# Fabric vs Shopware (slim)

> Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) to Fabric's 43.7 (E) for commerce orders. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Fabric's 43.7 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce orders.

- Fabric: E 43.7, rank #949 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fabric.min.md
- Shopware: BB 71.4, rank #131 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.min.md
- Fabric, good for A merchant-side API for retailers already on Fabric's order management, catalogue or dropship products. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them.
- Shopware, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 23; Schema & documentation, 85 against 79; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 57; Security & auth, 73 against 62; Payments & pricing, 50 against 0; Maintenance & community, 87 against 15; Transparency & trust, 76 against 55. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.

| Category | Fabric | Shopware |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 23 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fabric | Shopware |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Commerce Fabric, Inc. | shopware AG |
| 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 for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms |
| Tools exposed | none | 14 |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-01 | 2026-06-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-01-14 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk |