Opencloudcosts MCP — Credentialless Cloud Pricing for Hermes Agent¶
Anchor AI FinOps to real, live cloud pricing. Multi-cloud MCP server for AWS, GCP, and Azure — covering both public list prices AND enterprise negotiated rates (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, CUDs, EDPs). No cloud provider credentials needed.
What It Does¶
Opencloudcosts gives AI agents access to current cloud pricing data without requiring access to your cloud accounts:
- AWS pricing — EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, EKS, and 200+ services with list + enterprise rates
- GCP pricing — Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Run, GKE, BigQuery with CUDs
- Azure pricing — VMs, SQL Database, Functions, AKS with Enterprise Agreement rates
- Commitment analysis — Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Committed Use Discounts pricing
- Cross-cloud comparison — Compare equivalent services across providers at real pricing
Quick Setup¶
Prerequisites¶
- No cloud credentials needed — Public pricing data, no provider access required
- No API key required — Open access
Add to Hermes Agent¶
hermes mcp add opencloudcosts -- url https://opencloudcosts.com/mcp
Or manual config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"opencloudcosts": {
"url": "https://opencloudcosts.com/mcp",
"transport": "streamable-http"
}
}
}
Key Capabilities¶
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
get_service_pricing |
Get current list price for any cloud service by region |
get_enterprise_rate |
Query enterprise negotiated rates (RIs, Savings Plans, CUDs, EDPs) |
compare_services |
Cross-cloud comparison — e.g., "EC2 vs Compute Engine vs Azure VM" |
estimate_monthly |
Estimate monthly cost for a given configuration across providers |
list_commitment_options |
List available Reserved Instance, Savings Plan, and CUD options for a service |
Use Cases for Business Operators¶
1. Architecture Cost Estimation¶
Before deploying a new service, have your AI agent estimate costs across clouds:
Agent prompt: "We need to run PostgreSQL with 16GB RAM, 4 vCPUs,
500GB storage in us-east-1. What's the monthly cost on AWS RDS
vs GCP Cloud SQL vs Azure Database? Include enterprise rates
(we have an AWS EDP and GCP CUDs)."
2. Commitment Purchase Decisions¶
When your finance team asks about RI/Savings Plan purchases:
Agent prompt: "We run 50 m6i.xlarge instances in us-east-1 24/7.
Compare 1-year all-upfront vs 3-year partial-upfront Reserved
Instance costs. Factor in our 12% EDP discount."
3. Cloud Migration Cost Analysis¶
When evaluating a cloud migration:
Agent prompt: "We're moving a 200-instance workload from AWS to GCP.
Estimate the equivalent GCP Compute Engine costs for our instance
fleet and compare with our current AWS spend including our
Savings Plan commitments."
4. Budget Planning¶
During quarterly budget planning:
Agent prompt: "Our engineering team wants to add 20% more capacity
next quarter. Based on our current blend of on-demand, RI, and
Savings Plan purchasing, estimate the incremental monthly cost
for 20 m7i.xlarge instances in us-west-2."
Integration with CorpusIQ¶
Opencloudcosts + CorpusIQ = complete cloud financial operations:
- CorpusIQ QuickBooks connector → pull actual cloud spend from accounting
- CorpusIQ database connector → query resource utilization data
- AI agent → correlate actual spend with real-time pricing
- Opencloudcosts → validate invoices, forecast costs, optimize commitments
This gives FinOps operators an end-to-end cloud cost intelligence pipeline.
Why Credentialless Matters¶
- Security: No cloud provider credentials — pricing data is public
- Speed: No IAM setup, no cross-account roles — start querying immediately
- Audit-safe: Pricing queries don't appear in CloudTrail/audit logs
- Multi-cloud: One interface for AWS, GCP, and Azure — no per-provider setup
Pricing¶
Free public access. Visit opencloudcosts.com for current status.