Robot Resources Router vs AI-Cost-CLI
Robot Resources Router is an MCP server published by robot-resources. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). AI-Cost-CLI is an MCP server published by ufhouck. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-17. 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 |  AI-Cost-CLI | |
|---|---|---|
| Official MCP Registry | Listed Version: 0.1.2 Downloads/month (npm): 148 Downloads/week (npm): 36 Not marked · First seen |
Listed Version: 1.1.0 Downloads/month (PyPI): 83 Downloads/week (PyPI): 23 Forks (GitHub): 0 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 | Robot Resources Router | AI-Cost-CLI |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 1 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (@robot-resources/router-mcp) | On your machine (aicost-cli) |
| Transport | stdio | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/robot-resources/robot-resources | github.com/ufhouck/aicost |
| 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
Robot Resources Router
Intelligent LLM routing proxy — 60-90% cost savings by auto-selecting the cheapest model
AI-Cost-CLI
AI API cost calculator, recommender & MCP server. 29 models across text/image/video/audio.
How to run each
Robot Resources Router As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --transport stdio router -- npx -y @robot-resources/router-mcpAI-Cost-CLI As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio aicost-cli -- uvx aicost-cliCommands 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: Robot Resources Router · What it can do: AI-Cost-CLI · Compare two other plugins
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.