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24 alternatives to Duffel (S18) – The best API to sell flights online

Hey HN, We're Steve and Tom (YC S18), the co-founders of Duffel (https://duffel.com/), an API-based travel platform. Think of Stripe, but for searching and booking flights. We built Duffel after running head first into the problem of accessing airline inventory for a side-project that we had. All the providers out there (ever heard of a GDS? Amadeus? Sabre?) felt antiquated, expensive and quite frankly didn't even want to work with us. To top it up, once we started digging the only things we could hear were "PNR", "IATA", "ARC", "RBD" and other wonderful acronyms. It’s…

Duffel is an API platform that simplifies flight search and booking for developers and travel companies. It provides modern access to airline inventory, replacing outdated systems from traditional providers. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Duffel (S18) – The best API to sell flights online launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hi everyone! I'm Steve, founder and CEO of Duffel. We're so excited to introduce Duffel Links today - a low code solution to sell flights online fast. Through one single API request, offer your customers a best-in-class shopping experience tailored to your brand. Since day 1, we've made it our mission to break down barriers in the travel industry and make it easy for anyone to start selling travel. Now with Links, you can still use Duffel even if you don't have technical skills. It truly has never been easier to get started selling travel. The Problem: We've removed many blockers to selling…

    2023 · duffel.com · its alternatives →

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    Duffel▲166

    The best API to sell flights online

    2021 · duffel.com · its alternatives →

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    The fastest way to sell flights online

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    Payments product for the travel industry

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    The fastest way to sell accommodation online

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    A self-serve API for flight prices and booking links. Build flight search apps, price trackers, and AI travel tools.

    2015 · spe.lt · its alternatives →

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    Spelt▲94

    I was frustrated with existing APIs for searching flight prices, so I built this. It's a simple API to search for flights and get their prices. It can also return booking links. Generous free tier (happy to give more credits, lmk) + super low pricing. Lmk any thoughts or improvement ideas :)

    2015 · ignav.com · its alternatives →

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    Airmule▲103

    Earn money while flying by selling excess luggage allowance.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Save up to 70% on flights around the world ✈️

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    I made TripGeeks, a website where you create and share travel itineraries. Would love to hear any feedback you might have. Thanks!

    2024 · tripgeeks.app · its alternatives →

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    Search engine for award flights.

    2016 · awardhacker.com · its alternatives →

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    Belli▲90

    Cargo management software for airlines

    May 2026 · belli.ai · its alternatives →

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    Next-gen travel meta search engine to find best travel deals

    2018 · farefirst.com · its alternatives →

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    The Ultimate Travel Bag

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    Tryp.com▲105

    We use AI to build the best flight and hotel packages.

    2021 · tryp.com · its alternatives →

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    A self-serve API for flight prices and booking links. Build flight search apps, price trackers, and AI travel tools.

    2019 · briskvoyage.com · its alternatives →

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    Flyr▲100

    Today's airfares, tomorrow's bargain.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    A Slack app to find the cheapest flights for your trips

    2020 · slack.com · its alternatives →

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    Buggl▲68

    a platform for building and selling travel guides.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    A travel restriction API built for your site

    2020 · traveladviceapi.com · its alternatives →

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    Personalized, high quality flight deals in your inbox.

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    I was on a flight today and was perusing my old repositories on github for something to work on. Low and behold I find this old Gem. Figure I would share it here

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    My friend and I built BookMyFlight to finally modernize flight search + booking. Why we built this: - Personalization. I fly the same route every month, and there’s no platform that knows my preferences so that I can open it, find and book my flight, and close it within a minute. - Booking is slow. I hate seeing a long clunky airline form each time I need to book. I want booking a flight to feel more like booking an Uber. How it works: 1. Optionally make an account and save your traveler preferences. Personally, I've specified my routine route as SFO to CLE and that I only want red-eye…

    2025 · bookmyflight.ai · its alternatives →

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