{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "ratehawk", "name": "ETG API (RateHawk)", "vendor": "Emerging Travel Group", "vendorUrl": "https://www.ratehawk.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "travel", "summary": "Hotel search and booking API from Emerging Travel Group, the company behind RateHawk and ZenHotels. Contracted partners search rates, prebook, book and cancel stays over REST, with B2B, Affiliate and Content APIs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ratehawk", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ratehawk.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ratehawk.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ratehawk.json", "repo": "https://github.com/EmergingTravel/papi-sdk-python", "license": "Proprietary service under a signed partner agreement that is not published. The Python and PHP SDKs on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.ratehawk.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "papi-sdk" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Access is by partner approval. A person registers at ratehawk.com/registration, picks API integration as the purpose, then asks an account manager for credentials, and the docs say the relevant agreement must be signed before the API is used. Keys are `\u003cKEY_ID\u003e:\u003cAPI_KEY\u003e` pairs sent as HTTP Basic auth, issued separately for sandbox, test and production. A production key follows a written certification that the docs put at 14 to 30 days. Each key has its own endpoint permissions and request limits, readable at `/api/b2b/v3/overview/`.", "pricing": "byo-plan", "pricingNotes": "No public price list. Partners buy at net rates under contract and pay from a deposit with a credit limit, at the hotel or by card, depending on the rate. The landing page calls the API key free, and the sandbox makes no real bookings or charges, but a key comes from an account manager after registration, so an agent cannot start without a person and an agreement (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Your plan", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the Swagger file or the API landing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 9, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 12, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.emergingtravel.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.emergingtravel.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.ratehawk.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "travel.stays", "travel.booking", "travel.changes", "travel.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "openapi", "llms-txt", "sandbox", "sales-led", "certification", "status-page", "python", "php", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 830, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 10, "reliability": 45, "schema": 85, "security": 41, "transparency": 56 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Hotel search and booking are documented in a public Swagger 2.0 file, an llms.txt index and a changelog with 64 dated entries in 2026. Access is by contract. Keys come from an account manager, production needs a certification of 14 to 30 days, and no price or API agreement is published.", "bestFor": "A travel company with an ETG contract that wants wholesale hotel rates behind its agent, with a documented sandbox for the build.", "strengths": [ "Public Swagger 2.0 file at `https://api.ratehawk.com/openapi.json` with 48 operations and 171 definitions for the B2B and Content APIs", "`llms.txt` and a Markdown copy of every docs page at `index.md`, with robots.txt allowing AI crawlers by name", "Changelog with 64 dated entries in 2026, the latest on 5 October 2026", "Sandbox host with over 2,000 test hotels, named error scenarios and no real bookings or charges", "`partner_order_id` identifies a booking across retries, and the docs say how to handle `timeout`, `unknown` and 5xx during booking" ], "weaknesses": [ "No self-serve key. Registration is followed by a request to an account manager, and the docs say an agreement must be signed before use", "No public price list or API agreement was found. Rates and request limits are set per contract", "The status page's orders monitor recorded downtime of an hour or more on four days between 21 July and 14 September 2026, with no written incident reports", "Both official SDKs (Python and PHP) last changed in 2021 and default to `api.worldota.net`, a host the docs call deprecated", "No `security.txt`, disclosure policy or security certification page was found on ratehawk.com, emergingtravel.com or the docs site" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `/api/b2b/v3/overview/` first. It lists the endpoints the key may use and each one's request limit.", "Keep sandbox IDs, keys and hashes inside `api-sandbox.ratehawk.com`. Sandbox region IDs are limited to 2011, 2395, 2734 and 6053839.", "Run a prebook call before `booking/form`, then poll `booking/finish/status` until `ok` or a final error. Treat `timeout`, `unknown` and 5xx as still in progress.", "Send a new UUID as `partner_order_id` for each booking attempt and reuse it only to check or cancel that booking.", "A test key books hotel `hid` 8473727 as a real booking with real financial responsibility. Cancel it afterwards." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 10, "reliability": 45, "schema": 85, "security": 41, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 80, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-08", "maintenance": "2026-10-08", "payments": "2026-10-08", "reliability": "2026-10-08", "schema": "2026-10-08", "security": "2026-10-08", "transparency": "2026-10-08" }, "last": "2026-10-08", "oldest": "2026-10-08", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl --user '\u003cKEY_ID\u003e:\u003cAPI_KEY\u003e' 'https://api-sandbox.ratehawk.com/api/b2b/v3/overview/'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/travel.stays", "tool": "https://letme.dev/ratehawk" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Leaside Services Limited", "domain": "ratehawk.com", "domainRegistered": "2006-08-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://www.ratehawk.com/legal/site/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.emergingtravel.com", "changelog": "https://docs.emergingtravel.com/docs/changelog/2026/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "No terms document for the API is published. The docs say the relevant agreement must be signed before use, and the only public terms we found are website terms of use on emergingtravel.com, so the terms field is left out.", "The RateHawk legal notice names Leaside Services Limited, a Cyprus company with registration number HE 342401, at Ifigeneias 17, Strovolos, Nicosia. The privacy notice (version 1.0, updated 8 May 2026) gives the same company an address in Limassol and lists eight other Emerging Travel entities as controllers by contract.", "The API answers at api.ratehawk.com and api-sandbox.ratehawk.com. Card tokenisation is at api.payota.net and the docs are at docs.emergingtravel.com, both outside ratehawk.com.", "`/.well-known/security.txt` returned 404 on www.ratehawk.com, api.ratehawk.com, www.emergingtravel.com and docs.emergingtravel.com.", "RDAP gives ratehawk.com a registration date of 2006-08-24 and emergingtravel.com 2007-02-25." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ratehawk.json", "live": { "slug": "ratehawk", "probe": { "target": "https://api.ratehawk.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-21T22:54:39.112591136Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 132, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 150, "p95ms24h": 309, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 3301, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 }, { "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": 242, "ok": 242 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.emergingtravel.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T22:26:21.662063403Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "EmergingTravel/papi-sdk-python", "version": "v1.1.1", "released": "2021-01-19", "seenAt": "2026-10-21T06:21:49.714586528Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "papi-sdk", "version": "1.1.1", "released": "2021-01-19", "seenAt": "2026-10-21T06:21:49.531087288Z" } ], "githubStars": 9, "pypiWeekly": 3, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://ratehawk.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:58:30.14302992Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.emergingtravel.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T14:34:54.202893968Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "ratehawk.com", "registered": "2006-08-24", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/ratehawk.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:29:27.379886761Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.emergingtravel.com/docs/changelog/2026/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:46:37.397364535Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-12T19:50:03.065480915Z", "fingerprint": "9ed74e6c98cc" }, { "url": "https://www.ratehawk.com/legal/site/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T01:06:01.615273041Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8a56c91f2df9" } ], "github": { "repo": "emergingtravel/papi-sdk-python", "checkedAt": "2026-10-19T06:08:26.858549441Z", "stars": 9, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2021-10-25T07:40:13Z", "openIssues": 1, "openPRs": 0, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 0, "replies": { "sampled": 5, "unanswered": 1, "medianDays": 0.9 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T22:54:39.112591136Z" } }, "answer": "ETG API (RateHawk) scores 53 (D) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "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": "Emerging Travel Group", "b": "Soar Intelligence Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.ratehawk.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": "Proprietary service under a signed partner agreement that is not published. The Python and PHP SDKs on GitHub are MIT", "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": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-05", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-08", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "9 stars, 12 PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "1.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ETG API (RateHawk) scores 53 (D) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ETG API (RateHawk) or Soar?" }, { "answer": "ETG API (RateHawk) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ratehawk.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.", "question": "Can an agent call ETG API (RateHawk) and Soar without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 45 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 41 against 3", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 65 against 54", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 56 against 44" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "A travel company with an ETG contract that wants wholesale hotel rates behind its agent, with a documented sandbox for the build.", "slug": "ratehawk", "watchFor": "No self-serve key. Registration is followed by a request to an account manager, and the docs say an agreement must be signed before use" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10" ], "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-ratehawk.json", "title": "Booking.com Demand API vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-ratehawk" }, { "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-ratehawk.json", "title": "Duffel Flights and Stays API vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-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-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-soar-travel.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "LetsFG vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-ratehawk" }, { "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-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/odessia-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Odessia vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-ratehawk" }, { "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/ratehawk-vs-travelport.json", "title": "ETG API (RateHawk) vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-travelport" }, { "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/kiwi-mcp-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-ratehawk" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-ratehawk.json", "title": "Lola vs ETG API (RateHawk)", "url": 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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/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel.min.md" }, "markdown": "ETG API (RateHawk) scores 53 (D) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do hotel and stay search.\n\n- ETG API (RateHawk): grade D, 53/100, rank #830 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ratehawk.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ratehawk.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### ETG API (RateHawk) (D)\n\nGood for: A travel company with an ETG contract that wants wholesale hotel rates behind its agent, with a documented sandbox for the build.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 45 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 69 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 41 against 3\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 65 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 56 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No self-serve key. Registration is followed by a request to an account manager, and the docs say an agreement must be signed before use\n\n### Soar (F)\n\nGood for: US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10\n\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 | ETG API (RateHawk) | Soar | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 5 | ETG API (RateHawk) +40 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 0 | ETG API (RateHawk) +85 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 0 | ETG API (RateHawk) +69 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 41 | 3 | ETG API (RateHawk) +38 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 20 | Soar +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 54 | ETG API (RateHawk) +11 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 44 | ETG API (RateHawk) +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53 · D** | **12.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ETG API (RateHawk) | Soar |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Emerging Travel Group | Soar Intelligence Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ratehawk.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Your plan | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under a signed partner agreement that is not published. The Python and PHP SDKs on GitHub are MIT | 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 | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-08 | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 9 stars, 12 PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ETG API (RateHawk).** Hotel search and booking are documented in a public Swagger 2.0 file, an llms.txt index and a changelog with 64 dated entries in 2026. Access is by contract. Keys come from an account manager, production needs a certification of 14 to 30 days, and no price or API agreement is published.\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### ETG API (RateHawk)\n\n1. Call `/api/b2b/v3/overview/` first. It lists the endpoints the key may use and each one's request limit.\n2. Keep sandbox IDs, keys and hashes inside `api-sandbox.ratehawk.com`. Sandbox region IDs are limited to 2011, 2395, 2734 and 6053839.\n3. Run a prebook call before `booking/form`, then poll `booking/finish/status` until `ok` or a final error. Treat `timeout`, `unknown` and 5xx as still in progress.\n4. Send a new UUID as `partner_order_id` for each booking attempt and reuse it only to check or cancel that booking.\n5. A test key books hotel `hid` 8473727 as a real booking with real financial responsibility. Cancel it afterwards.\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## Tutorials\n\n- [Check a RateHawk sandbox integration before booking](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tutorials/ratehawk/), for ETG API (RateHawk)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ETG API (RateHawk) or Soar?\n\nETG API (RateHawk) scores 53 (D) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Soar leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call ETG API (RateHawk) and Soar without installing anything?\n\nETG API (RateHawk) has a hosted endpoint at https://api.ratehawk.com. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"ratehawk\", \"b\": \"soar-travel\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare ratehawk soar-travel`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/ratehawk.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soar-travel.json\n\n## Other comparisons with ETG API (RateHawk) or Soar\n\n- [Booking.com Demand API vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [Booking.com Demand API vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/booking-demand-api-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [Duffel Flights and Stays API vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [Expedia Group Rapid API vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [LetsFG vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [LiteAPI (Nuitee Connect) vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/liteapi-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [Odessia vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [ETG API (RateHawk) vs Skyscanner Travel APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-skyscanner.md)\n- [ETG API (RateHawk) vs Travelport TripServices APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-travelport.md)\n- [Duffel Flights and Stays API vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/duffel-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [LetsFG vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [Odessia vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [Soar vs Travelport TripServices APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soar-travel-vs-travelport.md)\n- [Kiwi.com MCP Server vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [Lola vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-ratehawk.md)\n- [Lola vs Soar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-soar-travel.md)\n- [ETG API (RateHawk) vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-trainline.md)\n- [Soar vs Trainline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soar-travel-vs-trainline.md)\n- [FlightClaw vs ETG API (RateHawk)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-ratehawk.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "attributionRequired": true, "credit": "CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link the page or API address you took it from (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-21", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.6", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "terms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "ETG API (RateHawk) vs Soar", "url": "" } ], "description": "ETG scores 53 (D) to Soar's 12.6 (F) for hotel and stay search. 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