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Keys come from the Partner Portal under Connectivity and stay in a restricted development mode until Expedia reviews your site and approves launch.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "No published prices. Rapid is a partner product. You apply through partner.expediagroup.com, sign an agreement, and the commercial model (net rates or commission, payment handling) sits in that contract. The developer docs never state a price (https://developers.expediagroup.com/rapid/setup).", "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.expediagroup.com/docs/products/rapid", "openapi": "https://github.com/ExpediaGroup/rapid-java-sdk/blob/main/specs.yaml", "capabilities": [ "travel.stays", "travel.booking", "travel.changes", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "enterprise", "partner-only", "java" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 42.8, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1049, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 10, "reliability": 25, "schema": 78, "security": 39, "transparency": 42 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Expedia's lodging inventory with shop, price check, book, change and cancel in one API. Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys.", "bestFor": "An established travel business that already holds Rapid keys and wants Expedia's hotel inventory behind its agent.", "strengths": [ "Expedia's lodging inventory with shop, price check, book, change and cancel in one API", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 document for Rapid v3 in Expedia Group's rapid-java-sdk repository", "Test host (test.ean.com) that never creates real bookings, with a `Test` header to force error responses", "429 responses carry per-minute and per-day limit, remaining and reset headers", "Dated public changelog, with holdable rates, sanction screening and card recapture added since December 2025" ], "weaknesses": [ "Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys", "No published prices, rate-limit numbers, SLA or status page", "Signed `Authorization` header needs the shared secret and an accurate clock on every call", "Java is the only official SDK and its spec copy was last updated in December 2025", "No changelog entry since May 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Build the SHA-512 signature from key, secret and the current epoch seconds in that order, per request", "Send `Customer-Ip` and the session headers the docs ask for, since fraud checks use them", "Point everything at test.ean.com until the site review is through; the paths match api.ean.com", "Follow the `links` in each response rather than building URLs; price check and book links carry tokens", "Read the `Rate-Limit-Minute-Remaining` and `Rate-Limit-Day-Remaining` headers, since the docs publish no ceilings" ], "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": 42.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 25, "payments": 10, "reliability": 25, "schema": 78, "security": 39, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 55, "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": "TS=$(date +%s); SIG=$(printf '%s%s%s' \"$EAN_API_KEY\" \"$EAN_SHARED_SECRET\" \"$TS\" | sha512sum | cut -d' ' -f1)\ncurl \"https://test.ean.com/v3/regions?include=standard\u0026language=en-GB\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: EAN APIKey=$EAN_API_KEY,Signature=$SIG,timestamp=$TS\" \\\n -H \"Accept: application/json\" -H \"Customer-Ip: 203.0.113.10\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.stays", "tool": "https://letme.dev/expedia-rapid" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Expedia, Inc.", "domain": "expediagroup.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-03-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://legal.expediagroup.com/privacy/privacy-and-cookies-statements/other/expedia-group-privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developers.expediagroup.com/rapid/setup/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The API lives on ean.com (the old Expedia Affiliate Network domain), not expediagroup.com.", "The Rapid terms are in the partner agreement, which isn't public; 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Odessia leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "odessia", "name": "Odessia", "vendor": "Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)", "vendorUrl": "https://odessia.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "travel", "summary": "Odessia is a hosted travel concierge from Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. that plans trips, books hotels and flights as a registered travel agent, and watches prices and award seats. It works on the web, by message and by email.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/odessia.json", "license": "Closed service under Odessia's Services and Booking Terms and Conditions (Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. dba Odessia). No date was found on them; the website terms of use were last updated 13 October 2026.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs in on odessia.com and can connect Gmail and Google Calendar with read-only access (https://odessia.com/). Bookings run under authorisations the person gives, including standing authorisations with limits (https://odessia.com/terms). No API, MCP server or other interface for an outside agent was found.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "The home page says Odessia is free to use. Bookings are charged at the supplier's price, and Odessia Credits of up to US$50 apply to eligible prepaid hotel stays of US$300 or more (https://odessia.com/ and https://odessia.com/legal/credits-simple-terms). Checked 21 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on odessia.com, its terms, privacy policy or credits terms, 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", "travel.changes" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "status-page", "access-unverified", "not-for-agents" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 22.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1139, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 0, "security": 6, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-21" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Odessia is a free travel concierge that books as a registered travel agent, watches prices and award seats, and keeps a public status page with a clean record since July. No outside agent can call it, standing authorisations let it pay without asking each time, and no changelog was found.", "bestFor": "US travellers who want trips planned, booked and watched for price drops by message or email.", "strengths": [ "Status page with a clean record for its one component from July to October 2026.", "Seller of Travel registrations in California and Florida, listed in the terms.", "Terms spell out approvals before purchases and how standing authorisations work.", "Free to use, with bookings at supplier prices." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy policy says conversations may train AI models in future.", "No changelog, release notes or security.txt found.", "AI providers aren't named, and iOS isn't out yet." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Odessia from another agent. It answers only its signed-in owner on the web, by message or by email.", "Check whether the owner has set a standing authorisation before assuming a booking will wait for approval." ], "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": 22.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 60, "schema": 0, "security": 6, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 76, "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/odessia" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc.", "domain": "odessia.com", "domainRegistered": "2016-01-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://odessia.com/terms", "privacy": "https://odessia.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.odessia.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-21", "notes": [ "The booking terms carry no date. The privacy policy and website terms were last updated 13 October 2026.", "status.odessia.com is an incident.io page with one component (odessia.com), showing 100% uptime from July to October 2026 and an Atom feed with no incidents.", "odessia.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2016-01-23 for odessia.com, older than the company's product." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.json", "live": { "slug": "odessia", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.odessia.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T21:49:23.32850593Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T21:49:23.32850593Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Expedia Group", "b": "Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.ean.com", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Your plan", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Closed service under Odessia's Services and Booking Terms and Conditions (Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. dba Odessia). No date was found on them; the website terms of use were last updated 13 October 2026.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-01-30", "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": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Odessia's 22.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Odessia leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Expedia Group Rapid API or Odessia?" }, { "answer": "Expedia Group Rapid API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ean.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Odessia.", "question": "Can an agent call Expedia Group Rapid API and Odessia without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 6", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 25 against 2" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "An established travel business that already holds Rapid keys and wants Expedia's hotel inventory behind its agent.", "slug": "expedia-rapid", "watchFor": "Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 60 against 25", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 42" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "US travellers who want trips planned, booked and watched for price drops by message or email.", "slug": "odessia", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-letsfg.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs LetsFG", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-letsfg" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-ratehawk" }, { "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/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Soar", "url": 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API vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-odessia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-odessia.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-odessia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-odessia.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-odessia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-odessia.json", "title": "LetsFG vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-odessia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Odessia vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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/odessia-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Odessia vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-travelport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-kiwi-mcp.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Kiwi.com MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-kiwi-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-odessia.json", "title": "Lola vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-odessia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Odessia vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs FlightClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 35, "edge": "odessia", "expedia-rapid": 25, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "odessia": 60, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 78, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 78, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "odessia": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 69, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 69, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "odessia": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 33, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 39, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "odessia": 6, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "odessia", "expedia-rapid": 10, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "odessia": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 23, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 25, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "odessia": 2, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 18, "edge": "odessia", "expedia-rapid": 42, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "odessia": 60, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Odessia's 22.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Odessia leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do hotel and stay search.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "expedia-rapid": "Expedia's lodging inventory with shop, price check, book, change and cancel in one API. Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys.", "odessia": "Odessia is a free travel concierge that books as a registered travel agent, watches prices and award seats, and keeps a public status page with a clean record since July. No outside agent can call it, standing authorisations let it pay without asking each time, and no changelog was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-odessia", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-odessia.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-odessia.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-odessia.min.md" }, "markdown": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Odessia's 22.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Odessia leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do hotel and stay search.\n\n- Expedia Group Rapid API: grade E, 42.8/100, rank #1049 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/expedia-rapid.json\n- Odessia: grade F, 22.2/100, rank #1139 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/odessia.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### Expedia Group Rapid API (E)\n\nGood for: An established travel business that already holds Rapid keys and wants Expedia's hotel inventory behind its agent.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 6\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 25 against 2\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys\n\n### Odessia (F)\n\nGood for: US travellers who want trips planned, booked and watched for price drops by message or email.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 25\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 42\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Expedia Group Rapid API | Odessia | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 60 | Odessia +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 78 | 0 | Expedia Group Rapid API +78 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 0 | Expedia Group Rapid API +69 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 39 | 6 | Expedia Group Rapid API +33 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | Odessia +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 2 | Expedia Group Rapid API +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 60 | Odessia +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.8 · E** | **22.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Expedia Group Rapid API | Odessia |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Expedia Group | Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ean.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Closed service under Odessia's Services and Booking Terms and Conditions (Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. dba Odessia). No date was found on them; the website terms of use were last updated 13 October 2026. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-01-30 | |\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**Expedia Group Rapid API.** Expedia's lodging inventory with shop, price check, book, change and cancel in one API. Partner application and site review before production, no self-serve keys.\n\n**Odessia.** Odessia is a free travel concierge that books as a registered travel agent, watches prices and award seats, and keeps a public status page with a clean record since July. No outside agent can call it, standing authorisations let it pay without asking each time, and no changelog was found.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Expedia Group Rapid API\n\n1. Build the SHA-512 signature from key, secret and the current epoch seconds in that order, per request\n2. Send `Customer-Ip` and the session headers the docs ask for, since fraud checks use them\n3. Point everything at test.ean.com until the site review is through; the paths match api.ean.com\n4. Follow the `links` in each response rather than building URLs; price check and book links carry tokens\n5. Read the `Rate-Limit-Minute-Remaining` and `Rate-Limit-Day-Remaining` headers, since the docs publish no ceilings\n\n### Odessia\n\n1. Don't plan to call Odessia from another agent. It answers only its signed-in owner on the web, by message or by email.\n2. Check whether the owner has set a standing authorisation before assuming a booking will wait for approval.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Expedia Group Rapid API or Odessia?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Odessia's 22.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Odessia leads on reliability, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Can an agent call Expedia Group Rapid API and Odessia without installing anything?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ean.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Odessia.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-odessia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-odessia.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"expedia-rapid\", \"b\": \"odessia\"}`. 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