# Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Vendure (slim)

> Vendure scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Adobe Commerce (Magento)'s 63.9 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Commerce (Magento) leads on transparency & trust. Both do commerce products. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Vendure scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Adobe Commerce (Magento)'s 63.9 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Adobe Commerce (Magento) leads on transparency & trust. Both do commerce products.

- Adobe Commerce (Magento): B 63.9, rank #290 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-commerce.min.md
- Vendure: BB 70.9, rank #123 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure.min.md
- Adobe Commerce (Magento), good 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. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 90 against 67. Also No incidents deducted, where Vendure loses 3 points for them.
- Vendure, good for TypeScript teams that want a typed GraphQL commerce server and will host it. Ahead on Reliability, 89 against 55; Schema & documentation, 91 against 82; Security & auth, 65 against 60; Payments & pricing, 45 against 30; Maintenance & community, 85 against 75. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Adobe Commerce (Magento) | Vendure |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 89 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 90 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Adobe Commerce (Magento) | Vendure |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Adobe Inc. | Vendure (Elevantiq GmbH) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://readonlydemo.vendure.io/shop-api` |
| Licence | Proprietary for Adobe Commerce under Adobe's General Terms and product-specific licensing terms. The Magento Open Source core is OSL 3.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-02 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 12k stars, 1.3k npm/wk | 8.5k stars, 30k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |