# Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Soar (slim)

> Hotelbeds Hotel Booking scores 36.3 (F) to Soar's 12.6 (F) for hotel and stay search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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 & community. Both do hotel and stay search.

- Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API: F 36.3, rank #1109 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hotelbeds.min.md
- Soar: F 12.6, rank #1179 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soar-travel.min.md
- Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API, good for A travel company with a Hotelbeds contract that wants wholesale rates behind its agent, and for prototyping hotel search without a sales call. Ahead on Reliability, 33 against 5; Schema & documentation, 57 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 41 against 0; Security & auth, 38 against 3; Transparency & 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.
- Soar, good for US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 54 against 3.

| Category | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API | Soar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 5 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 57 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 41 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 3 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 54 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API | Soar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |
| Vendor | Hotelbeds (HBX Group) | Soar Intelligence Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.test.hotelbeds.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Your plan | Free |
| 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. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | no date given |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 1.8/5 (4) |