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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": "2026-10-10T01:37:50.288503566Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 156, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 161, "p95ms24h": 204, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 2251, "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": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.dropbox.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T01:33:37.458736942Z" }, "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": "2026-10-10T01:37:50.288503566Z" } }, "answer": "Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against Fastio's 55.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "fast-io", "name": "Fastio", "vendor": "VividEngine, LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://fast.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "file-storage", "summary": "Fastio is hosted file storage with workspaces, share links and document search for teams and AI agents, from VividEngine, LLC. Agents reach it through a REST API, a hosted MCP server and an open-source CLI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fast-io", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fast-io.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fast-io.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fast-io.json", "repo": "https://github.com/MediaFire/fastio_cli", "license": "Proprietary service under Fast's terms of service. The CLI, which includes a local MCP server, is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vividengine/fastio-cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve. The REST API takes a Bearer token, either an OAuth 2.0 access token (PKCE with S256, dynamic client registration) or an API key created in the web app or with `POST /current/user/auth/key/`. Keys and grants are scoped as `entity_type:entity_id:access_mode` with `r`, `rw` and `rwa` modes, and keys can expire. A key made without scopes carries `user:*:rw`. The hosted MCP server signs in with OAuth in a browser and takes no passwords or key secrets.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "From $9.99 a month (Starter, 250 GB, 100,000 credits, 3 seats). Business is $49.99 and Enterprise $199.99. No free tier. Monthly plans start with a 30-day trial that needs a credit card and converts when the trial or its credits end. Usage past the allowance is billed at $0.0001 a credit, extra storage at 1.5 cents a GB-month and extra bandwidth at 4 cents a GB (https://fast.io/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the pricing page, the API reference or the agent guide. HTTP 402 is used for a missing plan or spent credits (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 35, "popularity": { "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 653, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.fast.io/", "llmsTxt": "https://api.fast.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "storage.drive", "storage.share", "knowledge.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "cli", "llms-txt", "paid", "trial" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 55.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 663, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 33, "schema": 65, "security": 74, "transparency": 61 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-09. fast.io/llms.txt states storage at 100 credits a GB and bandwidth at 212, while the pricing page and the agent guide (version 1.40.0, 2 October 2026) give 150 and 400. The same file points to a security.txt that answers 404. An agent reading only llms.txt would understate cost by a third or more (-2). https://fast.io/llms.txt" ], "verdict": "OAuth with PKCE, scoped API keys with read, write and admin modes, and separate read and write MCP tools limit what an agent can touch. There is no free tier, the 30-day trial needs a card, and no status page, SLA, OpenAPI file or public changelog was found.", "bestFor": "A team that wants agents and people in one shared drive with share links, document search and an audit trail.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.0 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, plus API keys scoped as `entity_type:entity_id:access_mode` with `r`, `rw` and `rwa` modes and optional expiry", "Named MCP mode splits each area into a read tool and a `_manage` write tool, and a read-only key hides the write tools", "Shares take a password, an expiry date and a `download_security` level, and file links can carry `expires`", "Sub-processor list with locations and 15 days' notice, and deletion periods of 15, 30, 60 and 90 days stated alike in the terms and privacy policy", "The CLI is Apache-2.0 on GitHub with CI, and shipped v0.2.93 on 8 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No free tier. A new organisation answers HTTP 402 until a paid plan is chosen, and the 30-day trial needs a credit card", "No status page, incident history or SLA found. The terms give no guarantee of API availability or backward compatibility", "No OpenAPI file. `OPTIONS` introspection covers about 40 per cent of endpoints, and rate limits are published as headers without numbers", "fast.io/llms.txt gives 100 credits a GB for storage and 212 for bandwidth. The pricing page and agent guide give 150 and 400", "No SOC 2 report yet (the Trust Centre says an audit is being prepared), no bug bounty, and `/.well-known/security.txt` answers 404", "The terms forbid robots and spiders outside the programmatic access of Section 12. This matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect to `https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools` for named tools or `https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/code` for the 8-tool code mode. The URL fixes the tool set for the session", "Call `action=\"describe\"` on a tool before first use. Parameters live there, not in the tool list", "To update a file, upload again with the same parent folder and filename. Deleting first loses the version history", "On 429 wait until `x-ve-limit-expires` or the `Retry-After` value. On 402 the organisation has no plan or no credits, so stop and tell the owner", "Ask the owner for a key scoped to one workspace with `r` or `rw`. A key made without scopes carries `user:*:rw` across the account" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 33, "schema": 65, "security": 74, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 51 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @vividengine/fastio-cli", "config": { "mcpServers": { "fastio": { "args": [ "mcp" ], "command": "fastio" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/storage.drive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/fast-io" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "250 GB, 100,000 credits, 3 seats" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 49.99, "note": "5 TB, 600,000 credits, 10 seats" }, { "item": "Enterprise plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 199.99, "note": "25 TB, 3,000,000 credits, 30 seats" }, { "item": "Additional storage", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 0.015 }, { "item": "Additional bandwidth", "unit": "gb", "usd": 0.04 }, { "item": "Credit overage", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.0001, "note": "$10 per 100,000 credits" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "VividEngine, LLC (doing business as Fast Technologies)", "domain": "fast.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://fast.io/terms/", "privacy": "https://fast.io/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms of service (effective 2 October 2026) name VividEngine, LLC, doing business as Fast Technologies, 4747 Research Forest Dr., Ste 180-265, The Woodlands, TX 77381-4902.", "The API answers at api.fast.io and the MCP server at mcp.fast.io, both on the vendor's domain.", "fast.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, although fast.io/llms.txt lists it as the security contact.", "No status page or changelog is linked from the home page, the developer hub, the docs or the Trust Centre.", "rdap.org answered that no RDAP service is available for fast.io, so the registration date is blank.", "The DPA binds only when signed by both parties, and the Trust Centre says it is executed with Enterprise Plus customers and on request." ], "score": 51 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fast-io.json", "live": { "slug": "fast-io", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T01:37:51.743824977Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 77, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 195, "p95ms24h": 609, "samples24h": 102, "samples30d": 102, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "MediaFire/fastio_cli", "version": "v0.2.93", "released": "2026-10-08", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:52:49.974838832Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vividengine/fastio-cli", "version": "0.2.93", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:52:47.611452489Z" } ], "githubStars": 1, "npmWeekly": 653, "pages": [ { "url": "https://fast.io/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:39:18.30204828Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f3ab609635d0" }, { "url": "https://fast.io/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:39:21.559921856Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "dac598e7cd59" }, { "url": "https://fast.io/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:39:22.401428685Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8aa657d5df36" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:37:51.743824977Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Dropbox", "b": "VividEngine, LLC", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2", "b": "https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under Fast's terms of service. The CLI, which includes a local MCP server, is Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "25", "b": "35", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-03-01", "b": "2026-10-02", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2027-01-01", "b": "2026-10-02", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "980 stars, 282k npm/wk, 398k PyPI/wk", "b": "1 stars, 653 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against Fastio's 55.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Dropbox API + MCP or Fastio?" }, { "answer": "Dropbox API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Fastio takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Dropbox API + MCP and Fastio need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Dropbox API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.dropboxapi.com/2 and Fastio at https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools.", "question": "Can an agent call Dropbox API + MCP and Fastio without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 52 against 33", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 65", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 90 against 70" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent acting on a person's or team's existing Dropbox files, especially a solo user on the free plan.", "slug": "dropbox-api", "watchFor": "MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "A team that wants agents and people in one shared drive with share links, document search and an audit trail.", "slug": "fast-io", "watchFor": "No free tier. 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"maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "dropbox-api": 62, "edge": "dropbox-api", "fast-io": 61, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against Fastio's 55.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do file drives.", "verdicts": { "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.", "fast-io": "OAuth with PKCE, scoped API keys with read, write and admin modes, and separate read and write MCP tools limit what an agent can touch. There is no free tier, the 30-day trial needs a card, and no status page, SLA, OpenAPI file or public changelog was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-fast-io", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-fast-io.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-fast-io.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-fast-io.min.md" }, "markdown": "Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against Fastio's 55.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do file drives.\n\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- Fastio: grade C, 55.2/100, rank #663 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fast-io.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fast-io.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### 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- Reliability, 52 against 33\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 90 against 70\n\nWatch for: MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins\n\n### Fastio (C)\n\nGood for: A team that wants agents and people in one shared drive with share links, document search and an audit trail.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No free tier. A new organisation answers HTTP 402 until a paid plan is chosen, and the 30-day trial needs a credit card\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Dropbox API + MCP | Fastio | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 52 | 33 | Dropbox API + MCP +19 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 91 | 65 | Dropbox API + MCP +26 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 73 | Dropbox API + MCP +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 73 | 74 | Fastio +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | Dropbox API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 90 | 70 | Dropbox API + MCP +20 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 61 | Dropbox API + MCP +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.2 · B** | **55.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Dropbox API + MCP | Fastio |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Dropbox | VividEngine, LLC |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.dropboxapi.com/2` | `https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Fast's terms of service. The CLI, which includes a local MCP server, is Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 25 | 35 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-03-01 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2027-01-01 | 2026-10-02 |\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 | yes |\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 | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 980 stars, 282k npm/wk, 398k PyPI/wk | 1 stars, 653 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Fastio.** OAuth with PKCE, scoped API keys with read, write and admin modes, and separate read and write MCP tools limit what an agent can touch. There is no free tier, the 30-day trial needs a card, and no status page, SLA, OpenAPI file or public changelog was found.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Fastio\n\n1. Connect to `https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools` for named tools or `https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/code` for the 8-tool code mode. The URL fixes the tool set for the session\n2. Call `action=\"describe\"` on a tool before first use. Parameters live there, not in the tool list\n3. To update a file, upload again with the same parent folder and filename. Deleting first loses the version history\n4. On 429 wait until `x-ve-limit-expires` or the `Retry-After` value. On 402 the organisation has no plan or no credits, so stop and tell the owner\n5. Ask the owner for a key scoped to one workspace with `r` or `rw`. A key made without scopes carries `user:*:rw` across the account\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Dropbox API + MCP or Fastio?\n\nDropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against Fastio's 55.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Dropbox API + MCP and Fastio need an API key?\n\nDropbox API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Fastio takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Dropbox API + MCP and Fastio without installing anything?\n\nYes. Dropbox API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.dropboxapi.com/2 and Fastio at https://mcp.fast.io/mcp/tools.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-fast-io.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropbox-api-vs-fast-io.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"dropbox-api\", \"b\": \"fast-io\"}`. 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