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      "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"
        }
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      "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,
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        "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,
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        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 192,
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        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 64,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 25,
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          "security": 64,
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
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        ],
        "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.",
        "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",
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            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
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              "performance",
              "tasks"
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 70,
          "schema": 79,
          "security": 64,
          "transparency": 42
        },
        "provenanceScore": 75
      },
      "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": 75
      },
      "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": "2026-10-04T23:32:45.761886172Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 21,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
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          "p95ms24h": 281,
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          "samples30d": 1097,
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
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              "ok": 35
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
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              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
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          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.commercelayer.io",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:27:43.474407337Z"
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        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@commercelayer/sdk",
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        ],
        "npmWeekly": 9711,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://commercelayer.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:02.252405078Z"
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        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/llms.txt",
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          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:27.703946643Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "commercelayer.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:11.061815908Z"
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        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/changelog",
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            "status": 200,
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://commercelayer.io/pricing",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:11.327930804Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e2ac03945ca2"
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          {
            "url": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/privacy-policy",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:07.316642817Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "8b408b7570b1"
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            "url": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/terms-of-service",
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:45.761886172Z"
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      "slug": "saleor",
      "name": "Saleor API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Saleor",
      "vendorUrl": "https://saleor.io",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "commerce",
      "summary": "Open-source headless commerce with a single GraphQL API for products, channels, checkouts, orders and customers, self-hosted or on Saleor Cloud.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/saleor.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/saleor/saleor",
      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@saleor/app-sdk"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Public channel queries such as products need no token. Staff users get a JWT from tokenCreate, and apps get an app token limited to the permissions they request, such as MANAGE_PRODUCTS and MANAGE_ORDERS. The MCP server takes the Saleor API URL and a token in the X-Saleor-API-URL and X-Saleor-Auth-Token headers.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Self-hosting the BSD core is free. Saleor Cloud sandboxes are free for non-commercial use. Select $1,599 a month up to $200,000 GMV a month with 0.8% above it, Volume $3,999 a month up to $1,000,000 with 0.4% above it, Enterprise negotiated down to 0.2%. Optional onboarding add-ons at $6,000 and $12,000 one-time, credited back over the first year (https://saleor.io/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$1599 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402. Payments go through payment apps such as Stripe or Adyen.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 8,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 23397,
        "npmWeekly": 7310,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.saleor.io",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.saleor.io/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "commerce.products",
        "commerce.cart",
        "commerce.checkout",
        "commerce.orders",
        "commerce.headless"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "python",
        "webhooks",
        "read-only-mode",
        "freemium"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-30",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 68.7,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 121,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 86,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 45,
          "reliability": 50,
          "schema": 89,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 77
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -2,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "Two high-severity advisories in the last 12 months touched customer data, an IDOR in the GraphQL API published 23 January 2026 (GHSA-r6fj-f4r9-36gr) and account pre-hijacking through an unverified anonymous order merge published 27 July 2026 (GHSA-6whj-8p3f-2xqp). Both were fixed and disclosed in public, so the deduction is small (https://github.com/saleor/saleor/security/advisories)."
        ],
        "verdict": "One GraphQL schema with 78 typed error-code enums and 464 marked deprecations. The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders.",
        "strengths": [
          "One GraphQL schema with 78 typed error-code enums and 464 marked deprecations",
          "BSD-3-Clause core, self-host or run on Saleor Cloud",
          "Official MCP server with 8 tools, all read-only, 7 with readOnlyHint and idempotentHint",
          "Thirteen patch releases between 5 August and 30 September 2026",
          "Security advisories published through GitHub, and SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI DSS claimed for Cloud"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders",
          "The hosted MCP at mcp.saleor.app only connects to saleor.cloud stores on 3.21 or later",
          "Cloud starts at $1,599 a month, and free sandboxes are non-commercial only",
          "No published request-rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA",
          "Self-hosted servers send usage telemetry by default"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Pass the channel slug on product and checkout queries. Prices and availability are per channel",
          "Send X-Saleor-API-URL and X-Saleor-Auth-Token on every MCP request, with a token holding MANAGE_PRODUCTS and MANAGE_ORDERS",
          "Read the `errors` array in every mutation payload. A 200 response can still carry a CheckoutErrorCode",
          "Keep queries under the 50,000 complexity cap and 100 items a page, and send at most 4 mutations per request",
          "The 3.24 changelog removes the old dummy payment plugins, so test checkouts should use a payment app"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 68.7
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 86,
          "maintenance": 85,
          "payments": 45,
          "reliability": 50,
          "schema": 89,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 83
        },
        "provenanceScore": 71
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://\u003cyour-env\u003e.saleor.cloud/graphql/\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"query\":\"{ products(first: 5, channel: \\\"default-channel\\\") { edges { node { id name } } } }\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http saleor https://mcp.saleor.app/mcp --header \"X-Saleor-API-URL: https://\u003cyour-env\u003e.saleor.cloud/graphql/\" --header \"X-Saleor-Auth-Token: $SALEOR_TOKEN\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "saleor": {
              "headers": {
                "X-Saleor-API-URL": "https://\u003cyour-env\u003e.saleor.cloud/graphql/",
                "X-Saleor-Auth-Token": "${SALEOR_TOKEN}"
              },
              "type": "streamable-http",
              "url": "https://mcp.saleor.app/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/saleor"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Cloud Select",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 1599,
          "note": "up to $200,000 GMV a month"
        },
        {
          "item": "Select GMV overage",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 0.8,
          "note": "on orders above the GMV cap"
        },
        {
          "item": "Cloud Volume",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 3999,
          "note": "up to $1,000,000 GMV a month"
        },
        {
          "item": "Volume GMV overage",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 0.4,
          "note": "on orders above the GMV cap"
        },
        {
          "item": "Self-hosted",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 0,
          "note": "BSD core, you pay for your own servers"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Saleor Commerce sp. z o.o.",
        "domain": "saleor.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2018-12-28",
        "domainNote": "Saleor's code dates from 2013; saleor.io was registered in 2018.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://saleor.io/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://saleor.io/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.saleor.io",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Cloud APIs run on saleor.cloud and the hosted MCP on saleor.app, not on saleor.io"
        ],
        "score": 71
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "saleor",
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.saleor.io",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:28:01.847064571Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "saleor/saleor",
            "version": "3.23.38",
            "released": "2026-10-02",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:38:53.038673353Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@saleor/app-sdk",
            "version": "1.15.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:38:52.175145651Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 23408,
        "npmWeekly": 7874,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://saleor.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:37.767287728Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.saleor.io/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:12.351658497Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "saleor.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:19.936175554Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://saleor.io/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:30.75542623Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "d71c0304e251"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://saleor.io/legal/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:26.513536882Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "6db975edf88a"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://saleor.io/legal/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:28.810007591Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "6bd50f5b31d6"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:28:01.847064571Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Saleor API + MCP has a score of 68.7 (B) against Commerce Layer API + MCP's 63.9 (B). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 22 points."
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    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-saleor",
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  "markdown": "Saleor API + MCP has a score of 68.7 (B) against Commerce Layer API + MCP's 63.9 (B). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 22 points.\n\n- Commerce Layer API + MCP: grade B, 63.9/100, rank #192 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commerce-layer.json\n- Saleor API + MCP: grade B, 68.7/100, rank #121 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/saleor.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Commerce Layer API + MCP for reliability (+20).\n\nPick Saleor API + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+10), agent ergonomics (+22), security \u0026 auth (+7), payments \u0026 pricing (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+18).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Commerce Layer API + MCP | Saleor API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 50 | Commerce Layer API + MCP +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 89 | Saleor API + MCP +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 86 | Saleor API + MCP +22 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 71 | Saleor API + MCP +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 45 | Saleor 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 | Saleor API + MCP +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 77 | Saleor API + MCP +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.9 · B** | **68.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Commerce Layer API + MCP | Saleor API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Commerce Layer | Saleor |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | BSD-3-Clause |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 8 |\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 | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | 7.3k npm/wk | 23k stars, 7.3k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Saleor API + MCP.** One GraphQL schema with 78 typed error-code enums and 464 marked deprecations. The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Saleor API + MCP\n\n1. Pass the channel slug on product and checkout queries. Prices and availability are per channel\n2. Send X-Saleor-API-URL and X-Saleor-Auth-Token on every MCP request, with a token holding MANAGE_PRODUCTS and MANAGE_ORDERS\n3. Read the `errors` array in every mutation payload. A 200 response can still carry a CheckoutErrorCode\n4. Keep queries under the 50,000 complexity cap and 100 items a page, and send at most 4 mutations per request\n5. The 3.24 changelog removes the old dummy payment plugins, so test checkouts should use a payment app\n\n## Other comparisons with Commerce Layer API + MCP or Saleor 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 Saleor API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-saleor.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Medusa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-medusa.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-swell.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Saleor API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-saleor.md)\n- [Medusa API + MCP vs Saleor API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-saleor.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-swell.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-woocommerce.md)\n",
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