# Chatway MCP vs Zoho Desk (slim)

> Zoho Desk scores 66.6 (B) to Chatway MCP's 57.4 (C) for support conversations. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Zoho Desk scores 66.6 (B) on agent readiness against Chatway MCP's 57.4 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Chatway MCP leads on agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do support conversations.

- Chatway MCP: C 57.4, rank #672 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/chatway-mcp.min.md
- Zoho Desk: B 66.6, rank #309 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-desk.min.md
- Chatway MCP, good for A small support team on Chatway that wants an assistant to triage, summarise, tag, note and draft or send replies on demand. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 76 against 67; Maintenance & community, 68 against 63. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Zoho Desk, good for Teams already on Zoho who want an agent to read tickets, draft replies for review, add private comments and change status with narrow scopes, and small teams that want a free edition with API access. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 38; Schema & documentation, 72 against 64; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Transparency & trust, 79 against 58.

| Category | Chatway MCP | Zoho Desk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 70 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 68 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 79 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Chatway MCP | Zoho Desk |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Chatway (Poptin Ltd) | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.chatway.app/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Chatway's Terms of Use (Poptin Ltd). The GitHub repository holds only listing metadata and client manifests, under MIT | Proprietary service under Zoho's Terms of Service. The OpenAPI repository on GitHub has no licence file |
| Tools exposed | 21 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.Chatway-app/chatway` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-09-09 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |