# Fabric vs Medusa API + MCP (slim)

> Medusa scores 63.5 (B) to Fabric's 43.7 (E) for commerce orders. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Medusa API + MCP scores 63.5 (B) on agent readiness against Fabric's 43.7 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Fabric leads on security & auth. Both do commerce orders.

- Fabric: E 43.7, rank #949 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fabric.min.md
- Medusa API + MCP: B 63.5, rank #413 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/medusa.min.md
- Fabric, good for A merchant-side API for retailers already on Fabric's order management, catalogue or dropship products. Ahead on Security & auth, 62 against 40. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Medusa API + MCP, good for Teams that want to own a TypeScript commerce backend and extend it with their own routes and workflows. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 23; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 57; Payments & pricing, 50 against 0; Maintenance & community, 93 against 15; Transparency & trust, 71 against 55. Also Open source.

| Category | Fabric | Medusa API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 23 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 93 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fabric | Medusa API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Commerce Fabric, Inc. | Medusa |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fabric.inc/v3` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary SaaS under Fabric's Terms and Conditions (last updated 1 January 2026) and an order form | MIT |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.medusajs/medusa-mcp` |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-01 | 2026-09-21 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-01-14 | 2026-09-07 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 37k stars, 203k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |