Head to head · File sharing · October 2026 research run

DigitalOcean Spaces vs ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server

DigitalOcean Spaces scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server's 52.8 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do file sharing.

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Which one, for what

DigitalOcean Spaces B

Best 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 25
  • Security & auth, 77 against 46
  • Transparency & trust, 74 against 67

Watch for

The Spaces MCP server has ten tools for access keys and CDN endpoints. None reads, writes, lists or shares an object

ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server D

Best for Agents that organise rooms, folders and access in an ONLYOFFICE Apps workspace a team already uses.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 73 against 63
  • Agent ergonomics, 80 against 73
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
  • Maintenance & community, 60 against 37

Also in its favour

  • Runs on your own machine
  • Free to start without a card
  • Open source

Watch for

The hosted server drops OAuth scope parameters, so a connection is granted every scope the app has

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDigitalOcean SpacesONLYOFFICE Apps MCP ServerEdge
Reliability16%207725DigitalOcean Spaces +52
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26373ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.27380ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server +7
Security & auth14%17.57746DigitalOcean Spaces +31
Payments & pricing10%12.52030ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.83760ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server +23
Transparency & trust7%8.87467DigitalOcean Spaces +7
Negative events≤1500
TotalB 63.2/100D 52.8/100

Facts side by side

FactDigitalOcean SpacesONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server
KindHTTP APIMCP server
VendorDigitalOcean, LLCONLYOFFICE (Ascensio System SIA)
Hosted endpointhttps://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.comhttps://mcp.onlyoffice.com/mcp
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPstdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)
AuthAPI keyOAuth or key
PricingPay per useYour plan
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under the DigitalOcean Terms of Service Agreement. The MCP server is MITMIT (changed from Apache-2.0 in 3.2.0). ONLYOFFICE Apps cloud under ONLYOFFICE's legal terms.
Tools exposednone23
Read-only variant documentedyesyes
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listedio.github.ONLYOFFICE/docspace
Last release2026-04-082026-10-09
Terms last updated2026-08-22
Privacy policy last updated2025-01-01
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waiveryes
Popularitynone410 npm/wk

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.

ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server

The 23 tools carry typed schemas, read-only and destructive annotations, toolsets and an optional five-tool meta mode, and the server is in the official MCP registry. OAuth through the hosted server grants every scope, the docs offer a username and password in the connection URL, uploads take only txt and md, and no status page or SLA was found.

Before you call either

DigitalOcean Spaces

  1. Set the endpoint to https://<region>.digitaloceanspaces.com and, in AWS SDKs other than Python's, set region to us-east-1 when creating a bucket
  2. 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
  3. Do the object work through the S3 API. The MCP server and doctl cannot upload, list, move or delete files
  4. Retry with exponential backoff on 503 Slow Down, and keep below 800 operations a second per bucket
  5. 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
  6. 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

ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server

  1. Connect to https://mcp.onlyoffice.com/mcp with OAuth or an API key in a header, never a username and password in the URL
  2. Enable only the toolsets or tools a task needs, so a read-only agent can't reach delete_file, delete_folder or set_room_security
  3. Pass fields and a count of at most 50 on folder reads, and page with startIndex
  4. Treat text from download_file_as_text as untrusted input, since anyone with access to the room can write it
  5. Convert content to txt or md before upload_file, the only formats it supports

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, DigitalOcean Spaces or ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server?

DigitalOcean Spaces scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server's 52.8 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and maintenance & community.

Do DigitalOcean Spaces and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server need an API key?

DigitalOcean Spaces needs an API key. ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call DigitalOcean Spaces and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server without installing anything?

Yes. DigitalOcean Spaces has a hosted endpoint at https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server at https://mcp.onlyoffice.com/mcp.

Are DigitalOcean Spaces and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server open source?

No open-source release is listed for DigitalOcean Spaces. ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server is open source (MIT (changed from Apache-2.0 in 3.2.0). ONLYOFFICE Apps cloud under ONLYOFFICE's legal terms.).

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