{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "bigcommerce", "name": "BigCommerce API + MCP", "vendor": "BigCommerce (Commerce.com)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.bigcommerce.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Hosted commerce platform with REST management APIs for catalogue, carts, checkouts, orders and customers, a GraphQL Storefront API, and a beta storefront MCP server that lets an agent search products, build a cart and get a checkout link.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigcommerce", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigcommerce.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigcommerce.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bigcommerce.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.bigcommerce.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Store-level API accounts give a static access token sent as X-Auth-Token, limited by OAuth scopes chosen at creation. Apps get per-store tokens through OAuth. The GraphQL Storefront API takes a JWT. The storefront MCP URL needs no key for guest shopping, and logged-in shoppers connect through Storefront Session Sync.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Core $39 a month or $29 billed yearly (up to $30K trailing 12-month GMV), Growth $105 or $79 (up to $100K), Scale $399 or $299 (up to $33,333 GMV a month, 0.9% on GMV above that), Performance from $1,499 a month billed yearly. No fee on orders through embedded payment providers. Orders through other providers pay 2.0% of GMV on Core, 1.0% on Growth and 0.6% on Scale. Card processing from 2.89% + $0.29. 15-day free trial with no card needed (https://www.bigcommerce.com/essentials/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$39 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402. The MCP hands the shopper a checkout URL and payment happens in the store's checkout.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/overview/quick-start", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.bigcommerce.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.3, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 277, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 40, "reliability": 62, "schema": 66, "security": 70, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Published rate limits per plan, with X-Rate-Limit-Time-Reset-Ms on every 429. Storefront MCP is beta, switched on per store, has no back-office tools and documents no tool annotations.", "bestFor": "Agents working with existing BigCommerce stores, for back-office automation through REST or guest shopping through the MCP.", "strengths": [ "Published rate limits per plan, with X-Rate-Limit-Time-Reset-Ms on every 429", "PCI DSS Level 1, SOC 1, 2 and 3, and ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701 listed in the trust centre", "Guest shopping through the storefront MCP with no key", "Changelog updated almost daily, ten entries on 29 and 30 September 2026", "15-day free trial with no card, and official API clients for Python, PHP, Ruby and Node" ], "weaknesses": [ "Storefront MCP is beta, switched on per store, has no back-office tools and documents no tool annotations", "Access tokens never expire and can't be rotated in place", "No current public OpenAPI file and no error-format reference. The old spec repo was archived in December 2023", "About 30 status-page incidents between 6 July and 1 October 2026, the longest about 16 hours of degraded search on a subset of stores", "Rate-limit quota is shared by every app on the store" ], "agentNotes": [ "Give the agent a store-level API account with only the scopes the task needs, and delete it when done", "On a 429, wait X-Rate-Limit-Time-Reset-Ms before retrying", "Expect up to 10 minutes after a store owner enables the MCP before the URL answers", "The MCP stops at a checkout URL. Payment happens in the shopper's browser", "Point a coding agent at the docs MCP at https://docs.bigcommerce.com/_mcp/server" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 40, "reliability": 62, "schema": 66, "security": 70, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/$BC_STORE_HASH/v3/catalog/products?limit=5\" \\\n -H \"X-Auth-Token: $BC_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"Accept: application/json\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http bigcommerce \u003cyour-storefront-mcp-url\u003e", "config": { "mcpServers": { "bigcommerce": { "type": "streamable-http", "url": 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"endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.commerce.com/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.commerce.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.bigcommerce.com", "changelog": "https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "bigcommerce.com terms and privacy pages redirect to commerce.com after the company's rename to Commerce", "Developer docs moved from developer.bigcommerce.com to docs.bigcommerce.com" ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigcommerce.json", "live": { "slug": "bigcommerce", "probe": { "target": "https://api.bigcommerce.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:03.046120772Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 171, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 178, "p95ms24h": 225, "samples24h": 269, "samples30d": 2177, "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": 259, "ok": 259 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.bigcommerce.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T23:13:15.072148747Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://bigcommerce.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:56.327512566Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.bigcommerce.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:08.835519824Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "bigcommerce.com", "registered": "1999-02-08", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/bigcommerce.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:08.952554633Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:18.140843654Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:18.140843654Z", "fingerprint": "ccac101416ea" }, { "url": "https://www.bigcommerce.com/essentials/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:26:35.136808922Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8308d2d7d973" }, { "url": "https://www.commerce.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:09.734548975Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "97b18b89f031" }, { "url": "https://www.commerce.com/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:14.122112427Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e6f9d805efcb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T23:13:15.072148747Z" } }, "answer": "commercetools scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against BigCommerce API + MCP's 64.3 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. BigCommerce API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "commercetools", "name": "commercetools", "vendor": "commercetools GmbH", "vendorUrl": "https://commercetools.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Headless commerce platform from commercetools GmbH in Munich, with HTTP and GraphQL APIs for catalogue, carts, checkout, orders and customers. Agents reach it through the API, four SDKs or a managed MCP server per project.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commercetools.json", "repo": "https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-api-reference", "license": "Proprietary service under the commercetools Master Service Agreement. The API specifications are public, the SDKs are MIT (TypeScript, PHP) or Apache 2.0 (Java, .NET) and Commerce MCP is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@commercetools/platform-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@commercetools/commerce-mcp" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0. A person creates an API Client in the Merchant Centre (or through the API Clients API) with chosen scopes, and the secret is shown once. The client credentials flow at https://auth.{region}.commercetools.com/oauth/token returns a Bearer token valid for 48 hours by default. Scopes are view or manage per resource and per store, and `manage_project` grants everything. Password, anonymous-session and refresh flows exist for shoppers. A managed MCP server takes a token scoped to `mcp:{projectKey}:{mcpServerKey}` (30 days at most), OAuth client credentials discovery, or a browser sign-in with an Identity account. Access is self-serve through the trial sign-up form.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public prices. The pricing page describes order-based pricing and sends buyers to sales, and the product is also sold through the AWS and Google Cloud marketplaces. A 60-day trial has every core commerce API and the Merchant Centre, needs no card and does not convert automatically, so an agent can start without a contract. InStore, Frontend and the agent products are not in the trial (https://commercetools.com/free-trial, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 221261, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.commercetools.com/api/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.commercetools.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/commercetools/commercetools-api-reference/main/oas/api/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "enterprise", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "graphql", "llms-txt", "typescript", "java", "php", "dotnet", "webhooks", "sales-led", "status-page", "sla", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 116, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 20, "reliability": 73, "schema": 86, "security": 70, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI file with 822 operations, per-resource OAuth scopes and a managed MCP server whose tools an administrator selects per agent. Prices are quoted by sales only, and the HTTP API publishes no platform-wide rate limit. A 60-day trial needs no card.", "bestFor": "Enterprises that already run or plan a composable commerce stack and want agents working across catalogue, pricing, carts and orders under scoped credentials.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file with 822 operations, plus RAML, a GraphQL schema, llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page", "OAuth 2.0 API Clients with view and manage scopes per resource, a token revocation endpoint, and no tokens accepted in URL parameters", "Managed MCP server per agent with a chosen tool list, field filtering and redaction, and readOnlyHint and destructiveHint on every tool since 1 October 2026", "99.9 per cent monthly availability SLA with service credits, published in the docs", "60-day trial with every core commerce API and no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public price. The pricing page describes order-based pricing and sends buyers to sales", "The docs state that the HTTP API has no single documented platform-wide rate limit", "Managed MCP Servers, AI Hub and Platform Insights are excluded from the standard SLA", "API-wide change tracking needs the paid Audit Log Premium add-on. Audit Log Basic records Merchant Centre changes only", "No security.txt and no bug bounty found, and audit reports are released under NDA" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the auth and API hosts for the project's region, such as auth.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com and api.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com. There are five regions", "Send the resource's current `version` with every update or delete. On 409 ConcurrentModification, re-read the resource and retry only if the change is still needed", "Retry 502 and 503 with exponential backoff from 200 ms, honour Retry-After, and check Content-Type before parsing an error body", "For MCP, ask for an API Client scoped to `mcp:{projectKey}:{mcpServerKey}` and a server limited to the tools the task needs, not `all`", "Keep page size at or under 500 and offset at or under 10,000. Product Search returns at most 100 per request" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 71.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 20, "reliability": 73, "schema": 86, "security": 70, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @commercetools/platform-sdk", "http": "curl https://{auth_host}/oauth/token -X POST \\\n --basic --user \"{clientId}:{clientSecret}\" \\\n -d \"grant_type=client_credentials\u0026scope=manage_project:{projectKey}\"\ncurl https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/ \\\n -X GET \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "managed-mcp-servers": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer \u003cyour-ctp-token\u003e" }, "type": "http", "url": "\u003cyour-mcp-server-url\u003e" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/commercetools" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "commercetools GmbH", "domain": "commercetools.com", "domainRegistered": "2002-05-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://commercetools.com/msa", "privacy": "https://commercetools.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.commercetools.com", "changelog": "https://docs.commercetools.com/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The imprint names commercetools GmbH, Adams-Lehmann-Str. 44, 80797 Munich, Amtsgericht München HRB 161496.", "The Master Service Agreement at commercetools.com/msa governs paid use once an Order Form is signed. Trial use falls under the 60 Days Trial Agreement at commercetools.com/trial-agreement, last updated 24 July 2024.", "The privacy notice covers the websites in section III and customers' use of the service in section IV. Data that customers store in the platform falls under the DPA at commercetools.com/dpa, last updated 1 October 2024.", "commercetools.com/.well-known/security.txt and docs.commercetools.com/.well-known/security.txt both return 404.", "API, auth and MCP hosts are subdomains of commercetools.com for each region. RDAP gives a registration date of 2002-05-13 for commercetools.com." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.json", "live": { "slug": "commercetools", "probe": { "target": "https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:05.371518344Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 0, "lastMs": 0, "lastNote": "invalid character \"{\" in host name", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 61, "samples30d": 61, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 61, "ok": 0 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-08T17:31:33.341731081Z", "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "note": "invalid character \"{\" in host name" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.commercetools.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:23.515268968Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.commercetools.com/docs/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 404, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:30.793646678Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://commercetools.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:37.91248595Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "58be3463d4f5" }, { "url": "https://commercetools.com/msa", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:35.711051914Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c72525a36335" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:05.371518344Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "BigCommerce (Commerce.com)", "b": "commercetools GmbH", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.bigcommerce.com", "b": "https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the commercetools Master Service Agreement. 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BigCommerce API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, BigCommerce API + MCP or commercetools?" }, { "answer": "BigCommerce API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. commercetools uses an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do BigCommerce API + MCP and commercetools need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. BigCommerce API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bigcommerce.com and commercetools at https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}.", "question": "Can an agent call BigCommerce API + MCP and commercetools without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents working with existing BigCommerce stores, for back-office automation through REST or guest shopping through the MCP.", "slug": "bigcommerce", "watchFor": "Storefront MCP is beta, switched on per store, has no back-office tools and documents no tool annotations" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 73 against 62", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 66", "Agent ergonomics, 83 against 62", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 76" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Enterprises that already run or plan a composable commerce stack and want agents working across catalogue, pricing, carts and orders under scoped credentials.", "slug": "commercetools", "watchFor": "No public price. 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A 60-day trial needs no card." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools.min.md" }, "markdown": "commercetools scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against BigCommerce API + MCP's 64.3 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. BigCommerce API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do commerce products.\n\n- BigCommerce API + MCP: grade B, 64.3/100, rank #277 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigcommerce.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/bigcommerce.json\n- commercetools: grade BB, 71.3/100, rank #116 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commercetools.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### BigCommerce API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Agents working with existing BigCommerce stores, for back-office automation through REST or guest shopping through the MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n\nWatch for: Storefront MCP is beta, switched on per store, has no back-office tools and documents no tool annotations\n\n### commercetools (BB)\n\nGood for: Enterprises that already run or plan a composable commerce stack and want agents working across catalogue, pricing, carts and orders under scoped credentials.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 73 against 62\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 66\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 62\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 76\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No public price. The pricing page describes order-based pricing and sends buyers to sales\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | BigCommerce API + MCP | commercetools | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 73 | commercetools +11 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 86 | commercetools +20 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 83 | commercetools +21 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 70 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | BigCommerce API + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 85 | commercetools +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 81 | commercetools +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.3 · B** | **71.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | BigCommerce API + MCP | commercetools |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | BigCommerce (Commerce.com) | commercetools GmbH |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bigcommerce.com` | `https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the commercetools Master Service Agreement. The API specifications are public, the SDKs are MIT (TypeScript, PHP) or Apache 2.0 (Java, .NET) and Commerce MCP is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-01 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-01-28 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 221k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**BigCommerce API + MCP.** Published rate limits per plan, with X-Rate-Limit-Time-Reset-Ms on every 429. Storefront MCP is beta, switched on per store, has no back-office tools and documents no tool annotations.\n\n**commercetools.** A public OpenAPI file with 822 operations, per-resource OAuth scopes and a managed MCP server whose tools an administrator selects per agent. Prices are quoted by sales only, and the HTTP API publishes no platform-wide rate limit. A 60-day trial needs no card.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### BigCommerce API + MCP\n\n1. Give the agent a store-level API account with only the scopes the task needs, and delete it when done\n2. On a 429, wait X-Rate-Limit-Time-Reset-Ms before retrying\n3. Expect up to 10 minutes after a store owner enables the MCP before the URL answers\n4. The MCP stops at a checkout URL. Payment happens in the shopper's browser\n5. Point a coding agent at the docs MCP at https://docs.bigcommerce.com/_mcp/server\n\n### commercetools\n\n1. Use the auth and API hosts for the project's region, such as auth.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com and api.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com. There are five regions\n2. Send the resource's current `version` with every update or delete. On 409 ConcurrentModification, re-read the resource and retry only if the change is still needed\n3. Retry 502 and 503 with exponential backoff from 200 ms, honour Retry-After, and check Content-Type before parsing an error body\n4. For MCP, ask for an API Client scoped to `mcp:{projectKey}:{mcpServerKey}` and a server limited to the tools the task needs, not `all`\n5. Keep page size at or under 500 and offset at or under 10,000. Product Search returns at most 100 per request\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, BigCommerce API + MCP or commercetools?\n\ncommercetools scores 71.3 (BB) on agent readiness against BigCommerce API + MCP's 64.3 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. BigCommerce API + MCP leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do BigCommerce API + MCP and commercetools need an API key?\n\nBigCommerce API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. commercetools uses an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call BigCommerce API + MCP and commercetools without installing anything?\n\nYes. BigCommerce API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bigcommerce.com and commercetools at https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"bigcommerce\", \"b\": \"commercetools\"}`. 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