{ "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": "WooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Shopware's 71.4 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Shopware leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "woocommerce", "name": "WooCommerce API + MCP", "vendor": "WooCommerce (Automattic)", "vendorUrl": "https://woocommerce.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Open-source commerce plugin for WordPress that you host yourself.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/woocommerce.json", "repo": "https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce", "license": "GPL-3.0", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "woocommerce" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "REST API keys (consumer key and secret) with read, write or read_write permission, sent as HTTP Basic over HTTPS. The Store API needs no key for browsing and uses a nonce or Cart-Token for cart and checkout calls. The MCP adapter takes a WordPress Application Password and acts with that user's capabilities. The deprecated /wp-json/woocommerce/mcp endpoint used REST keys.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The plugin is free under GPL with no platform fee or revenue share. You pay for hosting, which Woo puts at $25 to $350 a month for most stores, extensions at $29 to $299 a year each, and card processing, about 2.9% + 30 cents per US transaction with WooPayments (https://woocommerce.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 in core. Payments go through whichever gateway the store installs.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": 10535, "npmWeekly": 63554, "pypiWeekly": 24657, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "mcp", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "python", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 72.9, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 84, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 60, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 55, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share. Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page.", "bestFor": "Merchants already on WordPress and agents that need a cart and checkout without a vendor account.", "strengths": [ "Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share", "Store API runs carts, coupons and checkout with a Cart-Token instead of a key", "Code examples in five languages on every REST endpoint, and official JavaScript and Python clients", "Automattic's HackerOne bug bounty covers WooCommerce core", "Six stable releases between 7 July and 22 September 2026, CI green on trunk" ], "weaknesses": [ "Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page", "MCP is a developer preview behind the mcp_integration flag, with 7 abilities", "REST docs allow the consumer key and secret in the query string", "Store API rate limiting is off by default", "No OpenAPI file, so the contract only comes from a live store" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a REST key with read permission only for reporting tasks, and send it in the Authorization header, never the URL", "Get a Cart-Token with GET /wp-json/wc/store/v1/cart and send it on every cart and checkout call instead of a nonce", "Add `_fields=id,name,price` to REST calls to cut response size", "Page with per_page up to 100 and stop at X-WP-TotalPages", "Product delete only trashes unless you pass force true, so check the trash before assuming it's gone" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 72.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 83, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 60, "reliability": 80, "schema": 77, "security": 55, "transparency": 86 }, "provenanceScore": 63 }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://yourstore.com/wp-json/wc/v3/products?per_page=5\" \\\n -u \"$WC_CONSUMER_KEY:$WC_CONSUMER_SECRET\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --env WP_API_URL=https://yourstore.com/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server --env WP_API_USERNAME=$WP_USER --env WP_API_PASSWORD=$WP_APP_PASSWORD woocommerce_store -- npx -y @automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest", "config": { "mcpServers": { "woocommerce_store": { "args": [ "-y", "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "WP_API_PASSWORD": "${WP_APP_PASSWORD}", "WP_API_URL": "https://yourstore.com/wp-json/mcp/mcp-adapter-default-server", "WP_API_USERNAME": "${WP_USER}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/woocommerce" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "WooCommerce plugin", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "GPL, you pay for your own hosting" }, { "item": "WooPayments US card rate", "unit": "pct", "usd": 2.9, "note": "plus 30 cents per transaction, optional gateway" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "WooCommerce, Inc.", "domain": "woocommerce.com", "domainRegistered": "2010-01-09", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://wordpress.com/tos/", "privacy": "https://automattic.com/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "woocommerce.com/terms-conditions redirects to the WordPress.com terms, which name WooCommerce, Inc. as an Automattic company", "The API runs on each merchant's own domain" ], "score": 63 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.json", "live": { "slug": "woocommerce", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "woocommerce/woocommerce", "version": "11.2.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:03.106308164Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@automattic/mcp-wordpress-remote", "version": "0.5.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:01.902351436Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api", "version": "1.0.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:00.891225289Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "woocommerce", "version": "3.0.0", "released": "2021-03-13", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:35:01.708701664Z" } ], "githubStars": 10541, "npmWeekly": 73129, "pypiWeekly": 28356, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://woocommerce.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:02.655939563Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:01:01.201249236Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "woocommerce.com", "registered": "2010-01-09", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/woocommerce.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:39.15219252Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.woocommerce.com/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:22.796442961Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:22.796442961Z", "fingerprint": "24c7d32554f1" }, { "url": "https://woocommerce.com/pricing/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:46.767855885Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:46.767855885Z", "fingerprint": "a21bd429dc39" }, { "url": "https://automattic.com/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:27.406732024Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:27.406732024Z", "fingerprint": "2c5517485824" }, { "url": "https://wordpress.com/tos/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:48.803943184Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:10:29.658725622Z", "fingerprint": "7a21fafe2264" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:48.803943184Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "shopware AG", "b": "WooCommerce (Automattic)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "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": "GPL-3.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "14", "b": "7", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-02", "b": "2026-09-22", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-06-10", "b": "2026-10-06", "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": "11k stars, 64k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3.5/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "WooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Shopware's 71.4 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Shopware leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Shopware or WooCommerce API + MCP?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Shopware and WooCommerce API + MCP need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware. WooCommerce API + MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Shopware and WooCommerce API + MCP without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms). WooCommerce API + MCP is open source (GPL-3.0).", "question": "Are Shopware and WooCommerce API + MCP open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 77", "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 55", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 82" ], "also": null, "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": [ "Agent ergonomics, 83 against 78", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Merchants already on WordPress and agents that need a cart and checkout without a vendor account.", "slug": "woocommerce", "watchFor": "Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/woocommerce.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/woocommerce.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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 77\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 55\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 82\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### WooCommerce API + MCP (BB)\n\nGood for: Merchants already on WordPress and agents that need a cart and checkout without a vendor account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 78\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- No incidents deducted, where Shopware loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Shopware | WooCommerce API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 80 | Shopware +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 77 | Shopware +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 83 | WooCommerce API + MCP +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 73 | 55 | Shopware +18 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 60 | WooCommerce API + MCP +10 |\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 | 75 | Shopware +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **71.4 · BB** | **72.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Shopware | WooCommerce API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | shopware AG | WooCommerce (Automattic) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms | GPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 14 | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-22 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-10 | 2026-10-06 |\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 | 11k stars, 64k npm/wk, 25k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (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**WooCommerce API + MCP.** Free GPL software with no platform fee or revenue share. Uptime, speed and security depend on each store's host and plugins. No vendor status page.\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### WooCommerce API + MCP\n\n1. Create a REST key with read permission only for reporting tasks, and send it in the Authorization header, never the URL\n2. Get a Cart-Token with GET /wp-json/wc/store/v1/cart and send it on every cart and checkout call instead of a nonce\n3. Add `_fields=id,name,price` to REST calls to cut response size\n4. Page with per_page up to 100 and stop at X-WP-TotalPages\n5. Product delete only trashes unless you pass force true, so check the trash before assuming it's gone\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Shopware or WooCommerce API + MCP?\n\nWooCommerce API + MCP scores 72.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Shopware's 71.4 (BB), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Shopware leads on schema \u0026 documentation, security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Shopware and WooCommerce API + MCP need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Shopware and WooCommerce API + MCP without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Shopware. WooCommerce API + MCP runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are Shopware and WooCommerce API + MCP open source?\n\nYes. Shopware is open source (MIT for the Community Edition core. Paid plans add proprietary extensions under shopware AG's general terms). 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