charris-msft/azure-pricing-mcp

Azure Pricing MCP Server 💰

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for querying Azure retail pricing information using the Azure Retail Prices API.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Clone/Download this repository
2. Run setup: setup.ps1 (Windows PowerShell) or python setup.py (Cross-platform)
3. Configure Claude Desktop (see )
4. Ask Claude: "What's the price of a Standard_D2s_v3 VM in East US?"

✨ Features

• 🔍 Azure Price Search: Search for Azure service prices with flexible filtering
• ⚖️ Service Comparison: Compare prices across different regions and SKUs
• 💡 Cost Estimation: Calculate estimated costs based on usage patterns
• 💰 Savings Plan Information: Get Azure savings plan pricing when available
• 🌍 Multi-Currency: Support for multiple currencies (USD, EUR, etc.)
• 📊 Real-time Data: Uses live Azure Retail Prices API

🛠️ Tools Available

📋 Installation

Automated Setup (Recommended)

# Windows PowerShell
.\setup.ps1

# Cross-platform (Python)
python setup.py

Manual Setup

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv

# Activate virtual environment
.venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows
source .venv/bin/activate  # Linux/Mac

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

🔧 Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure-pricing": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "azure_pricing_server"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/azure_pricing"
    }
  }
}

💬 Example Queries

Once configured with Claude, you can ask:

• Basic Pricing: "What's the price of Azure SQL Database?"
• Comparisons: "Compare VM prices between East US and West Europe"
• Cost Estimation: "Estimate costs for running a D4s_v3 VM 12 hours per day"
• Savings: "What are the reserved instance savings for virtual machines?"
• GPU Pricing: "Show me all GPU-enabled VMs with pricing"
• Service Discovery: "Find all App Service plan pricing" or "What storage options are available?"
• SKU Discovery: "Show me all web app hosting plans"

🧪 Testing

Test setup and connectivity:

# Windows PowerShell
.\test_setup.ps1

# Cross-platform test
python -m azure_pricing_server --test

📚 Documentation

• - Step-by-step setup guide
• - Detailed usage examples and API responses
• - Example configurations for Claude Desktop and VS Code

🔌 API Integration

This server uses the official Azure Retail Prices API:

• Endpoint: https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices
• Version: 2023-01-01-preview (supports savings plans)
• Authentication: None required (public API)
• Rate Limits: Generous limits for retail pricing data

🌟 Key Features

Smart Filtering

• Filter by service name, family, region, SKU
• Support for partial matches and contains operations
• Case-sensitive filtering for precise results

Cost Optimization

• Automatic savings plan detection
• Reserved instance pricing comparisons
• Multi-region cost analysis
• Intelligent SKU discovery for finding the best pricing options

Developer Friendly

• Comprehensive error handling
• Detailed logging for troubleshooting
• Flexible parameter support
• Cross-platform setup scripts (PowerShell and Python)

🤝 Contributing

This project follows the Spec-Driven Development (SDD) methodology. Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Add tests for new functionality
4. Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

🙋‍♂️ Support

• Check for setup issues
• Review for query patterns
• Open an issue for bugs or feature requests

Built with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for seamless integration with Claude and other AI assistants.