# Close API + MCP vs folk API + MCP (slim)

> Close API + MCP has a score of 66.9 (B) against folk API + MCP's 61 (C). Both do crm records. The largest gap is reliability, 26 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Close API + MCP has a score of 66.9 (B) against folk API + MCP's 61 (C). Both do crm records. The largest gap is reliability, 26 points.

- Close API + MCP: B 66.9, rank #152 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.min.md
- folk API + MCP: C 61, rank #235 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk.min.md
- Pick Close API + MCP for reliability (+26), security & auth (+23), maintenance & community (+19). Pick folk API + MCP for schema & documentation (+9), agent ergonomics (+14), transparency & trust (+14).

| Category | Close API + MCP | folk API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 56 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 83 |