[samcrawford]

For me, as the author:

- Simplicity. It's fine for you to create an API via Google Docs, but I suspect it'd be tough for your (presumably) non-technical clients.

- Generated API docs

- Granular control of who sees what data and APIs

- Usage tracking (see who's using your APIs/data and how often)

- Easy integration for API clients: example code, no messing around with authenticating their Google account

I don't think you're wrong though: For publishers who already have their spreadsheets held in Google Docs and have setup an API, and are happy with that process, then there isn't a _huge_ benefit here.

That said, I've had quite a few emails overnight from people asking to support importing spreadsheets from Google Docs, so clearly they're missing something - I'll have to ask to find out whether it's something from my list above or something else.

[prr]

Also, size limits. https://support.google.com/drive/answer/37603?hl=en

It seems as though you offer double the 100M file size limit on your free plan?