{ "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": "\u003cyour-storefront-mcp-url\u003e" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/bigcommerce" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Core", "unit": "month", "usd": 39, "note": "$29 billed yearly, up to $30K trailing 12-month GMV" }, { "item": "Growth", "unit": "month", "usd": 105, "note": "$79 billed yearly, up to $100K trailing 12-month GMV" }, { "item": "Scale", "unit": "month", "usd": 399, "note": "$299 billed yearly, up to $33,333 GMV a month" }, { "item": "Scale GMV overage", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.9, "note": "on GMV above $33,333 a month" }, { "item": "Open payment provider fee on Core", "unit": "pct", "usd": 2, "note": "1.0% on Growth, 0.6% on Scale, none through embedded providers" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Commerce.com US, Inc.", "domain": "bigcommerce.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-02-08", "domainNote": "bigcommerce.com was registered in 1999, a decade before BigCommerce launched in 2009.", "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": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.579037106Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 162, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 179, "p95ms24h": 226, "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.bigcommerce.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:05:52.398900364Z" }, "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": "2026-10-08T21:12:05.579037106Z" } }, "answer": "BigCommerce API + MCP scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "ecwid", "name": "Ecwid by Lightspeed", "vendor": "Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.ecwid.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Ecwid by Lightspeed is a hosted online store that embeds in any website. Its REST API reads and writes products, categories, orders, customers and discounts for one store, with webhooks and a browser JavaScript API for the cart.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ecwid.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Ecwid/ecwid-java-api-client", "license": "Proprietary service under the Lightspeed Service Agreement. The `@lightspeed/ecom-headless` npm package is MIT and the Java API client on GitHub is Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@lightspeed/ecom-headless" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve for one store. The store admin creates a custom app automatically, with a secret token and a public token sent as `Authorization: Bearer`, and no OAuth flow. Seven of the 40 access scopes are on by default, more are added in the admin, and scopes marked sensitive need a request to API support. Public apps for many stores use OAuth 2.0 and go through app review. Tokens don't expire and are revoked by uninstalling the app.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Starter $5 a month, Venture $35 ($29 billed yearly), Business $65 ($49) and Unlimited $149 ($119), with no transaction fee from Ecwid. The docs say only paid plans reach the API, and the pricing page does not list API access by plan. No free plan, trial or sandbox was found. Developers can email API support for a free upgrade of a test store (https://www.ecwid.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$5 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs or on the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 22, "npmWeekly": 307, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.ecwid.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.ecwid.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "typescript", "java", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 316, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 15, "reliability": 80, "schema": 66, "security": 61, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API has 40 access scopes, a published limit of 600 requests a minute per token with `Retry-After` on a 429, field selection through `responseFields`, and Markdown docs with an llms.txt index. Tokens never expire, there is no test mode or idempotency key, API access needs a paid plan, and carts are built only in the browser.", "bestFor": "An agent doing back-office work on an existing Ecwid store, such as catalogue edits, order export and discount coupons.", "strengths": [ "40 access scopes split into read, update and create, plus a public token limited to enabled catalogue data and unpaid orders", "Published limit of 600 requests a minute per token, and a 429 carries a `Retry-After` header", "`responseFields` trims any response to named fields, and searches page with `offset` and `limit` up to 100", "Every docs page is served as Markdown, with `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt` indexes", "One incident on status.ecwid.com between 10 July and 8 October 2026, a 48-minute storefront slowdown on 7 August" ], "weaknesses": [ "Access tokens never expire and change only when the app is uninstalled and installed again", "No test mode. The docs advise a separate test store, and only stores on paid plans can call the API", "No idempotency keys on REST writes found in the reviewed documentation", "OpenAPI 3.0.3 definitions are published for store profile and orders only, with no complete downloadable spec found", "The REST API has no endpoint that builds a live cart or runs checkout. Those sit in the browser JavaScript API", "The service agreement disclaims any service level commitment" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3/{storeId}`. Tokens in the query string stopped working in March 2025", "Use the secret token server-side only. The public token reads enabled products and places orders that are not marked paid", "Add `responseFields`, for example `total,items(id,name,price)`, to keep responses small, and page with `offset` and `limit` (maximum 100)", "Stay under 600 requests a minute per token and wait the `Retry-After` seconds on a 429. Repeated calls with a bad token get the token and IP blocked for longer", "Work in a separate test store. There is no test mode, and `POST /orders` writes a real order with no idempotency key", "After changing an app's scopes, uninstall and reinstall it, then replace the stored tokens. The old ones stop working" ], "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": 63.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 15, "reliability": 80, "schema": 66, "security": 61, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @lightspeed/ecom-headless", "http": "curl \"https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3/$ECWID_STORE_ID/profile?responseFields=generalInfo(storeId,storeUrl)\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $ECWID_SECRET_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/ecwid" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "up to 10 products. The docs say only paid plans reach the API and the pricing page does not list API access by plan" }, { "item": "Venture", "unit": "month", "usd": 35, "note": "$29 a month billed yearly, up to 100 products" }, { "item": "Business", "unit": "month", "usd": 65, "note": "$49 a month billed yearly, up to 2,500 products" }, { "item": "Unlimited", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "$119 a month billed yearly, unlimited products" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Ecwid, Inc.", "domain": "ecwid.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-01-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.lightspeedhq.com/legal/lightspeed-service-agreement/", "privacy": "https://www.lightspeedhq.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.ecwid.com", "changelog": "https://docs.ecwid.com/changelog/ecwid-api-changelog", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "www.ecwid.com/terms-of-service redirects to the Lightspeed Service Agreement (last updated 26 February 2026), whose contracting-entity table names Ecwid, Inc., Delaware, for Lightspeed eCom (E-Series) worldwide.", "The service agreement says API use is governed by Lightspeed's API licence agreement at https://developers.lightspeedhq.com/terms (effective 20 May 2025), which does not name Ecwid or E-Series.", "www.ecwid.com/privacy-policy and /eu-privacy-policy redirect to Lightspeed's privacy policy (effective 8 July 2026), which lists Ecwid, Inc. among the entities certified under the Data Privacy Framework.", "www.ecwid.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 403 and www.lightspeedhq.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404, so no security.txt was read.", "RDAP for ecwid.com gives a registration date of 2009-01-08.", "The REST API answers at app.ecwid.com. Docs are hosted on GitBook at docs.ecwid.com." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.json", "live": { "slug": "ecwid", "probe": { "target": "https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:09.334118611Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 124, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 102, "p95ms24h": 127, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.ecwid.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:01.196078974Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:09.334118611Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "BigCommerce (Commerce.com)", "b": "Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.bigcommerce.com", "b": "https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the Lightspeed Service Agreement. The `@lightspeed/ecom-headless` npm package is MIT and the Java API client on GitHub is Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "7", "b": "none", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-09-30", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-06-01", "b": "2026-02-26", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-01-28", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "22 stars, 307 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "BigCommerce API + MCP scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, BigCommerce API + MCP or Ecwid by Lightspeed?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do BigCommerce API + MCP and Ecwid by Lightspeed need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. BigCommerce API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bigcommerce.com and Ecwid by Lightspeed at https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3.", "question": "Can an agent call BigCommerce API + MCP and Ecwid by Lightspeed without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 61", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 15" ], "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, 80 against 62" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent doing back-office work on an existing Ecwid store, such as catalogue edits, order export and discount coupons.", "slug": "ecwid", "watchFor": "Access tokens never expire and change only when the app is uninstalled and installed again" } ], "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-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/bigcommerce-vs-commerce-layer.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs Commerce Layer API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commerce-layer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs commercetools", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commercetools" }, { "json": 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Tokens never expire, there is no test mode or idempotency key, API access needs a paid plan, and carts are built only in the browser." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid.min.md" }, "markdown": "BigCommerce API + MCP scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on reliability. 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- Ecwid by Lightspeed: grade B, 63.2/100, rank #316 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ecwid.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- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 61\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 15\n\nWatch for: Storefront MCP is beta, switched on per store, has no back-office tools and documents no tool annotations\n\n### Ecwid by Lightspeed (B)\n\nGood for: An agent doing back-office work on an existing Ecwid store, such as catalogue edits, order export and discount coupons.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 62\n\nWatch for: Access tokens never expire and change only when the app is uninstalled and installed again\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | BigCommerce API + MCP | Ecwid by Lightspeed | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 80 | Ecwid by Lightspeed +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 66 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 66 | Ecwid by Lightspeed +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 61 | BigCommerce API + MCP +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 15 | BigCommerce API + MCP +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 79 | BigCommerce API + MCP +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 72 | BigCommerce API + MCP +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.3 · B** | **63.2 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | BigCommerce API + MCP | Ecwid by Lightspeed |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | BigCommerce (Commerce.com) | Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bigcommerce.com` | `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Lightspeed Service Agreement. The `@lightspeed/ecom-headless` npm package is MIT and the Java API client on GitHub is Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-01 | 2026-02-26 |\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 | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 22 stars, 307 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**Ecwid by Lightspeed.** The REST API has 40 access scopes, a published limit of 600 requests a minute per token with `Retry-After` on a 429, field selection through `responseFields`, and Markdown docs with an llms.txt index. Tokens never expire, there is no test mode or idempotency key, API access needs a paid plan, and carts are built only in the browser.\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### Ecwid by Lightspeed\n\n1. Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3/{storeId}`. Tokens in the query string stopped working in March 2025\n2. Use the secret token server-side only. The public token reads enabled products and places orders that are not marked paid\n3. Add `responseFields`, for example `total,items(id,name,price)`, to keep responses small, and page with `offset` and `limit` (maximum 100)\n4. Stay under 600 requests a minute per token and wait the `Retry-After` seconds on a 429. Repeated calls with a bad token get the token and IP blocked for longer\n5. Work in a separate test store. There is no test mode, and `POST /orders` writes a real order with no idempotency key\n6. After changing an app's scopes, uninstall and reinstall it, then replace the stored tokens. The old ones stop working\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, BigCommerce API + MCP or Ecwid by Lightspeed?\n\nBigCommerce API + MCP scores 64.3 (B) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on reliability.\n\n### Do BigCommerce API + MCP and Ecwid by Lightspeed need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call BigCommerce API + MCP and Ecwid by Lightspeed without installing anything?\n\nYes. BigCommerce API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.bigcommerce.com and Ecwid by Lightspeed at https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"bigcommerce\", \"b\": \"ecwid\"}`. 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