{ "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": 1093, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.6", "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": "0.6", "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, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-01", "maintenance": "2026-10-01", "payments": "2026-10-01", "reliability": "2026-10-01", "schema": "2026-10-01", "security": "2026-10-01", "transparency": "2026-10-01" }, "last": "2026-10-01", "oldest": "2026-10-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "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": "2026-10-21T22:54:19.695839559Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 99, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 96, "p95ms24h": 169, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 5235, "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": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 242, "ok": 242 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://booking.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-09-30T23:59:59Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:59:28.012862599Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "booking.com", "registered": "1998-04-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/booking.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:45:19.29639035Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.booking.com/demand/docs/whats-new/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:44:50.910956324Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-21T00:22:58.619859149Z", "fingerprint": "28fa4aa6139f" }, { "url": "https://admin.booking.com/hotel/hoteladmin/privacy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:41:16.580694053Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f2b0aca34b64" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T22:54:19.695839559Z" } }, "answer": "Booking.com Demand API scores 38.1 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "soar-travel", "name": "Soar", "vendor": "Soar Intelligence Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://joinsoar.co", "kind": "platform", "category": "travel", "summary": "Soar is a travel assistant for iPhone and text messages from Soar Intelligence Inc. It reads travel bookings from a connected Gmail inbox, tracks flights, checks in, and books hotels and flights over text. US only.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soar-travel", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soar-travel.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soar-travel.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soar-travel.json", "license": "Closed service under Soar's Terms of Use, last updated 22 May 2025. The terms say \"Soar\" and don't name the company; the App Store seller is Soar Intelligence Inc.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "A person installs the iPhone app or texts Soar's number, then connects Gmail through Google OAuth with a restricted read scope (https://joinsoar.co/gmail-safety). Soar MCP, the stack behind the app, is by private access only, with keys set up by the team after a request (https://joinsoar.co/mcp).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The app is free on the App Store, and the FAQ says early access is free during the current beta, with paid plans for frequent travellers to follow (https://joinsoar.co/ and https://joinsoar.co/app). Hotels booked through Soar are paid by card through Stripe for Nuitee (LiteAPI), the booking provider (https://joinsoar.co/privacy). Checked 21 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on joinsoar.co, its MCP page, terms or privacy policy, checked 21 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-21" }, "capabilities": [ "travel.flights", "travel.stays", "travel.booking", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "beta", "ios", "not-for-agents" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 12.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1177, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 20, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 44 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-21" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Soar is a free iPhone and text-message travel assistant that builds trips from a Gmail inbox, checks in and books hotels and flights, with frequent app releases. Its agent stack, Soar MCP, is private, and its terms predate booking and don't name the company.", "bestFor": "US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text.", "strengths": [ "Eight App Store versions between 23 July and 6 October 2026.", "Gmail access is read-only, and Soar never sends email as the owner.", "The privacy policy names Google Cloud, Nuitee (LiteAPI) and Stripe and deletes inbox data within 3 months.", "Free with no card during the beta." ], "weaknesses": [ "Soar MCP is private, with keys set up by hand after a request.", "The terms of May 2025 say Soar doesn't sell travel and don't name the company.", "No status page, changelog or security contact found.", "US only and iPhone only." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Soar from another agent. Its MCP server needs private onboarding by the team.", "Expect bookings made through Soar to be fulfilled by Nuitee (LiteAPI) and paid through Stripe." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 1.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 12.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 20, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 47, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-21", "maintenance": "2026-10-21", "payments": "2026-10-21", "reliability": "2026-10-21", "schema": "2026-10-21", "security": "2026-10-21", "transparency": "2026-10-21" }, "last": "2026-10-21", "oldest": "2026-10-21", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.flights", "tool": "https://letme.dev/soar-travel" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Soar Intelligence Inc.", "domain": "joinsoar.co", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://joinsoar.co/terms", "privacy": "https://joinsoar.co/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-21", "notes": [ "Terms last updated 22 May 2025, privacy policy 13 September 2026.", "joinsoar.co/.well-known/security.txt returns 404 and status.joinsoar.co doesn't resolve.", "The legal entity is from https://joinsoar.co/which-soar and the App Store seller. The terms name only \"Soar\"." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soar-travel.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Booking.com", "b": "Soar Intelligence Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Closed service under Soar's Terms of Use, last updated 22 May 2025. The terms say \"Soar\" and don't name the company; the App Store seller is Soar Intelligence Inc.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "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": "1.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Booking.com Demand API scores 38.1 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Booking.com Demand API or Soar?" }, { "answer": "Booking.com Demand API has a hosted endpoint at https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.", "question": "Can an agent call Booking.com Demand API and Soar without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 33 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 57 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 53 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 36 against 3", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 49 against 44" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "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": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 5", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 28" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text.", "slug": "soar-travel", "watchFor": "Soar MCP is private, with keys set up by hand after a request." } ], "job": { "capability": "travel.stays", "name": "Hotel and stay search" }, "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-odessia.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-odessia" }, { "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-skyscanner.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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-soar-travel.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "ETG API (RateHawk) vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "LetsFG vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Odessia vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soar-travel-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Soar vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soar-travel-vs-travelport" }, { "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" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-lola.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Lola vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soar-travel-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Soar vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soar-travel-vs-trainline" }, { "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" } ], "scores": [ { "booking-demand-api": 33, "by": 28, "edge": "booking-demand-api", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "soar-travel": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "booking-demand-api": 57, "by": 57, "edge": "booking-demand-api", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "soar-travel": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "booking-demand-api": 53, "by": 53, "edge": "booking-demand-api", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "soar-travel": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "booking-demand-api": 36, "by": 33, "edge": "booking-demand-api", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "soar-travel": 3, "weight": 14 }, { "booking-demand-api": 5, "by": 15, "edge": "soar-travel", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "soar-travel": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "booking-demand-api": 28, "by": 26, "edge": "soar-travel", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "soar-travel": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "booking-demand-api": 49, "by": 5, "edge": "booking-demand-api", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "soar-travel": 44, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Booking.com Demand API scores 38.1 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do hotel and stay search.", "tutorials": [], "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.", "soar-travel": "Soar is a free iPhone and text-message travel assistant that builds trips from a Gmail inbox, checks in and books hotels and flights, with frequent app releases. Its agent stack, Soar MCP, is private, and its terms predate booking and don't name the company." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel.min.md" }, "markdown": "Booking.com Demand API scores 38.1 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do hotel and stay search.\n\n- Booking.com Demand API: grade E, 38.1/100, rank #1093 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/booking-demand-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/booking-demand-api.json\n- Soar: grade F, 12.6/100, rank #1177 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soar-travel.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soar-travel.json\n- Best travel search and booking APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/travel/index.md\n- All 105 travel comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/travel/index.md\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\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 33 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 57 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 53 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 36 against 3\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 49 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Managed Affiliate Partner status required; no self-serve key\n\n### Soar (F)\n\nGood for: US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 5\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 28\n\nWatch for: Soar MCP is private, with keys set up by hand after a request.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Booking.com Demand API | Soar | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 5 | Booking.com Demand API +28 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 0 | Booking.com Demand API +57 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 0 | Booking.com Demand API +53 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 36 | 3 | Booking.com Demand API +33 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 5 | 20 | Soar +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 54 | Soar +26 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 44 | Booking.com Demand API +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **38.1 · E** | **12.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Booking.com Demand API | Soar |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Booking.com | Soar Intelligence Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Closed service under Soar's Terms of Use, last updated 22 May 2025. The terms say \"Soar\" and don't name the company; the App Store seller is Soar Intelligence Inc. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\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) | 1.8/5 (4) |\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**Soar.** Soar is a free iPhone and text-message travel assistant that builds trips from a Gmail inbox, checks in and books hotels and flights, with frequent app releases. Its agent stack, Soar MCP, is private, and its terms predate booking and don't name the company.\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### Soar\n\n1. Don't plan to call Soar from another agent. Its MCP server needs private onboarding by the team.\n2. Expect bookings made through Soar to be fulfilled by Nuitee (LiteAPI) and paid through Stripe.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Booking.com Demand API or Soar?\n\nBooking.com Demand API scores 38.1 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Can an agent call Booking.com Demand API and Soar without installing anything?\n\nBooking.com Demand API has a hosted endpoint at https://demandapi-sandbox.booking.com/3.2. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"booking-demand-api\", \"b\": \"soar-travel\"}`. 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