cost-estimate vs Generate Tech Stack
cost-estimate is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by exhuman777. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). Generate Tech Stack is an MCP server published by askuma. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-15. 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 |  cost-estimate |  Generate Tech Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.2.2 Downloads/month (PyPI): 93 Downloads/week (PyPI): 36 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 | cost-estimate | Generate Tech Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (generate-tech-stack-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/exhuman777/cost-estimate | github.com/askuma/generate-tech-stack |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 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
cost-estimate
Scan any codebase (GitHub URL or local path) and calculate what a real dev team would charge to build it. Analyzes complexity across 7 factors, estimates human hours, and produces a detailed cost report for 6 hiring scenarios: Solo Dev (US), Lean Startup (US), Growth Company (US), Enterprise (US), Polish Software House, and Polish Internal Team. Includes 2025-2026 market rates from Bulldogjob, JustJoinIT, NoFluffJobs, Salary.com, and Glassdoor. Shows AI-assisted development ROI with speed multiplier and cost savings vs traditional teams.
Generate Tech Stack
Visual tech-stack inventory of any codebase: languages, frameworks, databases, AI SDKs, infra.
How to run each
cost-estimate As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install cost-estimate@claude-communityGenerate Tech Stack As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio generate-tech-stack -- uvx generate-tech-stack-mcpCommands 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: cost-estimate · What it can do: Generate Tech Stack · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.