# Close API + MCP vs Nutshell (slim)

> Close API + MCP scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Nutshell's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Nutshell leads on payments & pricing. Both do crm records. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Close API + MCP scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Nutshell's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Nutshell leads on payments & pricing. Both do crm records.

- Close API + MCP: B 66.7, rank #229 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.min.md
- Nutshell: D 49.6, rank #607 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nutshell.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 42; Schema & documentation, 82 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 56 against 44; Security & auth, 66 against 58; Maintenance & community, 79 against 46.
- Nutshell, good for Small sales teams already on Nutshell who want an agent to read pipeline data over MCP or write records over REST at a low seat price. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 35 against 30.

| Category | Close API + MCP | Nutshell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 56 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 46 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Close API + MCP | Nutshell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Close | Nutshell, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.close.com/api/v1` | `https://app.nutshell.com/rest` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Nutshell's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 121 | none |
| MCP registry | `com.close/close-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-08-21 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-31 | 2026-06-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-30 | 2026-06-02 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 70 stars, 14k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |