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          "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",
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          "No current public OpenAPI file and no error-format reference. The old spec repo was archived in December 2023",
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          "Give the agent a store-level API account with only the scopes the task needs, and delete it when done",
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          "registry": "npm",
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      "auth": "oauth",
      "authNotes": "OAuth tokens from POST /oauth/access_token. client_credentials (client ID and secret from Application Keys) gives full CRUD; implicit (client ID only) reads live catalogue data for storefronts. Base URL depends on region (useast or euwest). The MCP server takes EPCC_CLIENT_ID, EPCC_CLIENT_SECRET and EPCC_BASE_URL and refreshes tokens itself.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "No self-serve plan. Entry $49,500 a year for up to 15,000 orders or up to $5M GMV; Professional and Enterprise are quoted. Annual commitment. Subscriptions and entitlements add 0.5 per cent per transaction. A free trial is offered but its length isn't stated on the page (https://www.elasticpath.com/pricing).",
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        "level": "no",
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        "endpoints": []
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      "docsUrl": "https://developer.elasticpath.com",
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        "commerce.cart",
        "commerce.checkout",
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          "Deprecations announced with removal dates about three months ahead",
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          "No self-serve plan. Contracts start at $49,500 a year",
          "Privacy policy last updated in 2018, with no DPA or subprocessor list",
          "No security page, certification claim or disclosure policy found",
          "No downloadable OpenAPI file found"
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          "Use a client_credentials token server-side only. It has full CRUD on the store",
          "Pick the base URL for the store's region (useast or euwest), or every call returns 401",
          "Loading the MCP server costs 95 tool definitions, so enable it only for agents that need the back office",
          "On a 429, wait a few seconds and retry. No Retry-After header is sent",
          "Check out a cart with POST /v2/carts/{id}/checkout, then pay the resulting order"
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          "item": "Subscriptions and entitlements add-on",
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        "domainRegistered": "2005-01-12",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elastic-path.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elastic-path.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick BigCommerce API + MCP for agent ergonomics (+29), security \u0026 auth (+31), payments \u0026 pricing (+28), maintenance \u0026 community (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+14).\n\nPick Elastic Path API + MCP for reliability (+6).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | BigCommerce API + MCP | Elastic Path API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 68 | Elastic Path API + MCP +6 |\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 | 33 | BigCommerce API + MCP +29 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 39 | BigCommerce API + MCP +31 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 12 | BigCommerce API + MCP +28 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 77 | BigCommerce API + MCP +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 64 | BigCommerce API + MCP +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.5 · B** | **50.4 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | BigCommerce API + MCP | Elastic Path API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | BigCommerce (Commerce.com) | Elastic Path |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.bigcommerce.com` | `https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | 95 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Popularity | none | 754 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2/5 (2) |\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**Elastic Path API + MCP.** Cart, promotion code, checkout and order endpoints cover the whole test flow. MCP server exposes 95 tools with full CRUD, no read-only mode and no public source or licence.\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### Elastic Path API + MCP\n\n1. Use a client_credentials token server-side only. It has full CRUD on the store\n2. Pick the base URL for the store's region (useast or euwest), or every call returns 401\n3. Loading the MCP server costs 95 tool definitions, so enable it only for agents that need the back office\n4. On a 429, wait a few seconds and retry. No Retry-After header is sent\n5. Check out a cart with POST /v2/carts/{id}/checkout, then pay the resulting order\n\n## Other comparisons with BigCommerce API + MCP or Elastic Path API + MCP\n\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Commerce Layer API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-commerce-layer.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Medusa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-medusa.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Saleor API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-saleor.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-shopify.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-swell.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-vendure.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Medusa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-medusa.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Saleor API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-saleor.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-swell.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-woocommerce.md)\n",
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