{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "expedia-rapid", "name": "Expedia Group Rapid API", "vendor": "Expedia Group", "vendorUrl": "https://developers.expediagroup.com/docs/products/rapid", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Expedia Group's lodging distribution API for partners, with shop, price check, book, change and cancel on Expedia's hotel inventory, plus content, geography and typeahead endpoints.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/expedia-rapid.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.ean.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Signed header. `Authorization: EAN APIKey=\u003ckey\u003e,Signature=\u003csha512\u003e,timestamp=\u003cunix seconds\u003e`, where the signature is a SHA-512 hex digest of the API key, the shared secret and the timestamp. 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; the group privacy statement names Expedia, Inc. as principal controller.", "developers.expediagroup.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 55 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/expedia-rapid.json", "live": { "slug": "expedia-rapid", "probe": { "target": "https://api.ean.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-21T22:37:50.780770491Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 43, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 99.92, "p50ms24h": 47, "p95ms24h": 134, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 5232, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 246 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 271 }, { "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": 246 }, { "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": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://expediagroup.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:58:26.429584787Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "expediagroup.com", "registered": "2005-03-18", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/expediagroup.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:34:51.330969788Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.expediagroup.com/rapid/setup/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:44:58.947103913Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "905135a2bb15" }, { "url": "https://legal.expediagroup.com/privacy/privacy-and-cookies-statements/other/expedia-group-privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:51:01.45708964Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a3c3c9826ec3" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T22:37:50.780770491Z" } }, "answer": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 4 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": "Expedia Group", "b": "Soar Intelligence Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.ean.com", "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": "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 Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Expedia Group Rapid API or Soar?" }, { "answer": "Expedia Group Rapid API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ean.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.", "question": "Can an agent call Expedia Group Rapid API and Soar without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 25 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 3" ], "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": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 25" ], "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-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-soar-travel.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-expedia-rapid.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Expedia Group Rapid API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-expedia-rapid" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-hotelbeds.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-hotelbeds" }, { "json": "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-odessia.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-odessia" }, { "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-travelport.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-travelport" }, { "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/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-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/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs FlightClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-flightclaw" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 20, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 25, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "soar-travel": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 78, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 78, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "soar-travel": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 69, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 69, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "soar-travel": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 36, "edge": "expedia-rapid", "expedia-rapid": 39, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "soar-travel": 3, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "soar-travel", "expedia-rapid": 10, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "soar-travel": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "soar-travel", "expedia-rapid": 25, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "soar-travel": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "soar-travel", "expedia-rapid": 42, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "soar-travel": 44, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. 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.", "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/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel.min.md" }, "markdown": "Expedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. 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- 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### 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- Reliability, 25 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 3\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### 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 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 25\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 | Expedia Group Rapid API | Soar | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 5 | Expedia Group Rapid API +20 |\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 | 3 | Expedia Group Rapid API +36 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 20 | Soar +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 25 | 54 | Soar +29 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 44 | Soar +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.8 · E** | **12.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Expedia Group Rapid API | Soar |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Expedia Group | Soar Intelligence Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ean.com` | 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 | 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**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### 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### 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, Expedia Group Rapid API or Soar?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API scores 42.8 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Can an agent call Expedia Group Rapid API and Soar without installing anything?\n\nExpedia Group Rapid API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ean.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"expedia-rapid\", \"b\": \"soar-travel\"}`. 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