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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": 50.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 778, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 16, "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. 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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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A self-hosted store runs a Store API for catalogue, cart and checkout, and an Admin API for back-office work.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spree-commerce", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spree-commerce.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spree-commerce.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/spree-commerce.json", "repo": "https://github.com/spree/spree", "license": "BSD-3-Clause for the backend, MIT for the npm packages. Enterprise Edition code is under a separate commercial licence", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@spree/sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@spree/cli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@spree/admin-sdk" }, { "registry": "rubygems", "name": "spree" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Store API calls need a publishable key (`pk_`) in the `X-Spree-Api-Key` header, plus a customer JWT as a Bearer token or a cart token in `X-Spree-Token` for guests. Admin API calls take a secret key (`sk_`) with `read_*` and `write_*` scopes per resource, or an admin JWT. Keys are created by the store's operator in the dashboard or with `spree api-key create`, with no vendor approval.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free to self-host under BSD 3-Clause, with no platform or transaction fee. The Enterprise Edition is custom pricing through sales. A free hosted Sandbox lets an agent's owner try the Admin API without a contract, for evaluation with test data only (https://spreecommerce.org/enterprise/, checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI files or the repository (checked 2026-10-09). Payments go through provider integrations such as Stripe, Adyen and PayPal.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 15750, "npmWeekly": 1576, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://spreecommerce.org/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://spreecommerce.org/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://spreecommerce.org/docs/api-reference/store.yaml", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "typescript", "ruby", "webhooks", "freemium" ], "lastRelease": "2026-07-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 155, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 90, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 85, "security": 65, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-07-20: six security advisories were published for `spree_api` and related gems between 8 January and 20 July 2026, four rated High, among them guest address and order disclosure without authentication (GHSA-87fh-rc96-6fr6, GHSA-p6pv-q7rc-g4h9, 5 February) and a guest cart takeover on `PATCH /api/v3/store/carts/:id/associate` (GHSA-4825-p4xm-pcf2, 20 July, fixed in 5.4.4 and 5.5.4). All are published with patched versions, so the deduction is reduced (https://github.com/spree/spree/security/advisories)." ], "verdict": "A self-hosted BSD 3-Clause platform with public OpenAPI files for the Store and Admin APIs, scoped secret keys, documented rate limits and idempotency keys on cart and checkout calls. GitHub lists six security advisories between January and July 2026, four rated High, and the default docs describe the 6.0 release candidate while 5.6.1 is the stable release.", "bestFor": "Teams that want to own a Rails commerce backend with marketplace, B2B and multi-region functions and drive it through REST.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.3 files for the Store API (81 paths, 99 operations) and Admin API (259 paths, 417 operations), plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "Secret keys carry `read_*` and `write_*` scopes per resource, are shown once and can be revoked, and a key cannot create a key with wider scopes", "`Idempotency-Key` on eight cart, checkout and payment calls, cached for 24 hours, with `Retry-After` on 429 responses", "Rate limits are published with numbers, 300 requests a minute per API key by default, and the operator can change them", "BSD 3-Clause backend and MIT TypeScript packages, with marketplace and B2B functions in the open-source edition" ], "weaknesses": [ "Six GitHub security advisories between 8 January and 20 July 2026, four rated High, most of them access-control flaws on guest carts, orders and addresses", "The default docs and the main-branch OpenAPI files describe 6.0, a release candidate dated 8 October 2026. The stable release is 5.6.1 of 28 July 2026", "The audit trail is in the paid Enterprise Edition only, and Enterprise prices are not published", "Supported-version end dates differ between `SECURITY.md` (5.x until 26 March 2027) and the docs security policy (5.0 until 26 March 2028)", "The official MCP server searches and reads the docs only. Store and admin MCP servers are open roadmap issues" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send a publishable key in `X-Spree-Api-Key` on every Store API call. Add `X-Spree-Token` with the cart token for guest carts, or a customer JWT as a Bearer token", "Send `Idempotency-Key` with the cart token or a customer JWT on cart, payment and completion calls. A request carrying only the publishable key is never cached", "Ask for `fields` and `expand` explicitly. Relations are left out by default and `limit` stops at 100", "Use a secret key with the narrowest scopes for the Admin API. `read_all` gives a read-only key, and the CLI's auto-minted local key is read-only", "Read the docs under `/docs/v5` for a 5.6 store. The default docs describe 6.0, which renames shipments to fulfilments and splits carts from orders" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "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": 70.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 90, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 55, "reliability": 82, "schema": 85, "security": 65, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 45 }, "connect": { "install": "npx create-spree-app@latest my-store", "http": "curl -X GET 'http://localhost:3000/api/v3/store/products' -H 'X-Spree-Api-Key: pk_xxx'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http spree-docs https://spreecommerce.org/docs/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "spree-docs": { "url": "https://spreecommerce.org/docs/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/spree-commerce" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Community Edition, self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "BSD 3-Clause, the operator pays for its own servers" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Vendo Connect Inc", "domain": "spreecommerce.org", "domainRegistered": "2009-04-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/spree/spree/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Sandbox terms name VENDO CONNECT INC, a Delaware corporation (file number 7005612), 3500 S DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901, as the company behind the Spree Commerce project. The `LICENSE` file also names Vendo Sp. z o.o. as a copyright holder.", "The API runs on the operator's own server, so there is no vendor endpoint and no vendor status page.", "No terms or privacy document governs the self-hosted software, and the BSD 3-Clause licence stands in. The published terms (https://spreecommerce.org/terms-of-service/) and privacy notice (https://spreecommerce.org/privacy-policy-sandbox/), both dated 10 July 2026, cover only the hosted Sandbox and Vendo's websites.", "https://spreecommerce.org/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. `SECURITY.md` in the repository gives a security mailbox for reports.", "RDAP for spreecommerce.org gives a registration date of 2009-04-03 and GoDaddy.com, LLC as registrar." ], "score": 45 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spree-commerce.json", "live": { "slug": "spree-commerce", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "spree/spree", "version": "v5.6.1", "released": "2026-07-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:21:34.764539584Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@spree/admin-sdk", "version": "0.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:21:32.71633834Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@spree/cli", "version": "3.2.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:21:30.96599442Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@spree/sdk", "version": "1.2.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:21:28.899108995Z" } ], "githubStars": 15751, "npmWeekly": 1576, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T17:21:34.764539584Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Elastic Path", "b": "Vendo Connect Inc", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, stdio", "b": "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": "BSD-3-Clause for the backend, MIT for the npm packages. 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Spree Commerce takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Elastic Path API + MCP and Spree Commerce 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 Spree Commerce.", "question": "Can an agent call Elastic Path API + MCP and Spree Commerce without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Elastic Path API + MCP. Spree Commerce is open source (BSD-3-Clause for the backend, MIT for the npm packages. Enterprise Edition code is under a separate commercial licence).", "question": "Are Elastic Path API + MCP and Spree Commerce open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Spree Commerce 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, 82 against 68", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 66", "Agent ergonomics, 90 against 33", "Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 39", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 12" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want to own a Rails commerce backend with marketplace, B2B and multi-region functions and drive it through REST.", "slug": "spree-commerce", "watchFor": "Six GitHub security advisories between 8 January and 20 July 2026, four rated High, most of them access-control flaws on guest carts, orders and addresses" } ], "job": { "capability": "commerce.products", "name": "Commerce catalogues" }, "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-spree-commerce.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Spree Commerce", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-spree-commerce" }, { "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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"Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "spree-commerce", "elastic-path": 66, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "spree-commerce": 85, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 57, "edge": "spree-commerce", "elastic-path": 33, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "spree-commerce": 90, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 26, "edge": "spree-commerce", "elastic-path": 39, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "spree-commerce": 65, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 43, "edge": "spree-commerce", "elastic-path": 12, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "spree-commerce": 55, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "spree-commerce", "elastic-path": 77, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "spree-commerce": 81, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "elastic-path", "elastic-path": 61, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "spree-commerce": 60, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Spree Commerce scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do commerce catalogues.", "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.", "spree-commerce": "A self-hosted BSD 3-Clause platform with public OpenAPI files for the Store and Admin APIs, scoped secret keys, documented rate limits and idempotency keys on cart and checkout calls. GitHub lists six security advisories between January and July 2026, four rated High, and the default docs describe the 6.0 release candidate while 5.6.1 is the stable release." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-spree-commerce", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-spree-commerce.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-spree-commerce.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-spree-commerce.min.md" }, "markdown": "Spree Commerce scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do commerce catalogues.\n\n- Elastic Path API + MCP: grade D, 50.1/100, rank #778 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elastic-path.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elastic-path.json\n- Spree Commerce: grade BB, 70.4/100, rank #155 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/spree-commerce.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/spree-commerce.json\n- Best commerce platforms and checkout APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/commerce/index.md\n- All 136 commerce comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce/index.md\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 Spree Commerce 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### Spree Commerce (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams that want to own a Rails commerce backend with marketplace, B2B and multi-region functions and drive it through REST.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 82 against 68\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 66\n- Agent ergonomics, 90 against 33\n- Security \u0026 auth, 65 against 39\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 55 against 12\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Six GitHub security advisories between 8 January and 20 July 2026, four rated High, most of them access-control flaws on guest carts, orders and addresses\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Elastic Path API + MCP | Spree Commerce | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 82 | Spree Commerce +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 85 | Spree Commerce +19 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 33 | 90 | Spree Commerce +57 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 65 | Spree Commerce +26 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 12 | 55 | Spree Commerce +43 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 81 | Spree Commerce +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 60 | Elastic Path API + MCP +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **50.1 · D** | **70.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Elastic Path API + MCP | Spree Commerce |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Elastic Path | Vendo Connect Inc |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://useast.api.elasticpath.com/v2` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | BSD-3-Clause for the backend, MIT for the npm packages. Enterprise Edition code is under a separate commercial licence |\n| Tools exposed | 95 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-07-28 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |\n| Popularity | 754 npm/wk | 16k stars, 1.6k 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**Spree Commerce.** A self-hosted BSD 3-Clause platform with public OpenAPI files for the Store and Admin APIs, scoped secret keys, documented rate limits and idempotency keys on cart and checkout calls. GitHub lists six security advisories between January and July 2026, four rated High, and the default docs describe the 6.0 release candidate while 5.6.1 is the stable release.\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### Spree Commerce\n\n1. Send a publishable key in `X-Spree-Api-Key` on every Store API call. Add `X-Spree-Token` with the cart token for guest carts, or a customer JWT as a Bearer token\n2. Send `Idempotency-Key` with the cart token or a customer JWT on cart, payment and completion calls. A request carrying only the publishable key is never cached\n3. Ask for `fields` and `expand` explicitly. Relations are left out by default and `limit` stops at 100\n4. Use a secret key with the narrowest scopes for the Admin API. `read_all` gives a read-only key, and the CLI's auto-minted local key is read-only\n5. Read the docs under `/docs/v5` for a 5.6 store. The default docs describe 6.0, which renames shipments to fulfilments and splits carts from orders\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Elastic Path API + MCP or Spree Commerce?\n\nSpree Commerce scores 70.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Elastic Path API + MCP's 50.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Elastic Path API + MCP and Spree Commerce need an API key?\n\nElastic Path API + MCP uses an OAuth sign-in. Spree Commerce takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Elastic Path API + MCP and Spree Commerce 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 Spree Commerce.\n\n### Are Elastic Path API + MCP and Spree Commerce open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Elastic Path API + MCP. Spree Commerce is open source (BSD-3-Clause for the backend, MIT for the npm packages. Enterprise Edition code is under a separate commercial licence).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-spree-commerce.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-spree-commerce.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"elastic-path\", \"b\": \"spree-commerce\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare elastic-path spree-commerce`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elastic-path.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/spree-commerce.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Elastic Path API + MCP or Spree Commerce\n\n- [Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [commercetools vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commercetools-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [commercetools vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commercetools-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Ecwid by Lightspeed vs Elastic Path API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ecwid-vs-elastic-path.md)\n- [Ecwid by Lightspeed vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ecwid-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Medusa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-medusa.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Saleor API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-saleor.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Shopify API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopify.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Shopware](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-shopware.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-snipcart.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Square](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-square.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-swell.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Wix Stores and eCommerce API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-wix.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Medusa API + MCP vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Shopify API + MCP vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopify-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Shopware vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Snipcart API + MCP vs Spree Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/snipcart-vs-spree-commerce.md)\n- [Spree Commerce vs Square](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spree-commerce-vs-square.md)\n- [Spree Commerce vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spree-commerce-vs-swell.md)\n- [Spree Commerce vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spree-commerce-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Spree Commerce vs Wix Stores and eCommerce API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spree-commerce-vs-wix.md)\n- [Spree Commerce vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/spree-commerce-vs-woocommerce.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-10", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Elastic Path API + MCP vs Spree Commerce", "url": "" } ], "description": "Spree Commerce scores 70.4 (BB) to Elastic Path's 50.1 (D) for commerce catalogues. 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