MCP Tool Cost Meter
A paid-MCP metering layer that records per-tool usage and turns it into billable events for Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, or a CSV export.
- Target market
- Indie devs and small teams of 1-10 selling hosted MCP servers or premium tool access and needing usage-based pricing per tool.
Problem snapshot
What this solves
A founder wants to sell an MCP server where search is cheap, enrichment is expensive, and export is a premium action. They can see raw server logs, but logs do not map tool calls to customers, price rules, idempotency keys, or billing records. A generic AI cost tracker does not know that enrich_company should cost more than lookup_domain. Without metering,…
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