{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "saleor", "name": "Saleor API + MCP", "vendor": "Saleor", "vendorUrl": "https://saleor.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Open-source headless commerce with a single GraphQL API for products, channels, checkouts, orders and customers, self-hosted or on Saleor Cloud.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/saleor.json", "repo": "https://github.com/saleor/saleor", "license": "BSD-3-Clause", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@saleor/app-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Public channel queries such as products need no token. Staff users get a JWT from tokenCreate, and apps get an app token limited to the permissions they request, such as MANAGE_PRODUCTS and MANAGE_ORDERS. The MCP server takes the Saleor API URL and a token in the X-Saleor-API-URL and X-Saleor-Auth-Token headers.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Self-hosting the BSD core is free. Saleor Cloud sandboxes are free for non-commercial use. Select $1,599 a month up to $200,000 GMV a month with 0.8% above it, Volume $3,999 a month up to $1,000,000 with 0.4% above it, Enterprise negotiated down to 0.2%. Optional onboarding add-ons at $6,000 and $12,000 one-time, credited back over the first year (https://saleor.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$1599 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402. Payments go through payment apps such as Stripe or Adyen.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 8, "popularity": { "githubStars": 23397, "npmWeekly": 7310, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.saleor.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.saleor.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "python", "webhooks", "read-only-mode", "freemium" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 175, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 45, "reliability": 50, "schema": 89, "security": 71, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Two high-severity advisories in the last 12 months touched customer data, an IDOR in the GraphQL API published 23 January 2026 (GHSA-r6fj-f4r9-36gr) and account pre-hijacking through an unverified anonymous order merge published 27 July 2026 (GHSA-6whj-8p3f-2xqp). Both were fixed and disclosed in public, so the deduction is small (https://github.com/saleor/saleor/security/advisories)." ], "verdict": "One GraphQL schema with 78 typed error-code enums and 464 marked deprecations. The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders.", "bestFor": "Teams that want an open-source GraphQL backend with multi-channel pricing and an agent that reads store data safely.", "strengths": [ "One GraphQL schema with 78 typed error-code enums and 464 marked deprecations", "BSD-3-Clause core, self-host or run on Saleor Cloud", "Official MCP server with 8 tools, all read-only, 7 with readOnlyHint and idempotentHint", "Thirteen patch releases between 5 August and 30 September 2026", "Security advisories published through GitHub, and SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI DSS claimed for Cloud" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders", "The hosted MCP at mcp.saleor.app only connects to saleor.cloud stores on 3.21 or later", "Cloud starts at $1,599 a month, and free sandboxes are non-commercial only", "No published request-rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA", "Self-hosted servers send usage telemetry by default" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass the channel slug on product and checkout queries. Prices and availability are per channel", "Send X-Saleor-API-URL and X-Saleor-Auth-Token on every MCP request, with a token holding MANAGE_PRODUCTS and MANAGE_ORDERS", "Read the `errors` array in every mutation payload. A 200 response can still carry a CheckoutErrorCode", "Keep queries under the 50,000 complexity cap and 100 items a page, and send at most 4 mutations per request", "The 3.24 changelog removes the old dummy payment plugins, so test checkouts should use a payment app" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 45, "reliability": 50, "schema": 89, "security": 71, "transparency": 83 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://\u003cyour-env\u003e.saleor.cloud/graphql/\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"query\":\"{ products(first: 5, channel: \\\"default-channel\\\") { edges { node { id name } } } }\"}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http saleor https://mcp.saleor.app/mcp --header \"X-Saleor-API-URL: https://\u003cyour-env\u003e.saleor.cloud/graphql/\" --header \"X-Saleor-Auth-Token: $SALEOR_TOKEN\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "saleor": { "headers": { "X-Saleor-API-URL": "https://\u003cyour-env\u003e.saleor.cloud/graphql/", "X-Saleor-Auth-Token": "${SALEOR_TOKEN}" }, "type": "streamable-http", "url": "https://mcp.saleor.app/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/saleor" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Cloud Select", "unit": "month", "usd": 1599, "note": "up to $200,000 GMV a month" }, { "item": "Select GMV overage", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.8, "note": "on orders above the GMV cap" }, { "item": "Cloud Volume", "unit": "month", "usd": 3999, "note": "up to $1,000,000 GMV a month" }, { "item": "Volume GMV overage", "unit": "pct", "usd": 0.4, "note": "on orders above the GMV cap" }, { "item": "Self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "BSD core, you pay for your own servers" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Saleor Commerce sp. z o.o.", "domain": "saleor.io", "domainRegistered": "2018-12-28", "domainNote": "Saleor's code dates from 2013; saleor.io was registered in 2018.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://saleor.io/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://saleor.io/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.saleor.io", "changelog": "https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Cloud APIs run on saleor.cloud and the hosted MCP on saleor.app, not on saleor.io" ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.json", "live": { "slug": "saleor", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.saleor.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T20:01:21.087962776Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "saleor/saleor", "version": "3.23.40", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:27:59.482588719Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@saleor/app-sdk", "version": "1.16.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:27:58.942693742Z" } ], "githubStars": 23420, "npmWeekly": 8054, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://saleor.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:54.513008536Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.saleor.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:51.421728964Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "saleor.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:19.936175554Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://saleor.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:57.767826297Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d71c0304e251" }, { "url": "https://saleor.io/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:53.553316248Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6db975edf88a" }, { "url": "https://saleor.io/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:55.781519018Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6bd50f5b31d6" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T20:01:21.087962776Z" } }, "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Saleor API + MCP's 68.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Saleor API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics.", "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": "Saleor", "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": "BSD-3-Clause", "b": "MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "8", "b": "14", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-02", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-06-10", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "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": "not found in the text", "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": "23k stars, 7.3k npm/wk", "b": "3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Saleor API + MCP's 68.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Saleor API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Saleor API + MCP or Shopware?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Saleor API + MCP and Shopware need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Saleor API + MCP. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.", "question": "Can an agent call Saleor API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Saleor API + MCP is open source (BSD-3-Clause). Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms).", "question": "Are Saleor API + MCP and Shopware open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 86 against 78" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that want an open-source GraphQL backend with multi-channel pricing and an agent that reads store data safely.", "slug": "saleor", "watchFor": "The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 50", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 45" ], "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 the Store API endpoint" } ], "job": { "capability": "commerce.products", "name": "Commerce products" }, "others": [ { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-vendure.json", "title": "Shopware vs Vendure", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-vendure" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-wix.json", "title": "Shopware vs Wix Stores and eCommerce API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-wix" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-woocommerce.json", "title": "Shopware vs WooCommerce API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-woocommerce" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 33, "edge": "shopware", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "saleor": 50, "shopware": 83, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "saleor", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "saleor": 89, "shopware": 85, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "saleor", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "saleor": 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Saleor API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics. Both do commerce products.", "verdicts": { "saleor": "One GraphQL schema with 78 typed error-code enums and 464 marked deprecations. The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders.", "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/saleor-vs-shopware", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-shopware.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-shopware.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-shopware.min.md" }, "markdown": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Saleor API + MCP's 68.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Saleor API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics. Both do commerce products.\n\n- Saleor API + MCP: grade B, 68.6/100, rank #175 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/saleor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/saleor.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### Saleor API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want an open-source GraphQL backend with multi-channel pricing and an agent that reads store data safely.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 78\n\nWatch for: The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders\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 50\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 45\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 | Saleor API + MCP | Shopware | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 83 | Shopware +33 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 85 | Saleor API + MCP +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 78 | Saleor API + MCP +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 73 | Shopware +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 45 | 50 | Shopware +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 87 | Shopware +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 76 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.6 · B** | **71.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Saleor API + MCP | Shopware |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Saleor | 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 | BSD-3-Clause | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms |\n| Tools exposed | 8 | 14 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-06-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | 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 | 23k stars, 7.3k npm/wk | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Saleor API + MCP.** One GraphQL schema with 78 typed error-code enums and 464 marked deprecations. The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders.\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### Saleor API + MCP\n\n1. Pass the channel slug on product and checkout queries. Prices and availability are per channel\n2. Send X-Saleor-API-URL and X-Saleor-Auth-Token on every MCP request, with a token holding MANAGE_PRODUCTS and MANAGE_ORDERS\n3. Read the `errors` array in every mutation payload. A 200 response can still carry a CheckoutErrorCode\n4. Keep queries under the 50,000 complexity cap and 100 items a page, and send at most 4 mutations per request\n5. The 3.24 changelog removes the old dummy payment plugins, so test checkouts should use a payment app\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, Saleor API + MCP or Shopware?\n\nShopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Saleor API + MCP's 68.6 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Saleor API + MCP leads on agent ergonomics.\n\n### Do Saleor 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 Saleor API + MCP and Shopware without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Saleor API + MCP. No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware.\n\n### Are Saleor API + MCP and Shopware open source?\n\nYes. Saleor API + MCP is open source (BSD-3-Clause). 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/saleor-vs-shopware.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-shopware.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"saleor\", \"b\": \"shopware\"}`. 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