# Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) vs Smartsheet API + MCP (slim)

> Smartsheet API + MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do sheets read. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Smartsheet API + MCP scores 67.6 (B) on agent readiness against Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API)'s 58.5 (C), and leads in every scored category. 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
- Smartsheet API + MCP: B 67.6, rank #205 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartsheet.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.
- 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 Payments & pricing, 20 against 15; Maintenance & community, 80 against 53; Transparency & trust, 82 against 75. Also No incidents deducted, where Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) | Smartsheet API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 62 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 53 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Graph workbook API) | Smartsheet API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Smartsheet Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0` | `https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Proprietary service under Smartsheet's User Agreement and Developer Agreement. The SDKs on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 83 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-10-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 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 or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 835 stars, 2.9M npm/wk, 1.6M PyPI/wk | 82 stars, 47k npm/wk, 312k PyPI/wk |