# Google Sheets API vs SeaTable (slim)

> Google Sheets API scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against SeaTable's 66.3 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sheets read. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Google Sheets API scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against SeaTable's 66.3 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sheets read.

- Google Sheets API: BB 76.3, rank #33 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-sheets-api.min.md
- SeaTable: B 66.3, rank #241 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/seatable.min.md
- Google Sheets API, good for Agents reading and writing cells, formulas and formatting in spreadsheets people already keep in Google Sheets. Ahead on Reliability, 90 against 69; Security & auth, 80 against 59; Payments & pricing, 35 against 30; Maintenance & community, 85 against 76; Transparency & trust, 80 against 75. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- SeaTable, good for Teams that want typed tables hosted in Germany or on their own server, with an agent reading and writing rows through a per-base token or the official MCP server. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Google Sheets API | SeaTable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 76 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 80 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Google Sheets API | SeaTable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | SeaTable GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4` | `https://cloud.seatable.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary cloud service under the Terms of Service for SeaTable Cloud. The MCP server is MIT. SeaTable Server Enterprise Edition is licensed under an EULA |
| Tools exposed | 6 | 21 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.seatable/seatable` |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 12k stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 31.8M PyPI/wk | 103 npm/wk, 1.7k PyPI/wk |