Cloud Cost MCP vs Aws Pricing MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Cloud Cost MCP and Aws Pricing MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Cloud Cost MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: compare_compute, compare_storage, compare_egress.

Explore Cloud Cost MCP Details

Choose Aws Pricing MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Cloud Platforms domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN.
• Primary tools included: Provides EC2 pricing data from up-to-date AWS catalog, Supports multiple pricing models: On Demand, Reserved, CloudFix RightSpend, Flexible filtering by region, platform, tenancy, vCPU, RAM, GPU.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Cloud Cost MCP jasonwilbur Cloud Platforms	Aws Pricing MCP trilogy-group Cloud Platforms
Summary	Multi-cloud pricing comparison across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI with 2,700+ instance types. Real-time pricing from public APIs, workload calculators, and migration savings estimator.	/🏠 - Get up-to-date EC2 pricing information with one call. Fast. Powered by a pre-parsed AWS pricing catalogue.
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Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jasonwilbur-cloud-cost-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cloud-cost-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trilogy-group-aws-pricing-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "trilogy-group-aws-pricing-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID_HERE",
        "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_HERE",
        "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN": "YOUR_AWS_SESSION_TOKEN_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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