# Salesforce API + MCP vs Zoho CRM (slim)

> Zoho CRM scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Salesforce API + MCP's 60.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Salesforce API + MCP leads on security & auth. Both do crm records. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Zoho CRM scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Salesforce API + MCP's 60.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Salesforce API + MCP leads on security & auth. Both do crm records.

- Salesforce API + MCP: C 60.5, rank #398 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salesforce.min.md
- Zoho CRM: BB 70.8, rank #128 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-crm.min.md
- Salesforce API + MCP, good for Organisations already on Salesforce that need an agent to read and update any object under existing security rules. Ahead on Security & auth, 72 against 67. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- 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 58; Schema & documentation, 81 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 76; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 77 against 18. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Salesforce API + MCP | Zoho CRM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 67 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Salesforce API + MCP | Zoho CRM |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Salesforce | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.salesforce.com/platform/mcp/v1/platform/sobject-all` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under Zoho's Terms of Service. The server-side SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 11 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-21 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-04-08 | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 830 npm/wk, 6.1k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |