{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "ecwid", "name": "Ecwid by Lightspeed", "vendor": "Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.ecwid.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Ecwid by Lightspeed is a hosted online store that embeds in any website. Its REST API reads and writes products, categories, orders, customers and discounts for one store, with webhooks and a browser JavaScript API for the cart.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ecwid.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Ecwid/ecwid-java-api-client", "license": "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", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@lightspeed/ecom-headless" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve for one store. The store admin creates a custom app automatically, with a secret token and a public token sent as `Authorization: Bearer`, and no OAuth flow. Seven of the 40 access scopes are on by default, more are added in the admin, and scopes marked sensitive need a request to API support. Public apps for many stores use OAuth 2.0 and go through app review. Tokens don't expire and are revoked by uninstalling the app.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Starter $5 a month, Venture $35 ($29 billed yearly), Business $65 ($49) and Unlimited $149 ($119), with no transaction fee from Ecwid. The docs say only paid plans reach the API, and the pricing page does not list API access by plan. No free plan, trial or sandbox was found. Developers can email API support for a free upgrade of a test store (https://www.ecwid.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$5 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs or on the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 22, "npmWeekly": 307, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.ecwid.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.ecwid.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "typescript", "java", "status-page", "bug-bounty", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 316, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 15, "reliability": 80, "schema": 66, "security": 61, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The REST API has 40 access scopes, a published limit of 600 requests a minute per token with `Retry-After` on a 429, field selection through `responseFields`, and Markdown docs with an llms.txt index. Tokens never expire, there is no test mode or idempotency key, API access needs a paid plan, and carts are built only in the browser.", "bestFor": "An agent doing back-office work on an existing Ecwid store, such as catalogue edits, order export and discount coupons.", "strengths": [ "40 access scopes split into read, update and create, plus a public token limited to enabled catalogue data and unpaid orders", "Published limit of 600 requests a minute per token, and a 429 carries a `Retry-After` header", "`responseFields` trims any response to named fields, and searches page with `offset` and `limit` up to 100", "Every docs page is served as Markdown, with `llms.txt` and `llms-full.txt` indexes", "One incident on status.ecwid.com between 10 July and 8 October 2026, a 48-minute storefront slowdown on 7 August" ], "weaknesses": [ "Access tokens never expire and change only when the app is uninstalled and installed again", "No test mode. The docs advise a separate test store, and only stores on paid plans can call the API", "No idempotency keys on REST writes found in the reviewed documentation", "OpenAPI 3.0.3 definitions are published for store profile and orders only, with no complete downloadable spec found", "The REST API has no endpoint that builds a live cart or runs checkout. Those sit in the browser JavaScript API", "The service agreement disclaims any service level commitment" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3/{storeId}`. Tokens in the query string stopped working in March 2025", "Use the secret token server-side only. The public token reads enabled products and places orders that are not marked paid", "Add `responseFields`, for example `total,items(id,name,price)`, to keep responses small, and page with `offset` and `limit` (maximum 100)", "Stay under 600 requests a minute per token and wait the `Retry-After` seconds on a 429. Repeated calls with a bad token get the token and IP blocked for longer", "Work in a separate test store. There is no test mode, and `POST /orders` writes a real order with no idempotency key", "After changing an app's scopes, uninstall and reinstall it, then replace the stored tokens. The old ones stop working" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 15, "reliability": 80, "schema": 66, "security": 61, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install @lightspeed/ecom-headless", "http": "curl \"https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3/$ECWID_STORE_ID/profile?responseFields=generalInfo(storeId,storeUrl)\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $ECWID_SECRET_TOKEN\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/ecwid" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 5, "note": "up to 10 products. The docs say only paid plans reach the API and the pricing page does not list API access by plan" }, { "item": "Venture", "unit": "month", "usd": 35, "note": "$29 a month billed yearly, up to 100 products" }, { "item": "Business", "unit": "month", "usd": 65, "note": "$49 a month billed yearly, up to 2,500 products" }, { "item": "Unlimited", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "$119 a month billed yearly, unlimited products" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Ecwid, Inc.", "domain": "ecwid.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-01-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.lightspeedhq.com/legal/lightspeed-service-agreement/", "privacy": "https://www.lightspeedhq.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.ecwid.com", "changelog": "https://docs.ecwid.com/changelog/ecwid-api-changelog", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "www.ecwid.com/terms-of-service redirects to the Lightspeed Service Agreement (last updated 26 February 2026), whose contracting-entity table names Ecwid, Inc., Delaware, for Lightspeed eCom (E-Series) worldwide.", "The service agreement says API use is governed by Lightspeed's API licence agreement at https://developers.lightspeedhq.com/terms (effective 20 May 2025), which does not name Ecwid or E-Series.", "www.ecwid.com/privacy-policy and /eu-privacy-policy redirect to Lightspeed's privacy policy (effective 8 July 2026), which lists Ecwid, Inc. among the entities certified under the Data Privacy Framework.", "www.ecwid.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 403 and www.lightspeedhq.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404, so no security.txt was read.", "RDAP for ecwid.com gives a registration date of 2009-01-08.", "The REST API answers at app.ecwid.com. Docs are hosted on GitBook at docs.ecwid.com." ], "score": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.json", "live": { "slug": "ecwid", "probe": { "target": "https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:09.334118611Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 124, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 102, "p95ms24h": 127, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.ecwid.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:01.196078974Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:09.334118611Z" } }, "answer": "WooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on security \u0026 auth.", "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": 84, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "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": "Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce)", "b": "WooCommerce (Automattic)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "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", "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": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-02-26", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "22 stars, 307 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 Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Ecwid by Lightspeed or WooCommerce API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Ecwid by Lightspeed and WooCommerce API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Ecwid by Lightspeed has a hosted endpoint at https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3. WooCommerce API + MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Ecwid by Lightspeed and WooCommerce API + MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Ecwid by Lightspeed. WooCommerce API + MCP is open source (GPL-3.0).", "question": "Are Ecwid by Lightspeed and WooCommerce API + MCP open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 55" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "An agent doing back-office work on an existing Ecwid store, such as catalogue edits, order export and discount coupons.", "slug": "ecwid", "watchFor": "Access tokens never expire and change only when the app is uninstalled and installed again" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 66", "Agent ergonomics, 83 against 66", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 15" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Runs on your own machine", "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. No vendor status page" } ], "job": { "capability": "commerce.products", "name": "Commerce products" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-ecwid.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Ecwid by Lightspeed", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-ecwid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-woocommerce.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs WooCommerce API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-woocommerce" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs Ecwid by Lightspeed", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-ecwid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-woocommerce.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-woocommerce" }, { "json": 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"woocommerce": 75 } ], "summary": "WooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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No vendor status page." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ecwid-vs-woocommerce", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ecwid-vs-woocommerce.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ecwid-vs-woocommerce.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ecwid-vs-woocommerce.min.md" }, "markdown": "WooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do commerce products.\n\n- Ecwid by Lightspeed: grade B, 63.2/100, rank #316 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ecwid.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ecwid.json\n- WooCommerce API + MCP: grade BB, 72.9/100, rank #84 of 722. 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### Ecwid by Lightspeed (B)\n\nGood for: An agent doing back-office work on an existing Ecwid store, such as catalogue edits, order export and discount coupons.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 55\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Access tokens never expire and change only when the app is uninstalled and installed again\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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 66\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 66\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 15\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Runs on your own machine\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 | Ecwid by Lightspeed | WooCommerce API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 80 | even |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 77 | WooCommerce API + MCP +11 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 83 | WooCommerce API + MCP +17 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 55 | Ecwid by Lightspeed +6 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 15 | 60 | WooCommerce API + MCP +45 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 82 | WooCommerce API + MCP +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 75 | WooCommerce API + MCP +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.2 · B** | **72.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Ecwid by Lightspeed | WooCommerce API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Ecwid, Inc. (Lightspeed Commerce) | WooCommerce (Automattic) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-02-26 | 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 | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 22 stars, 307 npm/wk | 11k stars, 64k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Ecwid by Lightspeed.** The REST API has 40 access scopes, a published limit of 600 requests a minute per token with `Retry-After` on a 429, field selection through `responseFields`, and Markdown docs with an llms.txt index. Tokens never expire, there is no test mode or idempotency key, API access needs a paid plan, and carts are built only in the browser.\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### Ecwid by Lightspeed\n\n1. Send the token as `Authorization: Bearer` to `https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3/{storeId}`. Tokens in the query string stopped working in March 2025\n2. Use the secret token server-side only. The public token reads enabled products and places orders that are not marked paid\n3. Add `responseFields`, for example `total,items(id,name,price)`, to keep responses small, and page with `offset` and `limit` (maximum 100)\n4. Stay under 600 requests a minute per token and wait the `Retry-After` seconds on a 429. Repeated calls with a bad token get the token and IP blocked for longer\n5. Work in a separate test store. There is no test mode, and `POST /orders` writes a real order with no idempotency key\n6. After changing an app's scopes, uninstall and reinstall it, then replace the stored tokens. The old ones stop working\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, Ecwid by Lightspeed or WooCommerce API + MCP?\n\nWooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Ecwid by Lightspeed's 63.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Ecwid by Lightspeed leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Ecwid by Lightspeed and WooCommerce API + MCP need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Ecwid by Lightspeed and WooCommerce API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nEcwid by Lightspeed has a hosted endpoint at https://app.ecwid.com/api/v3. WooCommerce API + MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are Ecwid by Lightspeed and WooCommerce API + MCP open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Ecwid by Lightspeed. 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/ecwid-vs-woocommerce.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ecwid-vs-woocommerce.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"ecwid\", \"b\": \"woocommerce\"}`. 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