SoleFetch alternative: SoleFetch API vs Barcodes.gg

What SoleFetch publishes

We read solefetch.com on 25 October 2026. The home page shows the plans and a static API explorer with sample responses. /docs sends you to a login page with a magic link. /terms and /privacy answered 404. The site names no company.

• Sources. The site names "real-time marketplace data from GOAT and other platforms". The samples carry "market_type": "Alias/GOAT" and StockX image URLs. We could not verify StockX as a price source.
• Lookups. By style code (/v1/product/data/FV2923-001), by UPC (/v1/scan/197597605388), by slug and by keyword.
• Prices per size. A size listing has lowest_price, highest_offer and last_sold_price, with size_us.
• Landed cost. /v1/market/goat/listings takes region=EU. The sample adds import duties, VAT, shipping and a total_price with duties and VAT. The samples show only the EU region.
• Market scores. market_trend, market_volatility and market_demand_score, and a release calendar with market_presell_potential.

Where SoleFetch is stronger

• A free plan. 100 calls per month. Barcodes.gg has no free tier for prices.
• More calls for less money. SoleFetch Pro costs €49 per month for 25,000 calls. Barcodes.gg Standard Plus, the first plan with prices, costs €79 for 10,000 calls. The SoleFetch entry plan costs €19 for 3,000 calls.
• Last sale per size. last_sold_price on each size. Barcodes.gg has a sales count, not a last sale price.
• GOAT data. Barcodes.gg has no GOAT source.
• Landed cost for the EU. A total price with duties, VAT and shipping. Barcodes.gg returns no fees, duties or shipping.
• Market scores and a release calendar. Barcodes.gg has a public release calendar, but no market scores.

Where Barcodes.gg is stronger

• Public documentation and terms. Anyone can read the resale prices documentation and the OpenAPI 3.1 specification before sign-up. The SoleFetch documentation needs a login, and its terms page answered 404.
• Barcode to size to price, documented. GET /api/v2/prices/barcode/{barcode} returns the style code, the size of the barcode and the prices for that size. The SoleFetch scan sample returns code_type and scan_size. We could not verify prices for that size in the same call.
• StockX prices. Barcodes.gg rows come from StockX and Alias. We could not verify StockX as a SoleFetch price source.
• StockX and Alias in one call. One request for a style code returns one row per site and market. SoleFetch puts the marketplace in the path, so each site is a separate call.
• A time on every price. Each size has as_of, and is_stale marks an answer whose newest price is older than 24 hours. StockX and Alias are pulled live when no price for the requested market is under 60 minutes old. The SoleFetch samples show no timestamps, and the site says "real-time" without a number.
• Market and currency choice. Barcodes.gg takes currency (30 StockX currencies), market (up to 3 StockX markets) and region for Alias, with published allowed values. The SoleFetch samples show only region=EU.
• Sizes in three systems. us, eu and uk on each size. The SoleFetch samples show US sizes only.
• A named operator. Reactive Systems SL runs Barcodes.gg.

Plans side by side

Barcodes.gg price requests use the same monthly allowance as barcode lookups. One answered request uses one call, and a product without cached prices does not use a call. Basic, Basic Plus and Standard do not include prices. Standard Plus, Pro Plus and Enterprise also include reverse lookup by style code. GET /api/v2/token/usage returns the rate limit of your plan.

When to choose SoleFetch

• You need GOAT prices, the last sale per size or a landed EU price with duties and VAT.
• You need up to 100 calls per month at no cost.
• You need 25,000 calls for €49 and US sizes are enough.

When Barcodes.gg fits better

• You want to read the documentation and the terms before you sign up.
• You start from a barcode and need the price for the size in the box.
• You need StockX and Alias prices in one answer.
• You need the time of each price, and sizes in US, EU and UK.

To decide, send 20 style codes and 20 barcodes from your own stock to both APIs. Count the products with a price and check the sites and sizes in each answer. The full Barcodes.gg response is on the sneaker resale price API page. Other options are in the sneaker price API comparison, including Packet.

How this comparison was made

We read the SoleFetch home page on 25 October 2026. It holds the plans and the sample responses. The documentation needs a login, so we could not read full responses, error codes or terms of use. Every point that we could not check says "not verified". We did not measure speed or match rates for either API. Check solefetch.com before you buy.