# Ecwid by Lightspeed vs Vendure (slim)

> Vendure scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on transparency & trust. Both do commerce products. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Vendure scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on transparency & trust. Both do commerce products.

- Ecwid by Lightspeed: B 63.2, rank #316 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.min.md
- Vendure: BB 70.9, rank #123 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure.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. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 72 against 67. Also No incidents deducted, where Vendure loses 3 points for them.
- Vendure, good for TypeScript teams that want a typed GraphQL commerce server and will host it. Ahead on Reliability, 89 against 80; Schema & documentation, 91 against 66; Payments & pricing, 45 against 15; Maintenance & community, 85 against 79. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.

| Category | Ecwid by Lightspeed | Vendure |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 89 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 66 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ecwid by Lightspeed | Vendure |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce) | Vendure (Elevantiq GmbH) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3` | `https://readonlydemo.vendure.io/shop-api` |
| 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 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-02-26 | no date given |
| 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 | 8.5k stars, 30k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |