# Swell vs Vendure (slim)

> Vendure has a score of 71.4 (BB) against Swell's 55.1 (C). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is security & auth, 30 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Vendure has a score of 71.4 (BB) against Swell's 55.1 (C). Both do commerce products. The largest gap is security & auth, 30 points.

- Swell: C 55.1, rank #317 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/swell.min.md
- Vendure: BB 71.4, rank #84 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vendure.min.md
- Pick Swell for nothing in particular. Pick Vendure for reliability (+26), schema & documentation (+23), security & auth (+30), payments & pricing (+20), transparency & trust (+21).

| Category | Swell | Vendure |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 63 | 89 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 68 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 35 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 72 |