# Affinity vs Salesforce API + MCP (slim)

> Affinity scores 63.4 (B) on agent readiness against Salesforce API + MCP's 60.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Salesforce API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do crm records. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent…

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Affinity scores 63.4 (B) on agent readiness against Salesforce API + MCP's 60.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Salesforce API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics, security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do crm records.

- Affinity: B 63.4, rank #311 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/affinity.min.md
- Salesforce API + MCP: C 60.5, rank #398 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesforce.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 58; Schema & documentation, 91 against 76; Maintenance & community, 70 against 18. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Salesforce API + MCP, good for Organisations already on Salesforce that need an agent to read and update any object under existing security rules. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 76 against 66; Security & auth, 72 against 66; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10.

| Category | Affinity | Salesforce API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 58 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 72 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 18 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Affinity | Salesforce API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Project Affinity, Inc. | Salesforce |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.affinity.co/v2` | `https://api.salesforce.com/platform/mcp/v1/platform/sobject-all` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Affinity's master subscription agreement. The `affinity-mcp` package on PyPI is MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 75 | 11 |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | none |
| Terms last updated |  | 2025-04-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 268 PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |