{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "close", "name": "Close API + MCP", "vendor": "Close", "vendorUrl": "https://www.close.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crm", "summary": "REST API and hosted MCP server for Close, a sales CRM built around calling, email and SMS.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/close.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.close.com/api/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "closeio" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API keys over HTTP Basic (key as username, empty password), scoped to one user and organisation; OAuth 2.0 for apps. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.close.com/mcp takes OAuth with dynamic client registration, or the headers Close-API-Key plus Close-Scope set to mcp.read, mcp.write_safe or mcp.write_destructive.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No free plan, a 14-day trial with no card. Solo $9 a seat a month billed yearly or $19 monthly, Essentials $35 or $49, Growth $99 or $109, Scale $139 or $149. API access is on every plan. Calls around $0.02 a minute and SMS at cost on top (https://www.close.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$9 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payments. Access follows the Close subscription.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 121, "popularity": { "githubStars": 70, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 13891, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.close.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.close.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.close.com/api/openapi.json", "registryName": "com.close/close-mcp", "capabilities": [ "crm.records", "crm.pipeline", "crm.activities", "crm.search", "crm.webhooks", "crm.email" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "webhooks", "closed-source", "no-card", "python", "read-only-mode" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-10", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 229, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 30, "reliability": 81, "schema": 82, "security": 66, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Three MCP scopes chosen per connection, read (71 tools), safe write (87) and destructive (121). 121 MCP tools, and even the read scope loads 71.", "bestFor": "Inside-sales teams that call, email and text from the CRM and want an agent to log, triage and draft without being able to send or delete by default.", "strengths": [ "Three MCP scopes chosen per connection, read (71 tools), safe write (87) and destructive (121)", "Email tools create drafts only, never send", "No status incidents logged between 3 July and 1 October 2026", "`RateLimit` header on every response and `retry-after` on every 429", "Event log API on every plan, and SOC 2 Type 2" ], "weaknesses": [ "121 MCP tools, and even the read scope loads 71", "OAuth for REST apps has a single full-access scope", "No public subprocessor list, no security.txt and no bug bounty found", "OpenAPI spec is marked experimental and incomplete", "No free plan, 14-day trial only" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect with `Close-Scope: mcp.read` unless the job needs writes, and `mcp.write_safe` if it only creates", "Sleep for the `reset` value in the `RateLimit` header after a 429, which the docs say beats `retry-after`", "Use cursors through advanced filtering or the event log for large pulls, since `_skip` has a per-resource ceiling", "Search the lead before `create_lead`, because there's no idempotency key and a retry makes a duplicate", "Expect `create_draft_email` to leave a draft, and tell the user to send it from Close" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 30, "reliability": 81, "schema": 82, "security": 66, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.close.com/api/v1/me/ -u \"$CLOSE_API_KEY:\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http close https://mcp.close.com/mcp --header \"Close-API-Key: $CLOSE_API_KEY\" --header \"Close-Scope: mcp.read\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "close": { "url": "https://mcp.close.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/crm.records", "tool": "https://letme.dev/close" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Solo", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 9, "note": "billed yearly, $19 monthly; API on every plan" }, { "item": "Essentials", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 35, "note": "billed yearly, $49 monthly" }, { "item": "Growth", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 99, "note": "billed yearly, $109 monthly" }, { "item": "Scale", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 139, "note": "billed yearly, $149 monthly" }, { "item": "Outbound calls", "unit": "call-minute", "usd": 0.02, "note": "approximate, most destinations" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Elastic Inc", "domain": "close.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-02-20", "domainNote": "close.com was registered in 1996, long before the Close product took the name.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://close.com/tos", "privacy": "https://close.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.close.com", "changelog": "https://developer.close.com/api/overview/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.json", "live": { "slug": "close", "probe": { "target": "https://api.close.com/api/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:48.143537682Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 462, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 454, "p95ms24h": 531, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2143, "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": 225, "ok": 225 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.close.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:50:29.322413164Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.close/close-mcp", "version": "1.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T02:42:52.272076636Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "closeio", "version": "2.1", "released": "2023-07-25", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:05:45.526506585Z" } ], "pypiWeekly": 15285, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://close.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:42.46814298Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.close.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:12.309613968Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "close.com", "registered": "1996-02-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/close.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:57.923663308Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.close.com/api/overview/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:09.436223535Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "01d1d3db4bfc" }, { "url": "https://www.close.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:04.812277451Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "66f3d7175437" }, { "url": "https://close.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:14.400477874Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "af850e65f4fd" }, { "url": "https://close.com/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:16.650448918Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8f7850d129a1" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:48.143537682Z" } }, "answer": "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Close API + MCP's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Close API + MCP leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "dynamics-365-sales", "name": "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales", "vendor": "Microsoft", "vendorUrl": "https://www.microsoft.com/dynamics-365/products/sales", "kind": "http-api", "category": "crm", "summary": "Microsoft's sales CRM for accounts, contacts, leads and opportunities. Its data is held in Dataverse and reached through the Dataverse Web API (OData v4), SDKs for .NET and Python, and the Dataverse MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dynamics-365-sales", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dynamics-365-sales.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dynamics-365-sales.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dynamics-365-sales.json", "repo": "https://github.com/microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseClient-Python", "license": "Proprietary service under the Microsoft Product Terms. The Python SDK and the @microsoft/dataverse npm package are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/dataverse" }, { "registry": "nuget", "name": "Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Dataverse.Client" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 through Microsoft Entra ID is the only route. A person registers an app in the customer's Entra tenant. For delegated access it takes the Dynamics 365 delegated permission (access as organisation users) and the scope `\u003cenvironment-url\u003e/user_impersonation`. For server-to-server access an administrator creates an application user with a security role, and the app uses a client secret or certificate with `\u003cenvironment-url\u003e/.default`. The Dataverse MCP server takes the `mcp.tools` permission, and a Power Platform administrator must allow each client app ID per environment. Only Copilot Studio is allowed by default. No API-key path.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Sales Professional $65, Enterprise $105 and Premium $150 a user a month, paid yearly, per the pricing page, which says prices vary by country. The Web API has no separate charge. An application user needs no paid licence and draws on a tenant pool of requests. Since 15 December 2025, Dataverse MCP calls from agents built outside Copilot Studio are billed in Copilot Credits unless the user holds a Dynamics 365 Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot licence. A 30-day trial and the free Power Apps Developer Plan let a team start without a contract. Card requirements were not stated (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$65 / seat-mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Dataverse Web API docs, the Dataverse MCP docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 15, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 2921, "pypiWeekly": 10702, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/developer/data-platform/webapi/overview", "capabilities": [ "crm.records", "crm.pipeline", "crm.activities", "crm.search", "crm.webhooks" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "oauth", "enterprise", "mcp", "odata", "webhooks", "python", "dotnet", "closed-source", "sla", "audit-log" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 150, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 25, "reliability": 65, "schema": 81, "security": 74, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Dynamics 365 Sales data sits in Dataverse, reached through the OData v4 Web API or the Dataverse MCP server with 15 tools. Service protection limits are published and 429 responses carry Retry-After. Access needs an Entra app registration and an administrator, and the public service health page showed no history to our reader.", "bestFor": "Organisations already on Dynamics 365 or Microsoft 365 that want an agent to work inside existing security roles.", "strengths": [ "Limits are published per user and web server. 6,000 requests and 20 minutes of execution time per five minutes, and 52 concurrent requests", "429 responses carry Retry-After, and PATCH on an alternate key upserts, so a retried write does not create a duplicate", "OAuth 2.0 through Microsoft Entra ID only, with every call inside the Dataverse security roles of the user or application user", "The Dataverse MCP server is generally available at /api/mcp with 15 tools, and each client app must be allowed per environment", "The October 2026 SLA pays a 25 per cent credit when Sales Enterprise or Professional uptime falls below 99.9 per cent" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public OpenAPI document. The contract is an OData CSDL $metadata document served by each environment behind sign-in", "A person registers an app in Entra ID and a Power Platform administrator enables it. No keyless route was found", "Service health for a tenant sits behind an admin sign-in, and status.cloud.microsoft showed no components or history to our reader", "MCP calls from agents built outside Copilot Studio are billed in Copilot Credits unless the user holds a Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot licence", "The MCP tools describe_table, list_tables and fetch were removed and search was renamed. The notice in the docs carries no date" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `OData-MaxVersion: 4.0`, `OData-Version: 4.0` and `Accept: application/json`, and name columns with `$select` on every read", "Page with `Prefer: odata.maxpagesize` (up to 5,000) and follow `@odata.nextLink`. `$skip` is not supported", "On 429, wait the seconds in Retry-After. The `x-ms-ratelimit-*` headers are for debugging, not pacing", "Use PATCH on an alternate key to upsert, and add `If-Match: *` when an update must not create a record", "For MCP, call `describe` for logical table and column names before `read_query`. Update any allow list that still names `describe_table`, `list_tables` or `fetch`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 25, "reliability": 65, "schema": 81, "security": 74, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client", "http": "curl \"https://$DATAVERSE_ORG.api.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.2/accounts?\\$select=name\u0026\\$top=5\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DATAVERSE_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Accept: application/json\" \\\n -H \"OData-MaxVersion: 4.0\" \\\n -H \"OData-Version: 4.0\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add dataverse -t stdio -- npx -y @microsoft/dataverse mcp https://yourorg.crm.dynamics.com", "config": { "mcpServers": { "dataverse": { "args": [ "-y", "@microsoft/dataverse", "mcp", "https://yourorg.crm.dynamics.com" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/crm.records", "tool": "https://letme.dev/dynamics-365-sales" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-maps", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "microsoft-teams", "power-automate", "microsoft-advertising-api", "microsoft-excel-graph", "outlook-mail-graph" ], "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Sales Professional", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 65, "note": "paid yearly" }, { "item": "Sales Enterprise", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 105, "note": "paid yearly" }, { "item": "Sales Premium", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 150, "note": "paid yearly, MCP access to Dynamics 365 data not charged in Copilot Credits" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "domainNote": "Each environment's API answers on a dynamics.com host such as https://\u003corg\u003e.crm.dynamics.com, a Microsoft domain. microsoft.com publishes a security.txt, but it passed its Expires date on 2026-09-23.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftDynamics365/MCA", "privacy": "https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "changelog": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/released-versions/dataverse", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms link is the Microsoft Product Terms page for Dynamics 365 Services under the Microsoft Customer Agreement, which names Sales Professional, Enterprise and Premium. It showed no effective date.", "The Microsoft privacy statement was last updated in September 2026 and says customer agreements control for enterprise and developer products. Customer data is governed by the Products and Services Data Protection Addendum, latest English version 22 May 2026, published only as a .docx download at https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Products-and-Services-Data-Protection-Addendum-DPA.", "www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt carries Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z when read on 2026-10-08, with MSRC as the contact.", "status.cloud.microsoft rendered only a title for our reader. Tenant service health is in the Power Platform and Microsoft 365 admin centres behind an admin sign-in.", "RDAP for microsoft.com gives a registration date of 1991-05-02 and MarkMonitor Inc. as registrar. dynamics.com was not looked up." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dynamics-365-sales.json", "live": { "slug": "dynamics-365-sales", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:27.838807107Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/released-versions/dataverse", "kind": "changelog", "status": 404, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:44.313857877Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftDynamics365/MCA", "kind": "terms", "status": 502, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:16.982750104Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:27.838807107Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Close", "b": "Microsoft", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.close.com/api/v1", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the Microsoft Product Terms. The Python SDK and the @microsoft/dataverse npm package are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "121", "b": "15", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.close/close-mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-10", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-10-31", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-30", "b": "2026-09-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "70 stars, 14k PyPI/wk", "b": "2.9k npm/wk, 11k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Close API + MCP's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Close API + MCP leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Close API + MCP or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales?" }, { "answer": "Close API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Close API + MCP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Close API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.close.com/api/v1. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Close API + MCP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 81 against 65", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Inside-sales teams that call, email and text from the CRM and want an agent to log, triage and draft without being able to send or delete by default.", "slug": "close", "watchFor": "121 MCP tools, and even the read scope loads 71" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 86 against 56", "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 66", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 67" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Organisations already on Dynamics 365 or Microsoft 365 that want an agent to work inside existing security roles.", "slug": "dynamics-365-sales", "watchFor": "No public OpenAPI document. 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Close API + MCP's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Close API + MCP leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do crm records.", "verdicts": { "close": "Three MCP scopes chosen per connection, read (71 tools), safe write (87) and destructive (121). 121 MCP tools, and even the read scope loads 71.", "dynamics-365-sales": "Dynamics 365 Sales data sits in Dataverse, reached through the OData v4 Web API or the Dataverse MCP server with 15 tools. Service protection limits are published and 429 responses carry Retry-After. Access needs an Entra app registration and an administrator, and the public service health page showed no history to our reader." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-dynamics-365-sales", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-dynamics-365-sales.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-dynamics-365-sales.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-dynamics-365-sales.min.md" }, "markdown": "Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Close API + MCP's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Close API + MCP leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do crm records.\n\n- Close API + MCP: grade B, 66.7/100, rank #229 of 722. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dynamics-365-sales.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dynamics-365-sales.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Close API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Inside-sales teams that call, email and text from the CRM and want an agent to log, triage and draft without being able to send or delete by default.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 81 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: 121 MCP tools, and even the read scope loads 71\n\n### Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales (B)\n\nGood for: Organisations already on Dynamics 365 or Microsoft 365 that want an agent to work inside existing security roles.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 56\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 66\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 67\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No public OpenAPI document. The contract is an OData CSDL $metadata document served by each environment behind sign-in\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Close API + MCP | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 81 | 65 | Close API + MCP +16 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 81 | Close API + MCP +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 86 | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +30 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 66 | 74 | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +8 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 25 | Close API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 79 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 75 | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.7 · B** | **69.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Close API + MCP | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Close | Microsoft |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.close.com/api/v1` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Microsoft Product Terms. The Python SDK and the @microsoft/dataverse npm package are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 121 | 15 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.close/close-mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-10-31 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-30 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 70 stars, 14k PyPI/wk | 2.9k npm/wk, 11k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Close API + MCP.** Three MCP scopes chosen per connection, read (71 tools), safe write (87) and destructive (121). 121 MCP tools, and even the read scope loads 71.\n\n**Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales.** Dynamics 365 Sales data sits in Dataverse, reached through the OData v4 Web API or the Dataverse MCP server with 15 tools. Service protection limits are published and 429 responses carry Retry-After. Access needs an Entra app registration and an administrator, and the public service health page showed no history to our reader.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Close API + MCP\n\n1. Connect with `Close-Scope: mcp.read` unless the job needs writes, and `mcp.write_safe` if it only creates\n2. Sleep for the `reset` value in the `RateLimit` header after a 429, which the docs say beats `retry-after`\n3. Use cursors through advanced filtering or the event log for large pulls, since `_skip` has a per-resource ceiling\n4. Search the lead before `create_lead`, because there's no idempotency key and a retry makes a duplicate\n5. Expect `create_draft_email` to leave a draft, and tell the user to send it from Close\n\n### Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales\n\n1. Send `OData-MaxVersion: 4.0`, `OData-Version: 4.0` and `Accept: application/json`, and name columns with `$select` on every read\n2. Page with `Prefer: odata.maxpagesize` (up to 5,000) and follow `@odata.nextLink`. `$skip` is not supported\n3. On 429, wait the seconds in Retry-After. The `x-ms-ratelimit-*` headers are for debugging, not pacing\n4. Use PATCH on an alternate key to upsert, and add `If-Match: *` when an update must not create a record\n5. For MCP, call `describe` for logical table and column names before `read_query`. Update any allow list that still names `describe_table`, `list_tables` or `fetch`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Close API + MCP or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales?\n\nMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Sales scores 69.7 (B) on agent readiness against Close API + MCP's 66.7 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Close API + MCP leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Close API + MCP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales need an API key?\n\nClose API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Close API + MCP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales without installing anything?\n\nClose API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.close.com/api/v1. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-dynamics-365-sales.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/close-vs-dynamics-365-sales.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"close\", \"b\": \"dynamics-365-sales\"}`. 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