token-cost vs cost-guard
token-cost is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by EvilFreelancer. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). cost-guard is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by oggeh-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. 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 |  token-cost |  cost-guard |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace evilfreelancer/rpa-skills | Listed Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 1 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 | token-cost | cost-guard |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 1 (better) |
| 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 | 6 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | Not published | 17 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/evilfreelancer/token-cost | github.com/oggeh-dev/claude-cost-guard |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-18 | 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
token-cost
Estimate the floor (self-) cost of a self-hosted LLM token: electricity + hardware amortization, measured on the server. Not the market API price.
cost-guard
Real-time USD cost enforcement for Claude Code. Halts runaway agentic loops mid-step before they burn through your budget. The plugin enforces real-time USD cost limits in Claude Code. It uses hooks to read the session's the moment any cap is crossed — between tool batches, between turns, or at prompt-submit time. The result: a single greedy turn cannot spiral into a $30+ spend, sessions cannot silently accumulate cost over hours, and runaway burn rates are stopped before they hurt. Five configurable USD-based caps: • Per-session total spend • Per-step (prompt → response) cost • Trailing 5-minute burn rate • Per-step subagent fan-out count • Compaction gate (blocks the expensive context-compaction model call when limits are tight) Eleven slash commands for status, runtime config, pause/resume, and an optional bottom-row indicator. The indicator shows session spend, rate, current step cost, context %, and (on Claude.ai Pro/Max) 5-hour slot consumption with an estimated USD plan value. It composes with any exis
How to run each
token-cost As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add evilfreelancer/rpa-skills
/plugin install token-cost@rpa-skillscost-guard As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install cost-guard@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: token-cost · What it can do: cost-guard · 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.