# Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) vs NocoDB (slim)

> NocoDB scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), 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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NocoDB scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sheets read.

- Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API): C 58.5, rank #450 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-excel-graph.min.md
- NocoDB: BB 75.7, rank #37 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nocodb.min.md
- Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API), good for Agents working on .xlsx files that already live in a Microsoft 365 tenant, and for using Excel's calculation engine through function endpoints.
- NocoDB, good for Teams that want Airtable-style typed records with the option to self-host, and an agent that reads, filters and writes records or builds schema through MCP with a narrow allowlist. Ahead on Reliability, 97 against 62; Security & auth, 71 against 65; Payments & pricing, 30 against 15; Maintenance & community, 87 against 53. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No incidents deducted, where Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) | NocoDB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 62 | 97 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 53 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) | NocoDB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Microsoft | NocoDB Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0` | `https://app.nocodb.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Sustainable Use License 1.0 since January 2026 (source-available, not OSI-approved; AGPL-3.0 before). NocoDB Cloud is a proprietary service under NocoDB's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | none | 199 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-01 | 2025-10-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2026-03-20 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 835 stars, 2.9M npm/wk, 1.6M PyPI/wk | 65k stars, 6.3k npm/wk |