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Base URL depends on region (useast or euwest). The MCP server takes EPCC_CLIENT_ID, EPCC_CLIENT_SECRET and EPCC_BASE_URL and refreshes tokens itself.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No self-serve plan. Entry $49,500 a year for up to 15,000 orders or up to $5M GMV; Professional and Enterprise are quoted. Annual commitment. Subscriptions and entitlements add 0.5 per cent per transaction. 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": 50.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 596, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 15, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 33, "maintenance": 77, "payments": 12, "reliability": 68, "schema": 66, "security": 39, "transparency": 61 }, "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.", "bestFor": "Enterprises already buying composable commerce who want an agent with broad back-office reach.", "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. It has full CRUD on the store", "Pick the base URL for the store's region (useast or euwest), or every call returns 401", "Loading the MCP server costs 95 tool definitions, so enable it only for agents that need the back office", "On a 429, wait a few seconds and retry. 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terms, privacy and pricing were read with a browser-style fetch." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elastic-path.json", "live": { "slug": "elastic-path", "probe": { "target": "https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:49.968614128Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 313, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 374, "p95ms24h": 502, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2143, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 225, "ok": 225 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.elasticpath.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:50:37.161220561Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@elasticpath/elasticpath-mcp", "version": "1.11.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:09:57.738690737Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@elasticpath/js-sdk", "version": "35.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:01.15251066Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 253, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://elasticpath.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:43.169815219Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.elasticpath.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:20.382000944Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "elasticpath.com", "registered": "2005-01-12", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/elasticpath.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:48.120694694Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.elasticpath.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:12.355747297Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:12.355747297Z", "fingerprint": "4c0901d961ed" }, { "url": "https://www.elasticpath.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:39.375903615Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "86697de35f28" }, { "url": "https://www.elasticpath.com/company/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 403, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:35.032614851Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.elasticpath.com/company/termsofuse", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:27:37.076397204Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "35c8111c6a8e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:49.968614128Z" } }, "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.1 (D), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "shopware", "name": "Shopware", "vendor": "shopware AG", "vendorUrl": "https://www.shopware.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Open-source commerce platform from shopware AG in Germany, written in PHP on Symfony. Agents reach a store through its Store API for shopping, its Admin API for back-office work, and a built-in MCP server on both.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shopware.json", "repo": "https://github.com/shopware/shopware", "license": "MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "packagist", "name": "shopware/core" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@shopware/api-client" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access comes from the merchant who runs the store, with no vendor review. The Admin API takes an OAuth 2.0 bearer token from /api/oauth/token, normally by client credentials from an integration created in Settings or with `bin/console integration:create`, and tokens last 10 minutes by default. An integration gets an ACL role, or full access with --admin. The MCP endpoint at /api/_mcp also accepts the integration's `sw-access-key` and `sw-secret-access-key` headers, and each integration and user has an MCP allowlist. The Store API takes the sales channel's `sw-access-key`, which is public in a headless shop, plus an `sw-context-token` for the cart and customer session.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Community Edition is free under MIT with no account, so an agent's owner can start with `shopware-cli project create` and Docker, with no contract (the docs say no Shopware account is needed to install or run a store). Paid plans start at €600 a month for Rise and €2,400 for Evolve, excluding VAT, with Beyond on request, and the pricing page says the price depends on GMV. Shopware SaaS is priced the same as self-hosted. No trial of the paid plans was found on the pricing page (https://www.shopware.com/en/pricing/, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the repository or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 14, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3400, "npmWeekly": 30917, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.shopware.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.shopware.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/shopware/shopware/tree/trunk/src/Core/Framework/Api/ApiDefinition/Generator/Schema", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "hosted", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "oauth", "php", "typescript", "webhooks", "freemium", "eu", "bug-bounty", "iso27001", "beta" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 112, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 83, "schema": 85, "security": 73, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "GitHub lists 20 security advisories for shopware/shopware published between 19 May and 16 September 2026, four of them critical (an app script sandbox escape, stored SQL injection through app manifests, admin account takeover by host-header poisoning and a webhook permission bypass), plus a pre-authentication SQL injection in the Store API (GHSA-p37c-pm9p-7vm5, CVSS 8.6, published 25 August 2026, fixed in 6.7.13.1 and 6.6.10.23). All were disclosed in public with fixed versions, so the deduction is 5 of a possible 15 (https://github.com/shopware/shopware/security/advisories)." ], "verdict": "MIT-licensed core with OpenAPI specs for both APIs and a built-in MCP server that advertises three discovery tools, previews writes by default and limits each integration to an allowlist. The MCP server is experimental until 6.8, and 20 security advisories were published between May and September 2026, four of them critical.", "bestFor": "A merchant already on Shopware, or a team that wants an MIT PHP backend with a built-in MCP server for back-office work.", "strengths": [ "MIT core, free to self-host, with security fixes for the 6.7 line promised until 28 February 2028 in releases.json", "Built-in MCP server advertises three discovery tools, and other tools load by toolset for the session", "MCP write tools default to dryRun=true, which runs the change in a transaction and rolls it back", "Per-integration ACL roles and MCP allowlists, with a 300 a minute limit on /api/_mcp", "OpenAPI 3 schemas for the Store API and Admin API in the repository, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP server is marked experimental until 6.8, and 6.7.14.0 changed what tools/list returns on the Store API endpoint", "20 advisories published between 19 May and 16 September 2026, four critical, including a pre-authentication SQL injection in the Store API", "MCP tools carry no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations, and criteria and payloads travel as JSON-encoded strings", "A 429 from the MCP endpoints carries the wait time in the body, with no Retry-After header", "The Store API MCP endpoint ships one domain tool, has no allowlist, and the security.txt file expired on 31 December 2025" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the merchant for an integration without --admin, tied to an ACL role and an MCP allowlist. Send sw-access-key and sw-secret-access-key headers to /api/_mcp", "Call shopware-tool-search first, then shopware-toolset-enable, and keep the Mcp-Session-Id header. A fresh session lists only three tools", "Pass dryRun=false to commit a write. shopware-media-upload has no dry run and uploads at once", "For shopping, call the Store API over HTTP with the sales channel's sw-access-key and keep the sw-context-token. The Store API MCP endpoint has no cart tools in core", "Send `includes` in search criteria to cut response size, and read the 429 body for the wait time" ], "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": 71.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 78, "maintenance": 87, "payments": 50, "reliability": 83, "schema": 85, "security": 73, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "install": "npx @shopware-ag/shopware-cli project create my-shop", "http": "curl -X POST \"http://localhost:8000/api/search/product\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http shopware http://localhost:8000/api/_mcp --header \"sw-access-key: SWIA...\" --header \"sw-secret-access-key: ...\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "shopware": { "headers": { "sw-access-key": "SWIA...", "sw-secret-access-key": "..." }, "type": "streamable-http", "url": "https://your-shop.example.com/api/_mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/shopware" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Community Edition", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "MIT core, you pay for your own hosting" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "shopware AG", "domain": "shopware.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-08-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.shopware.com/en/gtc/", "privacy": "https://www.shopware.com/en/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.shopware.com", "changelog": "https://github.com/shopware/shopware/releases", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The legal notice names shopware AG, Ebbinghoff 10, 48624 Schoeppingen, Germany, Amtsgericht Coesfeld HRB 11471.", "The general terms cover every product. Part 2 covers the free Community Edition and Part 4 covers SaaS, and only the German version is binding.", "The Store API, Admin API and MCP endpoints run on each merchant's own domain or SaaS shop, not on shopware.com.", "security.txt at www.shopware.com gives Expires 31 December 2025.", "www.shopware.com answered several requests with a 503 first byte timeout on 8 October 2026. The terms loaded on a retry and the privacy page loaded once.", "status.shopware.com covers Shopware SaaS, PaaS and vendor services, not self-hosted stores.", "Verisign RDAP gives a registration date of 1998-08-08 for shopware.com." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.json", "live": { "slug": "shopware", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.shopware.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:10.49832559Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.shopware.com/en/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:28.817122652Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a8eeb1d7324d" }, { "url": "https://www.shopware.com/en/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 503, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:30.769152247Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.shopware.com/en/gtc/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:26.06911646Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "034d628e8015" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:10.49832559Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Elastic Path", "b": "shopware AG", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "MIT for the Community Edition core. 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Shopware takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Elastic Path API + MCP and Shopware need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Elastic Path API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.", "question": "Can an agent call Elastic Path API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Elastic Path API + MCP. Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms).", "question": "Are Elastic Path API + MCP and Shopware open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Enterprises already buying composable commerce who want an agent with broad back-office reach.", "slug": "elastic-path", "watchFor": "MCP server exposes 95 tools with full CRUD, no read-only mode and no public source or licence" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 68", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 66", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 33", "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 39", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 12", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 77", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 61" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A merchant already on Shopware, or a team that wants an MIT PHP backend with a built-in MCP server for back-office work.", "slug": "shopware", "watchFor": "The MCP server is marked experimental until 6.8, and 6.7.14.0 changed what tools/list returns on the Store API endpoint" } ], "job": { "capability": "commerce.products", "name": "Commerce products" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-elastic-path.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Elastic Path API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-elastic-path" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-shopware.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Shopware", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-shopware" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-elastic-path.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs Elastic Path API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-elastic-path" }, { "json": 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"Maintenance \u0026 community", "shopware": 87, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "shopware", "elastic-path": 61, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "shopware": 76, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.1 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce products.", "verdicts": { "elastic-path": "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.", "shopware": "MIT-licensed core with OpenAPI specs for both APIs and a built-in MCP server that advertises three discovery tools, previews writes by default and limits each integration to an allowlist. The MCP server is experimental until 6.8, and 20 security advisories were published between May and September 2026, four of them critical." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopware", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopware.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopware.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopware.min.md" }, "markdown": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.1 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce products.\n\n- Elastic Path API + MCP: grade D, 50.1/100, rank #596 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elastic-path.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elastic-path.json\n- Shopware: grade BB, 71.4/100, rank #112 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/shopware.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Elastic Path API + MCP (D)\n\nGood for: Enterprises already buying composable commerce who want an agent with broad back-office reach.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: MCP server exposes 95 tools with full CRUD, no read-only mode and no public source or licence\n\n### Shopware (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 68\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 66\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 33\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 39\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 12\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 77\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 61\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The MCP server is marked experimental until 6.8, and 6.7.14.0 changed what tools/list returns on the Store API endpoint\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Elastic Path API + MCP | Shopware | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 83 | Shopware +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 85 | Shopware +19 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 33 | 78 | Shopware +45 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 73 | Shopware +34 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 12 | 50 | Shopware +38 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 87 | Shopware +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 76 | Shopware +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.1 · D** | **71.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Elastic Path API + MCP | Shopware |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Elastic Path | shopware AG |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms |\n| Tools exposed | 95 | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 754 npm/wk | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\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**Shopware.** MIT-licensed core with OpenAPI specs for both APIs and a built-in MCP server that advertises three discovery tools, previews writes by default and limits each integration to an allowlist. The MCP server is experimental until 6.8, and 20 security advisories were published between May and September 2026, four of them critical.\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### Shopware\n\n1. Ask the merchant for an integration without --admin, tied to an ACL role and an MCP allowlist. Send sw-access-key and sw-secret-access-key headers to /api/_mcp\n2. Call shopware-tool-search first, then shopware-toolset-enable, and keep the Mcp-Session-Id header. A fresh session lists only three tools\n3. Pass dryRun=false to commit a write. shopware-media-upload has no dry run and uploads at once\n4. For shopping, call the Store API over HTTP with the sales channel's sw-access-key and keep the sw-context-token. The Store API MCP endpoint has no cart tools in core\n5. Send `includes` in search criteria to cut response size, and read the 429 body for the wait time\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Elastic Path API + MCP or Shopware?\n\nShopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.1 (D), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Elastic Path API + MCP and Shopware need an API key?\n\nElastic Path API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Shopware takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Elastic Path API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?\n\nElastic Path API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.\n\n### Are Elastic Path API + MCP and Shopware open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Elastic Path API + MCP. Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopware.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopware.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"elastic-path\", \"b\": \"shopware\"}`. 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