Use case · Channels and architecture
Headless commerce AI tools.
22 tools, 18 apps and 4 MCP servers, assigned to this use case by a written definition. 18 of them are built mainly for this job. Filter by type, the platforms they work with and pricing.
- tools listed
- 22
- built mainly for this job
- 18
- apps
- 18
- MCP servers
- 4
22 tools
Showing 1 to 20 of 22, ordered by main purpose first
How results are ordered
Tools whose main purpose is this job come first, then tools where it is a documented feature. Alphabetical within each. This is not a ranking of quality.
There are no paid placements on use-case pages, and no ratings.
Alokai
AppFrontend platform for composable commerce that gives enterprise teams a headless storefront, data layer, managed cloud and AI shopping assistant.
Main purposeProvides a maintained frontend and middleware layer built for headless/composable commerce backends via prebuilt integrations.
Shopify
BigCommerce
commercetools
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Builder.io
AppVisual development and headless CMS platform where teams and AI agents build web pages, apps and content in code, with commerce and personalisation use cases.
Main purposeListing documents support for headless commerce stacks including Shopify Hydrogen and BigCommerce, generating storefront components and letting teams edit pages on API-first frontends.
Shopify
BigCommerce
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Commerce Engine Skills
MCP serverby Commerce Engine
Agent skills and Claude Code/Cursor plugins that guide AI coding agents to build storefronts on Commerce Engine, covering setup, auth, catalog, cart, orders, SEO and webhooks.
Main purposeProvides agent skills and plugins for building storefronts on the API-first Commerce Engine platform, covering auth, catalog, cart, orders and webhooks.
- Runs
- Not recorded
- Auth
- API key
- Maintainer
- Official
Headless commerce API platform providing checkout, order management, promotions and POS endpoints for building stores and agent-driven purchases across channels.
Main purposeAPI-first headless commerce platform providing cart, checkout and order APIs for composable storefronts.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Headless, API-first enterprise commerce platform for B2C and B2B, covering catalogue, cart, orders, pricing and selling through AI agent channels.
Main purposeAPI-first composable commerce backend exposing catalog, cart and checkout as services for custom frontends.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
commercetools MCP Essentials
MCP serverby commercetools
Official commercetools MCP server and agent toolkit giving AI clients read and write access to products, categories, carts, orders, customers, inventory and payments.
Main purposeOfficial MCP server for commercetools, an API-first headless commerce platform, exposing its catalogue, cart and order APIs to agents.
commercetools
- Runs
- Local · stdio, HTTP
- Auth
- API key, Token
- Maintainer
- Official
Contentful
AppHeadless content platform for building and personalising websites and storefront content, with AI features for content workflows and a composable commerce use case.
Main purposeHeadless, API-first CMS backbone documented for delivering content to headless storefronts and channels via GraphQL APIs.
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Crystallize
AppHeadless commerce platform combining PIM, CMS and subscription commerce behind a GraphQL API, with MCP access so AI agents can query product catalogues.
Main purposeHeadless, API-first commerce platform serving catalog and content to custom frontends via a GraphQL endpoint.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Emporix
AppHeadless B2B and B2C commerce platform that orchestrates and automates commerce processes such as purchase order handling, onboarding and promotions using AI agents.
Main purposeHeadless commerce infrastructure exposing composable APIs for headless storefronts and ERP integration.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
KIBO
AppHeadless commerce and order management platform for B2B and B2C retailers, with modules for catalogue, cart and checkout, inventory, fulfilment, AI search and AI agents.
Main purposeComposable, modular headless commerce and OMS platform with independently deployable modules.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Medusa
AppOpen-source commerce platform and managed cloud hosting for developers building custom storefronts, B2B portals and marketplaces, with built-in search, emails and agent tooling.
Main purposeOpen-source headless commerce backend handling carts, orders, inventory and pricing for custom storefronts.
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- From $29 a month
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Saleor
AppOpen-source, GraphQL-first headless commerce platform with a managed cloud option for building custom storefronts, marketplaces and B2B portals.
Main purposeGraphQL-first open-source commerce backend for headless/composable storefronts with managed cloud hosting.
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Saleor MCP
MCP serverby Saleor Commerce
Read-only MCP server for Saleor Commerce that lets AI clients fetch products, customers, orders, channels and stock data from a Saleor GraphQL API.
Main purposeMCP server for the Saleor headless commerce platform, querying its GraphQL API for products, orders and customers.
Saleor
- Runs
- Local or hosted · HTTP
- Auth
- API key
- Maintainer
- Official
Sanity
AppHeadless content platform where teams model structured content, edit in a customisable studio and deliver it via APIs to storefronts, apps and AI agents.
Main purposeHeadless content platform with API/GROQ delivery into storefronts and apps for composable commerce stacks.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Storyblok
AppHeadless CMS with a visual editor, APIs and AI features for building and managing site content, including storefront front ends via its Shopify integration.
Main purposeHeadless CMS with API-delivered components for headless storefronts, plus an MCP server exposing content structure.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Swell
AppEcommerce platform for building and running online stores, with subscriptions, B2B and wholesale, multi-currency selling, hosted or headless storefronts and checkout.
Main purposeCommerce backend with headless APIs for deploying to web, mobile or custom frontends.
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Unchained Engine
MCP serverby Unchained Commerce
Open-source headless Node.js ecommerce engine whose GraphQL API package includes an MCP server, letting AI clients work with products, orders and users.
Main purposeIt is an open-source headless, GraphQL-API-first commerce engine positioned as an alternative to commercetools or Medusa.
- Runs
- Not recorded
- Auth
- Not recorded
- Maintainer
- Official
VTEX
AppEnterprise commerce platform providing storefronts, order management, marketplace, retail media advertising and customer experience tools for retailers and B2B brands.
Main purposeDocuments headless storefront deployment via FastStore React framework and GraphQL APIs on an API-first commerce platform.
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Constructor
AppAI search, browse, recommendations and shopping agents for online retailers, ranking results from shopper behaviour and catalogue data.
A documented featureListing documents an API-first stack deployed into headless commerce architectures.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Elastic Path
AppAPI-first composable commerce platform for B2B and D2C brands, covering catalogues, pricebooks, quoting, subscriptions, search, CMS and cart.
A documented featureDescribed as a composable commerce platform running multiple custom storefronts off a shared product core.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
From the ecommerceguide dataset
Headless and composable tools in numbers
Calculated from all 22 tools on this page's list. Percentages are of the group named.
How tools are assigned to a use case
What this page includes
Commerce platforms and services built for headless or composable (API-first, MACH) stacks, where the listing documents headless or API-first use, and MCP servers for headless commerce platforms such as commercetools, Saleor, Medusa or Commerce Layer.
Not included: Tools that merely have an API. Monolithic platform apps.
How the assignment is made
Each use case has a written definition of what qualifies and what does not. A language model (Claude) reads each tool's listing, its summary and, for MCP servers, the verified integrations and tasks, and assigns it only where the definition fits. It sees no earlier assignments. 670 tools were classified, most recently in Sept 2026.
Main purpose or a feature
“Main purpose” means doing this job is what the tool is for. “A documented feature” means a named feature does the job but the tool's main purpose is something else. Anything weaker is left out. A tool can appear in at most three use cases.
What has to be true first
A tool appears here only once it is listed in its own section: MCP servers after their repository or documentation is verified, apps after their site and listing are reviewed. A use case gets its own page only with at least 10 such tools.
What the facts show
For apps, the pricing model and free plan or trial as recorded from the app's pricing page. For MCP servers, how they run, how they authenticate and who maintains them. “Works with” for apps comes from the listing's own text and is not a tested integration.
Order and corrections
Main-purpose tools first, then alphabetical. No paid placements and no ratings. Corrections: hello@ecommerceguide.com.