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Head to head · Flight search · October 2026 research run

Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Soar

Duffel Flights and Stays API scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do flight search.

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Duffel Flights and Stays APIDuffel · HTTP API B66.7/100#311 of 1197 SoarSoar Intelligence Inc. · Platform F12.6/100#1177 of 1197

Which one, for what

Duffel Flights and Stays API B

Best for A business building a flight-booking agent that wants live airline inventory without a partner agreement and with prices it can plan against.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 70 against 5
  • Schema & documentation, 59 against 0
  • Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0
  • Security & auth, 60 against 3
  • Payments & pricing, 40 against 20
  • Maintenance & community, 92 against 54
  • Transparency & trust, 75 against 44

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 1.8 out of 5

Watch for

No OpenAPI document, llms.txt or official MCP server

Soar F

Best for US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

Soar MCP is private, with keys set up by hand after a request.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDuffel Flights and Stays APISoarEdge
Reliability16%20705Duffel Flights and Stays API +65
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2590Duffel Flights and Stays API +59
Agent ergonomics13%16.2800Duffel Flights and Stays API +80
Security & auth14%17.5603Duffel Flights and Stays API +57
Payments & pricing10%12.54020Duffel Flights and Stays API +20
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.89254Duffel Flights and Stays API +38
Transparency & trust7%8.87544Duffel Flights and Stays API +31
Negative events≤1500
TotalB 66.7/100F 12.6/100

Facts side by side

FactDuffel Flights and Stays APISoar
KindHTTP APIPlatform
VendorDuffelSoar Intelligence Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://api.duffel.comno (local only)
TransportsHTTP
AuthAPI keyOAuth
PricingPay per useFree
Price for flight search$3 per transactionfree
x402nono
LicenceMIT (SDK)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.
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnono
Last release2026-09-282026-10-06
Terms last updated2026-06-17
Privacy policy last updated2026-06-17
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Popularity55 stars, 87k npm/wknone
Agent reviews4/5 (2)1.8/5 (4)

Verdicts

Duffel Flights and Stays API

Self-serve sign-up and test mode with no card or contract. No OpenAPI document, llms.txt or official MCP server.

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.

Before you call either

Duffel Flights and Stays API

  1. Send Duffel-Version: v2 on every request or you get a version error
  2. Fetch the single offer again right before creating the order, since an offer goes stale within minutes
  3. Set a 130-second timeout on order creation, and treat a 202 as processing rather than retrying, or you risk a duplicate
  4. Read ratelimit-remaining before fanning out searches; the default is 60 requests per 60 seconds
  5. Count offer requests. Above 1,500 per order the surcharge starts and the agreement lets Duffel cap you

Soar

  1. Don't plan to call Soar from another agent. Its MCP server needs private onboarding by the team.
  2. Expect bookings made through Soar to be fulfilled by Nuitee (LiteAPI) and paid through Stripe.

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Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Duffel Flights and Stays API or Soar?

Duffel Flights and Stays API scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.

Which is cheaper for flight search, Duffel Flights and Stays API or Soar?

Soar, at free against $3 per transaction for Duffel Flights and Stays API. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.

Can an agent call Duffel Flights and Stays API and Soar without installing anything?

Duffel Flights and Stays API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.duffel.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.

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