{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "liteapi", "name": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "vendor": "Nuitee", "vendorUrl": "https://www.liteapi.travel", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Self-serve hotel booking API (3 million plus properties) with a rates, prebook, book flow, cancellations and amendments, plus a flights API that needs approval.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liteapi", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liteapi.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liteapi.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/liteapi.json", "repo": "https://github.com/liteapi-travel/mcp-server", "license": "MIT (MCP server), ISC (Node SDK)", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "liteapi-node-sdk" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "`X-API-Key` header. Sandbox keys start with `sand_` and hit the same base URL as production, so the key decides the environment. Booking endpoints (prebook, book, cancel, amend) live on book.liteapi.travel rather than api.liteapi.travel. An HMAC scheme is documented for signed requests. The hosted MCP takes the key as a query parameter in the URL.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "No set-up fee and no charge for the core rates, prebook and book calls while you keep a reasonable look to book ratio. Priced extras are the price index at $0.05 a request and places lookups at $0.01. Flights add 1 per cent of transaction value per ticket (minimum 2 EUR, maximum 10 EUR), 25 EUR per voluntary change and a 0.005 EUR per search surcharge above a 1,500 to 1 search to book ratio. Dashboard add-ons are $4.99 a month each (AI insights, advanced logs, reports) and extra seats $4.99 admin or $1.99 agent. Hotel revenue is the margin you set on net rates, paid out weekly after check-out (https://docs.liteapi.travel/reference/api-pricing-usage-costs).", "priceSummary": "$0.05 / call", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3, "npmWeekly": 17488, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.liteapi.travel", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.liteapi.travel/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.liteapi.travel/reference/openapi-specifications", "capabilities": [ "travel.stays", "travel.flights", "travel.booking", "travel.changes", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "webhooks", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 548, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 40, "reliability": 62, "schema": 86, "security": 33, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "-6, fixed 2026-04-20. The official Node SDK repository (liteapi-travel/nodejs-sdk) carried an obfuscated payload appended to index.js on main, introduced in a merge commit dated 8 July 2025 whose author and committer time zones differ, so the real injection date is unclear. Nuitée removed it in a commit titled \"remove obfuscated malware payload injected into index.js\" on 20 April 2026. The npm package 4.3.2 was published in March 2025, before it, so npm installs weren't affected; installs from the repository in that window were. A similar removal from test.js was merged in June 2025. We found no advisory or notice in the repository or docs. https://github.com/liteapi-travel/nodejs-sdk/commit/80d6d307fe3e82dc7bb448c3a8258e974f070ef7" ], "verdict": "Sandbox key at sign-up, same base URL as production, no card. Hosted MCP's documented setup puts the API key in the URL query string and exposes 111 generated tools.", "bestFor": "A builder who wants an agent to book hotels this week without a contract, and to earn a margin on them.", "strengths": [ "Sandbox key at sign-up, same base URL as production, no card", "OpenAPI specs for 12 modules, llms.txt and a Markdown twin for every docs page", "Rates, prebook, book, cancel, amend and rebook, with `clientReference` as an idempotency key", "Free core booking calls and published prices for the paid extras, updated July 2026", "Better Stack status page with per-workflow components" ], "weaknesses": [ "Hosted MCP's documented setup puts the API key in the URL query string and exposes 111 generated tools", "Official Node SDK repository carried an injected payload on main until 20 April 2026, with no advisory found", "No public changelog, deprecation policy or SLA", "SDKs last published March 2025 or earlier", "Rate limits differ between the rate-limiting page (250 a second) and the performance page (500 a second)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Use `/hotels/rates` with a short `hotelIds` list from `/data/hotels`; a broad rates call is slow and large", "Always prebook before book and read the cancellation policy in the prebook response, since refundability differs per rate", "Send a unique `clientReference` on book; a repeat returns error 4005 instead of a second booking", "Set `margin` explicitly on every rates call. Zero means net rates with no commission to you", "Send the key to the MCP in an `X-Api-Key` header rather than `?apiKey=` where the client allows it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 86, "maintenance": 48, "payments": 40, "reliability": 62, "schema": 86, "security": 33, "transparency": 31 }, "provenanceScore": 55 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install liteapi-node-sdk", "http": "curl \"https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0/data/hotels?countryCode=GB\u0026cityName=London\u0026limit=5\" \\\n -H \"X-API-Key: $LITEAPI_API_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http liteapi \"https://mcp.liteapi.travel/api/mcp?apiKey=$LITEAPI_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "liteapi": { "url": "https://mcp.liteapi.travel/api/mcp?apiKey=${LITEAPI_API_KEY}" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.stays", "tool": "https://letme.dev/liteapi" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Price index request", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.05 }, { "item": "Places request", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.01 }, { "item": "Flight ticketing fee", "unit": "pct", "usd": 1, "note": "of transaction value, minimum 2 EUR and maximum 10 EUR per booking" }, { "item": "Additional admin seat", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 4.99 }, { "item": "Additional agent seat", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 1.99 }, { "item": "AI Insights add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 4.99, "note": "advanced logs and reports are $4.99 a month each too" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nuitée Travel Limited", "domain": "liteapi.travel", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.liteapi.travel/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.liteapi.travel/privacy/", "statusPage": "https://status.liteapi.travel", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Incorporated in Ireland, VAT IE3388031IH, registered office 4 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin D04 A0X3, governed by Irish law.", "The product is being renamed Nuitee Connect; the site, docs and dashboard mix both names.", "The .travel registry's RDAP server rate-limited our lookup, so the registration date is unrecorded.", "www.liteapi.travel/.well-known/security.txt returns 404." ], "score": 55 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liteapi.json", "live": { "slug": "liteapi", "probe": { "target": "https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.191157654Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 128, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 153, "p95ms24h": 262, "samples24h": 271, "samples30d": 1955, "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": 239, "ok": 239 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.liteapi.travel", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:38:45.52029912Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "liteapi-node-sdk", "version": "4.3.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:19:04.124292811Z" } ], "githubStars": 3, "npmWeekly": 18346, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://liteapi.travel/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:41.174596837Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.liteapi.travel/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:34.748421747Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "liteapi.travel", "registered": "2023-03-01", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/liteapi.travel", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:23.88661532Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.liteapi.travel/reference/api-pricing-usage-costs", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:00.155898578Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:05:12.574004952Z", "fingerprint": "978e088f8c75" }, { "url": "https://www.liteapi.travel/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:46.645905878Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2bc0675bca0b" }, { "url": "https://www.liteapi.travel/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:48.792681106Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "85254ed151cc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:14.191157654Z" } }, "answer": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Skyscanner Travel APIs's 45.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Skyscanner Travel APIs leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "skyscanner", "name": "Skyscanner Travel APIs", "vendor": "Skyscanner Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://www.partners.skyscanner.net/product/travel-api", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Skyscanner's partner APIs for flight, hotel and car hire search, with live and indicative prices, hotel content and reviews, and deep links that send travellers to airlines and travel agents to book. Access is by application.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.json", "license": "Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Partner approval. A business applies at https://www.partners.skyscanner.net/contact/travel-api, Skyscanner reviews each application within two weeks, and an account manager issues the key after a commercial agreement and onboarding on impact.com. The key goes in the `x-api-key` header on every call. Rate limits are set per key. No scopes, self-serve rotation or OAuth were found in the docs.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "No usage fee. Skyscanner's partner help centre says the Travel APIs carry no per-booking, monthly or yearly fee and that partners earn a revenue share on bookings, tracked through Impact. The share is not published. There is no sandbox, trial or test key, and access starts only after an approved application and a commercial agreement (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the API reference or the partner pages (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/intro", "capabilities": [ "travel.flights", "travel.stays", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "partner-only", "api-key", "metasearch", "flights", "hotels", "car-hire", "affiliate", "bug-bounty" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.6, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 655, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites.", "bestFor": "An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.", "strengths": [ "Thirteen APIs and 21 operations cover flights, hotels and car hire, with live and indicative prices, hotel content, reviews, geography and autosuggest", "Default rate limits are published per endpoint, per second, minute and hour, such as 100 flight search creates a minute and 500 polls", "Skyscanner states the Travel APIs carry no per-booking, monthly or yearly fee, and partners earn a revenue share on bookings", "The docs changelog is dated and current, with four entries between 14 July and 1 October 2026", "Public bug bounty on Bugcrowd and a security.txt on www.skyscanner.net that runs to November 2030" ], "weaknesses": [ "Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users", "The usage guidelines say live pricing calls are made only on user-generated requests, and automated calls without a user action are not permitted", "No booking, change or cancel calls. Every result carries a deep link and the traveller books on the supplier's site", "No downloadable OpenAPI file, SDK or code samples were found, and `llms.txt` on the docs host returns 403", "No status page, SLA or public API terms were found. The API terms sit in the partner's contract on impact.com" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `x-api-key` header on every call to `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net`. CORS is not supported, so call from a server", "Create a live search only when a user has given origin, destination and exact dates. Use the indicative price endpoints for open-ended questions", "Poll `/search/poll/{sessionToken}` until `status` is `RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETE`, and replace earlier results only when `action` is `RESULT_ACTION_REPLACED`", "Start a new session when a poll returns 400. Flight session tokens last about an hour and hotel sessions at most 15 minutes", "Pass each `deepLink` to the traveller unchanged, since altered encoding breaks Impact tracking, and never put personal data in `subid2`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 50, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 25, "reliability": 35, "schema": 56, "security": 48, "transparency": 28 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --request POST 'https://partners.api.skyscanner.net/apiservices/v3/flights/live/search/create' \\\n --header 'x-api-key: your-api-key' \\\n --data '{\"query\":{\"market\":\"UK\",\"locale\":\"en-GB\",\"currency\":\"GBP\",\"queryLegs\":[{\"originPlaceId\":{\"iata\":\"LHR\"},\"destinationPlaceId\":{\"iata\":\"SIN\"},\"date\":{\"year\":2024,\"month\":12,\"day\":22}}],\"adults\":1,\"cabinClass\":\"CABIN_CLASS_ECONOMY\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.flights", "tool": "https://letme.dev/skyscanner" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Skyscanner Limited", "domain": "skyscanner.net", "domainRegistered": "2002-07-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://www.skyscanner.net/media/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/change-log", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The privacy policy and terms of service name Skyscanner Limited, company number 04217916, registered in England and Wales.", "No `terms` URL is given. The partner help centre says the Skyscanner API Terms and Conditions are in the partner's contract on impact.com, and the only public terms are the website terms of service at https://www.skyscanner.net/media/terms-of-service.", "The privacy policy is Skyscanner's general one for its platforms and travellers. No separate privacy notice or DPA for API partners was found.", "The API answers at partners.api.skyscanner.net. Deep links pass through skyscanner.pxf.io, an Impact tracking domain.", "https://www.skyscanner.net/.well-known/security.txt lists security@skyscanner.net and the Bugcrowd programme and expires 2030-11-20. The same path returns 403 on developers.skyscanner.net and 404 on www.partners.skyscanner.net.", "No status page is linked from the developer docs or the partner site. Requests to status.skyscanner.net did not connect from our network.", "RDAP for skyscanner.net gives a registration date of 2002-07-03." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.json", "live": { "slug": "skyscanner", "probe": { "target": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.721422508Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 70, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 73, "p95ms24h": 100, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:21.721422508Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Nuitee", "b": "Skyscanner Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0", "b": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (MCP server), ISC (Node SDK)", "b": "Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "2026-10-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-12", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-05-20", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "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": "3 stars, 17k npm/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Skyscanner Travel APIs's 45.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Skyscanner Travel APIs leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) or Skyscanner Travel APIs?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Skyscanner Travel APIs need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0 and Skyscanner Travel APIs at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net.", "question": "Can an agent call LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Skyscanner Travel APIs without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 62 against 35", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 56", "Agent ergonomics, 86 against 50", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "A builder who wants an agent to book hotels this week without a contract, and to earn a margin on them.", "slug": "liteapi", "watchFor": "Hosted MCP's documented setup puts the API key in the URL query string and exposes 111 generated tools" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 33", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 48", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 43" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) loses 6 points for them" ], "goodFor": "An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.", "slug": "skyscanner", "watchFor": "Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users" } ], "job": { "capability": "travel.stays", "name": "Travel stays" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": 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(RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-travelport.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-travelport" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "ETG API (RateHawk) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": 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"key": "security", "liteapi": 33, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "skyscanner": 48, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 15, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "payments", "liteapi": 40, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "skyscanner": 25, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "maintenance", "liteapi": 48, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "skyscanner": 60, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "transparency", "liteapi": 43, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "skyscanner": 52, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Skyscanner Travel APIs's 45.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Skyscanner Travel APIs leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do travel stays.", "verdicts": { "liteapi": "Sandbox key at sign-up, same base URL as production, no card. Hosted MCP's documented setup puts the API key in the URL query string and exposes 111 generated tools.", "skyscanner": "Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.min.md" }, "markdown": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Skyscanner Travel APIs's 45.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Skyscanner Travel APIs leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do travel stays.\n\n- LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect): grade D, 53.1/100, rank #548 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liteapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/liteapi.json\n- Skyscanner Travel APIs: grade E, 45.6/100, rank #655 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) (D)\n\nGood for: A builder who wants an agent to book hotels this week without a contract, and to earn a margin on them.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 62 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 56\n- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 50\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Hosted MCP's documented setup puts the API key in the URL query string and exposes 111 generated tools\n\n### Skyscanner Travel APIs (E)\n\nGood for: An established travel site or app with a large audience that wants metasearch prices across flights, hotels and car hire and is content to send users to suppliers to book.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 33\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 48\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 43\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) | Skyscanner Travel APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 35 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +27 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 56 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 50 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +36 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 33 | 48 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 25 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 60 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 52 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.1 · D** | **45.6 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) | Skyscanner Travel APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Nuitee | Skyscanner Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0` | `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (MCP server), ISC (Node SDK) | Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-05-20 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Popularity | 3 stars, 17k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect).** Sandbox key at sign-up, same base URL as production, no card. Hosted MCP's documented setup puts the API key in the URL query string and exposes 111 generated tools.\n\n**Skyscanner Travel APIs.** Thirteen documented search APIs cover flights, hotels and car hire behind one `x-api-key` header, with default rate limits published per endpoint and no usage fee. Access needs an approved application, an audience above 100,000 monthly users and a commercial agreement, and the usage guidelines bar live-price calls made without a user action. Booking happens on supplier sites.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)\n\n1. Use `/hotels/rates` with a short `hotelIds` list from `/data/hotels`; a broad rates call is slow and large\n2. Always prebook before book and read the cancellation policy in the prebook response, since refundability differs per rate\n3. Send a unique `clientReference` on book; a repeat returns error 4005 instead of a second booking\n4. Set `margin` explicitly on every rates call. Zero means net rates with no commission to you\n5. Send the key to the MCP in an `X-Api-Key` header rather than `?apiKey=` where the client allows it\n\n### Skyscanner Travel APIs\n\n1. Send the key in the `x-api-key` header on every call to `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net`. CORS is not supported, so call from a server\n2. Create a live search only when a user has given origin, destination and exact dates. Use the indicative price endpoints for open-ended questions\n3. Poll `/search/poll/{sessionToken}` until `status` is `RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETE`, and replace earlier results only when `action` is `RESULT_ACTION_REPLACED`\n4. Start a new session when a poll returns 400. Flight session tokens last about an hour and hotel sessions at most 15 minutes\n5. Pass each `deepLink` to the traveller unchanged, since altered encoding breaks Impact tracking, and never put personal data in `subid2`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) or Skyscanner Travel APIs?\n\nLiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Skyscanner Travel APIs's 45.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Skyscanner Travel APIs leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Skyscanner Travel APIs need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Skyscanner Travel APIs without installing anything?\n\nYes. LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0 and Skyscanner Travel APIs at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"liteapi\", \"b\": \"skyscanner\"}`. 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