{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "adobe-commerce", "name": "Adobe Commerce (Magento)", "vendor": "Adobe Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://business.adobe.com/products/commerce.html", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Commerce platform from Adobe, built on the open-source Magento core. It runs as Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service, on Adobe's cloud infrastructure or on the merchant's own servers, and agents reach a store through its REST and GraphQL APIs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-commerce", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-commerce.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-commerce.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-commerce.json", "repo": "https://github.com/magento/magento2", "license": "Proprietary for Adobe Commerce under Adobe's General Terms and product-specific licensing terms. The Magento Open Source core is OSL 3.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/aio-commerce-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access comes from the merchant, with no Adobe review of the caller. On Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service an organisation admin creates an OAuth credential in Adobe Developer Console, and calls carry an Adobe IMS bearer token, from client credentials with the `commerce.accs` scope or from a user flow tied to an Admin role. On Adobe Commerce on Cloud, on-premises and Magento Open Source, the merchant creates an integration limited to chosen ACL resources and requests are signed by OAuth 1.0a. Admin tokens last 4 hours and customer tokens 1 hour by default, and a bare integration token as a bearer token is off by default.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "No price was read. business.adobe.com timed out on every request on 8 October 2026, and the cloud service licensing terms define an account as one opened under a sales order. No sandbox or trial open without a contract was found in the pages we could read. Magento Open Source, the core with the same REST and GraphQL framework, is free under OSL 3.0, so an owner can start on a self-hosted store with no contract. Its Composer install needs keys from a Commerce Marketplace account.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the web API docs or the Swagger and GraphQL schemas (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 12198, "npmWeekly": 1317, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/commerce/webapi/", "openapi": "https://github.com/AdobeDocs/commerce-webapi/tree/main/src/openapi", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.orders", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "self-hosted", "enterprise", "open-source", "openapi", "graphql", "oauth", "php", "sales-led", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "b2b" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 290, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 55, "schema": 82, "security": 60, "transparency": 90 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Public Swagger files cover 510 REST operations for the cloud service, the GraphQL schema carries cart, checkout and order mutations, and the cloud service authenticates by OAuth 2 through Adobe IMS. No request rate limit or idempotency key was found in the API documentation, Adobe publishes no MCP server for Commerce, and a licence starts with a sales order.", "bestFor": "An agent working for a merchant already on Adobe Commerce or Magento, for catalogue, order and B2B back-office work over REST and for carts and checkout over GraphQL.", "strengths": [ "Swagger 2.0 files for the cloud service (510 operations) and for releases 2.4.6 to 2.4.9 sit in the public docs repository", "The cloud service takes OAuth 2 client credentials or user tokens from Adobe IMS, and older bearer integration tokens are off by default on 2.4 stores", "`?fields=` trims any REST response, and `searchCriteria` filters, sorts and pages every list endpoint", "Cloud service release notes list four production releases between August and 7 October 2026, each naming new endpoints", "A lifecycle policy gives end-of-support dates for every 2.4 release line, and the sub-processor list was updated on 28 September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No request rate limit for the REST or GraphQL APIs was found in the reviewed documentation, and 429 handling appears only in a code sample", "No idempotency keys were found, so a retried POST can create a second order or cart item", "status.adobe.com lists three Commerce incidents marked major in September 2026, two of them longer than an hour", "The cloud service drops the customer and guest REST APIs, so shopping flows there go through GraphQL only", "No Adobe MCP server for Commerce was found, and the only official client library is a JavaScript package for App Builder" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask which deployment the store is. The cloud service answers at `https://\u003cserver\u003e.api.commerce.adobe.com/\u003ctenant-id\u003e/` with no `/rest` prefix, and other stores at `https://\u003chost\u003e/rest/\u003cstore-view-code\u003e/`", "On the cloud service, request an IMS token with the `commerce.accs` scope and send the `Store` header to pick the store view", "On a 2.4 store, sign requests with all four integration credentials by OAuth 1.0a. A bare integration token is refused unless the merchant has switched that on", "Add `?fields=` to REST calls and set `searchCriteria[pageSize]`. Stores with input limits on cap a page at 300 items", "Don't retry `placeOrder` or a POST blindly. Read the cart or order back first, because no idempotency key was found" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 55, "schema": 82, "security": 60, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 99 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --location 'https://\u003cserver\u003e.api.commerce.adobe.com/\u003ctenant-id\u003e/\u003cendpoint\u003e' \\\n --header 'Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e' \\\n --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n --header 'Store: \u003call | default | \u003cstore_view_code\u003e\u003e'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/adobe-commerce" }, "sameCompany": [ "adobe-firefly", "adobe-pdf-extract", "adobe-photoshop-api" ], "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Magento Open Source", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "OSL 3.0 core, you pay for your own hosting. Adobe Commerce prices weren't read" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Adobe Inc.", "domain": "adobe.com", "domainRegistered": "1986-11-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.adobe.com/cc-shared/assets/pdf/legal/terms/enterprise/pdfs/generalterms-na-2025v1.pdf", "privacy": "https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html", "statusPage": "https://status.adobe.com", "changelog": "https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/commerce/cloud-service/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy, last updated 24 October 2025, names Adobe Inc. as controller in the US, Adobe KK in Japan and Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited elsewhere.", "The terms link is Adobe's General Terms 2025v1, effective 3 October 2025, as given on the enterprise licensing page. We read that page and the product-specific terms for Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service (2025v1, 13 October 2025), not the General Terms PDF itself.", "Separate product-specific terms cover Adobe Commerce on Cloud (18 February 2025), on Managed Services (18 March 2025) and on-premise software (9 January 2023).", "The privacy policy says Adobe is the processor for enterprise products and that it doesn't apply to data enterprise customers collect. A data processing addendum is published at www.adobe.com/cc-shared/assets/pdf/legal/terms/enterprise/pdfs/dpa-ww.pdf.", "Cloud service endpoints are on api.commerce.adobe.com. Stores on Adobe Commerce on Cloud, on-premises and Magento Open Source answer on the merchant's own domain.", "security.txt at www.adobe.com is PGP-signed, expires 30 July 2027 and names an Intigriti programme and psirt@adobe.com.", "www.adobe.com and helpx.adobe.com answered curl with 403. The legal pages were read through WebFetch, and the helpx security bulletins weren't read at all.", "Verisign RDAP gives a registration date of 1986-11-17 for adobe.com." ], "score": 99 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-commerce.json", "live": { "slug": "adobe-commerce", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.adobe.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:11.618214553Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:11.618214553Z" } }, "answer": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Commerce Layer API + MCP leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "commerce-layer", "name": "Commerce Layer API + MCP", "vendor": "Commerce Layer", "vendorUrl": "https://commercelayer.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Commerce backend API for building custom storefronts and checkout experiences.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commerce-layer.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@commercelayer/sdk" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0 tokens from https://auth.commercelayer.io/oauth/token. Integration credentials (client ID and secret, role-bound) for server-side agents, sales channel credentials (client ID only, scoped to a market) for storefront calls, authorisation code for user tokens. API calls go to https://\u003cyour-org\u003e.commercelayer.io/api. The Core MCP takes the same bearer token, or runs the OAuth flow in clients that support it.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Developer plan is free with no time limit, 100 live orders a month, 1,000 SKUs, 2 markets, 2 users, unlimited test orders and the Core API only. Enterprise is quoted by sales (custom yearly order volume, unlimited SKUs, adds the Metrics and Provisioning APIs and SLAs). Distributed OMS, promotion engine and metrics dashboard are add-ons. No transaction fees; payment gateway fees are separate (https://commercelayer.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in the docs, pricing or MCP pages (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 11, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 7323, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.commercelayer.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://data.commercelayer.app/schemas/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "webhooks", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 295, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 70, "schema": 79, "security": 64, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file and llms.txt. No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract.", "bestFor": "Teams that want a hosted headless backend and an agent that can work across every commerce object with scoped OAuth roles.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file and llms.txt", "OAuth roles per resource and per operation, and market-scoped sales channel tokens", "Hosted Core MCP with 11 tools and preflight validation before writes", "Free Developer plan with no card and unlimited test orders", "Published per-IP rate limits for reads, writes and tokens" ], "weaknesses": [ "No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract", "No API versioning, and four breaking changes between 8 May and 2 September 2026", "429s carry no Retry-After or reset header", "Privacy policy last updated October 2020, with no DPA or subprocessor list linked", "No MCP tool annotations and no confirmation step for delete_resource" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `get_resource_schema` before any write. Preflight rejects bad filter shapes before they reach the API", "Give the agent an integration credential tied to a narrow role rather than an admin role", "On a 429, wait out the sliding window. No Retry-After is sent, and the IP stays blocked while the rate stays high", "Place an order by PATCHing it with `_place: true` once line items, addresses, shipping and payment are set", "Move reads of `mode`, `organization_id` and `trace_id` to root-level meta before 5 October 2026" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 70, "schema": 79, "security": 64, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://auth.commercelayer.io/oauth/token -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d \"{\\\"grant_type\\\":\\\"client_credentials\\\",\\\"client_id\\\":\\\"$CL_CLIENT_ID\\\",\\\"client_secret\\\":\\\"$CL_CLIENT_SECRET\\\"}\"\ncurl \"https://$CL_ORG.commercelayer.io/api/skus?page[size]=5\" -H \"Accept: application/vnd.api+json\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $CL_ACCESS_TOKEN\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http commercelayer-core https://core-mcp.commercelayer.io/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer $CL_ACCESS_TOKEN\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "commercelayer-core": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${CL_ACCESS_TOKEN}" }, "url": "https://core-mcp.commercelayer.io/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/commerce-layer" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Developer plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "100 live orders a month, 1,000 SKUs, unlimited test orders" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Commerce Layer, Inc.", "domain": "commercelayer.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.commercelayer.io", "changelog": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "rdap.org has no RDAP service for .io, so the registration date is blank." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.json", "live": { "slug": "commerce-layer", "probe": { "target": "https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:07.965497377Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 23, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 31, "p95ms24h": 360, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 2157, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.commercelayer.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:56.982927746Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@commercelayer/sdk", "version": "8.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:06:37.844723724Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 9990, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:43.982735573Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:16.192401378Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "commercelayer.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:11.061815908Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:29.576536548Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:29.576536548Z", "fingerprint": "e5cb8805bfc1" }, { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:39.095309353Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:38.904280664Z", "fingerprint": "e3367b1bb377" }, { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:35.082859329Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:34.402907975Z", "fingerprint": "3803de1040c2" }, { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:37.09797446Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:36.639863076Z", "fingerprint": "5a7da38cba38" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:07.965497377Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Adobe Inc.", "b": "Commerce Layer", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary for Adobe Commerce under Adobe's General Terms and product-specific licensing terms. The Magento Open Source core is OSL 3.0", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "11", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-09-29", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "2026-05-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-10-24", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "12k stars, 1.3k npm/wk", "b": "7.3k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Commerce Layer API + MCP leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Commerce (Magento) or Commerce Layer API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Commerce Layer API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Adobe Commerce (Magento). Commerce Layer API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources.", "question": "Can an agent call Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) is open source (Proprietary for Adobe Commerce under Adobe's General Terms and product-specific licensing terms. The Magento Open Source core is OSL 3.0). No open-source release is listed for Commerce Layer API + MCP.", "question": "Are Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 90 against 57" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "An agent working for a merchant already on Adobe Commerce or Magento, for catalogue, order and B2B back-office work over REST and for carts and checkout over GraphQL.", "slug": "adobe-commerce", "watchFor": "No request rate limit for the REST or GraphQL APIs was found in the reviewed documentation, and 429 handling appears only in a code sample" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 55", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 75" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want a hosted headless backend and an agent that can work across every commerce object with scoped OAuth roles.", "slug": "commerce-layer", "watchFor": "No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract" } ], "job": { "capability": "commerce.products", "name": "Commerce products" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-bigcommerce.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs BigCommerce API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-bigcommerce" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-commercetools.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs commercetools", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-commercetools" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-ecwid.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Ecwid by Lightspeed", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-ecwid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-elastic-path.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Elastic Path API + MCP", "url": 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No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-commerce-layer", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-commerce-layer.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-commerce-layer.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-commerce-layer.min.md" }, "markdown": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Commerce Layer API + MCP leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do commerce products.\n\n- Adobe Commerce (Magento): grade B, 63.9/100, rank #290 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-commerce.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-commerce.json\n- Commerce Layer API + MCP: grade B, 63.7/100, rank #295 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commerce-layer.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Adobe Commerce (Magento) (B)\n\nGood for: An agent working for a merchant already on Adobe Commerce or Magento, for catalogue, order and B2B back-office work over REST and for carts and checkout over GraphQL.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 25\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 90 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No request rate limit for the REST or GraphQL APIs was found in the reviewed documentation, and 429 handling appears only in a code sample\n\n### Commerce Layer API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want a hosted headless backend and an agent that can work across every commerce object with scoped OAuth roles.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 55\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 75\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Adobe Commerce (Magento) | Commerce Layer API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 70 | Commerce Layer API + MCP +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 82 | 79 | Adobe Commerce (Magento) +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 64 | Adobe Commerce (Magento) +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 64 | Commerce Layer API + MCP +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 25 | Adobe Commerce (Magento) +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 82 | Commerce Layer API + MCP +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 90 | 57 | Adobe Commerce (Magento) +33 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.9 · B** | **63.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Adobe Commerce (Magento) | Commerce Layer API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Adobe Inc. | Commerce Layer |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary for Adobe Commerce under Adobe's General Terms and product-specific licensing terms. The Magento Open Source core is OSL 3.0 | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 11 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Terms last updated | | 2026-05-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 12k stars, 1.3k npm/wk | 7.3k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Adobe Commerce (Magento).** Public Swagger files cover 510 REST operations for the cloud service, the GraphQL schema carries cart, checkout and order mutations, and the cloud service authenticates by OAuth 2 through Adobe IMS. No request rate limit or idempotency key was found in the API documentation, Adobe publishes no MCP server for Commerce, and a licence starts with a sales order.\n\n**Commerce Layer API + MCP.** Public OpenAPI 3.0 file and llms.txt. No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Adobe Commerce (Magento)\n\n1. Ask which deployment the store is. The cloud service answers at `https://\u003cserver\u003e.api.commerce.adobe.com/\u003ctenant-id\u003e/` with no `/rest` prefix, and other stores at `https://\u003chost\u003e/rest/\u003cstore-view-code\u003e/`\n2. On the cloud service, request an IMS token with the `commerce.accs` scope and send the `Store` header to pick the store view\n3. On a 2.4 store, sign requests with all four integration credentials by OAuth 1.0a. A bare integration token is refused unless the merchant has switched that on\n4. Add `?fields=` to REST calls and set `searchCriteria[pageSize]`. Stores with input limits on cap a page at 300 items\n5. Don't retry `placeOrder` or a POST blindly. Read the cart or order back first, because no idempotency key was found\n\n### Commerce Layer API + MCP\n\n1. Call `get_resource_schema` before any write. Preflight rejects bad filter shapes before they reach the API\n2. Give the agent an integration credential tied to a narrow role rather than an admin role\n3. On a 429, wait out the sliding window. No Retry-After is sent, and the IP stays blocked while the rate stays high\n4. Place an order by PATCHing it with `_place: true` once line items, addresses, shipping and payment are set\n5. Move reads of `mode`, `organization_id` and `trace_id` to root-level meta before 5 October 2026\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Commerce (Magento) or Commerce Layer API + MCP?\n\nAdobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 63.9 (B) and 63.7 (B). Commerce Layer API + MCP leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP need an API key?\n\nAdobe Commerce (Magento) takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Commerce Layer API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Adobe Commerce (Magento). Commerce Layer API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources.\n\n### Are Adobe Commerce (Magento) and Commerce Layer API + MCP open source?\n\nAdobe Commerce (Magento) is open source (Proprietary for Adobe Commerce under Adobe's General Terms and product-specific licensing terms. The Magento Open Source core is OSL 3.0). 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