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A free trial is offered but its length isn't stated on the page (https://www.elasticpath.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$4125 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in docs or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 95, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 754, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.elasticpath.com", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.elasticpath.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "typescript", "webhooks", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 50.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 358, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 33, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 12, "reliability": 68, "schema": 66, "security": 39, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Cart, promotion code, checkout and order endpoints cover the whole test flow. MCP server exposes 95 tools with full CRUD, no read-only mode and no public source or licence.", "strengths": [ "Cart, promotion code, checkout and order endpoints cover the whole test flow", "Published rate limits, 100 requests a second for production stores", "Deprecations announced with removal dates about three months ahead", "Status page per region and API, with two incidents of 4 and 5 minutes in the last 15 days", "Official JS SDK and MCP server updated in late September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "MCP server exposes 95 tools with full CRUD, no read-only mode and no public source or licence", "No self-serve plan. Contracts start at $49,500 a year", "Privacy policy last updated in 2018, with no DPA or subprocessor list", "No security page, certification claim or disclosure policy found", "No downloadable OpenAPI file found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use a client_credentials token server-side only. 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Storefront API uses a public or private storefront token. UCP MCP requests carry an agent profile, and Checkout MCP requests must be authenticated or signed. The Dev MCP server needs no auth.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Basic $39 a month or $29 billed yearly, Grow $105 or $79, Advanced $399 or $299, Plus from $2,300 a month on a 3-year term. Online card rates on Shopify Payments start at 2.9% + 30 cents on Basic, 2.7% on Grow and 2.5% on Advanced. Using a third-party payment provider adds 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced and 0.2% on Plus. 3-day free trial, then a promotional $1 a month for 3 months. Development stores for building apps are free. US prices (https://www.shopify.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$39 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402. Agent checkout runs through UCP and Shopify checkout, paid with the buyer's normal payment methods.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 656603, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://shopify.dev/docs/api", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "mcp", "typescript", "webhooks", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 75.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 40, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 40, "reliability": 73, "schema": 92, "security": 71, "transparency": 91 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Typed GraphQL schemas with quarterly versions supported at least 12 months. Closed platform. You can't self-host or change checkout internals.", "strengths": [ "Typed GraphQL schemas with quarterly versions supported at least 12 months", "UCP on every store, 13 tools for catalogue, cart, checkout and orders, with idempotency keys on checkout", "Granular read and write access scopes per app", "security.txt with a HackerOne programme, and a published subprocessor list", "Free development stores for testing agent flows without real payments" ], "weaknesses": [ "Closed platform. You can't self-host or change checkout internals", "Agent surface changes often. Storefront MCP tools moved to UCP, and AI Toolkit skills were consolidated on 25 September 2026", "Checkout calls need signing or authentication, more setup than a plain key", "No Shopify server in the official MCP registry", "Third-party payment providers cost 0.2 to 2 per cent extra per order" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pin an API version in the URL and plan to move at least once a year. Old versions fall forward to the oldest supported one", "Read the throttle status in each response's cost extension and back off one second when throttled", "Send an agent profile in `meta` on every UCP call, and an idempotency key on every checkout write", "Check `userErrors` on every mutation. A 200 response can still carry a failed write", "Add @shopify/dev-mcp while writing code so the agent checks queries against the current schema" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.6, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 75.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 40, "reliability": 73, "schema": 92, "security": 71, "transparency": 81 }, "provenanceScore": 100 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://$SHOPIFY_STORE.myshopify.com/admin/api/2026-07/graphql.json\" \\\n -H \"X-Shopify-Access-Token: $SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"query\":\"{ products(first: 5) { edges { node { id title } } } }\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport stdio shopify-dev-mcp -- npx -y @shopify/dev-mcp@latest", "config": { "mcpServers": { "shopify-dev-mcp": { "args": [ "-y", "@shopify/dev-mcp@latest" ], "command": "npx" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shopify" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Basic", "unit": "month", "usd": 39, "note": "$29 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Grow", "unit": "month", "usd": 105, "note": "$79 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Advanced", "unit": "month", "usd": 399, "note": "$299 a month billed yearly" }, { "item": "Plus", "unit": "month", "usd": 2300, "note": "from, on a 3-year term" }, { "item": "Online card rate on Basic", "unit": "pct", "usd": 2.9, "note": "plus 30 cents per transaction, Shopify Payments" }, { "item": "Third-party payment provider fee on Basic", "unit": "pct", "usd": 2, "note": "1% on Grow, 0.6% on Advanced, 0.2% on Plus" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Shopify Inc.", "domain": "shopify.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-03-11", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://www.shopifystatus.com", "changelog": "https://shopify.dev/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Store APIs run on each store's myshopify.com domain or the merchant's own domain", "security.txt has no Expires field" ], "score": 100 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify.json", "live": { "slug": "shopify", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://www.shopifystatus.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T03:49:57.858004004Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shopify/admin-api-client", "version": "2.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:49.657918771Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shopify/dev-mcp", "version": "1.16.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:50.99364915Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shopify/shopify-api", "version": "15.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:39:47.747572732Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 705662, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://shopify.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:47.103908082Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "shopify.com", "registered": "2005-03-11", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/shopify.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:35.145970721Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://shopify.dev/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:47.416985791Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:47.416985791Z", "fingerprint": "73665bd03f4d" }, { "url": "https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-rest", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:50.41621172Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:50.41621172Z", "fingerprint": "d77297d69086" }, { "url": "https://www.shopify.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:17.53212234Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:28:20.684112508Z", "fingerprint": "168f4ee8a730" }, { "url": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:13.411129761Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2f3988eba72d" }, { "url": "https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:15.54193963Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e090fc8ba2c6" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:49:57.858004004Z" } }, "summary": "Shopify API + MCP has a score of 75.2 (BB) against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.4 (D). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 46 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify.min.md" }, "markdown": "Shopify API + MCP has a score of 75.2 (BB) against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.4 (D). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 46 points.\n\n- Elastic Path API + MCP: grade D, 50.4/100, rank #358 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elastic-path.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elastic-path.json\n- Shopify API + MCP: grade BB, 75.2/100, rank #40 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopify.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shopify.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Elastic Path API + MCP for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Shopify API + MCP for reliability (+5), schema \u0026 documentation (+26), agent ergonomics (+46), security \u0026 auth (+32), payments \u0026 pricing (+28), maintenance \u0026 community (+8), transparency \u0026 trust (+27).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Elastic Path API + MCP | Shopify API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 73 | Shopify API + MCP +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 92 | Shopify API + MCP +26 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 33 | 79 | Shopify API + MCP +46 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 71 | Shopify API + MCP +32 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 12 | 40 | Shopify API + MCP +28 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 85 | Shopify API + MCP +8 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 91 | Shopify API + MCP +27 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.4 · D** | **75.2 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Elastic Path API + MCP | Shopify API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Elastic Path | Shopify |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 95 | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | 754 npm/wk | 657k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 3.6/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Elastic Path API + MCP.** Cart, promotion code, checkout and order endpoints cover the whole test flow. MCP server exposes 95 tools with full CRUD, no read-only mode and no public source or licence.\n\n**Shopify API + MCP.** Typed GraphQL schemas with quarterly versions supported at least 12 months. Closed platform. You can't self-host or change checkout internals.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Elastic Path API + MCP\n\n1. Use a client_credentials token server-side only. It has full CRUD on the store\n2. Pick the base URL for the store's region (useast or euwest), or every call returns 401\n3. Loading the MCP server costs 95 tool definitions, so enable it only for agents that need the back office\n4. On a 429, wait a few seconds and retry. No Retry-After header is sent\n5. Check out a cart with POST /v2/carts/{id}/checkout, then pay the resulting order\n\n### Shopify API + MCP\n\n1. Pin an API version in the URL and plan to move at least once a year. Old versions fall forward to the oldest supported one\n2. Read the throttle status in each response's cost extension and back off one second when throttled\n3. Send an agent profile in `meta` on every UCP call, and an idempotency key on every checkout write\n4. Check `userErrors` on every mutation. A 200 response can still carry a failed write\n5. 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