Shipping Rate Negotiation

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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "logistic_id",
      "name": "Logistic Id",
      "url": "https://kagelogic.com/logistic-id",
      "short_summary": "Check shipping costs for all logistics services in Indonesia.",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "free",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "Free",
        "summary": "The Logistic ID MCP+API is listed at 0 IDR, with no billing period or paid plan details publicly shown."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "freight_rate_monitor",
      "name": "Freight Rate Monitor",
      "url": "https://websitecategorizationapi.com/demos/shipping/agent-workflows.php?p=3",
      "short_summary": "AI agent workflows for shipping and maritime operations including container freight rate tracking, dry bulk charter monitoring, tanker rate analysis, and LNG s…",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "subscription",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 99,
        "monthly_usd": 99,
        "headline": "From $99/mo",
        "summary": "From $99/mo. Public pricing includes API subscriptions from $99 per month, managed platform subscriptions from $999 per month, and self-hosted licenses from $999 one-time."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "shippingrates_mcp_server",
      "name": "Shippingrates",
      "url": "https://smithery.ai/servers/vinaybhosle/shippingrates-mcp-server",
      "short_summary": "An MCP server for querying shipping rates, intended for integrations that need delivery-cost information.",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 10,
        "monthly_usd": 10,
        "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
        "summary": "Free tier, then from $10/mo. Smithery offers a free Hobby tier, a $10/month Pay as You Go plan with usage credits, custom pricing, and separate per-call rates for some Shipping Rates MCP tools."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "willow_commerce",
      "name": "Willow Commerce",
      "url": "https://willowcommerce.ai/shipping/",
      "short_summary": "AI-powered ecommerce shipping platform that compares carrier rates, detects fraud, validates addresses, automates fulfillment rules, and executes shipping-rela…",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "subscription",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 499,
        "monthly_usd": 499,
        "headline": "From $499/mo",
        "summary": "From $499/mo. Willow Commerce offers monthly plans from $499/month to $1,999/month, plus a custom-priced Enterprise plan, with a 14-day free trial."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    }
  ],
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  "page_url": "https://agentery.com/market/shipping-rate-negotiation",
  "summary": {
    "niche": "shipping-rate-negotiation",
    "sector": "logistics-supply-chain",
    "pricing_by_provider_type": {
      "headline": "No published benchmark for shipping-rate-negotiation yet — too few comparable priced providers. Observed offers are listed.",
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          "provider_type_label": "Agents",
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          "buyer_tier_label": "Pro",
          "pricing_unit": "flat",
          "pricing_unit_label": "flat monthly",
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          "reliability": "low",
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          "p25": null,
          "p75": null,
          "status": "observed_offers_only",
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            1999
          ]
        },
        {
          "provider_type": "agent",
          "provider_type_label": "Agents",
          "buyer_tier": "team_sme",
          "buyer_tier_label": "Team / SME",
          "pricing_unit": "flat",
          "pricing_unit_label": "flat monthly",
          "comparable_provider_count": 2,
          "reliability": "low",
          "median": null,
          "p25": null,
          "p75": null,
          "status": "observed_offers_only",
          "observed_offers": [
            999,
            1997
          ]
        }
      ],
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        "tool": "price_benchmark",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "shipping-rate-negotiation"
        },
        "note": "add provider_type + buyer_tier for a specific cohort"
      }
    },
    "page_url": "https://agentery.com/market/shipping-rate-negotiation",
    "counts": {
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      "listings_with_observed_public_price": 5,
      "providers_with_numeric_monthly_price_latest_scan": null,
      "like_for_like_comparable_pairs": null
    },
    "movement": {
      "d": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
      },
      "w": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
      },
      "m": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
      }
    },
    "pricing_version": "cohorts-1",
    "pricing_status": "ok",
    "pricing_by_tier": [
      {
        "tier": "individual",
        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
        "median": 254.5,
        "provider_count": 2,
        "plan_observation_count": 2,
        "data_confidence": 0.15,
        "data_confidence_basis": {
          "provider_component": 0.17,
          "observation_component": 0.1,
          "provider_count": 2,
          "plan_observation_count": 2
        },
        "reliability": "low",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "shippingrates_mcp_server",
            "usd": 10
          },
          {
            "provider": "willow_commerce",
            "usd": 499
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "tier": "pro",
        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
        "median": 1186.5,
        "provider_count": 2,
        "plan_observation_count": 5,
        "data_confidence": 0.18,
        "data_confidence_basis": {
          "provider_component": 0.17,
          "observation_component": 0.25,
          "provider_count": 2,
          "plan_observation_count": 5
        },
        "reliability": "low",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "freight_rate_monitor",
            "usd": 374
          },
          {
            "provider": "willow_commerce",
            "usd": 1999
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "tier": "team_sme",
        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
        "median": 1498,
        "provider_count": 2,
        "plan_observation_count": 2,
        "data_confidence": 0.15,
        "data_confidence_basis": {
          "provider_component": 0.17,
          "observation_component": 0.1,
          "provider_count": 2,
          "plan_observation_count": 2
        },
        "reliability": "low",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "willow_commerce",
            "usd": 999
          },
          {
            "provider": "freight_rate_monitor",
            "usd": 1997
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "pricing_coverage": {
      "listings_with_price_capture": 7,
      "listings_with_observed_public_price": 5,
      "normalized_observations": 12,
      "comparable_providers": 3,
      "strict_cohorts": 3,
      "exclusion_reasons": {
        "one_time": 3,
        "free_or_zero": 1,
        "ambiguous_cadence": 2,
        "usage_not_monthly": 1
      }
    },
    "pricing_note": "Provider-deduped, FX-normalized monthly medians, separated by buyer tier AND billing unit (flat/per_seat/per_user/per_agent) — incompatible units are never blended. Ranges (p25/p75) only at >=5 providers; data_confidence is provider-count-weighted. Usage-metered, promo, range, one-time and ambiguous-cadence plans are excluded.",
    "pricing_excluded_observations": {
      "one_time": 3,
      "free_or_zero": 1,
      "ambiguous_cadence": 2,
      "usage_not_monthly": 1
    },
    "billing_mix": {
      "subscription": 2,
      "freemium": 1,
      "free": 2
    },
    "free_tier_share": 0.6,
    "top_providers": [
      {
        "agent_id": "shipping_rates",
        "name": "Shipping Rates & Postage Calculator",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "free",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "Free",
          "summary": "The shipping rates MCP server is publicly described as free with no account or API key required."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "vinaybhosle_shippingrates_mcp",
        "name": "Shipping Rates",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "not_found",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
        },
        "observed": false
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "freight_mcp",
        "name": "Freight",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "not_found",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public subscription or platform pricing is shown; the homepage only displays a route-specific freight rate of $5,060 per 40HQ container."
        },
        "observed": false
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "logistic_id",
        "name": "Logistic Id",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "free",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "Free",
          "summary": "The Logistic ID MCP+API is listed at 0 IDR, with no billing period or paid plan details publicly shown."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "freight_rate_monitor",
        "name": "Freight Rate Monitor",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "subscription",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 99,
          "monthly_usd": 99,
          "headline": "From $99/mo",
          "summary": "From $99/mo. Public pricing includes API subscriptions from $99 per month, managed platform subscriptions from $999 per month, and self-hosted licenses from $999 one-time."
        },
        "observed": true
      }
    ],
    "suggested_next_calls": [
      {
        "tool": "price_benchmark",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "shipping-rate-negotiation"
        },
        "purpose": "full observed price distribution + per-tier medians for this niche"
      },
      {
        "tool": "niche_report",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "shipping-rate-negotiation",
          "response_mode": "full"
        },
        "purpose": "the complete report incl. index series and tier decomposition"
      },
      {
        "tool": "suggest_alternatives",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "shipping_rates"
        },
        "purpose": "comparable (optionally cheaper) providers to a named agent"
      },
      {
        "tool": "get_agent_profile",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "shipping_rates"
        },
        "purpose": "full profile, integrations and pricing for one provider"
      }
    ]
  }
}