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Twenty 2.52 lets apps run their own account-connection flows and adds inbox sharing.
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Clari and Streak — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Clari's owner puts Salesloft data inside ChatGPT, and prices it as an add-on
This feed is Salesloft's combined monthly release notes post-merger, so Clari updates arrive bundled with Salesloft, Groove, and Copilot changes. The August notes are dominated by CRM plumbing, including automatic Salesforce account linking, self-service custom object controls, and a required migration to a new External Client Application before 2 September, plus the first ChatGPT-facing MCP connector. Clari's own recent additions are narrower: Copilot call scoring in June and an in-app support chatbot in July.
Streak wires automations to email and call activity, turning Gmail CRM into an event-driven workflow engine.
Streak is deepening its Gmail-native CRM position by tying automations directly to email threads, calls, and meeting notes — any new activity in a pipeline box can now trigger an automation. The Claude connector (one-click MCP integration) and an expanded MCP server for creating/updating records complete a trifecta of LLM-adjacent features shipped over the past few months.
This feed is Salesloft's combined monthly release notes post-merger, so Clari updates arrive bundled with Salesloft, Groove, and Copilot changes. The August notes are dominated by CRM plumbing, including automatic Salesforce account linking, self-service custom object controls, and a required migration to a new External Client Application before 2 September, plus the first ChatGPT-facing MCP connector. Clari's own recent additions are narrower: Copilot call scoring in June and an in-app support chatbot in July.
The agentic layer is where the investment goes, and it is sold as a tier rather than included, with the ChatGPT MCP connector requiring both the Agentic add-on and an enterprise ChatGPT subscription. At the same time the Claude MCP server lost its transcript tool to a protocol limitation, so the surface is being shaped by what each host can carry. Underneath, considerable engineering is going into CRM fidelity across merges, deletions, and custom objects, which is the unglamorous prerequisite for agents that read revenue data.
The MCP surface looks set to expand by host rather than by capability, and the External Client Application migration will dominate admin communication through the 2 September deadline.
Streak is deepening its Gmail-native CRM position by tying automations directly to email threads, calls, and meeting notes — any new activity in a pipeline box can now trigger an automation. The Claude connector (one-click MCP integration) and an expanded MCP server for creating/updating records complete a trifecta of LLM-adjacent features shipped over the past few months.
Streak is moving from a passive data store (CRM you update manually) toward an active workflow layer (CRM that reacts to what happens in your Gmail). AI citations, the Claude connector, and expanded MCP capabilities collectively suggest Streak's differentiation will be depth of LLM integration for a Gmail-native context — not competing with Salesforce on breadth.
The next likely move is AI-generated pipeline updates triggered by email activity — automations that don't just fire when email activity happens, but read the email content and fill in deal fields based on what was discussed.
Other CRM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Clari or Streak.
Twenty 2.52 lets apps run their own account-connection flows and adds inbox sharing.
Twenty 2.53 lets apps lock field permission actions, a day after role-aware relation pickers.
IntegCRM keeps building out invoicing, bookings, forms and email for service businesses.
folk ships a French interface weeks after moving its data storage to Europe.
GroupOffice patches its current 26.0 line and the older 25.0 line on the same afternoon.
Close takes Chloe Chat out of beta for every customer, a month after OIDC SSO.
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Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
Both compete on the same themes — mcp — within CRM. Streak is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Streak is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 3.8), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other CRM products to evaluate alongside.
Top Clari alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Clari alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/clari for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
Top Streak alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Streak alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/streak for the full list with editorial commentary on each.