{ "data": { "a": { "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" } ], "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, "popularity": { "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, "score": 63.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 269, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 70, "schema": 79, "security": 64, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "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.", "bestFor": "Teams that want a hosted headless backend and an agent that can work across every commerce object with scoped OAuth roles.", "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", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 70, "schema": 79, "security": 64, "transparency": 42 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "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": 71 }, "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": "2026-10-08T19:08:43.947720191Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 158, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 31, "p95ms24h": 368, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2135, "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": 217, "ok": 217 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.commercelayer.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:32.387971765Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@commercelayer/sdk", "version": "8.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:06:37.844723724Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 9990, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:43.982735573Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:16.192401378Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "commercelayer.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:11.061815908Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.commercelayer.io/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:29.576536548Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:29.576536548Z", "fingerprint": "e5cb8805bfc1" }, { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:39.095309353Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:38.904280664Z", "fingerprint": "e3367b1bb377" }, { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:35.082859329Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:34.402907975Z", "fingerprint": "3803de1040c2" }, { "url": "https://commercelayer.io/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:37.09797446Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:36.639863076Z", "fingerprint": "5a7da38cba38" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:43.947720191Z" } }, "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Commerce Layer API + MCP's 63.7 (B), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "shopware", "name": "Shopware", "vendor": "shopware AG", "vendorUrl": "https://www.shopware.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Open-source commerce platform from shopware AG in Germany, written in PHP on Symfony. Agents reach a store through its Store API for shopping, its Admin API for back-office work, and a built-in MCP server on both.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shopware.json", "repo": "https://github.com/shopware/shopware", "license": "MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "packagist", "name": "shopware/core" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shopware/api-client" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access comes from the merchant who runs the store, with no vendor review. The Admin API takes an OAuth 2.0 bearer token from /api/oauth/token, normally by client credentials from an integration created in Settings or with `bin/console integration:create`, and tokens last 10 minutes by default. An integration gets an ACL role, or full access with --admin. The MCP endpoint at /api/_mcp also accepts the integration's `sw-access-key` and `sw-secret-access-key` headers, and each integration and user has an MCP allowlist. The Store API takes the sales channel's `sw-access-key`, which is public in a headless shop, plus an `sw-context-token` for the cart and customer session.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Community Edition is free under MIT with no account, so an agent's owner can start with `shopware-cli project create` and Docker, with no contract (the docs say no Shopware account is needed to install or run a store). Paid plans start at €600 a month for Rise and €2,400 for Evolve, excluding VAT, with Beyond on request, and the pricing page says the price depends on GMV. Shopware SaaS is priced the same as self-hosted. No trial of the paid plans was found on the pricing page (https://www.shopware.com/en/pricing/, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the repository or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3400, "npmWeekly": 30917, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.shopware.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.shopware.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/shopware/shopware/tree/trunk/src/Core/Framework/Api/ApiDefinition/Generator/Schema", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "hosted", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "oauth", "php", "typescript", "webhooks", "freemium", "eu", "bug-bounty", "iso27001", "beta" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 107, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 83, "schema": 85, "security": 73, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "GitHub lists 20 security advisories for shopware/shopware published between 19 May and 16 September 2026, four of them critical (an app script sandbox escape, stored SQL injection through app manifests, admin account takeover by host-header poisoning and a webhook permission bypass), plus a pre-authentication SQL injection in the Store API (GHSA-p37c-pm9p-7vm5, CVSS 8.6, published 25 August 2026, fixed in 6.7.13.1 and 6.6.10.23). All were disclosed in public with fixed versions, so the deduction is 5 of a possible 15 (https://github.com/shopware/shopware/security/advisories)." ], "verdict": "MIT-licensed core with OpenAPI specs for both APIs and a built-in MCP server that advertises three discovery tools, previews writes by default and limits each integration to an allowlist. The MCP server is experimental until 6.8, and 20 security advisories were published between May and September 2026, four of them critical.", "bestFor": "A merchant already on Shopware, or a team that wants an MIT PHP backend with a built-in MCP server for back-office work.", "strengths": [ "MIT core, free to self-host, with security fixes for the 6.7 line promised until 28 February 2028 in releases.json", "Built-in MCP server advertises three discovery tools, and other tools load by toolset for the session", "MCP write tools default to dryRun=true, which runs the change in a transaction and rolls it back", "Per-integration ACL roles and MCP allowlists, with a 300 a minute limit on /api/_mcp", "OpenAPI 3 schemas for the Store API and Admin API in the repository, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP server is marked experimental until 6.8, and 6.7.14.0 changed what tools/list returns on the Store API endpoint", "20 advisories published between 19 May and 16 September 2026, four critical, including a pre-authentication SQL injection in the Store API", "MCP tools carry no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations, and criteria and payloads travel as JSON-encoded strings", "A 429 from the MCP endpoints carries the wait time in the body, with no Retry-After header", "The Store API MCP endpoint ships one domain tool, has no allowlist, and the security.txt file expired on 31 December 2025" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the merchant for an integration without --admin, tied to an ACL role and an MCP allowlist. Send sw-access-key and sw-secret-access-key headers to /api/_mcp", "Call shopware-tool-search first, then shopware-toolset-enable, and keep the Mcp-Session-Id header. A fresh session lists only three tools", "Pass dryRun=false to commit a write. shopware-media-upload has no dry run and uploads at once", "For shopping, call the Store API over HTTP with the sales channel's sw-access-key and keep the sw-context-token. The Store API MCP endpoint has no cart tools in core", "Send `includes` in search criteria to cut response size, and read the 429 body for the wait time" ], "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": 71.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 83, "schema": 85, "security": 73, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "install": "npx @shopware-ag/shopware-cli project create my-shop", "http": "curl -X POST \"http://localhost:8000/api/search/product\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http shopware http://localhost:8000/api/_mcp --header \"sw-access-key: SWIA...\" --header \"sw-secret-access-key: ...\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "shopware": { "headers": { "sw-access-key": "SWIA...", "sw-secret-access-key": "..." }, "type": "streamable-http", "url": "https://your-shop.example.com/api/_mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shopware" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Community Edition", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "MIT core, you pay for your own hosting" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "shopware AG", "domain": "shopware.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-08-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.shopware.com/en/gtc/", "privacy": "https://www.shopware.com/en/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.shopware.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/shopware/shopware/releases", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The legal notice names shopware AG, Ebbinghoff 10, 48624 Schoeppingen, Germany, Amtsgericht Coesfeld HRB 11471.", "The general terms cover every product. Part 2 covers the free Community Edition and Part 4 covers SaaS, and only the German version is binding.", "The Store API, Admin API and MCP endpoints run on each merchant's own domain or SaaS shop, not on shopware.com.", "security.txt at www.shopware.com gives Expires 31 December 2025.", "www.shopware.com answered several requests with a 503 first byte timeout on 8 October 2026. The terms loaded on a retry and the privacy page loaded once.", "status.shopware.com covers Shopware SaaS, PaaS and vendor services, not self-hosted stores.", "Verisign RDAP gives a registration date of 1998-08-08 for shopware.com." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.json", "live": { "slug": "shopware", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shopware.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:51:12.427095822Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.shopware.com/en/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:28.817122652Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a8eeb1d7324d" }, { "url": "https://www.shopware.com/en/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 503, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:30.769152247Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.shopware.com/en/gtc/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:26.06911646Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "034d628e8015" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:30.769152247Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Commerce Layer", "b": "shopware AG", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "11", "b": "14", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-29", "b": "2026-10-02", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-05-01", "b": "2026-06-10", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "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": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "7.3k npm/wk", "b": "3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Commerce Layer API + MCP's 63.7 (B), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Commerce Layer API + MCP or Shopware?" }, { "answer": "Commerce Layer API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Shopware takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Commerce Layer API + MCP and Shopware need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Commerce Layer API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.", "question": "Can an agent call Commerce Layer API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Commerce Layer API + MCP. Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms).", "question": "Are Commerce Layer API + MCP and Shopware open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want a hosted headless backend and an agent that can work across every commerce object with scoped OAuth roles.", "slug": "commerce-layer", "watchFor": "No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 70", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 79", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 64", "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 64", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 25", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 82", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 57" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A merchant already on Shopware, or a team that wants an MIT PHP backend with a built-in MCP server for back-office work.", "slug": "shopware", "watchFor": "The MCP server is marked experimental until 6.8, and 6.7.14.0 changed what tools/list returns on the Store API endpoint" } ], "job": { "capability": "commerce.products", "name": "Commerce products" }, "others": [ { "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-shopware.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs Shopware", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-shopware" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-commercetools.json", "title": "Commerce Layer API + MCP vs commercetools", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-commercetools" }, { "json": 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Snipcart API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-snipcart" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-square.json", "title": "Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Square", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-square" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-swell.json", "title": "Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Swell", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-swell" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-vendure.json", "title": "Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Vendure", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-vendure" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-woocommerce.json", "title": "Commerce Layer API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-woocommerce" }, { "json": 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Both do commerce products.", "verdicts": { "commerce-layer": "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file and llms.txt. No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract.", "shopware": "MIT-licensed core with OpenAPI specs for both APIs and a built-in MCP server that advertises three discovery tools, previews writes by default and limits each integration to an allowlist. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commerce-layer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commerce-layer.json\n- Shopware: grade BB, 71.4/100, rank #107 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shopware.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Commerce Layer API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want a hosted headless backend and an agent that can work across every commerce object with scoped OAuth roles.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No price between the free plan and a sales-quoted Enterprise contract\n\n### Shopware (BB)\n\nGood for: A merchant already on Shopware, or a team that wants an MIT PHP backend with a built-in MCP server for back-office work.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 70\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 79\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 64\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 64\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 82\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 57\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The MCP server is marked experimental until 6.8, and 6.7.14.0 changed what tools/list returns on the Store API endpoint\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Commerce Layer API + MCP | Shopware | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 83 | Shopware +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 85 | Shopware +6 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 78 | Shopware +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 73 | Shopware +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 50 | Shopware +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 87 | Shopware +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 76 | Shopware +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.7 · B** | **71.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Commerce Layer API + MCP | Shopware |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Commerce Layer | shopware AG |\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 | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-05-01 | 2026-06-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\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 | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 7.3k npm/wk | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\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**Shopware.** MIT-licensed core with OpenAPI specs for both APIs and a built-in MCP server that advertises three discovery tools, previews writes by default and limits each integration to an allowlist. The MCP server is experimental until 6.8, and 20 security advisories were published between May and September 2026, four of them critical.\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### Shopware\n\n1. Ask the merchant for an integration without --admin, tied to an ACL role and an MCP allowlist. Send sw-access-key and sw-secret-access-key headers to /api/_mcp\n2. Call shopware-tool-search first, then shopware-toolset-enable, and keep the Mcp-Session-Id header. A fresh session lists only three tools\n3. Pass dryRun=false to commit a write. shopware-media-upload has no dry run and uploads at once\n4. For shopping, call the Store API over HTTP with the sales channel's sw-access-key and keep the sw-context-token. The Store API MCP endpoint has no cart tools in core\n5. Send `includes` in search criteria to cut response size, and read the 429 body for the wait time\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Commerce Layer API + MCP or Shopware?\n\nShopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Commerce Layer API + MCP's 63.7 (B), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Commerce Layer API + MCP and Shopware need an API key?\n\nCommerce Layer API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Shopware takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Commerce Layer API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?\n\nCommerce Layer API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://core.commercelayer.io/api/public/resources. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.\n\n### Are Commerce Layer API + MCP and Shopware open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Commerce Layer API + MCP. Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. 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