# HubSpot API + MCP vs Zoho CRM (slim)

> HubSpot API + MCP and Zoho CRM score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 71.5 (BB) and 70.8 (BB). Zoho CRM leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do crm records. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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HubSpot API + MCP and Zoho CRM score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 71.5 (BB) and 70.8 (BB). Zoho CRM leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do crm records.

- HubSpot API + MCP: BB 71.5, rank #105 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hubspot-mcp.min.md
- Zoho CRM: BB 70.8, rank #128 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-crm.min.md
- HubSpot API + MCP, good for Marketing and sales teams already on HubSpot, or anyone who wants a free CRM with a GA, OAuth-only MCP server and confirmation before writes. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 92 against 81; Security & auth, 82 against 67; Maintenance & community, 84 against 77; Transparency & trust, 85 against 75. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.
- Zoho CRM, good for Teams already on Zoho who want an agent to read and write leads, contacts, deals and activities with narrow scopes, and small teams that want a free edition with API access. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 60; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 72; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30.

| Category | HubSpot API + MCP | Zoho CRM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 82 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 85 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HubSpot API + MCP | Zoho CRM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HubSpot | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hubapi.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary service under Zoho's Terms of Service. The server-side SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 32 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-21 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 1.8M npm/wk | 830 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |