{ "data": { "a": { "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": 1008, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1197, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.6", "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": 4, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.6", "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, "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 --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": "2026-10-21T23:39:18.165368365Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 69, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 75, "p95ms24h": 164, "samples24h": 252, "samples30d": 3309, "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": 250, "ok": 250 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://skyscanner.net/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T15:59:20.995497892Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "skyscanner.net", "registered": "2002-07-03", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/net/v1/domain/skyscanner.net", "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T13:35:39.720386179Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.skyscanner.net/docs/change-log", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T00:45:32.327165211Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T20:38:46.755925342Z", "fingerprint": "fea53099e501" }, { "url": "https://www.skyscanner.net/media/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T01:06:58.057897725Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T23:39:18.165368365Z" } }, "answer": "Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "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": "Skyscanner Limited", "b": "Soar Intelligence Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://partners.api.skyscanner.net", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public", "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": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-01", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "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": "2.5/5 (4)", "b": "1.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Skyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Skyscanner Travel APIs or Soar?" }, { "answer": "Skyscanner Travel APIs has a hosted endpoint at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.", "question": "Can an agent call Skyscanner Travel APIs and Soar without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 35 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 56 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 50 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 3", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 54", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 44" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 1.8 out of 5" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": null, "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.flights", "name": "Flight search" }, "others": [ { "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": "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/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Expedia Group Rapid API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/expedia-rapid-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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-skyscanner.json", "title": "Hotelbeds Hotel Booking API vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hotelbeds-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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/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-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/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-soar-travel.json", "title": "ETG API (RateHawk) vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ratehawk-vs-soar-travel" }, { "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": "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-skyscanner.json", "title": "FlightClaw vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/flightclaw-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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-skyscanner.json", "title": "Kiwi.com MCP Server vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiwi-mcp-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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-skyscanner.json", "title": "LetsFG vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letsfg-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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-skyscanner.json", "title": "Odessia vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/odessia-vs-skyscanner" }, { "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-travelport.json", "title": "Skyscanner Travel APIs vs Travelport TripServices APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-travelport" }, { "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/lola-vs-skyscanner.json", "title": "Lola vs Skyscanner Travel APIs", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-skyscanner" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-soar-travel.json", "title": "Lola vs Soar", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lola-vs-soar-travel" }, { "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/soar-travel-vs-trainline.json", "title": "Soar vs Trainline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soar-travel-vs-trainline" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 30, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "skyscanner": 35, "soar-travel": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 56, "edge": "skyscanner", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "skyscanner": 56, "soar-travel": 0, 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Both do flight search.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "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.", "soar-travel": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel.min.md" }, "markdown": "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.\n\n- Skyscanner Travel APIs: grade E, 45.6/100, rank #1008 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skyscanner.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skyscanner.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### 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- Reliability, 35 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 56 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 50 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 48 against 3\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 against 1.8 out of 5\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### Soar (F)\n\nGood for: US iPhone users who want flights and hotels tracked from their inbox and handled over text.\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 | Skyscanner Travel APIs | Soar | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 5 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 0 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +56 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 0 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +50 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 3 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +45 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 20 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 54 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 44 | Skyscanner Travel APIs +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **45.6 · E** | **12.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Skyscanner Travel APIs | Soar |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Platform |\n| Vendor | Skyscanner Limited | Soar Intelligence Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://partners.api.skyscanner.net` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service. The API terms are in the partner contract and are not public | 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 | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 1.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**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### 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### 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## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Skyscanner Travel APIs or Soar?\n\nSkyscanner Travel APIs scores 45.6 (E) on agent readiness against Soar's 12.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Can an agent call Skyscanner Travel APIs and Soar without installing anything?\n\nSkyscanner Travel APIs has a hosted endpoint at https://partners.api.skyscanner.net. No hosted endpoint is listed for Soar.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skyscanner-vs-soar-travel.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"skyscanner\", \"b\": \"soar-travel\"}`. 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