# ADoor vs Smartsheet Smartsheet is a work management platform for projects, programs and processes, built on sheets, reports and dashboards. ADoor is a data account for any records a company or a person keeps, set up from a chat with an assistant like ChatGPT, where every person, app, assistant and job gets its own access. ## Where ADoor stands out ### Each assistant gets its own access Smartsheet's MCP server signs in with your personal API token or with Smartsheet OAuth, so the assistant works as you. In ADoor, each assistant has its own access, down to one list or field, and never more than the person who connected it. ### Hidden fields, separate actions Smartsheet can lock rows and columns so they can't be edited. ADoor can hide a field from a person or an assistant altogether, and reading, adding, editing and deleting are separate permissions. ### CI without a stored token Smartsheet's API and MCP server take a personal API token as a Bearer header. In ADoor, a GitHub Actions job signs in with short-lived access, 15 minutes by default, and nothing is stored in the repository. ## The products ### Smartsheet Smartsheet runs projects and programs on sheets, with Gantt timelines, reports, dashboards and forms. Assistants : A hosted MCP server with 30+ tools for sheets, rows and columns Access : Sheet sharing, private sheets, and locked rows and columns Change history : Cell history with user and timestamp, and an activity log per sheet Plans : Pro is $9 per member a month billed yearly, or $12 monthly, with unlimited free contributors. A 30-day free trial. ### ADoor ADoor is your data account. You keep lists and tables in a workspace you own, personal or team: a reading list, an incident log, a list of customers. Describe what you want to keep track of and it's set up for you, with real Postgres underneath. Every person, app, assistant, device and job gets its own access. Assistants : ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP with a sign-in. Apps and scripts : An HTTP API with keys, running the same actions assistants use Access : Per space, list or field, or just the entries where a field equals a value you choose. Reading, adding, editing and deleting entries, and changing a list's fields, are separate permissions. An assistant never gets more than the person who connected it. Approvals : Agents ask for more access and you approve or deny. A new device signs in only after you approve it and choose its access. CI jobs : GitHub Actions signs in with short-lived access, 15 minutes by default and up to 30 days, with no stored secret. Revoking : Takes effect on the next request. What was already saved stays. History : A history of changes, with who made each one and the before and after Underneath : Standard Postgres Plans : Free for 3 tables and 100 rows. Pro is $10 a month per workspace, with 1 GB of storage. ## Pricing | | ADoor | Smartsheet | | --- | --- | --- | | Free plan | 3 tables and 100 rows, with a few MB of storage | A 30-day free trial | | Paid plans | Pro: $10 a month per workspace, 1 GB of storage, no per-GB charges | Pro $9 per member a month billed yearly, $12 monthly | ## Latency | | ADoor | Smartsheet | | --- | --- | --- | | Published figure | Not published | Not published | ADoor doesn't publish a latency figure, and Smartsheet doesn't publish one we could find. Speed depends on your network and on what you ask for. ## Connectors and API | | ADoor | Smartsheet | | --- | --- | --- | | MCP server | Hosted, with OAuth sign-in. ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor. | Hosted at mcp.smartsheet.com, for Claude, Cursor, Codex and others | | HTTP API | HTTP API with keys: read, add, edit, delete, and change lists and fields | REST API 2.0 | | SQL access | Standard Postgres SQL through MCP and the API, within your access | No | | Access per agent | Its own access per assistant, app, device and job, down to specific fields, or just the entries that match a value you choose | The assistant uses your API token or your OAuth grant | | OAuth or tokens | OAuth for assistants, keys for apps, short-lived sign-in for GitHub Actions | Personal API tokens, or OAuth with scopes such as READ_SHEETS and WRITE_SHEETS | | SDKs | Coming soon | JavaScript, Python, Java and C# | | Webhooks | No | Yes | | Import and export | Export to CSV or JSON. Import by attaching CSV or JSON in an assistant. | Export to Excel, Google Sheets, Microsoft Project, PDF or image | ADoor has no sync connectors and no file storage. ## Which one should you use? ### Use Smartsheet when you're running projects and programs and want timelines, dashboards and resource views out of the box. - **Gantt charts and dashboards.** Timeline views, reports and dashboards come with the product. ADoor has no charts or timelines. - **Many outside contributors.** Contributors can view, comment and submit forms for free, and Business adds free guests who can edit. - **Portfolio management.** Advanced Work Management and resource tools cover programs across teams. ### Use ADoor when the sheet has become the record that scripts, assistants and other teams depend on, and each needs its own access. **Technical** - Your deploy pipeline adds each release to a Releases list with 15 minutes of access, so the program manager sees what shipped without a token living in CI. - A monitoring service writes outages to an add-only Incidents list, which reporting jobs read in SQL. **Personal** - The kitchen renovation: contractors, quotes, what you've paid and what's left. Your partner edits it, and the builder sees only the Schedule field. - Your wedding guest list with RSVPs and dietary needs. The caterer reads the meal choices and nothing else. **Team** - Engineering, design and marketing share one Launch list. Marketing edits dates, engineering edits status, and the release bot adds entries but can't delete them. - A history of changes shows who moved each launch date and what it was before. **Business** - A company-wide supplier list where procurement edits contracts, and only legal sees the Liability cap field. - A consultancy gets one space for the transformation program. When the engagement ends you revoke it, and its entries stay. ## Questions people ask ### Should I plan projects in ADoor or Smartsheet? Plan in Smartsheet. ADoor has no Gantt charts, dashboards or resource planning. Start new lists in ADoor when people and assistants both need to work from them. ### How do I bring a sheet into ADoor? Export the sheet to Excel, save it as CSV, and attach it in an assistant like ChatGPT with a request to import it. ### Which assistants work with ADoor? ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP with a sign-in. You approve each one and choose what it can reach. ## Start [Get your account](https://app.adoor.halmoslabs.com/signup) ## More comparisons - [ADoor vs Airtable](/compare/adoor-vs-airtable/) - [ADoor vs monday.com](/compare/adoor-vs-monday/) - [ADoor vs Microsoft Lists](/compare/adoor-vs-microsoft-lists/) - [ADoor vs Google Sheets](/compare/adoor-vs-google-sheets/) - [All comparisons](/compare/) Checked October 20, 2026. Sources: [smartsheet.com/pricing](https://www.smartsheet.com/pricing), [Smartsheet MCP server](https://developers.smartsheet.com/ai-mcp/smartsheet/install-the-smartsheet-mcp-server), [Smartsheet API](https://developers.smartsheet.com/api/smartsheet/introduction), [Smartsheet OAuth](https://developers.smartsheet.com/api/smartsheet/guides/advanced-topics/oauth).