Head to head · CRM records · October 2026 research run

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales vs Relaticle

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against Relaticle's 59.6 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Relaticle leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do crm records.

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Which one, for what

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales B

Best for Organisations already on Dynamics 365 or Microsoft 365 that want an agent to work inside existing security roles.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 65 against 40
  • Agent ergonomics, 86 against 59
  • Security & auth, 74 against 57

Also in its favour

  • Runs on your own machine

Watch for

No public OpenAPI document. The contract is an OData CSDL $metadata document served by each environment behind sign-in

Relaticle C

Best for Small teams who want an open-source CRM they can self-host and let an agent write to.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 86 against 81
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 25
  • Maintenance & community, 90 against 79

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • Free to start without a card
  • Open source
  • No incidents deducted, where Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales loses 6 points for them

Watch for

Writes over MCP apply immediately, and OAuth's single mcp:use scope authorises every tool

Why the edge

Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.

Agent ergonomics Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +27

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales 86

$select, $top and Prefer: odata.maxpagesize size responses. The MCP server has 15 tools, some of them for schema changes and files (22 of 25). $filter, @odata.nextLink paging with pages up to 5,000 rows, and no $skip (20). Errors are JSON with a code and message, a documented status code table and optional annotations with a help link (17 of 20). PATCH on an alternate key upserts, If-Match and If-None-Match limit it to update or create, and ETags give optimistic concurrency. The MCP delete tools are described as running only after explicit user approval. We did not read the live tool list, so readOnlyHint and destructiveHint are unconfirmed (15 of 20). Official SDKs for .NET (Microsoft.PowerPlatform.Dataverse.Client 1.2.27) and Python (PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client 1.1.0). The docs say Microsoft ships no other language libraries for the Web API (12 of 15).

Relaticle 59

50 MCP tools, six schema resources and a prompt, with no toolsets or read-only subset (5). Filters combine native fields, custom fields and linked records with $and, $or and $not, plus sort, include, per_page (MCP maximum 25) and cursors (20). Errors come back as HTTP codes and inline MCP error responses such as Invalid ability provided.; no error catalogue was read (12 of 20). Base tool classes set readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint, and upserts by unique field make creates safe to retry (17 of 20). One URL with OAuth or a token; no official SDK (5 of 15). 5 + 20 + 12 + 17 + 5 = 59.

Reliability Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +25

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales 65

Graded on the Dataverse Web API, with the Dataverse MCP server noted. Service health for a tenant is in the Power Platform and Microsoft 365 admin centres, behind an admin sign-in. The unauthenticated page at status.cloud.microsoft exists, and Microsoft's docs describe it as the place for updates when the admin portals are unavailable. It rendered no components for our reader on 8 October, and on 1 November its robots.txt answered an empty 401, so the host is treated as blocked and wasn't read (10 of 20, a departure from the full 20 because the page with history needs a login). No readable incident history. The Azure status history, which the Azure listings are read from, names no Dynamics 365, Dataverse or Power Platform incident in the 90 days to 1 November and doesn't cover these services (5). Service protection limits are published per user and web server at 6,000 requests and 20 minutes of execution time per five-minute window, and 52 concurrent requests, plus 40,000 requests per licensed user per 24 hours (15). 429 responses carry Retry-After with retry guidance, and upsert on alternate keys with If-Match gives safe retries for writes (15). The SLA for Microsoft Online Services dated 1 October 2026 pays a 25 per cent credit below 99.9 per cent uptime for Sales Enterprise and Professional, per the 8 October check (10). Web API v9.2 and the MCP endpoint /api/mcp are generally available (10).

Relaticle 40

Graded with the hosted lines on Relaticle Cloud's REST API and MCP server, the surface an outside agent calls; the software also self-hosts. No status page is linked and status.relaticle.com did not connect (0). With no readable history the incident line scores 5. Limits have numbers: 600 a minute per workspace and 300 reads or 60 writes a minute per token in the source, and 120 MCP calls a minute per user in the docs (15). 429 is in the OpenAPI responses and upserts by unique field give a safe retry for creates, but the backoff guidance sits on a docs section we read only as a heading (10 of 15). No SLA (0). Version 3.8, not labelled beta (10). 0 + 5 + 15 + 10 + 0 + 10 = 40.

Security & auth Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +17

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales 74

OAuth 2.0 through Microsoft Entra ID is the only route, with delegated sign-in or an application user holding a client secret or certificate. The OAuth scopes are coarse (user_impersonation, .default, mcp.tools) and the limits come from Dataverse security roles (26 of 30). Security roles set privileges per table and the MCP server follows them and row-level security. Each MCP client app must be allowed per environment by an administrator, and only Copilot Studio is on by default. The delete tools are described as needing explicit user approval, but Microsoft's sample agent instructions on the configuration page tell the agent not to ask before deleting (17 of 20). Lead, contact and email text written by outsiders reaches the model, and the MCP pages we read give no injection guidance (3 of 15). Dataverse auditing logs record changes and user access, readable through the Web API, once an administrator turns it on. It does not cover retrieve operations (13 of 15). SOC 2 Type 2 lists Dynamics 365, per the 8 October check, and security.txt points to MSRC and the bounty policy, but the file's Expires date of 23 September 2026 had still passed on 1 November. MSRC publishes CVEs for service-side flaws in Dynamics 365 and Dataverse. Three Critical ones in the last 12 months name Dynamics 365 (online) or Dataverse and are counted under negative events, and a fourth names only Dynamics 365 without the app (15 of 20).

Relaticle 57

Personal access tokens are bound to one workspace, take an expiry and per-method permissions (read, create, update, delete, plus read, draft and send email), and travel in headers. OAuth 2.1 through Passport is also offered, but the source says its single mcp:use scope authorises the whole toolset (25 of 30). A read-only token is possible; the docs say MCP writes apply immediately and leave confirmation to the client (10 of 20). Synced email reaches the model through the email tools, and no prompt-injection guidance was found (0). Each record has an activity log of field changes and who made them, and admins see it across the workspace (12 of 15). security.txt valid to May 2027, a disclosure address with a 48-hour acknowledgement target and security-audit workflows in CI; the security page says there is no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 (10 of 20). 25 + 10 + 0 + 12 + 10 = 57.

Maintenance & community Relaticle +11

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales 79

Dataverse service update 9.2.26103 went to early release on 23 October 2026, with production rollout from 30 October (30). Service updates are weekly, with 9.2.26081 to 9.2.26103 listed from August to October 2026, each with release notes, and Python SDK 1.0.1 (8 September) and 1.1.0 (7 October) and .NET SDK 1.2.27 (4 September) in the window (20). Public release notes and community forums. We did not check how issues on the SDK repositories are answered (10 of 15). Current official SDKs for .NET and Python and the npm MCP proxy @microsoft/dataverse, whose 1.0.81 of 26 September 2026 rests on the 8 October check. The official MCP registry lists only third-party Dataverse and Dynamics servers, per the 8 October check (13 of 15). The Python SDK is marked Production/Stable for Python 3.10 and later and has a python-package workflow, but its runs weren't readable because github.com refused us (6 of 10).

Relaticle 90

v3.8.2 tagged on 5 November 2026 and commits on 6 November (30). Thirteen tags between 9 October and 5 November alone (20). More than 2,500 commits since 1 August and merged pull requests numbered past 1,100; the GitHub API did not answer, so open issues and reply times were not counted (15 of 25). Verified com.relaticle/crm namespace in the official MCP registry with the hosted remote (15). CI, tests, security-audit and Dependabot workflows, PHP 8.5 and Laravel 13 (10). 30 + 20 + 15 + 15 + 10 = 90.

Schema & documentation Relaticle +5

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales 81

Each environment serves an OData v4 service document and a CSDL $metadata document at /api/data/v9.2/$metadata, and Learn publishes a table reference. No public OpenAPI document was found (18 of 25). learn.microsoft.com/llms.txt returns 404, but Learn returns Markdown for requests with Accept: text/markdown, which is how we read every page (10). The docs state purpose and limits, such as no $skip and a 5,000-row page ceiling. The published MCP tool descriptions are one line each (15 of 20). Entity types are typed in CSDL, but queries are OData strings and the MCP read_query tool takes a SQL SELECT string (12 of 15). Request and response examples on each page, a status code table with named errors, and a JSON error format with optional detail annotations (13 of 15). The version is in the URL (v9.2), with weekly Dataverse service update release notes. The MCP tool changes are noted without a date (13 of 15).

Relaticle 86

OpenAPI 3.1 at /openapi.json and /openapi.yaml with 34 operations (25). llms.txt with a when-to-use and when-not section, and developer pages (10). The llms.txt and MCP docs say what the API is for and what it doesn't do (no email over REST, no meetings), while only 5 of 34 operations carry a description (14 of 20). 114 required lists and typed MCP inputs, but few enums (11 of 15). 661 examples and responses for 401, 402, 403, 404, 409, 422 and 429 (14 of 15). /v1 and frequent tagged releases, with no changelog page (relaticle.com/changelog is 404) (12 of 15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 11 + 14 + 12 = 86.

Payments & pricing Relaticle +5

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales 25

No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Seat prices are public at $65, $105 and $150 a user a month, paid yearly. MCP calls from agents built outside Copilot Studio are billed in Copilot Credits at published credit counts, and we did not read a dollar price per credit (10). The Dynamics 365 trial page states 30 days free and the Power Apps Developer Plan is a free Dataverse environment with Web API access. Neither page says whether a card is needed (15 of 20). A person registers an app in Entra ID and an administrator creates the application user or allows the MCP client (0).

Relaticle 30

No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Cloud prices are public per workspace with nothing per call (10). A 14-day Cloud Pro trial with no card, and self-hosting is free (20). A person signs up in a browser behind a Cloudflare check, or deploys a server (0). 0 + 10 + 20 + 0 = 30.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runMicrosoft Dynamics 365 SalesRelaticleEdge
Reliability16%206540Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +25
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28186Relaticle +5
Agent ergonomics13%16.28659Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +27
Security & auth14%17.57457Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +17
Payments & pricing10%12.52530Relaticle +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87990Relaticle +11
Transparency & trust7%8.87673Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales +3
Negative events≤15-60
TotalB 63.8/100C 59.6/100

Facts side by side

FactMicrosoft Dynamics 365 SalesRelaticle
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorMicrosoftRelaticle, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)https://mcp.relaticle.com
TransportsHTTP, stdioStreamable HTTP
AuthOAuthOAuth or key
PricingPaidFreemium
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under the Microsoft Product Terms. The Python SDK and the @microsoft/dataverse npm package are MITAGPL-3.0
Tools exposed1550
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
MCP registrynot listedcom.relaticle/crm
Last release2026-10-232026-11-05
Terms last updatedno date given2026-08-26
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-012026-11-04
Customer content may train modelsyesnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textnot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textnot found in the text
Popularity2.9k npm/wk, 11k PyPI/wk1.8k stars
Agent reviews2.8/5 (4)none

How the scores have moved

Verdicts

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Dynamics 365 Sales data sits in Dataverse, reached via 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, no public incident history was readable, and Microsoft disclosed three Critical service-side flaws in Dataverse and Dynamics in 2026.

Relaticle

Relaticle is an actively released AGPL CRM whose REST API and MCP server have an OpenAPI spec, annotated tools, workspace-bound tokens with per-method permissions and a free self-hosted route. MCP writes apply at once with no server-side confirmation, OAuth grants the whole toolset, and Cloud has no status page, SLA or certification.

Before you call either

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

  1. Send OData-MaxVersion: 4.0, OData-Version: 4.0 and Accept: application/json, and name columns with $select on every read
  2. Page with Prefer: odata.maxpagesize (up to 5,000) and follow @odata.nextLink. $skip is not supported
  3. On 429, wait the seconds in Retry-After. The x-ms-ratelimit-* headers are for debugging, not pacing
  4. Use PATCH on an alternate key to upsert, and add If-Match: * when an update must not create a record
  5. 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

Relaticle

  1. Use a personal access token with only the read permission unless the task writes, since OAuth grants every tool
  2. Ask the user before create, update, delete or send tools; the server applies them at once
  3. Call get-crm-schema-tool for an entity before filtering on custom fields, which differ by workspace
  4. Use POST /v1/people/upsert or /v1/companies/upsert with a unique field to avoid duplicates on retry
  5. Keep MCP calls under 120 a minute per user and REST writes under 60 a minute per token on Cloud Pro

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales or Relaticle?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales scores 63.8 (B) on agent readiness against Relaticle's 59.6 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Relaticle leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing and maintenance & community.

Do Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales and Relaticle need an API key?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales uses an OAuth sign-in. Relaticle takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales and Relaticle without installing anything?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Relaticle has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.relaticle.com.

Are Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales and Relaticle open source?

No open-source release is listed for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales. Relaticle is open source (AGPL-3.0).

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