# Fabric vs Swell (slim)

> Swell scores 55 (C) to Fabric's 43.7 (E) for commerce orders. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

Swell scores 55 (C) on agent readiness against Fabric's 43.7 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fabric leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do commerce orders.

- Fabric: E 43.7, rank #949 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fabric.min.md
- Swell: C 55, rank #712 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.min.md
- Fabric, good for A merchant-side API for retailers already on Fabric's order management, catalogue or dropship products. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 68; Security & auth, 62 against 35; Transparency & trust, 55 against 50.
- Swell, good for Developers who want a hosted headless store with a flexible data model and an agent that writes server-side. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 23; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 57; Payments & pricing, 25 against 0; Maintenance & community, 82 against 15.

| Category | Fabric | Swell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 23 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fabric | Swell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Commerce Fabric, Inc. | Swell |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fabric.inc/v3` | `https://api.swell.store` |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary SaaS under Fabric's Terms and Conditions (last updated 1 January 2026) and an order form | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-01 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2021-01-14 | 2026-08-19 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 4.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |