# Box API + MCP vs Fastio (slim)

> Box scores 69.4 (B) to Fastio's 55.2 (C) for file drives. 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 Fastio's 55.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fastio leads on payments & pricing. Both do file drives.

- Box API + MCP: B 69.4, rank #186 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/box-api.min.md
- Fastio: C 55.2, rank #663 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fast-io.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 Reliability, 65 against 33; Schema & documentation, 91 against 65; Maintenance & community, 84 against 70; Transparency & trust, 76 against 61.
- Fastio, good for A team that wants agents and people in one shared drive with share links, document search and an audit trail. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 25. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Box API + MCP | Fastio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 33 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Box API + MCP | Fastio |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Box | VividEngine, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.box.com/2.0` | `https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Fast's terms of service. The CLI, which includes a local MCP server, is Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 57 | 35 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-02 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 199 stars, 216k npm/wk, 276k PyPI/wk | 1 stars, 653 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |