# Affinity vs Payani AI (slim)

> Affinity scores 63.4 (B) to Payani AI's 29.3 (F) for crm records. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Affinity scores 63.4 (B) on agent readiness against Payani AI's 29.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Payani AI leads on payments & pricing. Both do crm records.

- Affinity: B 63.4, rank #444 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/affinity.min.md
- Payani AI: F 29.3, rank #1124 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/payani-ai.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 15; Schema & documentation, 91 against 13; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 26; Security & auth, 66 against 47; Maintenance & community, 70 against 35; Transparency & trust, 70 against 56. Also Runs on your own machine; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.5 out of 5.
- Payani AI, good for A small business already running its marketing and CRM in Payani that wants an assistant to read leads, pipeline, meetings and ad reporting. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 10. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Affinity | Payani AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 13 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 26 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 47 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 35 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Affinity | Payani AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Project Affinity, Inc. | Payani Media LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.affinity.co/v2` | `https://app.payani.ai/api/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Affinity's master subscription agreement. The `affinity-mcp` package on PyPI is MIT | Proprietary service under Payani.ai's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 75 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-20 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-01 |  |
| Popularity | 268 PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |