{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "airtable", "name": "Airtable", "vendor": "Formagrid Inc (Airtable)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.airtable.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "spreadsheets", "summary": "Airtable is a hosted database of typed records organised in bases, tables and views. Agents reach it through a REST Web API and an official hosted MCP server, using personal access tokens or OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/airtable.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Airtable/airtable-mcp-cli", "license": "Proprietary service under Airtable's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The airtable.js client and the MCP CLI on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.airtable.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "airtable" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@airtable/mcp-cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. A signed-in user creates a personal access token at airtable.com/create/tokens, choosing scopes and the bases or workspaces it can reach, or registers an OAuth integration at airtable.com/create/oauth with no review step found in the docs. OAuth uses the authorisation code grant with PKCE, 60-minute access tokens and 60-day refresh tokens that rotate on use. The MCP server takes either, and supports dynamic client registration. Tokens act as the granting user, so the user's role on a base still applies. Enterprise admin scopes and service accounts need an Enterprise Scale plan.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 1,000 API calls a month per workspace and 1,000 records per base, so an agent can start without a contract. Team is $20 a seat a month billed annually ($24 monthly) with 100,000 calls a month, Business $45 billed annually, Enterprise Scale through sales. API calls aren't priced separately, and there's no separate sandbox. The MCP server is included on every plan (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$20 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Web API docs, the MCP docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 40, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2229, "npmWeekly": 568991, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/introduction", "llmsTxt": "https://airtable.com/developers/llms.txt", "registryName": "com.airtable/mcp", "capabilities": [ "sheets.records", "sheets.read", "sheets.write", "sheets.tables", "sheets.formulas" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "mcp", "closed-source", "free-tier", "oauth", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "javascript", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.9, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 118, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 30, "reliability": 94, "schema": 73, "security": 78, "transparency": 86 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Tokens are limited by scope and by base, and the official MCP server at mcp.airtable.com covers records, schema, interfaces and automations in 40 tools. The REST API allows 5 requests a second per base with a 30-second lockout after a 429, writes take 10 records a call, and the Free plan stops at 1,000 calls a month.", "bestFor": "Teams that already keep operational data in Airtable and want an agent to read, filter and update typed records or build bases through MCP.", "strengths": [ "Personal access tokens and OAuth grants are limited by scope and by base or workspace, and the legacy `api_key` URL parameter is refused", "Official hosted MCP server at https://mcp.airtable.com/mcp, open to every plan and listed in the MCP registry as com.airtable/mcp", "Markdown copy of every API reference page, indexed by llms.txt files under airtable.com/developers", "List records takes `fields`, `pageSize`, `maxRecords`, `view`, `sort` and `filterByFormula`, so responses can be sized", "Published deprecation guidelines aim for 12 months' notice on the Web API, and no deprecation was listed as upcoming on 8 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "5 requests a second per base, and a 429 blocks further requests for 30 seconds", "Create, update and delete calls take at most 10 records each", "Free plan allows 1,000 API calls a month per workspace and 1,000 records per base", "No OpenAPI description was found in the reviewed documentation", "The only official client library is airtable.js, last released as v0.12.2 on 16 August 2023" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a personal access token with only the scopes needed and add each base to it. A token with no base added sees nothing", "Stay under 5 requests a second per base. After a 429, wait 30 seconds before the next call", "Send writes in batches of 10 records, and use `performUpsert` with `fieldsToMergeOn` so a repeated call updates instead of duplicating", "Use table and field IDs, not names, and set `returnFieldsByFieldId` so a rename doesn't break the call", "POST to `/listRecords` when a `filterByFormula` would push the URL past 16,000 characters" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 30, "reliability": 94, "schema": 73, "security": 78, "transparency": 72 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @airtable/mcp-cli", "http": "curl https://api.airtable.com/v0/YOUR_BASE_ID/YOUR_TABLE_ID_OR_NAME -H \\\n\"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http airtable https://mcp.airtable.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "airtable": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.airtable.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/sheets.records", "tool": "https://letme.dev/airtable" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Team", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 20, "note": "billed annually, $24 billed monthly, 100,000 API calls a month per workspace" }, { "item": "Business", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 45, "note": "billed annually" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Formagrid Inc (doing business as Airtable)", "domain": "airtable.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-12-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.airtable.com/company/tos", "privacy": "https://www.airtable.com/company/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.airtable.com", "changelog": "https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (last updated 31 May 2024) and the privacy policy (last updated 15 July 2026) name Formagrid Inc, doing business as Airtable, with a postal address at 1 Front Street, Fl 28, San Francisco, CA 94111.", "The REST API answers at api.airtable.com and the MCP server at mcp.airtable.com, both airtable.com subdomains.", "airtable.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@airtable.com and the HackerOne programme and has no Expires field. www.airtable.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP for airtable.com gives a registration date of 2003-12-10.", "The Service Level Agreement (last updated 26 March 2024) commits to 99.9 per cent monthly uptime for Enterprise plans." ], "score": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable.json", "live": { "slug": "airtable", "probe": { "target": "https://api.airtable.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T17:36:29.354996508Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 817, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 807, "p95ms24h": 910, "samples24h": 25, "samples30d": 25, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 25, "ok": 25 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.airtable.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:37:07.01310139Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Airtable/airtable-mcp-cli", "version": "v0.2.9", "released": "2026-08-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:57:17.360180778Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@airtable/mcp-cli", "version": "0.2.9", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:57:17.136543533Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "airtable", "version": "0.12.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T15:57:14.88836809Z" } ], "githubStars": 39, "npmWeekly": 568991, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://airtable.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:43.521220209Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T17:37:07.01310139Z" } }, "answer": "Airtable scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and agent ergonomics.", "b": { "slug": "microsoft-excel-graph", "name": "Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)", "vendor": "Microsoft", "vendorUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/excel-concept-overview", "kind": "http-api", "category": "spreadsheets", "summary": "Workbook endpoints of Microsoft Graph for Excel files stored in OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint. Calls read and write ranges, tables, charts and named items, and run Excel worksheet functions on a file in place.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.json", "repo": "https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-javascript", "license": "MIT (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "msgraph-sdk" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 tokens from Microsoft Entra ID, after a person registers an app. Registration is self-serve, with no partner or sales approval. The workbook reference pages list delegated permissions only, with Files.ReadWrite as least privileged, and mark application permissions as not supported. The overview page names Files.Read for read actions. A delegated token reaches every file its user can open.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "Workbook calls carry no per-call charge. Microsoft's list of metered Graph APIs names only SharePoint and OneDrive `assignSensitivityLabel`, at $0.00185 a call (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/metered-api-list). Files must sit in OneDrive for work or school or SharePoint, which need a Microsoft 365 licence. The Microsoft 365 plan price page refused our reader on 2026-10-08. A free Microsoft 365 E5 developer sandbox is limited to Visual Studio subscribers and members of named partner programmes (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/developer-program/microsoft-365-developer-program-faq).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the workbook documentation or the metered API list (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 835, "npmWeekly": 2882852, "pypiWeekly": 1578201, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/excel", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-metadata/master/openapi/v1.0/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "sheets.read", "sheets.write", "sheets.tables", "sheets.formulas" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "oauth", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2025-09-19", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 399, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 53, "payments": 15, "reliability": 62, "schema": 85, "security": 65, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-06-16: a fix for a token leak through URL userinfo host confusion was merged into msgraph-sdk-javascript and the version set to 3.0.8, but npm still served 3.0.7 on 8 October 2026 and the repository lists no published advisory. Exploiting it needs an attacker-influenced URL passed to the client, and it affects agents that call the workbook API through that client (https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-javascript/commit/5438ae90f50ef15d3656f0cf9c5485deee351f19, https://registry.npmjs.org/@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client/latest)" ], "verdict": "Ranges, tables, charts and 366 worksheet function endpoints are reachable over REST with a public OpenAPI, and a non-persistent session lets an agent test changes without saving them. The reference pages list delegated permissions only, with Files.ReadWrite as the least privileged scope, and writes take no idempotency key.", "bestFor": "Agents working on .xlsx files that already live in a Microsoft 365 tenant, and for using Excel's calculation engine through function endpoints.", "strengths": [ "Non-persistent sessions (`persistChanges: false`) keep changes in a temporary copy, so an agent can calculate or test edits without saving", "The OpenAPI for Graph v1.0 holds 1,442 workbook paths and 1,765 operations, 366 of the paths for worksheet functions", "Error handling guide gives a retry instruction for each of 22 required second-level error codes", "Throttling limits are published at 5,000 requests per 10 seconds per app and 1,500 per app per tenant, with `Retry-After` on throttled responses", "Microsoft's policy is at least 24 months' notice before a generally available Graph API is removed" ], "weaknesses": [ "Reference pages list delegated permissions only and mark application permissions as not supported", "Files.ReadWrite is the least privileged permission on the reference pages, even for reading a range or listing rows", "No idempotency key on writes. The row-add page says to repeat the request on a 504", "Cell values, formulas and number formats are untyped JSON in the OpenAPI", "The last Workbooks and charts changelog entry is dated 19 September 2025, and the overview page is dated March 2024" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a session with POST /workbook/createSession and send `workbook-session-id` on every call. Persistent sessions expire after about 5 minutes idle", "Set `persistChanges` to false when you only need a calculation or a chart image, so nothing is saved to the file", "Send one request at a time per workbook and wait for each response. Microsoft warns that parallel writes cause throttling, timeouts and merge conflicts", "Add rows in one call with a two-dimensional `values` array, and check the table before repeating a row add that returned 504", "Read bounded addresses such as A1:D500. A whole-column range such as C:C returns null for values, and writes to it are refused" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 53, "payments": 15, "reliability": 62, "schema": 85, "security": 65, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/items/{id}/workbook/worksheets \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $MS_GRAPH_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"workbook-session-id: $SESSION_ID\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/sheets.read", "tool": "https://letme.dev/microsoft-excel-graph" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "dynamics-365-sales", "microsoft-advertising-api", "outlook-mail-graph" ], "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "domainNote": "The endpoint is on graph.microsoft.com. microsoft.com publishes a security.txt, but it passed its Expires date on 2026-09-23.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-apis/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "changelog": "https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/changelog", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt still carries Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z when read on 2026-10-08.", "The Microsoft service health page at status.cloud.microsoft needs JavaScript to show anything.", "The Microsoft APIs terms of use name Microsoft Corporation and were last updated in October 2025.", "The Microsoft privacy statement was last updated in September 2026.", "RDAP for microsoft.com gives a registration date of 1991-05-02." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.json", "live": { "slug": "microsoft-excel-graph", "probe": { "target": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T17:36:40.30570825Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 3, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 34, "p95ms24h": 57, "samples24h": 25, "samples30d": 25, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 25, "ok": 25 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.cloud.microsoft", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:36:56.168932402Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-javascript", "version": "3.0.7", "released": "2023-09-19", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:40.005701271Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client", "version": "3.0.7", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:38.997085198Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "msgraph-sdk", "version": "1.64.0", "released": "2026-10-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:39.875494563Z" } ], "githubStars": 835, "npmWeekly": 2882852, "pypiWeekly": 1578201, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:08.216544687Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T17:36:40.30570825Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Formagrid Inc (Airtable)", "b": "Microsoft", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.airtable.com", "b": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Your plan", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Airtable's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The airtable.js client and the MCP CLI on GitHub are MIT", "b": "MIT (SDKs)", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "40", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.airtable/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-08-07", "b": "2025-09-19", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2024-05-31", "b": "2025-10-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-07-15", "b": "2026-09-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2.2k stars, 569k npm/wk", "b": "835 stars, 2.9M npm/wk, 1.6M PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Airtable scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and agent ergonomics.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Airtable or Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)?" }, { "answer": "Airtable takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Airtable and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Airtable has a hosted endpoint at https://api.airtable.com and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) at https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0.", "question": "Can an agent call Airtable and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 94 against 62", "Security \u0026 auth, 78 against 65", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 15", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 86 against 75" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "No incidents deducted, where Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams that already keep operational data in Airtable and want an agent to read, filter and update typed records or build bases through MCP.", "slug": "airtable", "watchFor": "5 requests a second per base, and a 429 blocks further requests for 30 seconds" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 73", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 68" ], "also": null, 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-baserow" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-coda.json", "title": "Airtable vs Coda (Superhuman Docs)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-coda" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-nocodb.json", "title": "Airtable vs NocoDB", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-nocodb" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-smartsheet.json", "title": "Airtable vs Smartsheet API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-smartsheet" } ], "scores": [ { "airtable": 94, "by": 32, "edge": "airtable", "key": "reliability", "microsoft-excel-graph": 62, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "airtable": 73, "by": 12, "edge": "microsoft-excel-graph", "key": "schema", "microsoft-excel-graph": 85, "name": "Schema \u0026 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leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do sheets read.", "verdicts": { "airtable": "Tokens are limited by scope and by base, and the official MCP server at mcp.airtable.com covers records, schema, interfaces and automations in 40 tools. The REST API allows 5 requests a second per base with a 30-second lockout after a 429, writes take 10 records a call, and the Free plan stops at 1,000 calls a month.", "microsoft-excel-graph": "Ranges, tables, charts and 366 worksheet function endpoints are reachable over REST with a public OpenAPI, and a non-persistent session lets an agent test changes without saving them. The reference pages list delegated permissions only, with Files.ReadWrite as the least privileged scope, and writes take no idempotency key." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-microsoft-excel-graph", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-microsoft-excel-graph.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-microsoft-excel-graph.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtable-vs-microsoft-excel-graph.min.md" }, "markdown": "Airtable scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and agent ergonomics. Both do sheets read.\n\n- Airtable: grade BB, 70.9/100, rank #118 of 629. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Airtable (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams that already keep operational data in Airtable and want an agent to read, filter and update typed records or build bases through MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 94 against 62\n- Security \u0026 auth, 78 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 15\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 86 against 75\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No incidents deducted, where Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: 5 requests a second per base, and a 429 blocks further requests for 30 seconds\n\n### Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) (C)\n\nGood for: Agents working on .xlsx files that already live in a Microsoft 365 tenant, and for using Excel's calculation engine through function endpoints.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 73\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 68\n\nWatch for: Reference pages list delegated permissions only and mark application permissions as not supported\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Airtable | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 94 | 62 | Airtable +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 85 | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) +12 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 73 | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 78 | 65 | Airtable +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 15 | Airtable +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 53 | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 75 | Airtable +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **70.9 · BB** | **58.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Airtable | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Formagrid Inc (Airtable) | Microsoft |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.airtable.com` | `https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Airtable's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The airtable.js client and the MCP CLI on GitHub are MIT | MIT (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | 40 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.airtable/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-07 | 2025-09-19 |\n| Terms last updated | 2024-05-31 | 2025-10-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-15 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 2.2k stars, 569k npm/wk | 835 stars, 2.9M npm/wk, 1.6M PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Airtable.** Tokens are limited by scope and by base, and the official MCP server at mcp.airtable.com covers records, schema, interfaces and automations in 40 tools. The REST API allows 5 requests a second per base with a 30-second lockout after a 429, writes take 10 records a call, and the Free plan stops at 1,000 calls a month.\n\n**Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API).** Ranges, tables, charts and 366 worksheet function endpoints are reachable over REST with a public OpenAPI, and a non-persistent session lets an agent test changes without saving them. The reference pages list delegated permissions only, with Files.ReadWrite as the least privileged scope, and writes take no idempotency key.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Airtable\n\n1. Create a personal access token with only the scopes needed and add each base to it. A token with no base added sees nothing\n2. Stay under 5 requests a second per base. After a 429, wait 30 seconds before the next call\n3. Send writes in batches of 10 records, and use `performUpsert` with `fieldsToMergeOn` so a repeated call updates instead of duplicating\n4. Use table and field IDs, not names, and set `returnFieldsByFieldId` so a rename doesn't break the call\n5. POST to `/listRecords` when a `filterByFormula` would push the URL past 16,000 characters\n\n### Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)\n\n1. Create a session with POST /workbook/createSession and send `workbook-session-id` on every call. Persistent sessions expire after about 5 minutes idle\n2. Set `persistChanges` to false when you only need a calculation or a chart image, so nothing is saved to the file\n3. Send one request at a time per workbook and wait for each response. Microsoft warns that parallel writes cause throttling, timeouts and merge conflicts\n4. Add rows in one call with a two-dimensional `values` array, and check the table before repeating a row add that returned 504\n5. Read bounded addresses such as A1:D500. A whole-column range such as C:C returns null for values, and writes to it are refused\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Airtable or Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)?\n\nAirtable scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) leads on schema \u0026 documentation and agent ergonomics.\n\n### Do Airtable and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) need an API key?\n\nAirtable takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Airtable and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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