{ "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": 813, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1171, "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": "2026-10-19T09:29:13.001968996Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 132, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 149, "p95ms24h": 235, "samples24h": 256, "samples30d": 4587, "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": 101, "ok": 101 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.liteapi.travel", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T09:03:51.396758302Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "liteapi-node-sdk", "version": "4.3.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-19T04:00:10.07753284Z" } ], "githubStars": 3, "npmWeekly": 12939, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://liteapi.travel/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T15:53:35.868129924Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.liteapi.travel/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T14:25:23.453008224Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "liteapi.travel", "registered": "2023-03-01", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/liteapi.travel", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:32:31.025892346Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.liteapi.travel/reference/api-pricing-usage-costs", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:28:54.835022307Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-13T20:15:10.451122379Z", "fingerprint": "feee0267bbf9" }, { "url": "https://www.liteapi.travel/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:45:12.335643248Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T20:04:41.328382718Z", "fingerprint": "10c7168f7529" }, { "url": "https://www.liteapi.travel/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:45:14.800806156Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T20:04:43.53276826Z", "fingerprint": "4761037c5b9b" } ], "github": { "repo": "liteapi-travel/mcp-server", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:23:09.583880372Z", "stars": 3, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-10-16T15:56:57Z", "openIssues": 0, "openPRs": 1, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 1 }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T09:29:13.001968996Z" } }, "answer": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Trainline's 8.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "trainline", "name": "Trainline", "vendor": "Trainline.com Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://www.thetrainline.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Trainline sells rail and coach travel through its consumer app and website. Its Partner Solutions Global API supports travel sellers, while the in-app Travel Assistant helps passengers with booked journeys and post-sales questions.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trainline", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trainline.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trainline.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trainline.json", "license": "Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Global API onboarding requires a commercial partnership and integration process. Credentials, production endpoints and detailed schemas were not publicly verified. Consumer app login does not grant API access.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Tickets and consumer fees vary by journey. Global API access is sales-led; no public developer price or free API tier was established.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 route established in the documentation reviewed on 19 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-19" }, "docsUrl": "https://tps.thetrainline.com/our-products/global-api/", "capabilities": [ "travel.search", "travel.booking" ], "tags": [ "travel", "http-api", "paid" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 8.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1162, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1171, "categoryRank": 13, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 10, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 0, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 27 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-19" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Official partner API covers booking and aftersales. Partner approval and integration required.", "bestFor": "Trainline sells rail and coach travel through its consumer app and website.", "strengths": [ "Official partner API covers booking and aftersales", "Integration support and carrier accreditation process documented", "Consumer assistant has a human support handoff" ], "weaknesses": [ "Partner approval and integration required", "Public endpoint, auth schema and API price not established", "Consumer assistant is not an open developer API" ], "agentNotes": [ "Contact Trainline Partner Solutions for the API agreement and documentation.", "Keep ticket purchases and refunds behind the traveller’s approval." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 1.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 8.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 10, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 0, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 25 }, "provenanceScore": 29 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/trainline" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Trainline.com Limited", "domain": "thetrainline.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://www.thetrainline.com/terms/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-19", "notes": [ "Domain registration was not checked. No ownership claim was verified." ], "score": 29 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trainline.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Nuitee", "b": "Trainline.com Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (MCP server), ISC (Node SDK)", "b": "Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-30", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2025-09-12", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-05-20", "b": "2026-09-29", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "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": "1.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Trainline's 8.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) or Trainline?" }, { "answer": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) needs an API key. Trainline takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Trainline need an API key?" }, { "answer": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0. No hosted endpoint is listed for Trainline.", "question": "Can an agent call LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Trainline without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 62 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 86 against 10", "Security \u0026 auth, 33 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 0", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 43 against 27" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Runs on your own machine", "Free to start without a card", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 1.8 out of 5" ], "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": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) loses 6 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Trainline sells rail and coach travel through its consumer app and website.", "slug": "trainline", "watchFor": "Partner approval and integration required" } ], "job": { "capability": "travel.search", "name": "Travel search" }, "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/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/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/liteapi-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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/booking-demand-api-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-trainline" }, { "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/flightclaw-vs-trainline.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-trainline" }, { "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/kiwi-mcp-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-trainline.json", "title": "LetsFG vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-lola.json", "title": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Lola", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-lola" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Lola vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-trainline.json", "title": "ETG API (RateHawk) vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-trainline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trainline-vs-travelport.json", "title": "Trainline vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trainline-vs-travelport" }, { "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/flightclaw-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-liteapi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-liteapi.json", "title": "LetsFG vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-liteapi" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 47, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "reliability", "liteapi": 62, "name": "Reliability", "trainline": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 76, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "schema", "liteapi": 86, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "trainline": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 76, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "ergonomics", "liteapi": 86, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "trainline": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 33, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "security", "liteapi": 33, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "trainline": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 40, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "payments", "liteapi": 40, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "trainline": 0, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 48, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "maintenance", "liteapi": 48, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "trainline": 0, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 16, "edge": "liteapi", "key": "transparency", "liteapi": 43, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "trainline": 27, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Trainline's 8.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do travel search.", "tutorials": [ { "title": "Build a hotel shortlist with LiteAPI", "tool": "liteapi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/liteapi/" } ], "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.", "trainline": "Official partner API covers booking and aftersales. Partner approval and integration required." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-trainline", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-trainline.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-trainline.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-trainline.min.md" }, "markdown": "LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Trainline's 8.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do travel search.\n\n- LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect): grade D, 53.1/100, rank #813 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/liteapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/liteapi.json\n- Trainline: grade F, 8.6/100, rank #1162 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trainline.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trainline.json\n- Best travel search and booking APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/travel/index.md\n- All 78 travel comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/travel/index.md\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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 86 against 10\n- Security \u0026 auth, 33 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 48 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 43 against 27\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 1.8 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Hosted MCP's documented setup puts the API key in the URL query string and exposes 111 generated tools\n\n### Trainline (F)\n\nGood for: Trainline sells rail and coach travel through its consumer app and website.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: Partner approval and integration required\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) | Trainline | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 15 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +47 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 10 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +76 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 10 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +76 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 33 | 0 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +33 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 0 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +40 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 0 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 27 | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.1 · D** | **8.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) | Trainline |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Nuitee | Trainline.com Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (MCP server), ISC (Node SDK) | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-05-20 | 2026-09-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\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) | 1.8/5 (4) |\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**Trainline.** Official partner API covers booking and aftersales. Partner approval and integration required.\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### Trainline\n\n1. Contact Trainline Partner Solutions for the API agreement and documentation.\n2. Keep ticket purchases and refunds behind the traveller’s approval.\n\n## Tutorials\n\n- [Build a hotel shortlist with LiteAPI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/liteapi/), for LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) or Trainline?\n\nLiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Trainline's 8.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Trainline need an API key?\n\nLiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) needs an API key. Trainline takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) and Trainline without installing anything?\n\nLiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.liteapi.travel/v3.0. No hosted endpoint is listed for Trainline.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-trainline.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-trainline.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"liteapi\", \"b\": \"trainline\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare liteapi trainline`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/liteapi.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trainline.json\n\n## Other comparisons with LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) or Trainline\n\n- [Booking.com Demand API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-liteapi.md)\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-liteapi.md)\n- [Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-liteapi.md)\n- [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Travelport TripServices APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-travelport.md)\n- [Booking.com Demand API vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-trainline.md)\n- [Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-trainline.md)\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-trainline.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-trainline.md)\n- [Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-trainline.md)\n- [Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-trainline.md)\n- [LetsFG vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-trainline.md)\n- [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Lola](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-lola.md)\n- [Lola vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-trainline.md)\n- [ETG API (RateHawk) vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-trainline.md)\n- [Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-trainline.md)\n- [Trainline vs Travelport TripServices APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trainline-vs-travelport.md)\n- [Duffel Flights and Stays API vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-liteapi.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-liteapi.md)\n- [Kiwi.com MCP Server vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-liteapi.md)\n- [LetsFG vs LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-liteapi.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "attributionRequired": true, "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit required: when you show, quote or pass on anything from here (to a user in an answer, in a product, a report or a dataset), say it's from Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link the page or API address you took it from. 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