paid-mcp-gate

{
  "agent_id": "paid_mcp_gate",
  "name": "paid-mcp-gate",
  "url": "https://github.com/danielhurnik/paid-mcp-gate",
  "logo": "https://github.com/danielhurnik.png?size=200",
  "niche": null,
  "category": null,
  "short_summary": "An MCP server that lets publishers monetize access to proprietary knowledge bases. AI agents can search for free, purchase documents or passages using prepaid…",
  "task_performed": "unclear",
  "inputs_accepted": [],
  "outputs_produced": [],
  "integrations_available": [],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
    "MCP"
  ],
  "industry_fit": [],
  "autonomy_level": "unclear",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "unclear",
  "price": {
    "observed": true,
    "billing": "usage",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "USD",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
    "headline": "$0.25 per unit; $0.75 per unit (usage-based)",
    "commercial": {
      "rates": [
        {
          "line": "Usage rate",
          "per": "per unit",
          "text": "$0.25 per unit"
        },
        {
          "line": "Usage rate",
          "per": "per unit",
          "text": "$0.75 per unit"
        },
        {
          "line": "Usage rate",
          "per": "per unit",
          "text": "$1 per unit"
        },
        {
          "line": "Usage rate",
          "per": "per unit",
          "text": "$1.75 per unit"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "Usage rate",
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          "unit": "unit",
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        },
        {
          "name": "Usage rate",
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          "kind": "usage_rate",
          "unit": "unit",
          "billed": "usage"
        },
        {
          "name": "Usage rate",
          "price": "$1.00",
          "kind": "usage_rate",
          "unit": "unit",
          "billed": "usage"
        },
        {
          "name": "Usage rate",
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          "kind": "usage_rate",
          "unit": "unit",
          "billed": "usage"
        }
      ]
    },
    "summary": "$0.25 per unit; $0.75 per unit (usage-based). The homepage shows several USD usage prices for paid knowledge-base access, but does not clearly map each amount to a specific unit or provide subscription plans.",
    "confidence": "low",
    "source_url": "https://github.com/danielhurnik/paid-mcp-gate",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-27T04:33:33.890Z",
    "amount": null,
    "display": null,
    "plans": [
      {
        "name": "Usage rate",
        "price": "$0.25",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "README describes paid access per question, document, or passage; the exact unit for this rate is not shown"
        ],
        "promo_note": null,
        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Usage rate",
        "price": "$0.75",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "README describes paid access per question, document, or passage; the exact unit for this rate is not shown"
        ],
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        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Usage rate",
        "price": "$1.00",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "README describes paid access per question, document, or passage; the exact unit for this rate is not shown"
        ],
        "promo_note": null,
        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Usage rate",
        "price": "$1.75",
        "usage": true,
        "period": "usage",
        "persona": "individual",
        "highlights": [
          "README describes paid access per question, document, or passage; the exact unit for this rate is not shown"
        ],
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        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": null
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
  "trust_or_rating_signal": [],
  "evidence_quality": "unclear",
  "entity_type": "mcp_server",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/danielhurnik/paid-mcp-gate"
  ],
  "last_checked": "2026-10-27",
  "profile_checked": null,
  "price_checked": "2026-10-27",
  "how_to_connect": {
    "website": "https://github.com/danielhurnik/paid-mcp-gate",
    "docs": null,
    "mcp": null,
    "a2a": null,
    "api": null,
    "protocols": [
      "MCP"
    ],
    "install": "npm install",
    "repository": "https://github.com/danielhurnik/paid-mcp-gate",
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
  "deployment": {
    "model": "both",
    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": null,
    "install": "npm install",
    "note": "Offered both ways: a vendor-hosted endpoint AND a self-run install are documented.",
    "evidence": {
      "sources": [
        "page_text:hosted",
        "page_text:install",
        "page_text:licence"
      ],
      "excerpt": "cense terms and connection instructions http://127.0.0.1:8787/mcp: the MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP) http://127.0.0.1:8787/admin: publisher dashboard (HTTP Basic auth: a",
      "url": "https://github.com/danielhurnik/paid-mcp-gate",
      "observed_day": "2026-10-27",
      "age_days": 1,
      "hosted_evidence": "wording: \"Streamable HTTP\"",
      "rule": "deploy-v1"
    }
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "MIT",
    "note": "Named licence as published; applies to the code, not to where it runs.",
    "evidence": "page text: \"… Repository files navigation README MIT license paid-mcp-gate Turn a propri\"",
    "observed_day": "2026-10-27",
    "age_days": 1
  },
  "evidence_checks": {
    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://github.com/danielhurnik/paid-mcp-gate",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-27",
      "age_days": 1,
      "verified_day": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
  "product_group": null,
  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
    "latency_ms": 327,
    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-27T02:41:46.455Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
    "status": "alive"
  },
  "price_extras": {
    "free_tier": null,
    "unit_cost": null
  },
  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}