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Premium is $10 a user a month billed yearly ($12 monthly) and Advanced $18 ($22 monthly), Enterprise through sales. API calls aren't priced, the MCP server is on every plan, and there's no separate sandbox. The self-hosted core is free with no row or request limits (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$10 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, the OpenAPI description, the MCP docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": 6098, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://baserow.io/user-docs/database-api", "llmsTxt": "https://baserow.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.baserow.io/api/schema.json", "capabilities": [ "sheets.records", "sheets.read", "sheets.write", "sheets.tables", "sheets.formulas" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "self-hosted", "open-source", "mcp", "free-tier", "api-key", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 306, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 40, "reliability": 65, "schema": 77, "security": 54, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Database tokens are limited to chosen tables and to create, read, update or delete, and the REST API has a public OpenAPI description with batch calls of 200 rows. The MCP server authenticates with a key in its URL, runs over SSE only and has no read-only mode. Cloud requests are capped at 10 at a time.", "bestFor": "Teams that want Airtable-style typed tables they can also self-host, with row-level reads and writes by an agent through table-scoped tokens or a small MCP tool set.", "strengths": [ "Database tokens are limited to one workspace, to chosen tables and to create, read, update or delete, and can be regenerated or deleted", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.3 description at api.baserow.io/api/schema.json with 424 operations and an enum of error codes on each response", "The MCP server exposes 7 tools with typed inputs, and its descriptions tell the caller to read the table schema before writing", "List rows takes `include`, `exclude`, `size`, `filters`, `search`, `order_by` and `view_id`, so responses can be sized", "The core, including the REST API and the MCP server, is MIT-licensed and can be self-hosted with no row or request limits" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP endpoint's key sits in the URL path, and the docs say it grants full access to modify data in the workspace", "The MCP server speaks only the older SSE transport, with no OAuth, no read-only mode and no tool annotations", "Table and field changes over REST need a JWT obtained with the account's email and password, since database tokens cover rows only", "No SLA, security.txt, sub-processor list or published DPA text was found, and the privacy policy carries no date or retention periods", "No official client library was found, and Baserow isn't in the official MCP registry under its own namespace" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a database token with only the tables and operations needed. It can't change tables or fields, which need a JWT from `/api/user/token-auth/`", "Send `Authorization: Token YOUR_DATABASE_TOKEN`, and add `user_field_names=true` or rows come back keyed as `field_123`", "Use the `/batch/` endpoints for up to 200 rows a call, and keep to 10 requests in flight on Baserow Cloud", "Treat the MCP URL as a password. 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The page carries no date.", "The privacy policy is the only one found. It is written for visitors to baserow.io, mentions account registration, carries no date and names no retention periods. The terms incorporate a Data Processing Agreement by reference, and no public copy was found.", "The REST API and the MCP server answer at api.baserow.io, a baserow.io subdomain. The status page is on a separate domain, status.baserow.org, hosted by Better Stack.", "baserow.io/.well-known/security.txt and api.baserow.io/.well-known/security.txt return 404. SECURITY.md in the repository gives an email address for vulnerability reports.", "RDAP for baserow.io gives a registration date of 2019-01-19." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserow.json", "live": { "slug": "baserow", "probe": { "target": "https://api.baserow.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:45.792220514Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 114, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 99, "p95ms24h": 143, "samples24h": 27, "samples30d": 27, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 27, "ok": 27 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.baserow.org", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:16.274385747Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/baserow/baserow/develop/changelog.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:01.724744684Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2a6db4300826" }, { "url": "https://baserow.io/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:31.424595879Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9e86e4bd4127" }, { "url": "https://baserow.io/terms-and-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:33.545863734Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1d9e20c33e8e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:45.792220514Z" } }, "answer": "Smartsheet API + MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Baserow's 63.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Baserow leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "smartsheet", "name": "Smartsheet API + MCP", "vendor": "Smartsheet Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.smartsheet.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "spreadsheets", "summary": "Smartsheet is a hosted work management product built on sheets with typed columns, rows, formulas, reports and dashboards. Agents reach it through a REST API (187 operations) and a hosted MCP server, both limited to Business plans and above.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartsheet", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartsheet.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartsheet.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/smartsheet.json", "repo": "https://github.com/smartsheet/smartsheet-python-sdk", "license": "Proprietary service under Smartsheet's User Agreement and Developer Agreement. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "smartsheet-python-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "smartsheet" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access needs a licensed user on a Business plan or higher. A user makes a raw API token in Personal Settings and sends it as a Bearer token. It has no scopes and carries all of that user's access. Apps acting for other users register in Developer Tools (Smartsheet approves the registration request) and use the OAuth 2.0 authorisation code grant with any of 17 scopes such as READ_SHEETS and WRITE_SHEETS. Access tokens last about 7 days and refresh. Scopes can't exceed the user's sharing level on a sheet. The MCP server takes OAuth from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini Enterprise Plus and Microsoft 365 Copilot, and a Bearer API token from other clients. A System Admin's token can act as any user through the `Assume-User` header.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "API and MCP access start at the Business plan, $24 a member a month billed monthly or $19 billed yearly, with a minimum of three members. Pro ($12, or $9 yearly) has no API calls. Enterprise and Advanced Work Management are priced through sales. API calls carry no separate charge. A 30-day trial needs no card, but we couldn't confirm that a trial account can make API tokens. No developer sandbox was found in the reviewed documentation (https://www.smartsheet.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$19 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 83, "popularity": { "githubStars": 82, "npmWeekly": 47484, "pypiWeekly": 311787, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.smartsheet.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.smartsheet.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.smartsheet.com/_bundle/api/smartsheet/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "sheets.read", "sheets.write", "sheets.records", "sheets.formulas", "automation.workflows" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "python", "typescript", "java", "csharp", "status-page", "soc2", "sla" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 67.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 205, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 88, "security": 66, "transparency": 82 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 187 operations, Markdown docs and llms.txt, and the hosted MCP server loads its 83 documented tools by toolset. API access needs a Business plan or higher, and the status page lists eight incidents marked major or critical between 15 July and 21 September 2026.", "bestFor": "An agent working inside a company that already runs projects in Smartsheet on a Business plan or above, especially row-level reads and batched writes, workflows and dashboards.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 187 operations, code samples on 180 of them, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "Hosted MCP server in three regions (US, EU, Australia) with toolsets, so a client loads tools by domain through `search_tools`", "OAuth 2.0 with 17 scopes, including READ_SHEETS for a read-only grant, and sheet sharing levels that scopes can't override", "Bulk row writes of up to 500 rows a call with optional partial success and per-row failure details", "Dated API changelog (latest 6 October 2026) with DEPRECATION and SUNSET entries and migration guides" ], "weaknesses": [ "API and MCP access need a Business plan or higher, from $19 a member a month billed yearly with a three-member minimum", "Eight status incidents marked major or critical between 15 July and 21 September 2026, four of them stopping sheets from loading in the US region", "A raw API token carries all of its user's access with no scopes, and it's the credential the docs give for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Gemini CLI", "No idempotency keys, and 429 responses carry no documented Retry-After header", "security.txt expired on 1 July 2026, and no prompt-injection guidance was found in the MCP docs" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send writes to one sheet one at a time. Parallel updates with the same token return error 4004", "Batch row changes, up to 500 rows a call, and add `allowPartialSuccess=true` to get per-row failures instead of a failed batch", "On error 4003 (HTTP 429) wait at least 60 seconds before retrying. The limit is 300 requests a minute per token, 30 for attachments and cell history", "Through MCP, call `get_columns` before filtering or writing. Column names are case-sensitive and guesses fail validation", "Use the regional host that matches the account (api.smartsheet.com, .eu or .au). Tokens don't work across regions" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 67.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 88, "security": 66, "transparency": 72 }, "provenanceScore": 92 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install smartsheet-python-sdk", "http": "curl \"https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0/workspaces?maxItems=100\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SMARTSHEET_API_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http smartsheet-mcp https://mcp.smartsheet.com -H \"Authorization:Bearer ${SMARTSHEET_API_TOKEN}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "smartsheet-mcp": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${SMARTSHEET_API_TOKEN}" }, "httpUrl": "https://mcp.smartsheet.com" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/sheets.read", "tool": "https://letme.dev/smartsheet" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Business plan (lowest plan with API and MCP access)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 19, "note": "billed yearly, $24 monthly, 3 members minimum" }, { "item": "Pro plan (no API calls)", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 9, "note": "billed yearly, $12 monthly, up to 10 members" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Smartsheet Inc.", "domain": "smartsheet.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-04-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.smartsheet.com/legal/developer-program-agreement", "privacy": "https://www.smartsheet.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.smartsheet.com", "changelog": "https://developers.smartsheet.com/api/smartsheet/changelog", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The User Agreement (last updated 3 April 2026) and the privacy notice (20 May 2026) give Smartsheet Inc., 500 108th Ave NE, Suite 200, Bellevue, WA 98004.", "The Developer Agreement governing the API and SDKs was last updated 1 July 2021. Revisions take effect 15 days after posting.", "www.smartsheet.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@smartsheet.com and the bug bounty page, with Expires 2026-07-01, three months before this check.", "The API answers at api.smartsheet.com and the MCP server at mcp.smartsheet.com, with regional hosts on smartsheet.eu and smartsheet.au.", "RDAP for smartsheet.com gives a registration date of 2001-04-15." ], "score": 92 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartsheet.json", "live": { "slug": "smartsheet", "probe": { "target": "https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:53:02.415857149Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 405, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 410, "p95ms24h": 461, "samples24h": 50, "samples30d": 50, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.smartsheet.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:51:03.296923343Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "smartsheet/smartsheet-python-sdk", "version": "v4.4.0", "released": "2026-08-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:29:43.071236352Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "smartsheet", "version": "5.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:29:42.658666425Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "smartsheet-python-sdk", "version": "4.4.0", "released": "2026-08-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:29:42.474478981Z" } ], "githubStars": 82, "npmWeekly": 47484, "pypiWeekly": 311787, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://smartsheet.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2026-07-01T04:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:51.088332618Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.smartsheet.com/api/smartsheet/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:00.810328989Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "295f068fdad5" }, { "url": "https://www.smartsheet.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:35.945478338Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "15466e0b403d" }, { "url": "https://www.smartsheet.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:35.349940575Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b189b00ce573" }, { "url": "https://www.smartsheet.com/legal/developer-program-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:31.7907332Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ae127c8430bb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:53:02.415857149Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Baserow B.V.", "b": "Smartsheet Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.baserow.io", "b": "https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. 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Baserow leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Baserow or Smartsheet API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Baserow needs an API key. Smartsheet API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Baserow and Smartsheet API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Baserow has a hosted endpoint at https://api.baserow.io and Smartsheet API + MCP at https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0.", "question": "Can an agent call Baserow and Smartsheet API + MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Baserow is open source (MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. Code under premium/ and enterprise/ is source-available under Baserow's own licences and needs a paid subscription in production. Docs are CC BY-SA 4.0). 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Baserow leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do sheets records.", "verdicts": { "baserow": "Database tokens are limited to chosen tables and to create, read, update or delete, and the REST API has a public OpenAPI description with batch calls of 200 rows. The MCP server authenticates with a key in its URL, runs over SSE only and has no read-only mode. Cloud requests are capped at 10 at a time.", "smartsheet": "The REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 187 operations, Markdown docs and llms.txt, and the hosted MCP server loads its 83 documented tools by toolset. API access needs a Business plan or higher, and the status page lists eight incidents marked major or critical between 15 July and 21 September 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserow-vs-smartsheet", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserow-vs-smartsheet.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserow-vs-smartsheet.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserow-vs-smartsheet.min.md" }, "markdown": "Smartsheet API + MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Baserow's 63.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Baserow leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do sheets records.\n\n- Baserow: grade B, 63.6/100, rank #306 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserow.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/baserow.json\n- Smartsheet API + MCP: grade B, 67.6/100, rank #205 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartsheet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/smartsheet.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Baserow (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want Airtable-style typed tables they can also self-host, with row-level reads and writes by an agent through table-scoped tokens or a small MCP tool set.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The MCP endpoint's key sits in the URL path, and the docs say it grants full access to modify data in the workspace\n\n### Smartsheet API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: An agent working inside a company that already runs projects in Smartsheet on a Business plan or above, especially row-level reads and batched writes, workflows and dashboards.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 77\n- Security \u0026 auth, 66 against 54\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 72\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 65\n\nWatch for: API and MCP access need a Business plan or higher, from $19 a member a month billed yearly with a three-member minimum\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Baserow | Smartsheet API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 65 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 88 | Smartsheet API + MCP +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 74 | Smartsheet API + MCP +2 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 66 | Smartsheet API + MCP +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | Baserow +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 80 | Smartsheet API + MCP +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 82 | Smartsheet API + MCP +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.6 · B** | **67.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Baserow | Smartsheet API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Baserow B.V. | Smartsheet Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.baserow.io` | `https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0` |\n| Transports | HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. Code under premium/ and enterprise/ is source-available under Baserow's own licences and needs a paid subscription in production. Docs are CC BY-SA 4.0 | Proprietary service under Smartsheet's User Agreement and Developer Agreement. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | 83 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2021-07-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-20 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 6.1k stars | 82 stars, 47k npm/wk, 312k PyPI/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Baserow.** Database tokens are limited to chosen tables and to create, read, update or delete, and the REST API has a public OpenAPI description with batch calls of 200 rows. The MCP server authenticates with a key in its URL, runs over SSE only and has no read-only mode. Cloud requests are capped at 10 at a time.\n\n**Smartsheet API + MCP.** The REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 187 operations, Markdown docs and llms.txt, and the hosted MCP server loads its 83 documented tools by toolset. API access needs a Business plan or higher, and the status page lists eight incidents marked major or critical between 15 July and 21 September 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Baserow\n\n1. Create a database token with only the tables and operations needed. It can't change tables or fields, which need a JWT from `/api/user/token-auth/`\n2. Send `Authorization: Token YOUR_DATABASE_TOKEN`, and add `user_field_names=true` or rows come back keyed as `field_123`\n3. Use the `/batch/` endpoints for up to 200 rows a call, and keep to 10 requests in flight on Baserow Cloud\n4. Treat the MCP URL as a password. Keep it out of logs and version control, and delete the endpoint to revoke it\n5. Over MCP, call `get_table_schema` before `create_rows` or `update_rows`, and page `list_table_rows` with `page` and `size`\n\n### Smartsheet API + MCP\n\n1. Send writes to one sheet one at a time. Parallel updates with the same token return error 4004\n2. Batch row changes, up to 500 rows a call, and add `allowPartialSuccess=true` to get per-row failures instead of a failed batch\n3. On error 4003 (HTTP 429) wait at least 60 seconds before retrying. The limit is 300 requests a minute per token, 30 for attachments and cell history\n4. Through MCP, call `get_columns` before filtering or writing. Column names are case-sensitive and guesses fail validation\n5. Use the regional host that matches the account (api.smartsheet.com, .eu or .au). Tokens don't work across regions\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Baserow or Smartsheet API + MCP?\n\nSmartsheet API + MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Baserow's 63.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Baserow leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Baserow and Smartsheet API + MCP need an API key?\n\nBaserow needs an API key. Smartsheet API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Baserow and Smartsheet API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. Baserow has a hosted endpoint at https://api.baserow.io and Smartsheet API + MCP at https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0.\n\n### Are Baserow and Smartsheet API + MCP open source?\n\nBaserow is open source (MIT for the core, including the REST API and the MCP server. Code under premium/ and enterprise/ is source-available under Baserow's own licences and needs a paid subscription in production. Docs are CC BY-SA 4.0). 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