copilot-cli-cost vs claude-cost-tracker
copilot-cli-cost is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Damian Edwards. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). claude-cost-tracker is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by MayurBhavsar. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-15. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  claude-cost-tracker | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace damianedwards/copilot-cli-cost | Listed Version: 0.0.15 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 50 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | copilot-cli-cost | claude-cost-tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 50 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 3 (better) | 0 (worse) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 3 | 5 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/damianedwards/copilot-cli-cost | github.com/mayurbhavsar/claude-cost-tracker-plugin |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-11-13 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
copilot-cli-cost
Estimate Copilot CLI session cost with usage-based billing.
claude-cost-tracker
Real-time token usage and cost analytics for Claude Code. Automatically tracks spend per developer, project, and session via a PostToolUse hook. Includes budget enforcement with daily/weekly/monthly caps and macOS notifications, multi-model pricing (Sonnet 4.5, Opus, Haiku), a slash command for instant cost reports, a conversational agent skill for natural-language cost queries, and an optional full Next.js analytics dashboard. Local-first — all data stays on your machine in SQLite unless you enable optional team sync.
How to run each
copilot-cli-cost
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
claude-cost-tracker As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-cost-tracker@claude-communityCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: copilot-cli-cost · What it can do: claude-cost-tracker · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.