ies86%2Fshortlist-price-index

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.

Example request: "What's the cheapest password manager right now and how much will it really cost me over three years?"

How to connect: Not 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.

Tools:
- list_categories: List all software price categories tracked by the Shortlist Price Index: entry prices (lowest paid plan per provider) across 11 US/global categories and 5 Dutch (EUR) categories. Returns slugs to use with get_price_index and get_cheapest.
- get_price_index: Get 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 p
- get_true_3yr_cost: The 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 intro
- get_cheapest: Get 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, 

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 268ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (shortlist-mcp.vercel.app, seoshortlist.com not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (4 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (Domain registered 2432 days ago)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)