{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "medusa", "name": "Medusa API + MCP", "vendor": "Medusa", "vendorUrl": "https://medusajs.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Open-source headless commerce backend in TypeScript, self-hosted or run on Medusa Cloud.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/medusa", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/medusa.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/medusa.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/medusa.json", "repo": "https://github.com/medusajs/medusa", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@medusajs/js-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@medusajs/medusa" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Store API calls need a publishable API key in the x-publishable-api-key header, and customer routes add a customer JWT or session. Admin API calls take a user JWT, a session cookie or a secret API key. The docs MCP at https://docs.medusajs.com/mcp takes Medusa Cloud OAuth or a Cloud personal access key as a Bearer token.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Self-hosting the MIT core is free. Medusa Cloud Develop from $29 a month, Launch from $99, Scale from $299, Enterprise custom, with no GMV fee on any plan. Plans include 1M, 5M or 10M edge requests a month, then $0.30 per 1M. Search includes 10,000 requests a month, then $20 per 100,000 (https://medusajs.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$29 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402. Payments go through payment provider modules such as Stripe.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 36514, "npmWeekly": 202809, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.medusajs.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.medusajs.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/medusajs/medusa/develop/www/apps/api-reference/specs/store/openapi.full.yaml", "registryName": "com.medusajs/medusa-mcp", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "typescript", "webhooks", "freemium" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 307, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 93, "payments": 50, "reliability": 55, "schema": 81, "security": 40, "transparency": 71 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "MIT core you can self-host, with Medusa Cloud running the same APIs and no GMV fee. The official MCP server is docs-only and limited to Cloud accounts.", "bestFor": "Teams that want to own a TypeScript commerce backend and extend it with their own routes and workflows.", "strengths": [ "MIT core you can self-host, with Medusa Cloud running the same APIs and no GMV fee", "Public OpenAPI 3.0 files for the Store and Admin APIs, frozen per release", "Field selection, pagination and documented error types on every list route", "Seven releases between 23 July and 28 September 2026, and 68 open issues triaged within a day" ], "weaknesses": [ "The official MCP server is docs-only and limited to Cloud accounts", "Breaking changes ship in minor releases, listed in 2.16.0, 2.17.0, 2.18.0, 2.19.0 and 2.20.0", "No rate limits, retry guidance or documented idempotency header", "No public security advisories, security.txt or audit log", "Some files sit under a proprietary Enterprise Edition licence" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send x-publishable-api-key on every /store call. It decides which sales channels and products the agent sees", "Ask for only the fields you need with `fields`. Store routes reject relations nested more than three deep since 2.20.0", "Read the store's regions before creating a cart, since prices and shipping options depend on region", "Place the order with POST /store/carts/{id}/complete after shipping and payment sessions are set", "Read the release notes before upgrading a minor version. Breaking changes land there" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 93, "payments": 50, "reliability": 55, "schema": 81, "security": 40, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"$MEDUSA_BACKEND_URL/store/products?limit=5\" -H \"x-publishable-api-key: $MEDUSA_PUBLISHABLE_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http medusa https://docs.medusajs.com/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "medusa": { "type": "streamable-http", "url": "https://docs.medusajs.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/medusa" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Cloud Develop", "unit": "month", "usd": 29, "note": "from, 1M edge requests a month" }, { "item": "Cloud Launch", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "from, 5M edge requests, webhook events, backups" }, { "item": "Cloud Scale", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "from, 10M edge requests, background workers" }, { "item": "Cloud GMV fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0, "note": "on every plan" }, { "item": "Self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "MIT core, you pay for your own servers" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "MedusaJS, Inc.", "domain": "medusajs.com", "domainRegistered": "2011-04-06", "domainNote": "medusajs.com was registered in 2011, years before the Medusa project started.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://medusajs.com/terms-of-service/", "privacy": "https://medusajs.com/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.medusajs.com", "changelog": "https://medusajs.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The API runs on your own server or your Medusa Cloud project URL" ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/medusa.json", "live": { "slug": "medusa", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.medusajs.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T20:22:40.21327205Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "medusajs/medusa", "version": "v2.21.2", "released": "2026-09-28", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:06.405817965Z" }, { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.medusajs/medusa-mcp", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T02:42:52.272076636Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@medusajs/js-sdk", "version": "2.21.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:04.195596288Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@medusajs/medusa", "version": "2.21.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:20:05.046712819Z" } ], "githubStars": 36655, "npmWeekly": 277804, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://medusajs.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:10.109021088Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.medusajs.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:37.249615034Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "medusajs.com", "registered": "2011-04-06", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/medusajs.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:58.741633559Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://medusajs.com/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:54.547779008Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c94e48b9121e" }, { "url": "https://medusajs.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:56.849116224Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:22:09.624831885Z", "fingerprint": "d89c0270ef8e" }, { "url": "https://medusajs.com/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:21:58.764119016Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "656583c0f608" }, { "url": "https://medusajs.com/terms-of-service/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:00.724022724Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "58117095a0be" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T20:22:40.21327205Z" } }, "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Medusa API + MCP's 63.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Medusa API + MCP leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "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": "Medusa", "b": "shopware AG", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "14", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.medusajs/medusa-mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-28", "b": "2026-10-02", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-21", "b": "2026-06-10", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-07", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "37k stars, 203k npm/wk", "b": "3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Medusa API + MCP's 63.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Medusa API + MCP leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Medusa API + MCP or Shopware?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Medusa API + MCP and Shopware need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Medusa API + MCP. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.", "question": "Can an agent call Medusa API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Medusa API + MCP is open source (MIT). Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms).", "question": "Are Medusa API + MCP and Shopware open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 93 against 87" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want to own a TypeScript commerce backend and extend it with their own routes and workflows.", "slug": "medusa", "watchFor": "The official MCP server is docs-only and limited to Cloud accounts" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 55", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 72", "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 40", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 71" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "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 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Medusa API + MCP leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do commerce products.", "verdicts": { "medusa": "MIT core you can self-host, with Medusa Cloud running the same APIs and no GMV fee. The official MCP server is docs-only and limited to Cloud accounts.", "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/medusa-vs-shopware", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-shopware.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-shopware.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-shopware.min.md" }, "markdown": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Medusa API + MCP's 63.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Medusa API + MCP leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do commerce products.\n\n- Medusa API + MCP: grade B, 63.5/100, rank #307 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/medusa.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/medusa.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### Medusa API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want to own a TypeScript commerce backend and extend it with their own routes and workflows.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 93 against 87\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: The official MCP server is docs-only and limited to Cloud accounts\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 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 72\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 40\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 71\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\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 | Medusa API + MCP | Shopware | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 83 | Shopware +28 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 85 | Shopware +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 78 | Shopware +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 73 | Shopware +33 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 50 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 93 | 87 | Medusa API + MCP +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 76 | Shopware +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.5 · B** | **71.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Medusa API + MCP | Shopware |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Medusa | shopware AG |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms |\n| Tools exposed | none | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.medusajs/medusa-mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-21 | 2026-06-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-07 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 37k stars, 203k npm/wk | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Medusa API + MCP.** MIT core you can self-host, with Medusa Cloud running the same APIs and no GMV fee. The official MCP server is docs-only and limited to Cloud accounts.\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### Medusa API + MCP\n\n1. Send x-publishable-api-key on every /store call. It decides which sales channels and products the agent sees\n2. Ask for only the fields you need with `fields`. Store routes reject relations nested more than three deep since 2.20.0\n3. Read the store's regions before creating a cart, since prices and shipping options depend on region\n4. Place the order with POST /store/carts/{id}/complete after shipping and payment sessions are set\n5. Read the release notes before upgrading a minor version. Breaking changes land there\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, Medusa API + MCP or Shopware?\n\nShopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Medusa API + MCP's 63.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Medusa API + MCP leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Medusa API + MCP and Shopware need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Medusa API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Medusa API + MCP. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.\n\n### Are Medusa API + MCP and Shopware open source?\n\nYes. Medusa API + MCP is open source (MIT). 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/medusa-vs-shopware.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-shopware.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"medusa\", \"b\": \"shopware\"}`. 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