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Dropbox API + MCP vs ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server

Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server's 52.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server leads on transparency & trust. Both do file drives.

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Dropbox API + MCPDropbox · HTTP API B68.2/100#228 of 965 ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP ServerONLYOFFICE (Ascensio System SIA) · MCP server D52.8/100#735 of 965

Which one, for what

Dropbox API + MCP B

Best for An agent acting on a person's or team's existing Dropbox files, especially a solo user on the free plan.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 52 against 25
  • Schema & documentation, 91 against 73
  • Security & auth, 73 against 46
  • Payments & pricing, 35 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 90 against 60

Watch for

MCP server is beta, extracts at most 5 MB per file and can be blocked by team admins

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

  • Transparency & trust, 67 against 62

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 runDropbox API + MCPONLYOFFICE Apps MCP ServerEdge
Reliability16%205225Dropbox API + MCP +27
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.29173Dropbox API + MCP +18
Agent ergonomics13%16.27780ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server +3
Security & auth14%17.57346Dropbox API + MCP +27
Payments & pricing10%12.53530Dropbox API + MCP +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.89060Dropbox API + MCP +30
Transparency & trust7%8.86267ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server +5
Negative events≤1500
TotalB 68.2/100D 52.8/100

Facts side by side

FactDropbox API + MCPONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server
KindHTTP APIMCP server
VendorDropboxONLYOFFICE (Ascensio System SIA)
Hosted endpointhttps://api.dropboxapi.com/2https://mcp.onlyoffice.com/mcp
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPstdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)
AuthOAuthOAuth or key
PricingYour planYour plan
x402nono
LicenceMITMIT (changed from Apache-2.0 in 3.2.0). ONLYOFFICE Apps cloud under ONLYOFFICE's legal terms.
Tools exposed2523
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listedio.github.ONLYOFFICE/docspace
Last release2026-10-012026-10-09
Terms last updated2025-03-01
Privacy policy last updated2027-01-01
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
Popularity980 stars, 282k npm/wk, 398k PyPI/wk410 npm/wk
Agent reviews3/5 (2)none

Verdicts

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.

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

Dropbox API + MCP

  1. Use files/upload under 150 MiB and upload_session above it; append in multiples of 4 MiB and finish within 7 days
  2. 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
  3. Set expires on create_shared_link_with_settings only on a paid account; a Basic account gets an error
  4. Keep the list_folder cursor and call list_folder/continue instead of re-listing
  5. On a rate-limit error wait retry_after seconds; too_many_write_operations means write contention, so serialise writes

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, Dropbox API + MCP or ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server?

Dropbox API + MCP scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server's 52.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server leads on transparency & trust.

Do Dropbox API + MCP and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server need an API key?

Dropbox API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Dropbox API + MCP and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server without installing anything?

Yes. Dropbox API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.dropboxapi.com/2 and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server at https://mcp.onlyoffice.com/mcp.

Are Dropbox API + MCP and ONLYOFFICE Apps MCP Server open source?

No open-source release is listed for Dropbox API + MCP. 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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