Start with the capability, then compare only the providers that implement the required canonical actions.

NeedStart with
Full mailbox reads and writesGmail or Microsoft Outlook
Transactional send onlySMTP, Resend, SendGrid, or Mailgun
Full workspace messagingSlack or Discord
Calendar eventsGoogle Calendar
CRMHubSpot
ERP/accountingOdoo or QuickBooks
PaymentsStripe
CommerceShopify
SupportZendesk
Public social dataA *-data platform toolkit
Portable voice orchestrationVoice Agents plus transport/STT/TTS toolkits

Then check:

  1. Does the generated tool table contain every action in your workflow?
  2. Can your deployment provide the listed auth type and scopes?
  3. Do you need a declared x_provider extension?
  4. Is the tool read-only, mutating, destructive, or async?
  5. Does the mock cover the success and failure cases you will ship?