Head to head · Commerce products · October 2026 research run
Saleor API + MCP vs Wix Stores and eCommerce API
Saleor API + MCP scores 68.6 (B) on agent readiness against Wix Stores and eCommerce API's 61.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do commerce products.
Which one, for what
Good for Teams that want an open-source GraphQL backend with multi-channel pricing and an agent that reads store data safely.
Ahead on
- Schema & documentation, 89 against 76
- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 68
- Security & auth, 71 against 61
- Payments & pricing, 45 against 30
Also in its favour
- Open source
Watch for
The MCP server can't create checkouts or orders
Wix Stores and eCommerce API C
Good for An agent managing a merchant's existing Wix store or building a headless storefront on Wix.
Also in its favour
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
Watch for
No numeric rate limit for the REST API was found in the reviewed documentation. The 429 guidance is to wait a minute and retry
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Saleor API + MCP | Wix Stores and eCommerce API | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 50 | 48 | Saleor API + MCP +2 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 89 | 76 | Saleor API + MCP +13 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 86 | 68 | Saleor API + MCP +18 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 71 | 61 | Saleor API + MCP +10 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 45 | 30 | Saleor API + MCP +15 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 85 | 83 | Saleor API + MCP +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 76 | 77 | Wix Stores and eCommerce API +1 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |
| Total | 68.6 · B | 61.4 · C |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Saleor API + MCP | Wix Stores and eCommerce API |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Saleor | Wix.com Ltd. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://www.wixapis.com |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause | Proprietary service under the Wix Terms of Use. @wix/sdk, @wix/stores and the wix/skills repository are MIT. @wix/mcp states no licence |
| Tools exposed | 8 | 18 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | com.wix/mcp |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 23k stars, 7.3k npm/wk | 87k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |
Verdicts
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.
Wix Stores and eCommerce API
The developer docs are served as Markdown with an llms.txt index, and API keys carry permission scopes and a site restriction. No numeric REST rate limit or OpenAPI file was found, and status.wix.com records a platform-wide incident of 3 hours 17 minutes on 1 August 2026. A person must create the account and the key.
Before you call either
Saleor API + MCP
- 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
errorsarray 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
Wix Stores and eCommerce API
- Send the API key in
Authorizationwithwix-site-idfor site calls orwix-account-idfor account calls, never both - Fetch the product first and pass
product.revisionon every Catalogue V3 update, or the call fails with 409 - Use Cart V2 for new work. The older eCommerce Cart and Checkout APIs were deprecated on 5 August 2026
- Request
cursorPaging.limitof at most 100 on Query Products and use Search Products for lookups by name - Over MCP, read the method page with
ReadFullDocsArticlebeforeCallWixSiteAPI. Responses are cut at 50,000 characters by default
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Saleor API + MCP or Wix Stores and eCommerce API?
Saleor API + MCP scores 68.6 (B) on agent readiness against Wix Stores and eCommerce API's 61.4 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.
Do Saleor API + MCP and Wix Stores and eCommerce API need an API key?
Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.
Can an agent call Saleor API + MCP and Wix Stores and eCommerce API without installing anything?
No hosted endpoint is listed for Saleor API + MCP. Wix Stores and eCommerce API has a hosted endpoint at https://www.wixapis.com.
Are Saleor API + MCP and Wix Stores and eCommerce API open source?
Saleor API + MCP is open source (BSD-3-Clause). No open-source release is listed for Wix Stores and eCommerce API.
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Machine-readable
- This page as Markdown
/compare/saleor-vs-wix.md· slim.min.md· JSON.json(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - Each listing in full
/api/v1/tools/saleor.json·/api/v1/tools/wix.json - From a terminal
anchor compare saleor wix(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "saleor", "b": "wix"}at/mcp, no key