# Close API + MCP vs Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales (slim)

> 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 & pricing. Both do crm records. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by…

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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 & pricing. Both do crm records.

- Close API + MCP: B 66.7, rank #229 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.min.md
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales: B 69.7, rank #150 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dynamics-365-sales.min.md
- Close API + MCP, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 81 against 65; Payments & pricing, 30 against 25. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, good for Organisations already on Dynamics 365 or Microsoft 365 that want an agent to work inside existing security roles. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 86 against 56; Security & auth, 74 against 66; Transparency & trust, 75 against 67. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Close API + MCP | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 56 | 86 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Close API + MCP | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Close | Microsoft |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.close.com/api/v1` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Microsoft Product Terms. The Python SDK and the @microsoft/dataverse npm package are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 121 | 15 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `com.close/close-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-31 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-30 | 2026-09-01 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 70 stars, 14k PyPI/wk | 2.9k npm/wk, 11k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |