{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "digitalocean-spaces", "name": "DigitalOcean Spaces", "vendor": "DigitalOcean, LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://www.digitalocean.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "file-storage", "summary": "DigitalOcean Spaces is S3-compatible object storage with a built-in CDN, sold as a $5 monthly subscription. Agents use it through AWS S3 SDKs with a Spaces access key, and manage keys through the DigitalOcean API or MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/digitalocean-spaces.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the DigitalOcean Terms of Service Agreement. 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A $5 sign-up credit lasts 90 days and needs a payment method, so there is no start without a card (https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/details/pricing/; https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/signup-credit/).", "priceSummary": "$5 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Spaces docs, the API reference index or the pricing pages. A Stablecoin Payment Addendum of 25 November 2025 covers account payments through Stripe, not per-request payment (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "storage.object", "storage.s3", "storage.presigned", "storage.share" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "s3-compatible", "cdn", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "openapi", "usage-priced", "status-page", "sla", "soc-2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-04-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 402, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 20, "reliability": 77, "schema": 63, "security": 77, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-bucket access keys with read or read-write-delete grants, an 800 operations a second limit per bucket and a 99.9 per cent SLA are all published. The MCP server manages keys and CDN endpoints only, not objects, and the S3 reference documents no error codes. A payment method is required before any bucket is created.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Spaces access keys can be limited to named buckets with read or read-write-delete grants, and are created through `/v2/spaces/keys` or the control panel", "Limits are published with numbers, 800 operations a second per new bucket, with exponential backoff advised on `503 Slow Down`", "The Spaces SLA of 2 December 2025 gives 99.9 per cent monthly uptime per bucket, with credits of 10, 25 and 100 per cent", "Every docs page has a Markdown twin, indexed in `llms.txt`, and the S3 reference lists each supported operation with its minimum permission level", "All ten Spaces tools in the MCP server (MIT licence) carry read-only, idempotent or destructive hints and a risk class, checked by tests" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Spaces MCP server has ten tools for access keys and CDN endpoints. None reads, writes, lists or shares an object", "The access guide and the limits page say keys cannot be created through the API, while the API reference documents `POST /v2/spaces/keys`", "The limits page lists `list-objects-v2` pagination as unsupported, and the compatibility page says to use `ListObjectsV2` for new applications", "No error codes are documented in the S3 reference. Unsupported calls return `NotImplemented`, and no Object Lock was found", "The $5 sign-up credit needs a payment method first, and a subscription costs $5 a month once the first bucket exists", "The Acceptable Use Policy of 20 March 2026 bars scraping of service content and any probing or testing without written consent, which matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set the endpoint to `https://\u003cregion\u003e.digitaloceanspaces.com` and, in AWS SDKs other than Python's, set `region` to `us-east-1` when creating a bucket", "Ask for a limited access key with a Read or Read/Write/Delete grant on one bucket. A full access key can create, configure and delete every bucket", "Do the object work through the S3 API. The MCP server and `doctl` cannot upload, list, move or delete files", "Retry with exponential backoff on `503 Slow Down`, and keep below 800 operations a second per bucket", "Fetch presigned links from the origin host, not the CDN. The docs say presigned requests through the CDN are not cached and can double the bandwidth charge", "Avoid many tiny objects. 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Inbound transfer is free" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "DigitalOcean, LLC", "domain": "digitalocean.com", "domainRegistered": "2000-04-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement", "privacy": "https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.digitalocean.com", "changelog": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/spaces/", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service Agreement, last updated 22 August 2026, names DigitalOcean, LLC, 105 Edgeview Drive, Ste. 425, Broomfield, CO 80021.", "The privacy policy, last updated 1 January 2025, says it does not apply to content customers process in the services. The Data Processing Agreement of 6 February 2026 at https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/data-processing-agreement covers that content.", "Storage endpoints are on digitaloceanspaces.com. The DigitalOcean API and the MCP server are on digitalocean.com.", "security.txt at https://www.digitalocean.com/.well-known/security.txt gives an Intigriti programme and security@digitalocean.com as contacts and Expires 2028-04-05.", "RDAP for digitalocean.com gives a registration date of 2000-04-12.", "status.digitalocean.com disallows /api/ and /embed/ in robots.txt. We read /history.rss, which holds 25 entries from 24 July to 5 October 2026.", "The Acceptable Use Policy of 20 March 2026 forbids harvesting or scraping content of the services and probing or testing DigitalOcean systems without written consent." ], "score": 85 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces.json", "live": { "slug": "digitalocean-spaces", "probe": { "target": "https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:07.297637871Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 260, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 254, "p95ms24h": 318, "samples24h": 107, "samples30d": 107, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.digitalocean.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:05:54.204291638Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@digitalocean/mcp", "version": "1.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:49:55.367691357Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 6361, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/spaces/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:15.694494826Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f985fd3f520e" }, { "url": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/details/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:13.39335158Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4009725f24fb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:07.297637871Z" } }, "answer": "Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean Spaces leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "dropbox-api", "name": "Dropbox API + MCP", "vendor": "Dropbox", "vendorUrl": "https://www.dropbox.com/developers", "kind": "http-api", "category": "file-storage", "summary": "HTTP API v2 for a user's or team's Dropbox, files, folders, upload sessions to about 2 TiB, shared links with passwords and expiry, file requests and change cursors.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropbox-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropbox-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropbox-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dropbox-api.json", "repo": "https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "dropbox" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "dropbox" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 with scoped short-lived access tokens and a refresh token when you ask for offline access. Apps are either App folder (one sandbox folder) or Full Dropbox. RPC endpoints take JSON on api.dropboxapi.com; upload and download endpoints on content.dropboxapi.com take the arguments in a Dropbox-API-Arg header and the bytes in the body. The remote MCP server signs in with Dropbox OAuth and dynamic client registration, and team admins can block app connections.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "The API and the MCP server cost nothing beyond the Dropbox plan of the account they act on, and a free Basic account works. Basic users can only create public links and can't set link expiry or passwords. Business teams may carry a monthly data transport call limit that upload and download calls count against, and the developer terms let Dropbox cap API calls at its discretion (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/data-transport-limit; https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/tos).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 25, "popularity": { "githubStars": 980, "npmWeekly": 281737, "pypiWeekly": 398388, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.dropboxapi.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.dropboxapi.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "storage.drive", "storage.share" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "byo-plan", "typescript", "python", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 226, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 90, "payments": 35, "reliability": 52, "schema": 91, "security": 73, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Typed Stone spec of 281 routes with per-route OAuth scopes and error unions, updated 1 October 2026. MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins.", "bestFor": "An agent acting on a person's or team's existing Dropbox files, especially a solo user on the free plan.", "strengths": [ "Typed Stone spec of 281 routes with per-route OAuth scopes and error unions, updated 1 October 2026", "Granular OAuth scopes and App folder apps that see one folder", "Official hosted MCP server with OAuth and dynamic client registration, no app to register", "New docs at docs.dropboxapi.com with llms.txt and a Markdown version of every page", "Upload sessions to about 2 TiB with parallel appends, and a four-hour temporary link with no settings" ], "weaknesses": [ "MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins", "Link expiry and passwords aren't available to Basic accounts", "No numeric rate limits published; the developer terms let Dropbox cap calls at its discretion", "Content endpoints want arguments in a Dropbox-API-Arg header, which trips up generic HTTP tooling", "Business teams can hit a monthly data transport call cap" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use files/upload under 150 MiB and upload_session above it; append in multiples of 4 MiB and finish within 7 days", "For a link that just needs to work for a few hours, call files/get_temporary_link rather than creating a shared link you then have to revoke", "Set expires on create_shared_link_with_settings only on a paid account; a Basic account gets an error", "Keep the list_folder cursor and call list_folder/continue instead of re-listing", "On a rate-limit error wait retry_after seconds; too_many_write_operations means write contention, so serialise writes" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 90, "payments": 35, "reliability": 52, "schema": 91, "security": 73, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 63 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"path\":\"\",\"limit\":50}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http dropbox https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "dropbox": { "url": "https://mcp.dropbox.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/storage.drive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/dropbox-api" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Dropbox, Inc.", "domain": "dropbox.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-06-28", "domainNote": "dropbox.com was registered in 1995, long before Dropbox was founded, so the domain was bought later.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/tos", "privacy": "https://www.dropbox.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.dropbox.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The Developer Terms and Conditions (effective 2025-03-01) put the agreement with Dropbox, Inc. for organisations in the United States, Canada and Mexico and with Dropbox International Unlimited Company elsewhere. They let Dropbox cap API calls at its discretion and require a production-status request before an app can go beyond development.", "API hosts sit on dropboxapi.com and the MCP server on mcp.dropbox.com.", "www.dropbox.com/.well-known/security.txt serves a plain-text page with disclosure contacts (Intigriti, bug bounty) but none of the RFC 9116 fields.", "The status page lists the MCP Server as its own component alongside the API; the only event in September 2026 was scheduled maintenance on 2026-09-22 to 23.", "The HTTP documentation page and the sharing guide on dropbox.com returned 429 to our fetches on 2026-09-30, so the API facts here come from the Stone spec in dropbox/dropbox-api-spec on GitHub." ], "score": 63 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropbox-api.json", "live": { "slug": "dropbox-api", "probe": { "target": "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:07.557670313Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 161, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 161, "p95ms24h": 204, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 2256, "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": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 22, "ok": 22 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.dropbox.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:05:55.255587009Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python", "version": "v12.2.3", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:50:42.993992691Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "dropbox", "version": "10.47.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:50:41.787626228Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "dropbox", "version": "12.2.3", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:50:42.771512799Z" } ], "githubStars": 985, "npmWeekly": 234259, "pypiWeekly": 448831, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://dropbox.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:47.930883574Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.dropboxapi.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:49.35186925Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "dropbox.com", "registered": "1995-06-28", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/dropbox.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:10.32047328Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.dropbox.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:49:47.537909699Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "87f38cd110ac" }, { "url": "https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:49:44.768010778Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3049088f7ced" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:07.557670313Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DigitalOcean, LLC", "b": "Dropbox", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com", "b": "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Your plan", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the DigitalOcean Terms of Service Agreement. 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DigitalOcean Spaces leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DigitalOcean Spaces or Dropbox API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "DigitalOcean Spaces needs an API key. Dropbox API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do DigitalOcean Spaces and Dropbox API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. DigitalOcean Spaces has a hosted endpoint at https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com and Dropbox API + MCP at https://api.dropboxapi.com/2.", "question": "Can an agent call DigitalOcean Spaces and Dropbox API + MCP without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 77 against 52", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 62" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "digitalocean-spaces", "watchFor": "The Spaces MCP server has ten tools for access keys and CDN endpoints. 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-google-drive-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-onedrive-sharepoint.json", "title": "DigitalOcean Spaces vs OneDrive and SharePoint files (Microsoft Graph)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-onedrive-sharepoint" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-tigris.json", "title": "Dropbox API + MCP vs Tigris", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-tigris" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-s3-vs-digitalocean-spaces.json", "title": "Amazon S3 vs DigitalOcean Spaces", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-s3-vs-digitalocean-spaces" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-blob-storage-vs-digitalocean-spaces.json", "title": "Azure Blob Storage vs DigitalOcean Spaces", "url": 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"tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 53, "digitalocean-spaces": 37, "dropbox-api": 90, "edge": "dropbox-api", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 12, "digitalocean-spaces": 74, "dropbox-api": 62, "edge": "digitalocean-spaces", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean Spaces leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do file sharing.", "verdicts": { "digitalocean-spaces": "Per-bucket access keys with read or read-write-delete grants, an 800 operations a second limit per bucket and a 99.9 per cent SLA are all published. The MCP server manages keys and CDN endpoints only, not objects, and the S3 reference documents no error codes. A payment method is required before any bucket is created.", "dropbox-api": "Typed Stone spec of 281 routes with per-route OAuth scopes and error unions, updated 1 October 2026. MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-dropbox-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-dropbox-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-dropbox-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-dropbox-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean Spaces leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do file sharing.\n\n- DigitalOcean Spaces: grade B, 63.2/100, rank #402 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/digitalocean-spaces.json\n- Dropbox API + MCP: grade B, 68.2/100, rank #226 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropbox-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/dropbox-api.json\n- Best file storage and sharing APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/file-storage/index.md\n- All 75 storage comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/file-storage/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DigitalOcean Spaces (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 77 against 52\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 62\n\nWatch for: The Spaces MCP server has ten tools for access keys and CDN endpoints. None reads, writes, lists or shares an object\n\n### Dropbox API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: An agent acting on a person's or team's existing Dropbox files, especially a solo user on the free plan.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 63\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 90 against 37\n\nWatch for: MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DigitalOcean Spaces | Dropbox API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 77 | 52 | DigitalOcean Spaces +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 91 | Dropbox API + MCP +28 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 77 | Dropbox API + MCP +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 73 | DigitalOcean Spaces +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 35 | Dropbox API + MCP +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 37 | 90 | Dropbox API + MCP +53 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 62 | DigitalOcean Spaces +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.2 · B** | **68.2 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DigitalOcean Spaces | Dropbox API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | DigitalOcean, LLC | Dropbox |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com` | `https://api.dropboxapi.com/2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Your plan |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the DigitalOcean Terms of Service Agreement. The MCP server is MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 25 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-04-08 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-22 | 2025-03-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-01-01 | 2027-01-01 |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 980 stars, 282k npm/wk, 398k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DigitalOcean Spaces.** Per-bucket access keys with read or read-write-delete grants, an 800 operations a second limit per bucket and a 99.9 per cent SLA are all published. The MCP server manages keys and CDN endpoints only, not objects, and the S3 reference documents no error codes. A payment method is required before any bucket is created.\n\n**Dropbox API + MCP.** Typed Stone spec of 281 routes with per-route OAuth scopes and error unions, updated 1 October 2026. MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DigitalOcean Spaces\n\n1. Set the endpoint to `https://\u003cregion\u003e.digitaloceanspaces.com` and, in AWS SDKs other than Python's, set `region` to `us-east-1` when creating a bucket\n2. Ask for a limited access key with a Read or Read/Write/Delete grant on one bucket. A full access key can create, configure and delete every bucket\n3. Do the object work through the S3 API. The MCP server and `doctl` cannot upload, list, move or delete files\n4. Retry with exponential backoff on `503 Slow Down`, and keep below 800 operations a second per bucket\n5. Fetch presigned links from the origin host, not the CDN. The docs say presigned requests through the CDN are not cached and can double the bandwidth charge\n6. Avoid many tiny objects. Each bills as at least 4 KiB on Standard and 128 KiB on Cold Storage, which also has a 30-day minimum\n\n### Dropbox API + MCP\n\n1. Use files/upload under 150 MiB and upload_session above it; append in multiples of 4 MiB and finish within 7 days\n2. For a link that just needs to work for a few hours, call files/get_temporary_link rather than creating a shared link you then have to revoke\n3. Set expires on create_shared_link_with_settings only on a paid account; a Basic account gets an error\n4. Keep the list_folder cursor and call list_folder/continue instead of re-listing\n5. On a rate-limit error wait retry_after seconds; too_many_write_operations means write contention, so serialise writes\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DigitalOcean Spaces or Dropbox API + MCP?\n\nDropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DigitalOcean Spaces leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do DigitalOcean Spaces and Dropbox API + MCP need an API key?\n\nDigitalOcean Spaces needs an API key. Dropbox API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call DigitalOcean Spaces and Dropbox API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nYes. DigitalOcean Spaces has a hosted endpoint at https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com and Dropbox API + MCP at https://api.dropboxapi.com/2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-dropbox-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/digitalocean-spaces-vs-dropbox-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"digitalocean-spaces\", \"b\": \"dropbox-api\"}`. 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