claude-cost-tracker vs Sipcode
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). Sipcode is an MCP server published by Anuj7411. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. 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 |  Sipcode |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.7.1 Downloads/month (npm): 1 068 Downloads/week (npm): 618 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 46 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 | claude-cost-tracker | Sipcode |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 1 (worse) | 2 (better) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 46 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 0 (worse) | 4 (better) |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-12 |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (sipcode) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | 2 | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle | 5 | 5 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/mayurbhavsar/claude-cost-tracker-plugin | github.com/anuj7411/sipcode |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 3 |
| 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
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.
Sipcode
Context hygiene for Claude Code: drift detection, re-read dedup, and token analytics.
How to run each
claude-cost-tracker As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-cost-tracker@claude-communitySipcode As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio sipcode -- npx -y -p sipcode sipcode sipcode-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: claude-cost-tracker · What it can do: Sipcode · 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. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.