MCP config upkeep cost calculator
Estimate yearly mcp.json upkeep cost with your own numbers.
What these figures are based on
Hours per seat and the $150 hourly rate are illustrative assumptions. Replace them with your team’s figures.
Estimate your team’s yearly MCP config upkeep
Enter your own numbers. The defaults are illustrative assumptions for one engineer, including the 50% assumed savings ratio (假设可节省比例), which has not been measured.
- Hours per year
- 14 hrs
- Engineering cost per year
- $2,100
- Assumed savings per year
- $1,050
- Pro plan per year
- $228
- Net: savings − $49 licence
- +$1,001
Worked examples (illustrative)
| Example | Seats | Hours / year | Engineering cost at $150/hr | Saved at 50% (assumed) | Pro per year | Net: saved − $49 licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo engineer | 1 | 14 hrs | $2,100 | $1,050 | $228 | +$1,001 |
| Small team | 5 | 60 hrs | $9,000 | $4,500 | $228 | +$4,451 |
| Platform team | 15 | 180 hrs | $27,000 | $13,500 | $228 | +$13,451 |
| Large org | 50 | 600 hrs | $90,000 | $45,000 | $456 | +$44,951 |
Illustrative assumptions, not measured data: about 14 hours a year of MCP setup and config-drift work for a solo engineer and 12 hours per seat a year for teams, at $150 per engineering hour. Pro is $19 a month ($228 a year) per 25 seats; the lifetime licence is $49 once. The 50% assumed savings ratio (假设可节省比例) is also an illustrative assumption: the share of that upkeep the generator removes has not been measured. Replace the hours, the rate and the ratio with your own numbers.
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