# Shopware vs Swell (slim)

> Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Swell's 55 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce products. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-swell.md (~2,300 tokens) · this version ~680 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-swell.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopware-vs-swell
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-08

Shopware scores 71.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Swell's 55 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do commerce products.

- Shopware: BB 71.4, rank #107 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shopware.min.md
- Swell: C 55, rank #460 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.min.md
- Shopware, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 63; Schema & documentation, 85 against 68; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 65; Security & auth, 73 against 35; Payments & pricing, 50 against 25; Maintenance & community, 87 against 82; Transparency & trust, 76 against 50. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.
- Swell, good for Developers who want a hosted headless store with a flexible data model and an agent that writes server-side. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Shopware | Swell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 83 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 73 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Shopware | Swell |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | shopware AG | Swell |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.swell.store` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms | none |
| Tools exposed | 14 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-10 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-19 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 3.4k stars, 31k npm/wk | 4.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |