azure-pricing-mcp 0.1.1

MCP server for estimating Azure service costs using the Azure Retail Prices API

azure-pricing-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets LLMs query Azure service pricing using the public Azure Retail Prices API.

No Azure credentials required — the API is free and public.

Quick Start

Run directly with uvx:

uvx azure-pricing-mcp

Or install and run:

uv pip install azure-pricing-mcp
azure-pricing-mcp

Tools

Tool	Description
search_prices	Search Azure retail prices by service, region, SKU, or product name
estimate_cost	Estimate monthly cost for a service given quantity and usage hours
compare_regions	Compare prices for a service/SKU across Azure regions (sorted cheapest first)
list_services	Discover available Azure services (with optional text search)
list_regions	List Azure regions (optionally filtered by service)

All tools support a currency_code parameter (default: USD). Examples: EUR, BRL, GBP, JPY.

Usage Examples

Once connected to an MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.), you can ask:

• "What's the price of a D2 v3 VM in East US?"
• "Estimate the monthly cost for 5 Standard_LRS storage accounts in West Europe"
• "Compare Virtual Machines D4 v3 pricing across all regions"
• "List all Azure services related to 'database'"
• "What regions offer Azure Cosmos DB?"

Configuration

Using mcp.json (VS Code / GitHub Copilot)

Create an mcp.json file in your project's .vscode folder (.vscode/mcp.json) to share the server with your team:

{
  "servers": {
    "azure-pricing": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["azure-pricing-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or add it at the user level (~/.vscode/mcp.json) to make it available across all projects.

Tip: When opening a project with an mcp.json, VS Code will prompt you to start the MCP server automatically.

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-pricing": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["azure-pricing-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add azure-pricing -- uvx azure-pricing-mcp

Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP settings (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-pricing": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["azure-pricing-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to your Windsurf MCP config (~/.windsurf/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-pricing": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["azure-pricing-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Development

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/pimentelleo/azure-pricing-mcp.git
cd azure-pricing-mcp
uv sync

# Run locally
uv run azure-pricing-mcp

# Test with MCP Inspector
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run azure-pricing-mcp

How It Works

This server uses the Azure Retail Prices REST API to fetch real-time public pricing data for Azure services. Key characteristics:

• No authentication required — the API is publicly accessible
• Real-time data — prices are updated regularly by Microsoft
• Public retail prices only — does not include enterprise agreements or negotiated rates
• Supports all Azure services — VMs, Storage, Databases, Networking, AI/ML, and more

License

MIT