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  "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": 107,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 629,
        "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": "2026-10-08T17:51:12.427095822Z"
        },
        "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": "2026-10-08T18:30:30.769152247Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Swell's 55 (C), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "swell",
      "name": "Swell",
      "vendor": "Swell",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.swell.is",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "commerce",
      "summary": "Hosted headless commerce platform with a REST Backend API (products, carts, orders, subscriptions, coupons, promotions, custom models) and a Frontend API for storefronts.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/swell.json",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.swell.store",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "swell-node"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "swell-js"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Backend API uses HTTP Basic auth with the store ID as username and a secret key as password. sk_test_ keys hit the test environment, sk_live_ keys hit live data. The Frontend API (swell-js) uses a public key. Official libraries use a custom wire protocol on port 8443.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Billed yearly, Starter $29 a month (2 admins, $50K yearly sales), Basic $79 ($250K), Standard $299 ($1M), Unlimited $2,250 ($5M), Custom above $10M. Above the sales ceiling Swell takes 2, 1.5, 1 or 0.4 per cent. Monthly API requests 100K, 500K and 2M on the first three plans, then $5 per extra 100K; function calls and storage are metered the same way. Monthly billing costs more (the page shows 25 per cent off for yearly). Free trial on every plan (https://www.swell.is/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$29 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in the docs, pricing or AI page (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 4510,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.swell.is",
      "capabilities": [
        "commerce.products",
        "commerce.cart",
        "commerce.checkout",
        "commerce.orders",
        "commerce.headless"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "typescript",
        "webhooks",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-30",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 55,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 460,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 629,
        "categoryRank": 11,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 63,
          "schema": 68,
          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Live /:models schema with field types and descriptions for every store. One full-access secret key per environment, with no scoped or read-only key.",
        "bestFor": "Developers who want a hosted headless store with a flexible data model and an agent that writes server-side.",
        "strengths": [
          "Live /:models schema with field types and descriptions for every store",
          "Carts, coupons, promotions, subscriptions and orders in one REST API",
          "Official Claude Code skills with about 320 KB of agent reference and their own evals",
          "Public plan prices with per-unit overage for API requests and storage",
          "Events audit log in the developer console since 30 September 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "One full-access secret key per environment, with no scoped or read-only key",
          "Invalid writes return HTTP 200 with an errors object",
          "Rate-limit numbers aren't published",
          "No llms.txt, OpenAPI, security.txt or disclosure policy",
          "No DPA, subprocessor list or deprecation policy found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call GET /:models once and cache it. It's the ground truth for custom fields",
          "Check `result.errors` after every write. A failed validation still returns 200",
          "Use `$set` to replace an array. A plain PUT merges arrays by element id and never shrinks them",
          "Use an sk_test_ key while testing. A bare sk_ prefix is live",
          "Keep `expand` and `include` small. Each level past the first three points adds rate-limit weight"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 55
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 25,
          "reliability": 63,
          "schema": 68,
          "security": 35,
          "transparency": 31
        },
        "provenanceScore": 68
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.swell.store/products?limit=5\" -u \"$SWELL_STORE_ID:$SWELL_SECRET_KEY\""
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/swell"
      },
      "area": "business",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Starter",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 29,
          "note": "billed yearly, up to $50K sales a year, 100K API requests a month"
        },
        {
          "item": "Basic",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 79,
          "note": "billed yearly, up to $250K sales, 500K API requests"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 299,
          "note": "billed yearly, up to $1M sales, 2M API requests"
        },
        {
          "item": "Unlimited",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 2250,
          "note": "billed yearly, up to $5M sales"
        },
        {
          "item": "Fee above Starter ceiling",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 2,
          "note": "on sales over $50K in a trailing 12 months"
        },
        {
          "item": "Fee above Basic ceiling",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 1.5,
          "note": "on sales over $250K"
        },
        {
          "item": "Fee above Standard ceiling",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 1,
          "note": "on sales over $1M"
        },
        {
          "item": "Fee above Unlimited ceiling",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 0.4,
          "note": "on sales over $5M"
        },
        {
          "item": "Extra API requests",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.05,
          "note": "$5 per 100K over the plan quota"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Swell Commerce Corp.",
        "domain": "swell.is",
        "domainRegistered": "2019-09-06",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": false,
        "terms": "https://www.swell.is/legal/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://www.swell.is/legal/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.swell.store/",
        "changelog": "https://www.swell.is/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "The API runs on api.swell.store, Swell's older domain, not swell.is.",
          "/.well-known/security.txt redirects to itself, so no file could be read."
        ],
        "score": 68
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "swell",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.swell.store",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:59.832243761Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 482,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 427,
          "p95ms24h": 498,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 2135,
          "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": 217,
              "ok": 217
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.swell.store",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:07:01.089610345Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
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            "name": "swell-js",
            "version": "5.9.2",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:31:22.669153928Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "swell-node",
            "version": "6.0.5",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:31:21.794185914Z"
          }
        ],
        "npmWeekly": 1244,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://swell.is/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "unknown",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:33.316609141Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "swell.is",
          "registered": "2019-09-06",
          "source": "https://rdap.isnic.is/rdap/domain/swell.is",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:13.981723691Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.swell.is/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:50.698368954Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "1629c2fb7a64"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.swell.is/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:57.055443417Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "32193c4b3a20"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.swell.is/legal/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:52.917556195Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "fbd01fa046b6"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.swell.is/legal/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:30:55.09069328Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "4090f2726940"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:59.832243761Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "shopware AG",
        "b": "Swell",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "https://api.swell.store",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "API key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Paid",
        "name": "Pricing"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/swell.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 63\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 68\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 35\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 50 against 25\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 82\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 76 against 50\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### Swell (C)\n\nGood for: Developers who want a hosted headless store with a flexible data model and an agent that writes server-side.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: One full-access secret key per environment, with no scoped or read-only key\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Shopware | Swell | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 63 | Shopware +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 68 | Shopware +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 65 | Shopware +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 73 | 35 | Shopware +38 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 25 | Shopware +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 82 | Shopware +5 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 50 | Shopware +26 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **71.4 · BB** | **55 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Shopware | Swell |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | shopware AG | Swell |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.swell.store` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\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 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-10 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-19 |\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 | 4.5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (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**Swell.** Live /:models schema with field types and descriptions for every store. One full-access secret key per environment, with no scoped or read-only key.\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. 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