# Affinity vs Nutshell (slim)

> Affinity scores 63.4 (B) on agent readiness against Nutshell's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Nutshell leads on payments & pricing. Both do crm records. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Affinity scores 63.4 (B) on agent readiness against Nutshell's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Nutshell leads on payments & pricing. Both do crm records.

- Affinity: B 63.4, rank #311 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/affinity.min.md
- Nutshell: D 49.6, rank #607 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nutshell.min.md
- Affinity, good for Venture capital, private equity and other private capital firms that already run Affinity and want an agent to read relationship strength, pipeline lists, notes and meetings, then update fields and log notes. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 42; Schema & documentation, 91 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 44; Security & auth, 66 against 58; Maintenance & community, 70 against 46. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Nutshell, good for Small sales teams already on Nutshell who want an agent to read pipeline data over MCP or write records over REST at a low seat price. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 35 against 10. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Affinity | Nutshell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 46 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Affinity | Nutshell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Project Affinity, Inc. | Nutshell, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.affinity.co/v2` | `https://app.nutshell.com/rest` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Affinity's master subscription agreement. The `affinity-mcp` package on PyPI is MIT | Proprietary service under Nutshell's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 75 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-08-21 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-06-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-01 | 2026-06-02 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 268 PyPI/wk | none |