PricePilot
@vantage-meridian-group
Cross-channel CPG pricing intelligence — Amazon category benchmarks (percentile rank, trend, tier breakdown) for multi-channel brands selling on Amazon plus retail, DTC, or wholesale. Six tools across 800+ tracked products in Grocery, Health & Beauty, Household, and Pet Supplies
Overview
What is PricePilot?
PricePilot is a free Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides Amazon pricing intelligence for multi-channel CPG brands. It offers six read-only tools over weekly Buy Box scans across Grocery, Health & Beauty, Household, and Pet Supplies categories, serving as a free alternative to NielsenIQ/SPINS syndicated category data.
How to use PricePilot?
You can connect via a hosted endpoint at https://pricepilot-mcp.onrender.com/mcp (no API key required, rate-limited to 60 requests/minute and 1000/day), use the one-click .mcpb extension for Claude Desktop, or run locally with pip install -e . and DATABASE_URL=postgresql://... python -m pricepilot_mcp. Docker is also supported.
Key features of PricePilot
- Six read-only tools for pricing intelligence
- No API key required; rate-limited usage
- Covers Grocery, Health & Beauty, Household, Pet Supplies
- Returns derived statistics; no raw competitor prices
- Weekly refreshed Buy Box scan data
- Free alternative to NielsenIQ/SPINS
Use cases of PricePilot
- Determine if a product's Amazon price is competitively positioned
- Monitor category price trends over the last 30 days
- Identify budget, midmarket, and premium price bands
- Compare multiple SKUs within the same category
- Get an overview of available categories and product counts
FAQ from PricePilot
Is PricePilot free to use?
Yes, PricePilot is free for the category-level surface, with a rate limit of 60 requests per minute and 1000 per day.
