OCI Pricing MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Oracle Cloud Infrastructure pricing data to AI assistants like Claude.

Important Note: This server provides pricing data from Oracle's public pricing API and bundled data. We cannot guarantee that AI assistants will always interpret pricing correctly or identify the absolute cheapest options. Always verify pricing on Oracle's official price list before making decisions. All API calls are free of charge (no authentication required).

Why This Exists

AWS, Azure, and GCP all have pricing MCP servers. OCI did not - until now.

Example: "How much does a 4 OCPU, 32GB VM cost on OCI?"

You ask Claude:

What's the monthly cost for a VM with 4 OCPUs and 32GB RAM on OCI?

Claude responds (using this MCP):

For a VM.Standard.E5.Flex with 4 OCPUs and 32GB RAM:

  OCPU cost:    4 OCPUs × $0.03/hr = $0.12/hr
  Memory cost:  32 GB × $0.002/hr  = $0.064/hr
  Total hourly: $0.184/hr

  Monthly cost (730 hrs): $134.32

For comparison, the Arm-based A1 shape would be significantly cheaper:

  A1 total:     4 × $0.01 + 32 × $0.0015 = $0.088/hr
  Monthly:      $64.24 (52% savings)

Example: "Compare OCI vs AWS for data egress"

You ask Claude:

How much would I save on OCI vs AWS for 5TB of monthly data egress?

Claude responds (using this MCP):

Data Egress Cost Comparison (5 TB/month):

  OCI:
    First 10 TB free → $0.00

  AWS:
    First 10 GB: free
    Next 9.99 TB @ $0.09/GB → ~$450/month

  Monthly savings with OCI: $450 (100% savings)

OCI includes 10 TB of free outbound data transfer monthly,
making it significantly more cost-effective for data-heavy workloads.

Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

claude mcp add oci-pricing -- npx -y oci-pricing-mcp

For Claude Desktop Users

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json), then restart Claude Desktop:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oci-pricing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oci-pricing-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

From Source

git clone https://github.com/jasonwilbur/oci-pricing-mcp.git
cd oci-pricing-mcp
npm install
npm run build
claude mcp add oci-pricing -- node /path/to/oci-pricing-mcp/dist/index.js

Available Tools

Core Tools

Compute Tools

Storage Tools

Database Tools

Networking Tools

Kubernetes Tools

Service Category Tools

The individual list_*_services tools (e.g. list_aiml_services, list_security_services) still work but are deprecated in favor of list_services_by_category — prefer passing a category to the one tool above.

Utility Tools

Real-Time Pricing Tools

Usage Examples

Ask Claude about OCI pricing

What's the cost of running a VM.Standard.E5.Flex with 4 OCPUs and 32GB RAM?

Compare OCI block storage tiers for 1TB of data

Estimate monthly cost for a Kubernetes cluster with 3 nodes

How much would I save using OCI vs AWS for 5TB of monthly data egress?

Quick Estimates

Give me a quick estimate for a small web app on OCI

Available presets:

• small-web-app - 1 OCPU, 8GB, 100GB storage, LB
• medium-api-server - 4 OCPU, 32GB, 500GB storage
• large-database - 8 OCPU, 128GB, Autonomous DB
• ml-training - 8x A100 GPUs (part-time)
• kubernetes-cluster - 3 nodes, 4 OCPU each

OCI Pricing Highlights

Key Differentiators

• Consistent Global Pricing: Unlike AWS/Azure/GCP, OCI prices are the same across all commercial regions
• 10 TB Free Egress: First 10 TB of outbound data transfer is free monthly
• Free Kubernetes Control Plane: OKE Basic clusters have no management fee
• Network Load Balancer: Completely free (no hourly or data charges)
• Always Free Tier: Never expires - 4 Arm OCPUs, 24GB RAM, 200GB storage, 2 Autonomous DBs

Cost-Effective Shapes

OCPU vs vCPU

1 OCPU = 2 vCPUs for x86 architectures. OCPUs represent physical cores, so OCI's $0.03/OCPU/hr is equivalent to $0.015/vCPU/hr.

Data Sources

This MCP server supports two data modes:

Bundled Data (Default)

Pricing data is synced from Oracle's public pricing API and bundled with the server. This provides fast, offline access to the complete OCI pricing catalog.

• Products: 640+ SKUs (full API dataset)
• Categories: 110+ service categories
• Detailed compute shapes: curated shapes with OCPU/memory breakdowns
• Timestamps: apiLastUpdated and bundledDataGenerated for verification (see get_pricing_info)

The raw-product snapshot and timestamps are auto-refreshed monthly from Oracle's live API via the refresh-data GitHub Action (curated category structures are preserved). You can also refresh locally with npm run generate-data, or get always-live pricing at call time with the fetch_realtime_pricing tool.

Real-Time API

For the most current pricing between releases, use fetch_realtime_pricing which queries Oracle's API directly:

https://apexapps.oracle.com/pls/apex/cetools/api/v1/products/

• Authentication: None required (public API)
• Multi-currency: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD, and more
• Updates: Oracle updates pricing data periodically

FAQ

Does OCI have a pricing API?

Yes! Oracle provides a public pricing API at https://apexapps.oracle.com/pls/apex/cetools/api/v1/products/ that returns all OCI product pricing in JSON format. No authentication is required. This MCP server uses this API for the fetch_realtime_pricing tool.

Where does the pricing data come from?

• Bundled data: Full dataset synced from Oracle's public pricing API and included in the npm package
• Real-time data: Fetched directly from Oracle's public pricing API on-demand

How often is the bundled data updated?