# MCP Inspect pricing: Free and Team

> Start MCP contract inspection for free. Compare the $100/month Team plan, telemetry allowances, usage retention and current preview limits.

MCP Inspect offers Free and Team plans for its hosted service. Start with a
[free hosted account](https://app.mcprobe.dev/signup), email and password, and
one public MCP URL. The free browser checker and local mcprobe snapshot, diff
and check commands work without a hosted account.

## What does each plan cost?

Prices are in USD, per organization. Telemetry allowances reset at UTC calendar
month boundaries. They describe accepted telemetry events, not the number of
contract snapshots or tool definitions.

| Plan | Monthly base | Monthly telemetry allowance | Beyond the allowance              | Usage retention |
| ---- | ------------ | --------------------------- | --------------------------------- | --------------- |
| Free | $0           | 1 million events            | Capped; excess events are dropped | 90 days         |
| Team | $100         | 50 million events           | $2 per whole additional million   | 365 days        |

Snapshot history is retained independently of usage retention. Team accepts
events past its allowance and meters the overage; Free cannot incur a telemetry
overage bill. For example, 53.9 million accepted Team events in a calendar month
produce three whole overage units: a $6 overage, giving a $106 estimate including
the base price. A partial additional million is not charged.

Polar issues subscription invoices. Its renewal date may differ from calendar
allowance boundaries, and delayed metering can appear on a later invoice. A
calendar-month estimate is not an invoice. An organization owner manages
checkout and the customer portal in the console.

## What can I use today?

- [Compare pasted MCP tool definitions](/mcp-schema-diff) in your browser, with
  no account or installation. Definitions are not uploaded or persisted.
- [Capture a public MCP endpoint](/docs/getting-started) in the hosted console,
  keep a baseline and compare later captures. No CLI, API key, GitHub connection
  or telemetry setup is required for HTTP first value.
- [Install mcprobe@0.1.1](/docs/cli) for local/stdio snapshots, contract diffs
  and CI checks without a hosted account.
- [Monitor a third-party server](/docs/monitor-mcp-server-changes) with scheduled
  contract captures outside your agents' request path.

Instrumentation and the standalone GitHub Action remain approved previews.
Hosted usage queries and long-term usage rollups are pending. Do not choose Team
on the assumption that those pending usage answers are already available; start
with Free to evaluate contract capture and comparison.

## Which plan should I start with?

Use Free for your first contract baseline and next comparison. The published
CLI can gate a pull request without upgrading. Team changes the telemetry
allowance and usage retention; it does not make a compatibility verdict more
certain. Missing observed usage is never proof that a contract is unused.

Read [what MCP Inspect records](/docs/privacy), or contact
[support@mcprobe.dev](mailto:support@mcprobe.dev) with a product or pricing
question. [About the product and operator](/docs/about).

Reviewed October 14, 2026 against the application's plan definitions and billing
configuration. This page states product limits, not measured customer outcomes.