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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.

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built mainly for this job
18
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18
MCP servers
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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.

  1. Frontend 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 logoShopify
    • BigCommerce logoBigCommerce
    • commercetools logocommercetools
    Pricing
    Not recorded
    Price
    Not recorded
    Free plan
    No
    Free trial
    No
  2. Visual 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 logoShopify
    • BigCommerce logoBigCommerce
    Pricing
    Not recorded
    Price
    Not recorded
    Free plan
    No
    Free trial
    No
  3. by 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. by 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 logocommercetools
    Runs
    Local · stdio, HTTP
    Auth
    API key, Token
    Maintainer
    Official
  7. Headless 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
  8. Headless 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
  9. Headless 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
  10. KIBO

    App

    Headless 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
  11. Open-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
  12. Open-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
  13. Saleor MCP

    MCP server

    by 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 logoSaleor
    Runs
    Local or hosted · HTTP
    Auth
    API key
    Maintainer
    Official
  14. Headless 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
  15. Headless 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
  16. Ecommerce 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
  17. by 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
  18. VTEX

    App

    Enterprise 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
  19. AI 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
  20. API-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.

Tools listed
22
Built mainly for this job
18 82%
Apps
18 82%
MCP servers
4 18%
Apps with a free plan
0 0%
MCP servers published by the platform itself
4

Works with

Where a listing names the platform. A count of listings, not of usage.

App pricing model

Percentages are of apps.

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.