{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "booking-demand-api", "name": "Booking.com Demand API", "vendor": "Booking.com", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.booking.com/demand/docs", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Booking.com's inventory for affiliates, from content-only through search, look and book to order management, across accommodation, cars, attractions and transfers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/booking-demand-api", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/booking-demand-api.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/booking-demand-api.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/booking-demand-api.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "`Authorization: Bearer \u003capi key\u003e` plus `X-Affiliate-Id: \u003caid\u003e` on every call. The key is generated once in the Affiliate Partner Centre and shown in full only at creation. The same key and affiliate ID work on the sandbox host; the production host is in the API reference behind partner sign-in.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "No published prices. Access needs registration as a Booking.com Managed Affiliate Partner with Partner Centre access, and the commercial terms (commission on completed stays) are in that partner agreement rather than the docs. Sandbox and test calls are free once you have a key (https://developers.booking.com/demand/docs/getting-started/try-out-the-api).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.booking.com/demand/docs", "capabilities": [ "travel.stays", "travel.booking", "travel.changes", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "enterprise", "partner-only", "eu" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 38.1, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 697, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 5, "reliability": 33, "schema": 57, "security": 36, "transparency": 49 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Search, look and book plus order management on Booking.com's accommodation inventory. Managed Affiliate Partner status required; no self-serve key.", "bestFor": "An affiliate that already holds Booking.com credentials and wants its agent to book stays, cars and attractions.", "strengths": [ "Search, look and book plus order management on Booking.com's accommodation inventory", "Cars, attractions and transfers under the same key", "Three versions with stated status (3.2 stable, 3.1 supported, 3.2-Beta) and a dated changelog", "Sandbox on the same credentials as production, 50 requests a minute", "Key handling guidance in the docs (shown once, rotate yearly, revoke on compromise)" ], "weaknesses": [ "Managed Affiliate Partner status required; no self-serve key", "No published prices, SLA, status page or production rate limits beyond cars search", "No downloadable OpenAPI file, llms.txt, SDKs or MCP server", "Sandbox payment tests need a real card with temporary charges, and only accommodation books there", "One changelog entry in 2026 that we could read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send both `Authorization: Bearer` and `X-Affiliate-Id`, or the call fails on auth", "Stay under 50 requests a minute in the sandbox and back off exponentially on 429", "Only accommodation flows book in the sandbox; cars and attractions won't", "Store the key at creation, it's never shown again", "Use filters and pagination on search to keep payloads small" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 38.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 53, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 5, "reliability": 33, "schema": 57, "security": 36, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2/accommodations/search \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $BOOKING_API_KEY\" -H \"X-Affiliate-Id: $BOOKING_AFFILIATE_ID\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"booker\":{\"country\":\"gb\",\"platform\":\"desktop\"},\"checkin\":\"2026-11-10\",\"checkout\":\"2026-11-12\",\"city\":-2601889,\"guests\":{\"number_of_adults\":2,\"number_of_rooms\":1}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.stays", "tool": "https://letme.dev/booking-demand-api" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Booking.com B.V.", "domain": "booking.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-04-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://admin.booking.com/hotel/hoteladmin/privacy.html", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developers.booking.com/demand/docs/whats-new/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The partner privacy statement names Booking.com B.V., Amsterdam, as the responsible entity; the affiliate terms sit behind Partner Centre sign-in and weren't readable.", "www.booking.com blocks crawlers by robots.txt, so the consumer privacy and terms pages weren't checked.", "developers.booking.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 30 September.", "The developer portal has a dated changelog, newest entry August 2026." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/booking-demand-api.json", "live": { "slug": "booking-demand-api", "probe": { "target": "https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:06.06541521Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 70, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 98, "p95ms24h": 156, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://booking.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2025-12-31T23:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:35.024960831Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "booking.com", "registered": "1998-04-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/booking.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:07.505050512Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.booking.com/demand/docs/whats-new/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:17:26.857706046Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-05T15:54:56.940826217Z", "fingerprint": "2da8ad72216d" }, { "url": "https://admin.booking.com/hotel/hoteladmin/privacy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:14:57.673604687Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f2b0aca34b64" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:06.06541521Z" } }, "answer": "Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Booking.com Demand API's 38.1 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "skyscanner", "name": "Skyscanner Travel APIs", "vendor": "Skyscanner Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://www.partners.skyscanner.net/product/travel-api", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Skyscanner's partner APIs for flight, hotel and car hire search, with live and indicative prices, hotel content and reviews, and deep links that send travellers to airlines and travel agents to book. Access is by application.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.json", "license": "Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Partner approval. A business applies at https://www.partners.skyscanner.net/contact/travel-api, Skyscanner reviews each application within two weeks, and an account manager issues the key after a commercial agreement and onboarding on impact.com. The key goes in the `x-api-key` header on every call. Rate limits are set per key. No scopes, self-serve rotation or OAuth were found in the docs.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "No usage fee. Skyscanner's partner help centre says the Travel APIs carry no per-booking, monthly or yearly fee and that partners earn a revenue share on bookings, tracked through Impact. The share is not published. There is no sandbox, trial or test key, and access starts only after an approved application and a commercial agreement (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the API reference or the partner pages (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/intro", "capabilities": [ "travel.flights", "travel.stays", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "partner-only", "api-key", "metasearch", "flights", "hotels", "car-hire", "affiliate", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.6, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 655, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites.", "bestFor": "An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.", "strengths": [ "Thirteen APIs and 21 operations cover flights, hotels and car hire, with live and indicative prices, hotel content, reviews, geography and autosuggest", "Default rate limits are published per endpoint, per second, minute and hour, such as 100 flight search creates a minute and 500 polls", "Skyscanner states the Travel APIs carry no per-booking, monthly or yearly fee, and partners earn a revenue share on bookings", "The docs changelog is dated and current, with four entries between 14 July and 1 October 2026", "Public bug bounty on Bugcrowd and a security.txt on www.skyscanner.net that runs to November 2030" ], "weaknesses": [ "Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users", "The usage guidelines say live pricing calls are made only on user-generated requests, and automated calls without a user action are not permitted", "No booking, change or cancel calls. Every result carries a deep link and the traveller books on the supplier's site", "No downloadable OpenAPI file, SDK or code samples were found, and `llms.txt` on the docs host returns 403", "No status page, SLA or public API terms were found. The API terms sit in the partner's contract on impact.com" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `x-api-key` header on every call to `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net`. CORS is not supported, so call from a server", "Create a live search only when a user has given origin, destination and exact dates. Use the indicative price endpoints for open-ended questions", "Poll `/search/poll/{sessionToken}` until `status` is `RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETE`, and replace earlier results only when `action` is `RESULT_ACTION_REPLACED`", "Start a new session when a poll returns 400. Flight session tokens last about an hour and hotel sessions at most 15 minutes", "Pass each `deepLink` to the traveller unchanged, since altered encoding breaks Impact tracking, and never put personal data in `subid2`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --request POST 'https://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/v3/flights/live/search/create' \\\n --header 'x-api-key: your-api-key' \\\n --data '{\"query\":{\"market\":\"UK\",\"locale\":\"en-GB\",\"currency\":\"GBP\",\"queryLegs\":[{\"originPlaceId\":{\"iata\":\"LHR\"},\"destinationPlaceId\":{\"iata\":\"SIN\"},\"date\":{\"year\":2024,\"month\":12,\"day\":22}}],\"adults\":1,\"cabinClass\":\"CABIN_CLASS_ECONOMY\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.flights", "tool": "https://letme.dev/skyscanner" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Skyscanner Limited", "domain": "skyscanner.net", "domainRegistered": "2002-07-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://www.skyscanner.net/media/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/change-log", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy and terms of service name Skyscanner Limited, company number 04217916, registered in England and Wales.", "No `terms` URL is given. The partner help centre says the Skyscanner API Terms and Conditions are in the partner's contract on impact.com, and the only public terms are the website terms of service at https://www.skyscanner.net/media/terms-of-service.", "The privacy policy is Skyscanner's general one for its platforms and travellers. No separate privacy notice or DPA for API partners was found.", "The API answers at partners.api.skyscanner.net. Deep links pass through skyscanner.pxf.io, an Impact tracking domain.", "https://www.skyscanner.net/.well-known/security.txt lists security@skyscanner.net and the Bugcrowd programme and expires 2030-11-20. The same path returns 403 on developers.skyscanner.net and 404 on www.partners.skyscanner.net.", "No status page is linked from the developer docs or the partner site. Requests to status.skyscanner.net did not connect from our network.", "RDAP for skyscanner.net gives a registration date of 2002-07-03." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.json", "live": { "slug": "skyscanner", "probe": { "target": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.721422508Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 70, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 73, "p95ms24h": 100, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.721422508Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Booking.com", "b": "Skyscanner Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2", "b": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "1.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Booking.com Demand API's 38.1 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Booking.com Demand API or Skyscanner Travel APIs?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Booking.com Demand API and Skyscanner Travel APIs need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Booking.com Demand API has a hosted endpoint at https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2 and Skyscanner Travel APIs at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net.", "question": "Can an agent call Booking.com Demand API and Skyscanner Travel APIs without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "An affiliate that already holds Booking.com credentials and wants its agent to book stays, cars and attractions.", "slug": "booking-demand-api", "watchFor": "Managed Affiliate Partner status required; no self-serve key" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 36", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 5", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 28" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.", "slug": "skyscanner", "watchFor": "Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users" } ], "job": { "capability": "travel.stays", "name": "Travel stays" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-duffel.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Duffel Flights and Stays API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-duffel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-expedia-rapid.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Expedia Group Rapid API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-expedia-rapid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-hotelbeds.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-hotelbeds" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-letsfg.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs LetsFG", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-letsfg" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-travelport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "ETG API (RateHawk) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "LetsFG vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-travelport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-flightclaw.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs FlightClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-flightclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-kiwi-mcp.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Kiwi.com MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-kiwi-mcp" } ], "scores": [ { "booking-demand-api": 33, "by": 2, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "skyscanner": 35, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "booking-demand-api": 57, "by": 1, "edge": "booking-demand-api", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "skyscanner": 56, "weight": 13 }, { "booking-demand-api": 53, "by": 3, "edge": "booking-demand-api", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "skyscanner": 50, "weight": 13 }, { "booking-demand-api": 36, "by": 12, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "skyscanner": 48, "weight": 14 }, { "booking-demand-api": 5, "by": 20, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "skyscanner": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "booking-demand-api": 28, "by": 32, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "skyscanner": 60, "weight": 7 }, { "booking-demand-api": 49, "by": 3, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "skyscanner": 52, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Booking.com Demand API's 38.1 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do travel stays.", "verdicts": { "booking-demand-api": "Search, look and book plus order management on Booking.com's accommodation inventory. Managed Affiliate Partner status required; no self-serve key.", "skyscanner": "Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.min.md" }, "markdown": "Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Booking.com Demand API's 38.1 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do travel stays.\n\n- Booking.com Demand API: grade E, 38.1/100, rank #697 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/booking-demand-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/booking-demand-api.json\n- Skyscanner Travel APIs: grade E, 45.6/100, rank #655 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Booking.com Demand API (E)\n\nGood for: An affiliate that already holds Booking.com credentials and wants its agent to book stays, cars and attractions.\n\nWatch for: Managed Affiliate Partner status required; no self-serve key\n\n### Skyscanner Travel APIs (E)\n\nGood for: An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 36\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 5\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 28\n\nWatch for: Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Booking.com Demand API | Skyscanner Travel APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 35 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 56 | Booking.com Demand API +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 50 | Booking.com Demand API +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 36 | 48 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 5 | 25 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 60 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +32 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 52 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **38.1 · E** | **45.6 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Booking.com Demand API | Skyscanner Travel APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Booking.com | Skyscanner Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2` | `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Booking.com Demand API.** Search, look and book plus order management on Booking.com's accommodation inventory. Managed Affiliate Partner status required; no self-serve key.\n\n**Skyscanner Travel APIs.** Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Booking.com Demand API\n\n1. Send both `Authorization: Bearer` and `X-Affiliate-Id`, or the call fails on auth\n2. Stay under 50 requests a minute in the sandbox and back off exponentially on 429\n3. Only accommodation flows book in the sandbox; cars and attractions won't\n4. Store the key at creation, it's never shown again\n5. Use filters and pagination on search to keep payloads small\n\n### Skyscanner Travel APIs\n\n1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header on every call to `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net`. CORS is not supported, so call from a server\n2. Create a live search only when a user has given origin, destination and exact dates. Use the indicative price endpoints for open-ended questions\n3. Poll `/search/poll/{sessionToken}` until `status` is `RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETE`, and replace earlier results only when `action` is `RESULT_ACTION_REPLACED`\n4. Start a new session when a poll returns 400. Flight session tokens last about an hour and hotel sessions at most 15 minutes\n5. Pass each `deepLink` to the traveller unchanged, since altered encoding breaks Impact tracking, and never put personal data in `subid2`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Booking.com Demand API or Skyscanner Travel APIs?\n\nSkyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Booking.com Demand API's 38.1 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Booking.com Demand API and Skyscanner Travel APIs need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Booking.com Demand API and Skyscanner Travel APIs without installing anything?\n\nYes. Booking.com Demand API has a hosted endpoint at https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2 and Skyscanner Travel APIs at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"booking-demand-api\", \"b\": \"skyscanner\"}`. 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