{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "box-api", "name": "Box API + MCP", "vendor": "Box", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.box.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "file-storage", "summary": "Enterprise content platform with a REST API for files, folders, shared links, collaborations, metadata and Box AI, published as OpenAPI with year-based API versions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/box-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/box-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/box-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/box-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/box/box-node-sdk", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.box.com/2.0", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "box-node-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "box-sdk-gen" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 against https://account.box.com/api/oauth2/authorize and https://api.box.com/oauth2/token, with a Bearer access token on every call. Server-side apps can use JWT or client credentials instead. The remote MCP server is an OAuth-protected resource (metadata at https://mcp.box.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource) and asks for the root_readwrite, ai.readwrite and docgen.readwrite scopes; the last needs an Enterprise Advanced licence. Users only ever see content they already have access to in Box.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "The API and MCP server come with a Box plan. Individual is free with 10 GB and a 250 MB upload limit. Personal Pro $14 a month ($10 billed yearly). Business plans need three users, Business Starter $7 a user a month ($5 yearly, 100 GB), Business $20 ($15, unlimited storage, 5 GB uploads, Box AI, 50,000 API calls a month), Business Plus $33 ($25, 15 GB uploads), Enterprise $47 ($35, 50 GB uploads, 1,000 AI units, 100,000 API calls), Enterprise Plus $50 a user a month billed yearly (150 GB uploads, 2,000 AI units), Enterprise Advanced on request (500 GB uploads, 20,000 AI units, 200,000 API calls). The MCP server needs Business or above. Extra API calls are sold as Platform pricing (https://www.box.com/pricing; https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/43974584000659).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 57, "popularity": { "githubStars": 199, "npmWeekly": 215715, "pypiWeekly": 275500, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.box.com/guides/", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.box.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/box/box-openapi/main/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "storage.drive", "storage.share", "work.docs" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "enterprise", "typescript", "python", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 69.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 109, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 25, "reliability": 65, "schema": 91, "security": 73, "transparency": 79 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec with 297 operations, year-based API versions and an llms.txt of Markdown pages. 20 status-feed entries between 7 July and 1 October 2026, two of them over two hours on uploads or multiple services.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec with 297 operations, year-based API versions and an llms.txt of Markdown pages", "At least 24 months between deprecation and retirement of an API version, with Deprecation response headers", "Official remote MCP server with OAuth, 57 tools and 22 riskier ones off until an admin enables them", "Documented rate limits (1,000 calls a minute a user, 240 uploads a minute) with a 429 and retry-after", "SDKs in Node, Python, Java, Windows (.NET) and iOS, all released on 9 September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "20 status-feed entries between 7 July and 1 October 2026, two of them over two hours on uploads or multiple services", "MCP server needs Business or above, a three-seat minimum, and admin enablement per tool group", "The MCP server asks for root_readwrite, so a connected agent can write wherever its user can once tools are on", "API calls are metered per enterprise, 50,000 a month on Business", "No security.txt on box.com, and no bug bounty on its security page" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call who_am_i first; the tool list depends on the plan, the admin's toggles and the scopes granted", "Expect download and upload URL, move and shared-link tools to be missing unless an admin has enabled them", "Pass fields= to trim responses and page folder listings with limit and marker", "Send a box-version header to pin an API version, and watch responses for a Deprecation header", "For a link that expires, set shared_link.unshared_at on a paid account; the free plan can't" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 69.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 25, "reliability": 65, "schema": 91, "security": 73, "transparency": 68 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/items?limit=100\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http box https://mcp.box.com", "config": { "mcpServers": { "box": { "url": "https://mcp.box.com" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/storage.drive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/box-api" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Business Starter", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 7, "note": "$5 billed yearly, three-seat minimum, 100 GB" }, { "item": "Business", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 20, "note": "$15 billed yearly. Lowest plan with the MCP server and Box AI" }, { "item": "Business Plus", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 33, "note": "$25 billed yearly" }, { "item": "Enterprise", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 47, "note": "$35 billed yearly, 100,000 API calls a month" }, { "item": "Personal Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 14, "note": "$10 billed yearly, 100 GB, one user" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Box, Inc.", "domain": "box.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-02-17", "domainNote": "box.com was registered in 1999, before Box was founded, so the domain was bought later.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.box.com/legal/termsofservice", "privacy": "https://www.box.com/legal/privacypolicy", "statusPage": "https://status.box.com", "changelog": "https://developer.box.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 2026-08-17) name Box, Inc. for US residents, Box.com (UK) Ltd. (company 0809736) outside the US, and K.K. Box Japan in Japan.", "www.box.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "The mcp-server-box-remote repository holds a README and licence only; the server code is not published. The privacy notice names Box, Inc. and its subsidiaries and announces a revision effective 2026-10-05." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/box-api.json", "live": { "slug": "box-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.box.com/2.0", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:17:08.050839303Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 189, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 188, "p95ms24h": 656, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 892, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 264, "ok": 264 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.box.com", "indicator": "minor", "summary": "Partially Degraded Service", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:17:31.762567299Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "box/box-node-sdk", "version": "v10.17.0", "released": "2026-10-01", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:36.948611735Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "box-node-sdk", "version": "10.17.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:35.890954565Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "box-sdk-gen", "version": "1.17.0", "released": "2025-09-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:22:36.763493508Z" } ], "githubStars": 199, "npmWeekly": 217751, "pypiWeekly": 247502, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://box.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:54.511020509Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.box.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:21.264522755Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "box.com", "registered": "1999-02-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/box.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:33.926134325Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.box.com/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:30.311399143Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cce4b8fc0c08" }, { "url": "https://www.box.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:34.458744601Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "570bfd1d1491" }, { "url": "https://www.box.com/legal/privacypolicy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 403, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:30.426289091Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.box.com/legal/termsofservice", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:49:32.437507129Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9f0bd8a4bcb9" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:17:31.762567299Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "google-drive-api", "name": "Google Drive API + MCP", "vendor": "Google", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive", "kind": "http-api", "category": "file-storage", "summary": "REST API for a user's or a Workspace organisation's Drive, files, folders, permissions and share links, with resumable uploads and change feeds.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-drive-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-drive-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-drive-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-drive-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@googleapis/drive" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-api-python-client" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 with Drive scopes; drive.file limits an app to files it created or the user picked, the full drive scope is restricted and needs Google's verification for public apps. Service accounts with domain-wide delegation work for Workspace domains. The MCP server needs a Google Cloud project with drive.googleapis.com and drivemcp.googleapis.com enabled, an OAuth web client with your MCP client's redirect URI, the drive.readonly and drive.file scopes, and membership of the Workspace Developer Preview Program.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The Drive API costs nothing within quota, 1,000,000 quota units a minute a project and 325,000 a minute a user, with a 400,000,000-a-day threshold, and since 2026-05-01 quotas are counted in quota units with a 1 TB daily egress cap per Workspace user. Google says exceeding the quota request limits is planned to incur charges to the Cloud billing account later in 2026, with no prices published yet. Files count against the account's own Drive storage, which is bought as Google One or a Workspace plan (https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/limits; https://developers.google.com/workspace/release-notes).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 8, "popularity": { "githubStars": 12300, "npmWeekly": 1321000, "pypiWeekly": 29823951, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-sdk", "capabilities": [ "storage.drive", "storage.share", "work.docs" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "free", "mcp", "oauth", "typescript", "python", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 78.6, "grade": "A", "agentReady": true, "rank": 12, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 35, "reliability": 90, "schema": 83, "security": 86, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "No charge for API calls within quota, counted in quota units per minute per project and per user. OAuth consent, scope verification and a Cloud project before an agent can list a folder.", "strengths": [ "No charge for API calls within quota, counted in quota units per minute per project and per user", "Public discovery document, refreshed three times in September 2026, and 40-odd documented error reasons with backoff advice", "Official MCP server with eight tools, none that delete or share, and a setup page that warns about prompt injection", "drive.file and drive.readonly scopes keep an agent to its own files or to reading", "No Drive incidents on the Workspace dashboard from 3 July to 1 October 2026, and a 99.9 per cent Workspace SLA that names Drive" ], "weaknesses": [ "OAuth consent, scope verification and a Cloud project before an agent can list a folder", "The MCP server is Developer Preview and needs your own OAuth client and programme membership", "expirationTime can't be set on domain or anyone shares, so a public link never expires on its own", "No llms.txt or Markdown docs for agents", "Quota overage charges are announced for later in 2026 but not priced, and Workspace users can egress only 1 TB a day" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask for drive.file rather than drive; it needs no verification and covers files the app created or the user picked", "Use uploadType=resumable for anything over 5 MB and send chunks in multiples of 256 KB", "For a link that expires, share to a user or group with expirationTime; a type=anyone permission can't expire, so delete it yourself", "Pass fields= on files.list and files.get to cut the response, and page with pageToken", "Back off exponentially on 429 rateLimitExceeded and 403 userRateLimitExceeded; 403 storageQuotaExceeded won't clear by retrying" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "A", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 78.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 35, "reliability": 90, "schema": 83, "security": 86, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 85 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?pageSize=10\u0026fields=files(id,name,mimeType)\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $GOOGLE_OAUTH_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http google-drive https://drivemcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1", "config": { "mcpServers": { "google-drive": { "url": "https://drivemcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/storage.drive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/google-drive-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "gemini-api", "gemini-embedding", "vertex-ai-tuning", "google-model-armor", "google-imagen", "google-veo", "google-lyria", "google-speech-to-text", "google-adk", "google-secret-manager", "google-weather-api", "chrome-devtools-mcp", "google-maps-platform", "google-cloud-translation", "google-calendar-api", "gemini-cli" ], "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "google.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://developers.google.com/terms", "privacy": "https://policies.google.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard/", "changelog": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The API endpoints sit on googleapis.com, not google.com.", "The MCP server is part of the Workspace Developer Preview Program and can change or need re-enrolment.", "The Google APIs Terms of Service (last modified 2021-11-09) name Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-drive-api.json", "live": { "slug": "google-drive-api", "probe": { "target": "https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:17:11.292328763Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 111, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 112, "p95ms24h": 134, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 892, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 264, "ok": 264 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.google.com/appsstatus/dashboard", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-03T19:23:11.517316652Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "googleapis/google-api-nodejs-client", "version": "agentidentity-v3.1.0", "released": "2026-10-03", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:28:33.29241959Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@googleapis/drive", "version": "26.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:28:32.392675835Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "google-api-python-client", "version": "2.201.0", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:28:33.180818296Z" } ], "githubStars": 12258, "npmWeekly": 1360177, "pypiWeekly": 31864816, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://google.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2030-04-01T00:00:00z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:53.387118101Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "google.com", "registered": "1997-09-15", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/google.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:50.737985829Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.google.com/workspace/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:01.244440672Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a214e7c556b9" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:17:11.292328763Z" } }, "summary": "Google Drive API + MCP has a score of 78.6 (A) against Box API + MCP's 69.6 (B). Both do storage drive. The largest gap is reliability, 25 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/box-api-vs-google-drive-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/box-api-vs-google-drive-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/box-api-vs-google-drive-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/box-api-vs-google-drive-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Drive API + MCP has a score of 78.6 (A) against Box API + MCP's 69.6 (B). Both do storage drive. The largest gap is reliability, 25 points.\n\n- Box API + MCP: grade B, 69.6/100, rank #109 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/box-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/box-api.json\n- Google Drive API + MCP: grade A, 78.6/100, rank #12 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-drive-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-drive-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Box API + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+8), transparency \u0026 trust (+5).\n\nPick Google Drive API + MCP for reliability (+25), agent ergonomics (+13), security \u0026 auth (+13), payments \u0026 pricing (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Box API + MCP | Google Drive API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 90 | Google Drive API + MCP +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 91 | 83 | Box API + MCP +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 85 | Google Drive API + MCP +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 73 | 86 | Google Drive API + MCP +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 35 | Google Drive API + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 85 | Google Drive API + MCP +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 74 | Box API + MCP +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69.6 · B** | **78.6 · A** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Box API + MCP | Google Drive API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Box | Google |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.box.com/2.0` | `https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 57 | 8 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | 199 stars, 216k npm/wk, 276k PyPI/wk | 12k stars, 1.3M npm/wk, 29.8M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3.4/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Box API + MCP.** Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec with 297 operations, year-based API versions and an llms.txt of Markdown pages. 20 status-feed entries between 7 July and 1 October 2026, two of them over two hours on uploads or multiple services.\n\n**Google Drive API + MCP.** No charge for API calls within quota, counted in quota units per minute per project and per user. OAuth consent, scope verification and a Cloud project before an agent can list a folder.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Box API + MCP\n\n1. Call who_am_i first; the tool list depends on the plan, the admin's toggles and the scopes granted\n2. Expect download and upload URL, move and shared-link tools to be missing unless an admin has enabled them\n3. Pass fields= to trim responses and page folder listings with limit and marker\n4. Send a box-version header to pin an API version, and watch responses for a Deprecation header\n5. For a link that expires, set shared_link.unshared_at on a paid account; the free plan can't\n\n### Google Drive API + MCP\n\n1. Ask for drive.file rather than drive; it needs no verification and covers files the app created or the user picked\n2. Use uploadType=resumable for anything over 5 MB and send chunks in multiples of 256 KB\n3. For a link that expires, share to a user or group with expirationTime; a type=anyone permission can't expire, so delete it yourself\n4. Pass fields= on files.list and files.get to cut the response, and page with pageToken\n5. Back off exponentially on 429 rateLimitExceeded and 403 userRateLimitExceeded; 403 storageQuotaExceeded won't clear by retrying\n\n## Other comparisons with Box API + MCP or Google Drive API + MCP\n\n- [Amazon S3 vs Box API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-s3-vs-box-api.md)\n- [Amazon S3 vs Google Drive API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-s3-vs-google-drive-api.md)\n- [Backblaze B2 vs Box API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/backblaze-b2-vs-box-api.md)\n- [Backblaze B2 vs Google Drive API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/backblaze-b2-vs-google-drive-api.md)\n- [Box API + MCP vs Cloudflare R2](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/box-api-vs-cloudflare-r2.md)\n- [Box API + MCP vs Tigris](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/box-api-vs-tigris.md)\n- [Cloudflare R2 vs Google Drive API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-r2-vs-google-drive-api.md)\n- [Google Drive API + MCP vs Tigris](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-drive-api-vs-tigris.md)\n- [Box API + MCP vs Dropbox API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/box-api-vs-dropbox-api.md)\n- [Dropbox API + MCP vs Google Drive API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-google-drive-api.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Box API + MCP vs Google Drive API + MCP", "url": "" } ], "description": "Google Drive API + MCP has a score of 78.6 (A) against Box API + MCP's 69.6 (B). 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