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        "lowest_monthly_usd": 19,
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        "billing": "not_found",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
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        "summary": "No reliable public pricing was identified in the supplied homepage content."
      },
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      "also_covers": true,
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
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      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public pricing plans or numeric prices were observed on the supplied homepage context."
      },
      "home_niche": "patient-engagement-agent",
      "also_covers": true,
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "manus_browser_operator",
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      "url": "https://manus.im/blog/manus-browser-operator",
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      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "subscription",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "The Team subscription is listed at $20 per seat per month, with annual billing shown as $200 per seat per year and a stated 17% saving."
      },
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      "also_covers": true,
      "upvotes": 0
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            {
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            {
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          ],
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            {
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            },
            {
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              "unit": "1k request",
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            {
              "name": "Extract, Crawl, Map API",
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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              "unit": "GB",
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            {
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              "billed": "annually"
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      "also_covers": true,
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          {
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    },
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        "observed": false
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      {
        "agent_id": "infranode",
        "name": "InfraNode",
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          "observed": true,
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        "observed": true
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      {
        "agent_id": "mobus",
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          "observed": false,
          "billing": "not_found",
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          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public SaaS pricing is shown on the homepage, which directs visitors to request a demo."
        },
        "observed": false
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "tubealfred_youtube",
        "name": "TubeAlfred YouTube MCP",
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            "currency": "USD",
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                "billed": "monthly"
              },
              {
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                "billed": "monthly"
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          "observed": true,
          "billing": "subscription",
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        "observed": true
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    ],
    "suggested_next_calls": [
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        "tool": "price_benchmark",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "data-collection-agent"
        },
        "purpose": "full observed price distribution + per-tier medians for this niche"
      },
      {
        "tool": "niche_report",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "data-collection-agent",
          "response_mode": "full"
        },
        "purpose": "the complete report incl. index series and tier decomposition"
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      {
        "tool": "suggest_alternatives",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "formlova"
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        "purpose": "comparable (optionally cheaper) providers to a named agent"
      },
      {
        "tool": "get_agent_profile",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "formlova"
        },
        "purpose": "full profile, integrations and pricing for one provider"
      }
    ]
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}