# Ecwid by Lightspeed vs Shopware (slim)

> Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce products. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce products.

- Ecwid by Lightspeed: B 63.2, rank #316 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.min.md
- Shopware: BB 71.4, rank #112 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.min.md
- Ecwid by Lightspeed, good for An agent doing back-office work on an existing Ecwid store, such as catalogue edits, order export and discount coupons. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them.
- Shopware, good 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 66; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 66; Security & auth, 73 against 61; Payments & pricing, 50 against 15; Maintenance & community, 87 against 79. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.

| Category | Ecwid by Lightspeed | Shopware |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 66 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ecwid by Lightspeed | Shopware |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce) | shopware AG |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Lightspeed Service Agreement. The `@lightspeed/ecom-headless` npm package is MIT and the Java API client on GitHub is Apache-2.0 | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-02-26 | 2026-06-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 22 stars, 307 npm/wk | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk |