# Box API + MCP vs DigitalOcean Spaces (slim)

> Box scores 69.4 (B) to DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B) for file sharing. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Box API + MCP scores 69.4 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean Spaces leads on reliability. Both do file sharing.

- Box API + MCP: B 69.4, rank #186 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/box-api.min.md
- DigitalOcean Spaces: B 63.2, rank #402 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces.min.md
- Box API + MCP, good for Agents working inside an enterprise's existing Box content with admin oversight, Box AI extraction and audit needs. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 91 against 63; Payments & pricing, 25 against 20; Maintenance & community, 84 against 37.
- DigitalOcean Spaces, good for Teams already on DigitalOcean that want object storage with a CDN and a flat $5 entry price for up to 250 GiB, with free transfer to Droplets in the same region. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 65.

| Category | Box API + MCP | DigitalOcean Spaces |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 63 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 77 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 37 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Box API + MCP | DigitalOcean Spaces |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Box | DigitalOcean, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.box.com/2.0` | `https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com` |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the DigitalOcean Terms of Service Agreement. The MCP server is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 57 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-04-08 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-01-01 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 199 stars, 216k npm/wk, 276k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |