# Close API + MCP vs Salesflare (slim)

> Close API + MCP scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Salesflare's 48.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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 Salesflare's 48.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do crm records.

- Close API + MCP: B 66.7, rank #257 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/close.min.md
- Salesflare: D 48.5, rank #721 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesflare.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 63; Schema & documentation, 82 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 56 against 49; Security & auth, 66 against 44; Maintenance & community, 79 against 25; Transparency & trust, 67 against 58.
- Salesflare, good for Small B2B sales teams on Salesflare who want an agent to read and update accounts, contacts, opportunities and tasks through REST or the hosted MCP server.

| Category | Close API + MCP | Salesflare |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 57 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 56 | 49 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 25 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Close API + MCP | Salesflare |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Close | Salesflare BVBA |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.close.com/api/v1` | `https://api.salesflare.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Salesflare's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 121 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `com.close/close-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-31 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-30 | couldn't be read |
| 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 | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |