{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "hotelbeds", "name": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API", "vendor": "Hotelbeds (HBX Group)", "vendorUrl": "https://developer.hotelbeds.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "B2B hotel distribution API for availability, rates, bookings, cancellations and property content.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hotelbeds", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hotelbeds.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hotelbeds.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hotelbeds.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.test.hotelbeds.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Two headers on every call. `Api-key` is your key and `X-Signature` is a SHA-256 hex digest of the key, the shared secret and the current Unix time in seconds, concatenated in that order, so a clock that drifts breaks auth. Keys come from the developer dashboard on registration. The production host is issued once you're certified.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "No published price list. Registration gives an evaluation key with 50 requests a day on the test host. Better quotas come from progressing through profile completion and certification in the dashboard, and live bookings need a commercial agreement with Hotelbeds whose rates aren't published. The API terms warn that abusive or excessively frequent requests get an account suspended (https://developer.hotelbeds.com/documentation/getting-started/).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.hotelbeds.com/documentation/", "capabilities": [ "travel.stays", "travel.booking", "travel.changes", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "free-tier", "no-card", "enterprise", "eu" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 36.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1107, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 41, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 20, "reliability": 33, "schema": 57, "security": 38, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Free evaluation key on registration, no card and no sales call. 50 requests a day on evaluation, and the 51st returns a 403.", "bestFor": "A travel company with a Hotelbeds contract that wants wholesale rates behind its agent, and for prototyping hotel search without a sales call.", "strengths": [ "Free evaluation key on registration, no card and no sales call", "Availability, CheckRate, booking, modification and cancellation in one API, with Content and Cache APIs alongside", "Cancellation can be simulated before it's run", "Swagger specifications and Postman collections referenced from the getting-started page", "Test host on the same servers as production, with no real reservations or card charges" ], "weaknesses": [ "50 requests a day on evaluation, and the 51st returns a 403", "Live bookings need certification and a commercial contract, with no published prices", "No changelog, release notes or deprecation notices found", "Status page is a Pingdom uptime report with no incident history", "No SDKs, llms.txt, documented error codes or MCP server" ], "agentNotes": [ "Compute `X-Signature` fresh per request from key, secret and the current epoch seconds, in that order", "Budget the 50 daily evaluation calls; cache hotel content and only call availability for real dates", "Run CheckRate on a rate before booking when the availability response says it needs rechecking", "Read a 403 on the test host as the daily quota first, not a bad key", "Simulate a cancellation before running it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 36.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 41, "maintenance": 3, "payments": 20, "reliability": 33, "schema": 57, "security": 38, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 71, "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", "lastMoved": "2026-10-08", "oldest": "2026-10-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl \"https://api.test.hotelbeds.com/hotel-api/1.0/status\" \\\n -H \"Api-key: $HOTELBEDS_API_KEY\" -H \"Accept: application/json\" \\\n -H \"X-Signature: $(printf '%s%s%s' \"$HOTELBEDS_API_KEY\" \"$HOTELBEDS_SECRET\" \"$(date +%s)\" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.stays", "tool": "https://letme.dev/hotelbeds" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "HBX International Group PLC (Hotelbeds)", "domain": "hotelbeds.com", "domainRegistered": "2001-06-19", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://developer.hotelbeds.com/api-terms-use", "privacy": "https://www.hbxgroup.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "http://stats.pingdom.com/lxdqh5mwxj3w", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The API terms name Hotelbeds or Travel B2B Ltd as the provider, under Spanish law and the courts of Palma de Mallorca. The group privacy policy names HBX International Group PLC, 7th Floor Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HN, as controller.", "The status page is a public Pingdom report rather than a vendor status site.", "developer.hotelbeds.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hotelbeds.json", "live": { "slug": "hotelbeds", "probe": { "target": "https://api.test.hotelbeds.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-21T23:39:02.349509487Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 55, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 50, "p95ms24h": 107, "samples24h": 252, "samples30d": 5243, "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": 250, "ok": 250 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "http://stats.pingdom.com/lxdqh5mwxj3w", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T22:25:44.921991108Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://hotelbeds.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:58:39.97920577Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "hotelbeds.com", "registered": "2001-06-19", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/hotelbeds.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:31:50.662175021Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.hbxgroup.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T01:02:49.102784682Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d52ebddb3584" }, { "url": "https://developer.hotelbeds.com/api-terms-use", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:44:34.574689409Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "da01a8431a6e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T23:39:02.349509487Z" } }, "answer": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on 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": "Hotelbeds (HBX Group)", "b": "Soar Intelligence Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.test.hotelbeds.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 date given", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "1.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API or Soar?" }, { "answer": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.test.hotelbeds.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.", "question": "Can an agent call Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API and Soar without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 33 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 57 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 41 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 38 against 3", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 50 against 44" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 1.8 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "A travel company with a Hotelbeds contract that wants wholesale rates behind its agent, and for prototyping hotel search without a sales call.", "slug": "hotelbeds", "watchFor": "50 requests a day on evaluation, and the 51st returns a 403" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 3" ], "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-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-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-hotelbeds.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-hotelbeds" }, { "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-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-letsfg.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs LetsFG", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-letsfg" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-odessia.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Odessia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-odessia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-ratehawk" }, { "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/hotelbeds-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-travelport" }, { "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/hotelbeds-vs-kiwi-mcp.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Kiwi.com MCP Server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-kiwi-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-lola.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-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/flightclaw-vs-hotelbeds.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-hotelbeds" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 28, "edge": "hotelbeds", "hotelbeds": 33, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "soar-travel": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 57, "edge": "hotelbeds", "hotelbeds": 57, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "soar-travel": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 41, "edge": "hotelbeds", "hotelbeds": 41, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "soar-travel": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 35, "edge": "hotelbeds", "hotelbeds": 38, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "soar-travel": 3, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "hotelbeds": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "soar-travel": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 51, "edge": "soar-travel", "hotelbeds": 3, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "soar-travel": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "hotelbeds", "hotelbeds": 50, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "soar-travel": 44, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do hotel and stay search.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "hotelbeds": "Free evaluation key on registration, no card and no sales call. 50 requests a day on evaluation, and the 51st returns a 403.", "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/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel.min.md" }, "markdown": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on maintenance \u0026 community. Both do hotel and stay search.\n\n- Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API: grade F, 36.3/100, rank #1107 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hotelbeds.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hotelbeds.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### Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API (F)\n\nGood for: A travel company with a Hotelbeds contract that wants wholesale rates behind its agent, and for prototyping hotel search without a sales call.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 33 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 57 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 41 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 38 against 3\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 50 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 1.8 out of 5\n\nWatch for: 50 requests a day on evaluation, and the 51st returns a 403\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- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 3\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 | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API | Soar | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 5 | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API +28 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 0 | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API +57 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 41 | 0 | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API +41 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 3 | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API +35 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 3 | 54 | Soar +51 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 44 | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **36.3 · F** | **12.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API | Soar |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Hotelbeds (HBX Group) | Soar Intelligence Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.test.hotelbeds.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 date given | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 1.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API.** Free evaluation key on registration, no card and no sales call. 50 requests a day on evaluation, and the 51st returns a 403.\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### Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API\n\n1. Compute `X-Signature` fresh per request from key, secret and the current epoch seconds, in that order\n2. Budget the 50 daily evaluation calls; cache hotel content and only call availability for real dates\n3. Run CheckRate on a rate before booking when the availability response says it needs rechecking\n4. Read a 403 on the test host as the daily quota first, not a bad key\n5. Simulate a cancellation before running it\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, Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API or Soar?\n\nHotelbeds Hotel Booking API scores 36.3 (F) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Can an agent call Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API and Soar without installing anything?\n\nHotelbeds Hotel Booking API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.test.hotelbeds.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hotelbeds\", \"b\": \"soar-travel\"}`. 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