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Bitrix24's blog explains MCP for small teams; still no product releases.
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Thryv and Twenty — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Thryv's feed is a marketing blog; the product news hides between the SEO posts.
Thryv publishes several posts a week and nearly all of them are search-optimized guides aimed at small-business owners: local search, AI search, HVAC SEO, holiday slogans. Genuine product announcements surface roughly once a week and are easy to miss in the stream. The most recent is Projected ROI, which estimates what a business's marketing leads could be worth.
Twenty 2.58 rebuilds CRM permissions down to the row and adds MCP workflow steps.
Twenty 2.58.0 on November 13 rebuilt how access works: role permissions now compile into row-level rules, legacy per-user permissions are gone and the old workflow object is dropped, all flagged as breaking. The same release adds a workflow step that calls MCP tools, self-service two-factor backup codes and stricter SAML checks. Patches 2.58.1 and 2.58.2 then stopped existing accounts from joining a workspace through SSO without an invitation first.
Thryv publishes several posts a week and nearly all of them are search-optimized guides aimed at small-business owners: local search, AI search, HVAC SEO, holiday slogans. Genuine product announcements surface roughly once a week and are easy to miss in the stream. The most recent is Projected ROI, which estimates what a business's marketing leads could be worth.
The company is positioning around AI search as the thing small businesses need help being found in, and the product work follows the same line: AI lead scoring, projected ROI, and the done-for-you Boosts services. Thryv is selling interpretation of marketing data rather than more places to publish it. The content cadence is a demand-generation engine and says more about the sales motion than the roadmap.
Expect more AI-branded analytics layered onto lead data the platform already holds -- scoring, attribution, value estimates -- announced in this same blog stream. The entries show no movement on pricing or packaging.
Twenty 2.58.0 on November 13 rebuilt how access works: role permissions now compile into row-level rules, legacy per-user permissions are gone and the old workflow object is dropped, all flagged as breaking. The same release adds a workflow step that calls MCP tools, self-service two-factor backup codes and stricter SAML checks. Patches 2.58.1 and 2.58.2 then stopped existing accounts from joining a workspace through SSO without an invitation first.
Twenty is hardening the base under its AI and app platform: tighter access rules, SSO and SAML checks, and apps that run under their own grants. Workflows keep gaining ways to call outside tools, now including MCP servers.
Expect follow-up patches as self-hosters hit the 2.58 permission changes, and a fix that lets invited users join SSO-only workspaces.
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 Thryv or Twenty.
Bitrix24's blog explains MCP for small teams; still no product releases.
Twenty 2.58.1 stops existing accounts from joining a workspace through SSO alone.
GroupOffice patches its 25.0 and 6.8 lines again, still with no notes.
folk adds a command panel and quick-add tasks after its agent-era repositioning.
folk now pitches itself as the CRM for the agent era.
IntegCRM adds document folders, turning back to client records after two email releases.
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Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Thryv is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), 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. Thryv is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), 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 Thryv alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Thryv alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/thryv for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
Top Twenty alternatives in CRM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Twenty alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/twenty for the full list with editorial commentary on each.