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The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.attio.com/mcp is OAuth only and works as the signed-in user; reads are auto-approved and writes ask for confirmation in the client.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free for up to 3 seats and 50,000 records, with API, webhooks and MCP included. Plus $35 a seat a month billed yearly or $44 monthly (up to 10 seats, 250,000 records), Pro $79 yearly or $99 monthly (1,000,000 records, custom objects), Enterprise on quote. AI tools draw on seat and workspace credits (Free 100 a seat plus 250 a workspace a month), with extra workspace credits from $70 a month for 5,000 billed yearly. 14-day Pro trial with no card (https://attio.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$35 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payments. 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(Delaware)." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/attio.json", "live": { "slug": "attio", "probe": { "target": "https://api.attio.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:00.816952444Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 68, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 55, "p95ms24h": 157, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 2458, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.attio.com", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Partial System Degradation", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:05:39.609462177Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "attio", "version": "1.1.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:40:47.115307983Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 7226, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://attio.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:15.414748798Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.attio.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:26.952109073Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "attio.com", "registered": "2012-04-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/attio.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:56.523488941Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.attio.com/changelog/rest-api", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:36:34.449447118Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "33a49f2514d7" }, { "url": "https://attio.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:53.376103867Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-05T15:53:38.23950993Z", "fingerprint": "46bdaaf33a11" }, { "url": "https://attio.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:49.129805563Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "743c461b5680" }, { "url": "https://attio.com/legal/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:32:51.243164185Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f1972ca9cbb8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:00.816952444Z" } }, "answer": "Attio API + MCP scores 63.1 (B) on agent readiness against SugarAI (SugarCRM)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SugarAI (SugarCRM) leads on agent ergonomics.", "b": { "slug": "sugarcrm", "name": "SugarAI (SugarCRM)", "vendor": "SugarAI Software Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://sugarai.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crm", "summary": "SugarAI, formerly SugarCRM, sells the Sugar Sell, Serve and Enterprise CRM applications, hosted on SugarCloud or installed on-site. Agents reach records through a versioned REST API (v11.27 in release 26.1) on each customer instance, with a legacy SOAP API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sugarcrm", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sugarcrm.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sugarcrm.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sugarcrm.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the SugarAI Customer Terms of Service", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "Access follows a sales contract. An admin creates a Sugar user, and the caller POSTs that user's username and plaintext password to `/rest/v11_27/oauth2/token` with `grant_type` `password`. The default `client_id` is `sugar` with an empty secret, and an admin can create other OAuth keys. The token goes in the `OAuth-Token` header, lasts 60 minutes by default and is renewed with a refresh token valid for up to two weeks. The reference says there is no scope implementation, so a token has the user's roles and teams. An admin can obtain a token as another user through `/oauth2/sudo/:user_name`. SugarCloud instances must use SugarIdentity.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Sugar Sell costs $68 (Standard+), $98 (Advanced+) or $155 (Premier+) a user a month, billed annually. No free tier or self-serve trial was found, and the site asks visitors to book a demo or contact sales. API calls are not priced separately. Sandboxes are included on Sell Standard and above per the SugarCloud Offerings page, and are provisioned through a support case (https://sugarai.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$68 / seat-mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Developer Guide, the Postman collection or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://support.sugarai.com/documentation/sugar_developer/sugar_developer_guide_26.1/integration/web_services/", "capabilities": [ "crm.records", "crm.search", "crm.pipeline", "crm.activities" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "on-site", "closed-source", "oauth", "rest", "soap", "sales-led", "status-page", "soc2", "iso27001", "security-txt" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 793, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 22, "payments": 10, "reliability": 61, "schema": 48, "security": 51, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST reference covers 350 endpoint pages with filters, field selection, bulk calls and upsert by `sync_key`. SugarAI's AI Supplemental Terms forbid connecting a customer's or third party's AI agent or MCP connector to the APIs unless Sugar has approved it, tokens carry no scopes, and no OpenAPI file, trial or SLA was found.", "bestFor": "Companies already running Sugar Sell, Serve or Enterprise that want an agent to read and write records under a named user's roles, and that have Sugar's approval for the integration.", "strengths": [ "The 26.1 Developer Guide lists 350 REST endpoint pages, each with argument tables, a request and response example and a per-endpoint change log", "List calls take `fields`, `view`, `max_num` (default 20), `offset`, `order_by` and a filter grammar with 13 operators plus `$and` and `$or`", "`/integrate` endpoints upsert by `sync_key`, and `/bulk` runs a sequence of calls in one request with a status per call", "The Customer Terms of Service, the DPA and the security FAQ agree that customer data stays available for 120 days after termination and is then deleted", "SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 per the trust page, a valid security.txt, and a public sub-processor list with countries" ], "weaknesses": [ "The AI Supplemental Terms forbid connecting customer-owned or third-party AI systems, agents or MCP connectors to the Services or APIs except through functionality Sugar has approved. This matters before any probe is run", "Access tokens come from an OAuth 2.0 password grant with a user's plaintext password, and the reference says there is no scope implementation", "No OpenAPI file or `llms.txt` was found. The published Postman collection holds 40 sample requests, dated 14 August 2025", "No trial signup, free tier or SLA was found. Sugar Sell starts at $68 a user a month billed annually and other products are quoted by sales", "SugarCloud may block an IP address sending more than 20 requests a second, and no 429 or Retry-After behaviour is documented", "The Customer Terms of Service forbid performing or disclosing benchmarking, availability or performance testing of the Services" ], "agentNotes": [ "Confirm that Sugar has approved the agent integration before connecting. The AI Supplemental Terms forbid unapproved AI agents and MCP connectors on the APIs", "POST to `/rest/v11_27/oauth2/token` with `grant_type` `password` and a `platform` other than `base`, `mobile` or `portal`, or the login can end the user's own session", "Send the access token in the `OAuth-Token` header. It lasts 60 minutes by default, so store the refresh token and not the password", "Stay under 20 requests a second on SugarCloud and reuse one session for batches. Over-limit traffic is blocked by IP address until support lifts it", "Page with `max_num` and `offset` until `next_offset` is -1, and pass `fields` to keep responses small", "Use `PATCH /integrate/:module/:sync_key_field_name/:sync_key_field_value` for writes that may be retried, since it inserts or updates by `sync_key`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 22, "payments": 10, "reliability": 61, "schema": 48, "security": 51, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 70 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST -H Cache-Control:no-cache -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\n \"grant_type\":\"password\",\n \"client_id\":\"sugar\",\n \"client_secret\":\"\",\n \"username\":\"\u003cusername\u003e\",\n \"password\":\"\u003cpassword\u003e\",\n \"platform\":\"custom\"\n}' https://\u003csite_url\u003e/rest/\u003cversion\u003e/oauth2/token" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/crm.records", "tool": "https://letme.dev/sugarcrm" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Sugar Sell Standard+", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 68, "note": "billed annually" }, { "item": "Sugar Sell Advanced+", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 98, "note": "billed annually" }, { "item": "Sugar Sell Premier+", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 155, "note": "billed annually" }, { "item": "Sugar Connect+ add-on", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 20, "note": "billed annually, on top of a Sell plan" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SugarAI Software Inc.", "domain": "sugarai.com", "domainRegistered": "2018-03-19", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://framerusercontent.com/assets/eu2GiGUMAeMAwAn8rqawpURGnP4.pdf", "privacy": "https://sugarai.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.cloud.sugarai.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Customer Terms of Service (published 7 April 2026) name the contracting entity by region. It is SugarAI Software Inc., a Delaware corporation at 548 Market Street PMB 59423, San Francisco, for all regions except Australia and New Zealand (SugarAI Australia Pty Ltd) and new UK customers (SugarAI UK Limited). California law governs outside the listed regions.", "The terms are a PDF on framerusercontent.com, the asset host of the vendor's Framer site, linked from sugarai.com/legal/customers. The same agreements on support.sugarai.com sit under a path robots.txt disallows.", "The API answers on each customer's instance at `https://\u003csite_url\u003e/rest/`. The host name of a SugarCloud instance was not established, so the endpoint is recorded as not on the vendor's domain.", "The privacy policy (effective 7 April 2026) covers the websites and the products and says Customer Data is processed under the subscription agreement.", "sugarai.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@sugarcrm.com and expires on 1 April 2027.", "No dated API changelog or release notes page was reached. The documentation index lists its topics by script.", "RDAP gives 2018-03-19 for sugarai.com and 2004-03-05 for sugarcrm.com. The rename from SugarCRM to SugarAI was announced on 13 April 2026." ], "score": 70 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sugarcrm.json", "live": { "slug": "sugarcrm", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cloud.sugarai.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:51:18.298826618Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://sugarai.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:46:13.493112131Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "61ca2f4a5bc1" }, { "url": "https://sugarai.com/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:46:11.255505688Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "5755ea21e665" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T00:51:18.298826618Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Attio", "b": "SugarAI Software Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.attio.com/v2", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the SugarAI Customer Terms of Service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "42", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-11-01", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-06-01", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "9.9k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Attio API + MCP scores 63.1 (B) on agent readiness against SugarAI (SugarCRM)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SugarAI (SugarCRM) leads on agent ergonomics.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Attio API + MCP or SugarAI (SugarCRM)?" }, { "answer": "Attio API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. SugarAI (SugarCRM) uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Attio API + MCP and SugarAI (SugarCRM) need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Attio API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.attio.com/v2. No hosted endpoint is listed for SugarAI (SugarCRM).", "question": "Can an agent call Attio API + MCP and SugarAI (SugarCRM) without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 77 against 61", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 48", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 63 against 22" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Small teams and startups that want an agent to search across records, notes, emails and calls and then update the CRM, starting free.", "slug": "attio", "watchFor": "42 MCP tools with no read-only mode or toolsets, including delete and merge tools" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 62" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Companies already running Sugar Sell, Serve or Enterprise that want an agent to read and write records under a named user's roles, and that have Sugar's approval for the integration.", "slug": "sugarcrm", "watchFor": "The AI Supplemental Terms forbid connecting customer-owned or third-party AI systems, agents or MCP connectors to the Services or APIs except through functionality Sugar has approved. This matters before any probe is run" } ], "job": { "capability": "crm.records", "name": "CRM records" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/affinity-vs-attio.json", "title": "Affinity vs Attio API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/affinity-vs-attio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/affinity-vs-sugarcrm.json", "title": "Affinity vs SugarAI (SugarCRM)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/affinity-vs-sugarcrm" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-capsule-crm.json", "title": "Attio API + MCP vs Capsule CRM", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-capsule-crm" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-close.json", "title": "Attio API + MCP vs Close API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-close" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-copper.json", "title": "Attio API + MCP vs Copper API", "url": 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SugarAI (SugarCRM) leads on agent ergonomics. Both do crm records.", "verdicts": { "attio": "API, webhooks and the hosted MCP server are on the Free plan (3 seats, 50,000 records), no card. 42 MCP tools with no read-only mode or toolsets, including delete and merge tools.", "sugarcrm": "The REST reference covers 350 endpoint pages with filters, field selection, bulk calls and upsert by `sync_key`. SugarAI's AI Supplemental Terms forbid connecting a customer's or third party's AI agent or MCP connector to the APIs unless Sugar has approved it, tokens carry no scopes, and no OpenAPI file, trial or SLA was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-sugarcrm", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-sugarcrm.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-sugarcrm.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-sugarcrm.min.md" }, "markdown": "Attio API + MCP scores 63.1 (B) on agent readiness against SugarAI (SugarCRM)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SugarAI (SugarCRM) leads on agent ergonomics. Both do crm records.\n\n- Attio API + MCP: grade B, 63.1/100, rank #406 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/attio.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/attio.json\n- SugarAI (SugarCRM): grade D, 49.5/100, rank #793 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sugarcrm.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/sugarcrm.json\n- Best CRM and customer-platform tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/crm/index.md\n- All 136 crm comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crm/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Attio API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Small teams and startups that want an agent to search across records, notes, emails and calls and then update the CRM, starting free.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 77 against 61\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 48\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 63 against 22\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: 42 MCP tools with no read-only mode or toolsets, including delete and merge tools\n\n### SugarAI (SugarCRM) (D)\n\nGood for: Companies already running Sugar Sell, Serve or Enterprise that want an agent to read and write records under a named user's roles, and that have Sugar's approval for the integration.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 62\n\nWatch for: The AI Supplemental Terms forbid connecting customer-owned or third-party AI systems, agents or MCP connectors to the Services or APIs except through functionality Sugar has approved. This matters before any probe is run\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Attio API + MCP | SugarAI (SugarCRM) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 61 | Attio API + MCP +16 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 48 | Attio API + MCP +34 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 69 | SugarAI (SugarCRM) +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 52 | 51 | Attio API + MCP +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 10 | Attio API + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 22 | Attio API + MCP +41 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 71 | SugarAI (SugarCRM) +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.1 · B** | **49.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Attio API + MCP | SugarAI (SugarCRM) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Attio | SugarAI Software Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.attio.com/v2` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the SugarAI Customer Terms of Service |\n| Tools exposed | 42 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-11-01 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-01 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Popularity | 9.9k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Attio API + MCP.** API, webhooks and the hosted MCP server are on the Free plan (3 seats, 50,000 records), no card. 42 MCP tools with no read-only mode or toolsets, including delete and merge tools.\n\n**SugarAI (SugarCRM).** The REST reference covers 350 endpoint pages with filters, field selection, bulk calls and upsert by `sync_key`. SugarAI's AI Supplemental Terms forbid connecting a customer's or third party's AI agent or MCP connector to the APIs unless Sugar has approved it, tokens carry no scopes, and no OpenAPI file, trial or SLA was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Attio API + MCP\n\n1. Use the upsert (assert) endpoints with a matching attribute when you create records, so a retry doesn't make a duplicate\n2. Wait until the Retry-After date on a 429, usually the next second\n3. Simplify filters and sorts if a list query fails its score-based limit\n4. Treat email and call-transcript text from the semantic search tools as untrusted input\n5. Ask a person before `merge-records` or any delete, since the server only relies on the client to confirm\n\n### SugarAI (SugarCRM)\n\n1. Confirm that Sugar has approved the agent integration before connecting. The AI Supplemental Terms forbid unapproved AI agents and MCP connectors on the APIs\n2. POST to `/rest/v11_27/oauth2/token` with `grant_type` `password` and a `platform` other than `base`, `mobile` or `portal`, or the login can end the user's own session\n3. Send the access token in the `OAuth-Token` header. It lasts 60 minutes by default, so store the refresh token and not the password\n4. Stay under 20 requests a second on SugarCloud and reuse one session for batches. Over-limit traffic is blocked by IP address until support lifts it\n5. Page with `max_num` and `offset` until `next_offset` is -1, and pass `fields` to keep responses small\n6. Use `PATCH /integrate/:module/:sync_key_field_name/:sync_key_field_value` for writes that may be retried, since it inserts or updates by `sync_key`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Attio API + MCP or SugarAI (SugarCRM)?\n\nAttio API + MCP scores 63.1 (B) on agent readiness against SugarAI (SugarCRM)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SugarAI (SugarCRM) leads on agent ergonomics.\n\n### Do Attio API + MCP and SugarAI (SugarCRM) need an API key?\n\nAttio API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. SugarAI (SugarCRM) uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Attio API + MCP and SugarAI (SugarCRM) without installing anything?\n\nAttio API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.attio.com/v2. No hosted endpoint is listed for SugarAI (SugarCRM).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-sugarcrm.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/attio-vs-sugarcrm.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"attio\", \"b\": \"sugarcrm\"}`. 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