{ "data": { "a": { "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": 55.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 317, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 63, "schema": 68, "security": 35, "transparency": 51 }, "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.", "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": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 55.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 25, "reliability": 63, "schema": 68, "security": 35, "transparency": 31 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "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": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.json", "live": { "slug": "swell", "probe": { "target": "https://api.swell.store", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:55.054388901Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 423, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 424, "p95ms24h": 493, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1097, "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": 267, "ok": 267 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.swell.store", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T23:28:03.403112091Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "swell-js", "version": "5.9.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:14.900438488Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "swell-node", "version": "6.0.5", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:41:14.06948726Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 1318, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://swell.is/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:43.053806639Z" }, "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": "2026-10-04T15:52:21.610635571Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1629c2fb7a64" }, { "url": "https://www.swell.is/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:27.807838884Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "32193c4b3a20" }, { "url": "https://www.swell.is/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:23.811781459Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fbd01fa046b6" }, { "url": "https://www.swell.is/legal/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:25.803068539Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4090f2726940" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:55.054388901Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "vendure", "name": "Vendure", "vendor": "Vendure (Elevantiq GmbH)", "vendorUrl": "https://vendure.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "commerce", "summary": "Open-source headless commerce framework on TypeScript, NestJS and GraphQL that you self-host.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vendure.json", "repo": "https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure", "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://readonlydemo.vendure.io/shop-api", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vendure/core" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Shop API is anonymous for browsing and cart, with a session token (bearer header or cookie) that carries the active order. Customer login and Admin API use the same session tokens after login. API key authentication arrived in v3.6. You set everything up on your own server; there is no vendor-hosted API for Core.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Vendure Core is free under GPLv3; self-hosted you pay only for your own servers and database. Vendure Platform is a flat yearly subscription quoted per project (no GMV, order or user fees) and adds B2B tooling, a commercial licence and support. Vendure Cloud is priced by environments and resources, currently for paid design partners only, with general availability planned for Q1 2027. No transaction fees (https://vendure.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payments layer for agents; payment handlers are plugins you configure (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 8487, "npmWeekly": 29655, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.vendure.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.vendure.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "commerce.products", "commerce.cart", "commerce.checkout", "commerce.orders", "commerce.headless" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "typescript", "llms-txt", "freemium", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.4, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 84, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 45, "reliability": 89, "schema": 91, "security": 65, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "3.7.3 on 2 September 2026 fixed an unauthenticated takeover of SSO customer accounts through registerCustomerAccount (GHSA-wr5h-x3x6-4h23), a cross-channel IDOR in order payment, refund and fulfilment operations (GHSA-7qvr-c5vf-xxfh), and session tokens returned in Admin API job data (GHSA-32jm-mf7r-7qw5). All are fixed and disclosed, but the changelog warns that tokens may remain in historical job records (https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)." ], "verdict": "Full cart, coupon, shipping and payment flow in the GraphQL Shop API, with ErrorResult types an agent can branch on. No vendor-hosted API. Vendure Cloud is only partly available.", "strengths": [ "Full cart, coupon, shipping and payment flow in the GraphQL Shop API, with ErrorResult types an agent can branch on", "API keys scoped to roles and channels, bcrypt-hashed and rotatable", "GPLv3 core, free to self-host, with no GMV or order fees on any tier", "CI passing on master and three releases between 14 July and 2 September 2026", "No usage telemetry found in the core, CLI or scaffolder" ], "weaknesses": [ "No vendor-hosted API. Vendure Cloud is only partly available", "The MCP plugin with 42 tools sits on the minor branch and isn't on npm", "Eleven advisories fixed in 3.7.3, including unauthenticated SSO account takeover and a cross-channel IDOR", "No official client SDK and no idempotency support for order mutations", "No terms of service page, status page or security.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Keep the session token from the first Shop API response and send it on every call. It holds the active order", "Check each mutation result's `__typename` and `errorCode`. Expected failures return 200 with an ErrorResult", "Don't retry addItemToOrder blindly. Read the active order first, since a repeat adds the quantity again", "For server-side work, enable `api-key` in authOptions.tokenMethod and give the key one role in one channel", "Run 3.7.3 or later, and purge old job records, which may still hold session tokens" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 71.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 45, "reliability": 89, "schema": 91, "security": 65, "transparency": 78 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://readonlydemo.vendure.io/shop-api -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"query\":\"{ products(options:{take:5}){ totalItems items { name slug } } }\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/commerce.products", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vendure" }, "area": "business", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Vendure Core self-hosted", "unit": "month", "usd": 0, "note": "GPLv3, you pay for your own servers and database" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Elevantiq GmbH", "domain": "vendure.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/blob/master/LICENSE.md", "privacy": "https://vendure.io/company/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/vendurehq/vendure/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "vendure.io has no terms of service page; the GPLv3 licence in the repo is linked as terms. Legal notice at https://vendure.io/company/legal-notice (Elevantiq GmbH, FN 506751 y, Innsbruck).", "rdap.org has no RDAP service for .io, so the registration date is blank.", "remoteUrl is Vendure's public read-only demo; production APIs run on your own domain." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure.json", "live": { "slug": "vendure", "probe": { "target": "https://readonlydemo.vendure.io/shop-api", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:56.105695947Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 45, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 40, "p95ms24h": 142, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1097, "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": 267, "ok": 267 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "vendurehq/vendure", "version": "v3.7.3", "released": "2026-09-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:43:15.586308948Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@vendure/core", "version": "3.7.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:43:14.774850186Z" } ], "githubStars": 8499, "npmWeekly": 40196, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://vendure.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:16:04.506739267Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.vendure.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:21.209306136Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "vendure.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:21.502238644Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vendurehq/vendure/master/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:57.229132004Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "706970590159" }, { "url": "https://vendure.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:46.28142491Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2eeb9beb193d" }, { "url": "https://vendure.io/company/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:48:44.062295637Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c172f2439224" }, { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vendurehq/vendure/master/LICENSE.md", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:59.242695537Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4fa079f39d4c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:56.105695947Z" } }, "summary": "Vendure has a score of 71.4 (BB) against Swell's 55.1 (C). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 30 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/swell-vs-vendure", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/swell-vs-vendure.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/swell-vs-vendure.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/swell-vs-vendure.min.md" }, "markdown": "Vendure has a score of 71.4 (BB) against Swell's 55.1 (C). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 30 points.\n\n- Swell: grade C, 55.1/100, rank #317 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/swell.json\n- Vendure: grade BB, 71.4/100, rank #84 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vendure.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Swell for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Vendure for reliability (+26), schema \u0026 documentation (+23), security \u0026 auth (+30), payments \u0026 pricing (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+21).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Swell | Vendure | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 89 | Vendure +26 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 91 | Vendure +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 68 | Vendure +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 35 | 65 | Vendure +30 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 45 | Vendure +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 85 | Vendure +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 72 | Vendure +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **55.1 · C** | **71.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Swell | Vendure |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Swell | Vendure (Elevantiq GmbH) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.swell.store` | `https://readonlydemo.vendure.io/shop-api` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | GPL-3.0-or-later |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-02 |\n| Popularity | 4.5k npm/wk | 8.5k stars, 30k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Vendure.** Full cart, coupon, shipping and payment flow in the GraphQL Shop API, with ErrorResult types an agent can branch on. No vendor-hosted API. Vendure Cloud is only partly available.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Swell\n\n1. Call GET /:models once and cache it. It's the ground truth for custom fields\n2. Check `result.errors` after every write. A failed validation still returns 200\n3. Use `$set` to replace an array. A plain PUT merges arrays by element id and never shrinks them\n4. Use an sk_test_ key while testing. A bare sk_ prefix is live\n5. Keep `expand` and `include` small. Each level past the first three points adds rate-limit weight\n\n### Vendure\n\n1. Keep the session token from the first Shop API response and send it on every call. It holds the active order\n2. Check each mutation result's `__typename` and `errorCode`. Expected failures return 200 with an ErrorResult\n3. Don't retry addItemToOrder blindly. Read the active order first, since a repeat adds the quantity again\n4. For server-side work, enable `api-key` in authOptions.tokenMethod and give the key one role in one channel\n5. Run 3.7.3 or later, and purge old job records, which may still hold session tokens\n\n## Other comparisons with Swell or Vendure\n\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-swell.md)\n- [BigCommerce API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-swell.md)\n- [Commerce Layer API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/commerce-layer-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-swell.md)\n- [Elastic Path API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elastic-path-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Medusa API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-swell.md)\n- [Medusa API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/medusa-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-swell.md)\n- [Saleor API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/saleor-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Shopify API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopify-vs-swell.md)\n- [Shopify API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/shopify-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Snipcart API + MCP vs Swell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/snipcart-vs-swell.md)\n- [Snipcart API + MCP vs Vendure](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/snipcart-vs-vendure.md)\n- [Swell vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/swell-vs-woocommerce.md)\n- [Vendure vs WooCommerce API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vendure-vs-woocommerce.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-04", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Swell vs Vendure", "url": "" } ], "description": "Vendure has a score of 71.4 (BB) against Swell's 55.1 (C). 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