Almost no MCP servers make money: would agents pay per call for tools?
Prestigious_Lab_2998 · reddit · 2026-09-29
A founder notes that almost none of the popular MCP servers and APIs shared online make money, and asks whether anyone has charged agents per tool call: what billing stack, how to price, and whether agents actually pay.
His co-founding team is exploring building in this space and wants to identify the real pain points first — a telling market signal that tool-layer monetization in the MCP ecosystem remains unsolved.
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