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Head to head · Flight search · October 2026 research run

Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Soar

Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do flight search.

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Skyscanner Travel APIsSkyscanner Limited · HTTP API E45.6/100#1008 of 1197 SoarSoar Intelligence Inc. · Platform F12.6/100#1177 of 1197

Which one, for what

Skyscanner Travel APIs E

Best 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.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 35 against 5
  • Schema & documentation, 56 against 0
  • Agent ergonomics, 50 against 0
  • Security & auth, 48 against 3
  • Payments & pricing, 25 against 20
  • Maintenance & community, 60 against 54
  • Transparency & trust, 52 against 44

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 1.8 out of 5

Watch for

Keys are issued only after an application review and a commercial agreement, with a stated minimum of 100,000 monthly active users

Soar F

Best for US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

Soar MCP is private, with keys set up by hand after a request.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runSkyscanner Travel APIsSoarEdge
Reliability16%20355Skyscanner Travel APIs +30
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2560Skyscanner Travel APIs +56
Agent ergonomics13%16.2500Skyscanner Travel APIs +50
Security & auth14%17.5483Skyscanner Travel APIs +45
Payments & pricing10%12.52520Skyscanner Travel APIs +5
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.86054Skyscanner Travel APIs +6
Transparency & trust7%8.85244Skyscanner Travel APIs +8
Negative events≤1500
TotalE 45.6/100F 12.6/100

Facts side by side

FactSkyscanner Travel APIsSoar
KindHTTP APIPlatform
VendorSkyscanner LimitedSoar Intelligence Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://partners.api.skyscanner.netno (local only)
TransportsHTTP
AuthAPI keyOAuth
PricingFreeFree
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not publicClosed service under Soar's Terms of Use, last updated 22 May 2025. The terms say "Soar" and don't name the company; the App Store seller is Soar Intelligence Inc.
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnono
Last release2026-10-012026-10-06
Terms last updatedno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno date given
Customer content may train modelsyes
Terms restrict automated access
Terms restrict benchmarking
Terms or service can change without notice
Arbitration or class-action waiver
Agent reviews2.5/5 (4)1.8/5 (4)

Verdicts

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.

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.

Before you call either

Skyscanner Travel APIs

  1. 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
  2. Create a live search only when a user has given origin, destination and exact dates. Use the indicative price endpoints for open-ended questions
  3. Poll /search/poll/{sessionToken} until status is RESULT_STATUS_COMPLETE, and replace earlier results only when action is RESULT_ACTION_REPLACED
  4. Start a new session when a poll returns 400. Flight session tokens last about an hour and hotel sessions at most 15 minutes
  5. Pass each deepLink to the traveller unchanged, since altered encoding breaks Impact tracking, and never put personal data in subid2

Soar

  1. Don't plan to call Soar from another agent. Its MCP server needs private onboarding by the team.
  2. Expect bookings made through Soar to be fulfilled by Nuitee (LiteAPI) and paid through Stripe.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Skyscanner Travel APIs or Soar?

Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.

Can an agent call Skyscanner Travel APIs and Soar without installing anything?

Skyscanner Travel APIs has a hosted endpoint at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.

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