{ "data": { "a": { "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" } }, "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Snipcart API + MCP's 40.8 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "snipcart", "name": "Snipcart API + MCP", "vendor": "Snipcart (Duda)", "vendorUrl": "https://snipcart.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Cart and checkout you add to any website with HTML attributes and a JavaScript widget.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/snipcart.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.snipcart.com/api", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "HTTP Basic with a secret API key as username and an empty password. Keys are made in Test or Live mode and only see that mode's data. The MCP server takes the same key in a custom X-Snipcart-Api-Key header; no OAuth, so web clients that need OAuth or a bearer header (Claude.ai web, ChatGPT web) can't connect.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "2 per cent of sales plus your payment gateway's fees. Stores under $1,000 in monthly sales pay a flat $20 a month instead. Test mode is free with no card. A Custom plan is billed monthly at a set fee (https://snipcart.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "2% fee", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 38, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.snipcart.com/v3/", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.orders", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "no-card", "webhooks", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 40.8, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 686, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 25, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 35, "reliability": 58, "schema": 37, "security": 20, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Hosted MCP server with 38 documented tools and a self-hostable Bun build. No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget.", "bestFor": "Static-site merchants who want an agent to handle orders, refunds and coupons.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server with 38 documented tools and a self-hostable Bun build", "Free test mode with no card, and separate test and live keys", "Public pricing, 2 per cent of sales or $20 a month for small stores", "Release notes every two to four weeks, six since 13 July 2026", "Uptime history kept in a public GitHub repo" ], "weaknesses": [ "No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget", "One full-access key per mode, with no OAuth, scopes or read-only keys", "Refund and archive tools have no documented confirmation or annotations", "No OpenAPI, llms.txt, security.txt or disclosure contact", "The status page doesn't check the API path or the MCP endpoint" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the agent for back-office jobs (orders, refunds, discounts, stock, abandoned carts), not for placing orders", "Start with a test-mode key (ST_ prefix) before switching to live (SL_)", "Send the key in X-Snipcart-Api-Key. OAuth-only clients can't connect", "Stay under 100 MCP requests a minute and 10 in flight per key", "Ignore unknown response fields. Snipcart adds fields without a new version" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 40.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 25, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 35, "reliability": 58, "schema": 37, "security": 20, "transparency": 39 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -H \"Accept: application/json\" https://app.snipcart.com/api/orders -u \"$SNIPCART_SECRET_KEY:\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http snipcart https://ai.snipcart.com/mcp --header \"X-Snipcart-Api-Key: $SNIPCART_SECRET_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "snipcart": { "headers": { "X-Snipcart-Api-Key": "${SNIPCART_SECRET_KEY}" }, "url": "https://ai.snipcart.com/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/snipcart" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Transaction fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 2, "note": "of sales, plus payment gateway fees" }, { "item": "Small-store minimum", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "charged instead of 2 per cent when monthly sales are under $1,000" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Snipcart inc.", "domain": "snipcart.com", "domainRegistered": "2013-01-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://snipcart.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://snipcart.com/terms-of-service", "statusPage": "https://status.snipcart.com/", "changelog": "https://docs.snipcart.com/v3/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The privacy policy is a section of the terms page; there is no separate privacy URL.", "Snipcart inc. is a Canadian company owned by Duda since 2021." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.json", "live": { "slug": "snipcart", "probe": { "target": "https://app.snipcart.com/api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:53:02.523103553Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 357, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 368, "p95ms24h": 526, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 2143, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 225, "ok": 225 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.snipcart.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:11.310252949Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://snipcart.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:53.750963612Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "snipcart.com", "registered": "2013-01-10", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/snipcart.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:50.326878421Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.snipcart.com/v3/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:27.49912012Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9f3bede5787c" }, { "url": "https://snipcart.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:26.324483884Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "807106c17a22" }, { "url": "https://snipcart.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:28.480542186Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2ee2028c28bd" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:53:02.523103553Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "shopware AG", "b": "Snipcart (Duda)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://app.snipcart.com/api", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "14", "b": "38", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-02", "b": "2026-09-24", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-06-10", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "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": "3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "1.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Snipcart API + MCP's 40.8 (E), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Shopware or Snipcart API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Shopware takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Snipcart API + MCP needs an API key.", "question": "Do Shopware and Snipcart API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware. Snipcart API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://app.snipcart.com/api.", "question": "Can an agent call Shopware and Snipcart API + MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms). No open-source release is listed for Snipcart API + MCP.", "question": "Are Shopware and Snipcart API + MCP open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 83 against 58", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 37", "Agent ergonomics, 78 against 25", "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 20", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 68", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 60" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Open source" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card", "No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Static-site merchants who want an agent to handle orders, refunds and coupons.", "slug": "snipcart", "watchFor": "No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget" } ], "job": { "capability": "commerce.products", "name": "Commerce products" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-shopware.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Shopware", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-shopware" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-snipcart.json", "title": "Adobe Commerce (Magento) vs Snipcart API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-commerce-vs-snipcart" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-shopware.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs Shopware", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-shopware" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-snipcart.json", "title": "BigCommerce API + MCP vs Snipcart API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-snipcart" }, { "json": 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in every scored category. Both do commerce products.", "verdicts": { "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.", "snipcart": "Hosted MCP server with 38 documented tools and a self-hostable Bun build. No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-snipcart", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-snipcart.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-snipcart.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-snipcart.min.md" }, "markdown": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Snipcart API + MCP's 40.8 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce products.\n\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- Snipcart API + MCP: grade E, 40.8/100, rank #686 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/snipcart.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/snipcart.json\n\n## Which one, for what\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 58\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 37\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 25\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 20\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 68\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 60\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\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### Snipcart API + MCP (E)\n\nGood for: Static-site merchants who want an agent to handle orders, refunds and coupons.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Shopware | Snipcart API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 58 | Shopware +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 37 | Shopware +48 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 25 | Shopware +53 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 73 | 20 | Shopware +53 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 35 | Shopware +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 68 | Shopware +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 60 | Shopware +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **71.4 · BB** | **40.8 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Shopware | Snipcart API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | shopware AG | Snipcart (Duda) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://app.snipcart.com/api` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms | none |\n| Tools exposed | 14 | 38 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-10 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\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 | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Snipcart API + MCP.** Hosted MCP server with 38 documented tools and a self-hostable Bun build. No server-side cart or checkout. Orders only come from the browser widget.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Snipcart API + MCP\n\n1. Use the agent for back-office jobs (orders, refunds, discounts, stock, abandoned carts), not for placing orders\n2. Start with a test-mode key (ST_ prefix) before switching to live (SL_)\n3. Send the key in X-Snipcart-Api-Key. OAuth-only clients can't connect\n4. Stay under 100 MCP requests a minute and 10 in flight per key\n5. Ignore unknown response fields. Snipcart adds fields without a new version\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Shopware or Snipcart API + MCP?\n\nShopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Snipcart API + MCP's 40.8 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Shopware and Snipcart API + MCP need an API key?\n\nShopware takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Snipcart API + MCP needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Shopware and Snipcart API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware. Snipcart API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://app.snipcart.com/api.\n\n### Are Shopware and Snipcart API + MCP open source?\n\nShopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms). No open-source release is listed for Snipcart API + MCP.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-snipcart.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-snipcart.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"shopware\", \"b\": \"snipcart\"}`. 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