Hosted Close MCP alternatives
Like Close's server, every option here is a managed remote endpoint: you add it by URL and authenticate over OAuth, with nothing to install. That matches Close's setup, so you point an agent at a different product the same way.
Close is a sales CRM centered on leads, contacts, and deals. The hosted picks below split between other CRMs and the trackers that surround a sales process once follow-up turns into delivery work. Each pick names the records it handles.
The 8 best hosted alternatives
- AttioOfficial
Attio's official remote server connects to its CRM over OAuth to search, read, create, and update records, lists, and notes. The nearest hosted CRM match, built around flexible record lists rather than a fixed pipeline.
Set up Attio → - HubSpotOfficial
HubSpot's official remote server connects to its CRM over OAuth to search, read, and update records. A hosted CRM like Close with broader marketing and sales coverage.
Set up HubSpot → - IntercomOfficial
Conversations and contacts are searched and read over OAuth through Intercom's official remote server. It overlaps Close on contacts while centering on customer conversations rather than deals.
Set up Intercom → Adjacent rather than a CRM: Atlassian's official remote server covers Jira and Confluence, reading and updating issues and pages. It fits teams that track sales follow-up as issues over a hosted endpoint.
Set up Atlassian (Jira & Confluence) →Boards are the unit in monday.com, and its official server creates and updates items, manages boards, columns, and groups, and queries the API over a hosted connection. A board-driven way to run a sales process.
Set up monday.com →Jira-shaped and served over a hosted endpoint, Plane exposes its full project API: work items, cycles, modules, and more. For tracking deals-to-delivery as project work rather than CRM activities.
Set up Plane →Over a hosted connection, Shortcut's official server finds, creates, and updates Stories, Epics, Iterations, Objectives, and Docs. A product-team tracker for follow-up that turns into delivery work.
Set up Shortcut →- AsanaOfficial
Tasks, projects, and portfolios sit behind Asana's official remote server, which searches, reads, creates, and updates them over a hosted endpoint. The pick when sales follow-up becomes assigned tasks across projects rather than CRM activities.
Set up Asana →
How to choose
For a hosted CRM closest to Close, Attio matches its model and HubSpot offers more breadth, both over OAuth with nothing to run. Intercom covers customer conversations rather than a deal pipeline. monday.com, Plane, Shortcut, Asana, and Atlassian track sales work as boards, projects, and tasks. Every one installs the way Close's server does: a URL and an OAuth grant.
FAQ
- Is the Close MCP server hosted or self-hosted?
- Hosted. Close runs it and you connect over OAuth by URL, with no local process. The servers on this page work the same way, so the setup feels close to identical.
- Which hosted alternative is closest to Close?
- Attio is the nearest hosted CRM, connecting over OAuth to search, read, and update records, lists, and notes. HubSpot is the broader option if you also want marketing coverage, while Intercom fits teams whose CRM work is really customer conversations.