# Google Sheets API vs Smartsheet API + MCP (slim)

> Google Sheets API scores 76.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Smartsheet API + MCP's 67.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Smartsheet API + MCP leads on schema & documentation. 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 Smartsheet API + MCP's 67.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Smartsheet API + MCP leads on schema & documentation. Both do sheets read.

- Google Sheets API: BB 76.3, rank #33 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-sheets-api.min.md
- Smartsheet API + MCP: B 67.6, rank #190 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartsheet.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 65; Security & auth, 80 against 66; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 85 against 80. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Smartsheet API + MCP, good for An agent working inside a company that already runs projects in Smartsheet on a Business plan or above, especially row-level reads and batched writes, workflows and dashboards. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 88 against 83.

| Category | Google Sheets API | Smartsheet API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 80 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Google Sheets API | Smartsheet API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | Smartsheet Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4` | `https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0` |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google APIs Terms of Service. The client libraries are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Smartsheet's User Agreement and Developer Agreement. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 6 | 83 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | 2021-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-05-20 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 12k stars, 1.9M npm/wk, 31.8M PyPI/wk | 82 stars, 47k npm/wk, 312k PyPI/wk |