{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "commercetools", "name": "commercetools", "vendor": "commercetools GmbH", "vendorUrl": "https://commercetools.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Headless commerce platform from commercetools GmbH in Munich, with HTTP and GraphQL APIs for catalogue, carts, checkout, orders and customers. Agents reach it through the API, four SDKs or a managed MCP server per project.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commercetools.json", "repo": "https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-api-reference", "license": "Proprietary service under the commercetools Master Service Agreement. The API specifications are public, the SDKs are MIT (TypeScript, PHP) or Apache 2.0 (Java, .NET) and Commerce MCP is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@commercetools/platform-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@commercetools/commerce-mcp" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "OAuth 2.0. A person creates an API Client in the Merchant Centre (or through the API Clients API) with chosen scopes, and the secret is shown once. The client credentials flow at https://auth.{region}.commercetools.com/oauth/token returns a Bearer token valid for 48 hours by default. Scopes are view or manage per resource and per store, and `manage_project` grants everything. Password, anonymous-session and refresh flows exist for shoppers. A managed MCP server takes a token scoped to `mcp:{projectKey}:{mcpServerKey}` (30 days at most), OAuth client credentials discovery, or a browser sign-in with an Identity account. Access is self-serve through the trial sign-up form.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public prices. The pricing page describes order-based pricing and sends buyers to sales, and the product is also sold through the AWS and Google Cloud marketplaces. A 60-day trial has every core commerce API and the Merchant Centre, needs no card and does not convert automatically, so an agent can start without a contract. InStore, Frontend and the agent products are not in the trial (https://commercetools.com/free-trial, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 221261, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.commercetools.com/api/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.commercetools.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/commercetools/commercetools-api-reference/main/oas/api/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "enterprise", "closed-source", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "graphql", "llms-txt", "typescript", "java", "php", "dotnet", "webhooks", "sales-led", "status-page", "sla", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 110, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 20, "reliability": 73, "schema": 86, "security": 70, "transparency": 81 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI file with 822 operations, per-resource OAuth scopes and a managed MCP server whose tools an administrator selects per agent. Prices are quoted by sales only, and the HTTP API publishes no platform-wide rate limit. A 60-day trial needs no card.", "bestFor": "Enterprises that already run or plan a composable commerce stack and want agents working across catalogue, pricing, carts and orders under scoped credentials.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.0 file with 822 operations, plus RAML, a GraphQL schema, llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page", "OAuth 2.0 API Clients with view and manage scopes per resource, a token revocation endpoint, and no tokens accepted in URL parameters", "Managed MCP server per agent with a chosen tool list, field filtering and redaction, and readOnlyHint and destructiveHint on every tool since 1 October 2026", "99.9 per cent monthly availability SLA with service credits, published in the docs", "60-day trial with every core commerce API and no card" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public price. The pricing page describes order-based pricing and sends buyers to sales", "The docs state that the HTTP API has no single documented platform-wide rate limit", "Managed MCP Servers, AI Hub and Platform Insights are excluded from the standard SLA", "API-wide change tracking needs the paid Audit Log Premium add-on. Audit Log Basic records Merchant Centre changes only", "No security.txt and no bug bounty found, and audit reports are released under NDA" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the auth and API hosts for the project's region, such as auth.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com and api.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com. There are five regions", "Send the resource's current `version` with every update or delete. On 409 ConcurrentModification, re-read the resource and retry only if the change is still needed", "Retry 502 and 503 with exponential backoff from 200 ms, honour Retry-After, and check Content-Type before parsing an error body", "For MCP, ask for an API Client scoped to `mcp:{projectKey}:{mcpServerKey}` and a server limited to the tools the task needs, not `all`", "Keep page size at or under 500 and offset at or under 10,000. Product Search returns at most 100 per request" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 71.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 20, "reliability": 73, "schema": 86, "security": 70, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @commercetools/platform-sdk", "http": "curl https://{auth_host}/oauth/token -X POST \\\n --basic --user \"{clientId}:{clientSecret}\" \\\n -d \"grant_type=client_credentials\u0026scope=manage_project:{projectKey}\"\ncurl https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}/ \\\n -X GET \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer ${BEARER_TOKEN}\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "managed-mcp-servers": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer \u003cyour-ctp-token\u003e" }, "type": "http", "url": "\u003cyour-mcp-server-url\u003e" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/commercetools" }, "area": "business", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "commercetools GmbH", "domain": "commercetools.com", "domainRegistered": "2002-05-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://commercetools.com/msa", "privacy": "https://commercetools.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.commercetools.com", "changelog": "https://docs.commercetools.com/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The imprint names commercetools GmbH, Adams-Lehmann-Str. 44, 80797 Munich, Amtsgericht München HRB 161496.", "The Master Service Agreement at commercetools.com/msa governs paid use once an Order Form is signed. Trial use falls under the 60 Days Trial Agreement at commercetools.com/trial-agreement, last updated 24 July 2024.", "The privacy notice covers the websites in section III and customers' use of the service in section IV. Data that customers store in the platform falls under the DPA at commercetools.com/dpa, last updated 1 October 2024.", "commercetools.com/.well-known/security.txt and docs.commercetools.com/.well-known/security.txt both return 404.", "API, auth and MCP hosts are subdomains of commercetools.com for each region. RDAP gives a registration date of 2002-05-13 for commercetools.com." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.json", "live": { "slug": "commercetools", "probe": { "target": "https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:43.983307366Z", "lastOk": false, "lastStatus": 0, "lastMs": 0, "lastNote": "invalid character \"{\" in host name", "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 0, "uptime30d": 0, "p50ms24h": 0, "p95ms24h": 0, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 19, "ok": 0 } ], "outages": [ { "start": "2026-10-08T17:31:33.341731081Z", "end": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "note": "invalid character \"{\" in host name" } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.commercetools.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:50:31.099632039Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.commercetools.com/docs/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 404, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:30.793646678Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://commercetools.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:37.91248595Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "58be3463d4f5" }, { "url": "https://commercetools.com/msa", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:16:35.711051914Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c72525a36335" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:43.983307366Z" } }, "answer": "WooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against commercetools's 71.3 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. commercetools leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "woocommerce", "name": "WooCommerce API + MCP", "vendor": "WooCommerce (Automattic)", "vendorUrl": "https://woocommerce.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Open-source commerce plugin for WordPress that you host yourself.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/woocommerce.json", "repo": "https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce", "license": "GPL-3.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "woocommerce" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST API keys (consumer key and secret) with read, write or read_write permission, sent as HTTP Basic over HTTPS. The Store API needs no key for browsing and uses a nonce or Cart-Token for cart and checkout calls. The MCP adapter takes a WordPress Application Password and acts with that user's capabilities. The deprecated /wp-json/woocommerce/mcp endpoint used REST keys.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The plugin is free under GPL with no platform fee or revenue share. You pay for hosting, which Woo puts at $25 to $350 a month for most stores, extensions at $29 to $299 a year each, and card processing, about 2.9% + 30 cents per US transaction with WooPayments (https://woocommerce.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in core. Payments go through whichever gateway the store installs.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": 10535, "npmWeekly": 63554, "pypiWeekly": 24657, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "mcp", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "python", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.9, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 80, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 60, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 55, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share. Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page.", "bestFor": "Merchants already on WordPress and agents that need a cart and checkout without a vendor account.", "strengths": [ "Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share", "Store API runs carts, coupons and checkout with a Cart-Token instead of a key", "Code examples in five languages on every REST endpoint, and official JavaScript and Python clients", "Automattic's HackerOne bug bounty covers WooCommerce core", "Six stable releases between 7 July and 22 September 2026, CI green on trunk" ], "weaknesses": [ "Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page", "MCP is a developer preview behind the mcp_integration flag, with 7 abilities", "REST docs allow the consumer key and secret in the query string", "Store API rate limiting is off by default", "No OpenAPI file, so the contract only comes from a live store" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a REST key with read permission only for reporting tasks, and send it in the Authorization header, never the URL", "Get a Cart-Token with GET /wp-json/wc/store/v1/cart and send it on every cart and checkout call instead of a nonce", "Add `_fields=id,name,price` to REST calls to cut response size", "Page with per_page up to 100 and stop at X-WP-TotalPages", "Product delete only trashes unless you pass force true, so check the trash before assuming it's gone" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 60, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 55, "transparency": 86 }, "provenanceScore": 63 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://yourstore.com/wp-json/wc/v3/products?per_page=5\" \\\n -u \"$WC_CONSUMER_KEY:$WC_CONSUMER_SECRET\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --env WP_API_URL=https://yourstore.com/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server --env WP_API_USERNAME=$WP_USER --env WP_API_PASSWORD=$WP_APP_PASSWORD woocommerce_store -- npx -y @automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest", "config": { "mcpServers": { "woocommerce_store": { "args": [ "-y", "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "WP_API_PASSWORD": "${WP_APP_PASSWORD}", "WP_API_URL": "https://yourstore.com/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server", "WP_API_USERNAME": "${WP_USER}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/woocommerce" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "WooCommerce plugin", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "GPL, you pay for your own hosting" }, { "item": "WooPayments US card rate", "unit": "pct", "usd": 2.9, "note": "plus 30 cents per transaction, optional gateway" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "WooCommerce, Inc.", "domain": "woocommerce.com", "domainRegistered": "2010-01-09", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://wordpress.com/tos/", "privacy": "https://automattic.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "woocommerce.com/terms-conditions redirects to the WordPress.com terms, which name WooCommerce, Inc. as an Automattic company", "The API runs on each merchant's own domain" ], "score": 63 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.json", "live": { "slug": "woocommerce", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "woocommerce/woocommerce", "version": "11.2.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:03.106308164Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote", "version": "0.5.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:01.902351436Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:00.891225289Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "woocommerce", "version": "3.0.0", "released": "2021-03-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:01.708701664Z" } ], "githubStars": 10541, "npmWeekly": 73129, "pypiWeekly": 28356, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://woocommerce.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:02.655939563Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:01:01.201249236Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "woocommerce.com", "registered": "2010-01-09", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/woocommerce.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:39.15219252Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:22.796442961Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:22.796442961Z", "fingerprint": "24c7d32554f1" }, { "url": "https://woocommerce.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:46.767855885Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:46.767855885Z", "fingerprint": "a21bd429dc39" }, { "url": "https://automattic.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:27.406732024Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:27.406732024Z", "fingerprint": "2c5517485824" }, { "url": "https://wordpress.com/tos/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:48.803943184Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:10:29.658725622Z", "fingerprint": "7a21fafe2264" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:48.803943184Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "commercetools GmbH", "b": "WooCommerce (Automattic)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the commercetools Master Service Agreement. The API specifications are public, the SDKs are MIT (TypeScript, PHP) or Apache 2.0 (Java, .NET) and Commerce MCP is MIT", "b": "GPL-3.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "7", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "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": "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": "221k npm/wk", "b": "11k stars, 64k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "WooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against commercetools's 71.3 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. commercetools leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, commercetools or WooCommerce API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "commercetools uses an OAuth sign-in. WooCommerce API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do commercetools and WooCommerce API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "commercetools has a hosted endpoint at https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}. WooCommerce API + MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call commercetools and WooCommerce API + MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for commercetools. WooCommerce API + MCP is open source (GPL-3.0).", "question": "Are commercetools and WooCommerce API + MCP open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 77", "Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 55", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 75" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Enterprises that already run or plan a composable commerce stack and want agents working across catalogue, pricing, carts and orders under scoped credentials.", "slug": "commercetools", "watchFor": "No public price. The pricing page describes order-based pricing and sends buyers to sales" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 73", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Merchants already on WordPress and agents that need a cart and checkout without a vendor account.", "slug": "woocommerce", "watchFor": "Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/commercetools.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/commercetools.json\n- WooCommerce API + MCP: grade BB, 72.9/100, rank #80 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/woocommerce.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### commercetools (BB)\n\nGood for: Enterprises that already run or plan a composable commerce stack and want agents working across catalogue, pricing, carts and orders under scoped credentials.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 77\n- Security \u0026 auth, 70 against 55\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 81 against 75\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No public price. The pricing page describes order-based pricing and sends buyers to sales\n\n### WooCommerce API + MCP (BB)\n\nGood for: Merchants already on WordPress and agents that need a cart and checkout without a vendor account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 73\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | commercetools | WooCommerce API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 73 | 80 | WooCommerce API + MCP +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 77 | commercetools +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 83 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 70 | 55 | commercetools +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | WooCommerce API + MCP +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 82 | commercetools +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 75 | commercetools +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **71.3 · BB** | **72.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | commercetools | WooCommerce API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | commercetools GmbH | WooCommerce (Automattic) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the commercetools Master Service Agreement. The API specifications are public, the SDKs are MIT (TypeScript, PHP) or Apache 2.0 (Java, .NET) and Commerce MCP is MIT | GPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-10-06 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 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 | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 221k npm/wk | 11k stars, 64k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**commercetools.** A public OpenAPI file with 822 operations, per-resource OAuth scopes and a managed MCP server whose tools an administrator selects per agent. Prices are quoted by sales only, and the HTTP API publishes no platform-wide rate limit. A 60-day trial needs no card.\n\n**WooCommerce API + MCP.** Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share. Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### commercetools\n\n1. Use the auth and API hosts for the project's region, such as auth.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com and api.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com. There are five regions\n2. Send the resource's current `version` with every update or delete. On 409 ConcurrentModification, re-read the resource and retry only if the change is still needed\n3. Retry 502 and 503 with exponential backoff from 200 ms, honour Retry-After, and check Content-Type before parsing an error body\n4. For MCP, ask for an API Client scoped to `mcp:{projectKey}:{mcpServerKey}` and a server limited to the tools the task needs, not `all`\n5. Keep page size at or under 500 and offset at or under 10,000. Product Search returns at most 100 per request\n\n### WooCommerce API + MCP\n\n1. Create a REST key with read permission only for reporting tasks, and send it in the Authorization header, never the URL\n2. Get a Cart-Token with GET /wp-json/wc/store/v1/cart and send it on every cart and checkout call instead of a nonce\n3. Add `_fields=id,name,price` to REST calls to cut response size\n4. Page with per_page up to 100 and stop at X-WP-TotalPages\n5. Product delete only trashes unless you pass force true, so check the trash before assuming it's gone\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, commercetools or WooCommerce API + MCP?\n\nWooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against commercetools's 71.3 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. commercetools leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do commercetools and WooCommerce API + MCP need an API key?\n\ncommercetools uses an OAuth sign-in. WooCommerce API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call commercetools and WooCommerce API + MCP without installing anything?\n\ncommercetools has a hosted endpoint at https://api.{region}.commercetools.com/{projectKey}. WooCommerce API + MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are commercetools and WooCommerce API + MCP open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for commercetools. WooCommerce API + MCP is open source (GPL-3.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commercetools-vs-woocommerce.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commercetools-vs-woocommerce.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"commercetools\", \"b\": \"woocommerce\"}`. 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