# Nutshell vs Twenty API + MCP (slim)

> Twenty API + MCP scores 65.9 (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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Twenty API + MCP scores 65.9 (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.

- Nutshell: D 49.6, rank #607 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nutshell.min.md
- Twenty API + MCP: B 65.9, rank #250 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/twenty.min.md
- 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. Also Free to start without a card.
- Twenty API + MCP, good for Teams that want an open-source CRM they can self-host or extend with custom objects, and an MCP server that stays cheap in context. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 88 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 44; Maintenance & community, 97 against 46; Transparency & trust, 80 against 71. Also Open source.

| Category | Nutshell | Twenty API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 46 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 57 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 44 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 46 | 97 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 80 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nutshell | Twenty API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nutshell, Inc. | Twenty |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.nutshell.com/rest` | `https://api.twenty.com/rest` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Nutshell's Terms of Service | AGPL-3.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-02 | 2026-08-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-02 | 2025-10-13 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| 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 | none | 58k stars, 26k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |