SoftAggregator vs St8

By Soft of Games editorial team · Updated 2026-10-07 · Methodology

St8 is an engineering-first aggregator with strong developer tools and a rare bring-your-own-deals model. SoftAggregator offers roughly twice the published catalogue, a free API and API keys on sign-up. Your existing studio relationships, or lack of them, will decide most of this comparison.

St8 and SoftAggregator are both young by industry standards, and both were built recently rather than inherited from an older platform. That is where the resemblance ends. St8 is shaped by engineers who want to give operators better tools around their content. SoftAggregator is shaped by the idea that getting content should be as easy as opening an account.

Same provider count, different catalogue

Both vendors publish 200+ providers. The game counts are far apart: SoftAggregator lists 40,000+ games and St8 lists 19,000+, both as published in October 2026. Part of that gap may come from how each counts variants and live tables, and part from the depth of each studio’s library on the hub. Either way, an operator who measures a hub by how much of each studio’s back catalogue reaches the lobby will notice the difference.

St8 does not publish an open studio list. Partner news confirms names such as Playson, Wazdan and RubyPlay. SoftAggregator names Pragmatic Play, Evolution, PG Soft, Hacksaw Gaming, Nolimit City, Play’n GO, Spribe and BGaming among its studios.

How you get in

SoftAggregator’s front door is a portal. You register, the account is approved automatically, and API keys are visible at once. Free test credit lets a developer launch real games before spending anything. The API is free: no setup fee, no integration fee and no monthly fee. Operators keep a prepaid balance in USDT or USDC, with pricing on game play given on request.

St8’s front door is a conversation, and that conversation has three possible outcomes. Operators can bring their own studio deals and pay a percentage for St8’s infrastructure. They can take a revenue-share package with full content. Or they can buy only the thumbnail library. St8 estimates go-live at a few days to a few weeks, depending on scope, and does not publish its content pricing.

The bring-your-own-deals question

This is St8’s most distinctive offer, and it changes the comparison for a specific kind of buyer. If you already hold direct contracts with ten studios, you may not want an aggregator’s full margin on those games. St8 lets you keep those contracts and use its pipes, reporting and tools around them.

SoftAggregator does not position itself this way. It supplies the studio relationships as part of the service, which is exactly what a new operator without contracts needs.

Tools for developers and analysts

St8 earns its reputation here. Its API runs on Elixir, its changelog dates back to 2022, and it ships extras that many vendors lack: the TARS testing tool, game round replays for player disputes, a checksum API, a thumbnail API and real-time multi-dimensional reporting. A Jackpot Feeds Aggregator pulls live pot values into one feed for lobby banners. A Bonus API and promotions platform cover bonusing.

SoftAggregator is plainer. The callback model is simple, one integration covers casino, live, virtuals and sportsbook, and the documentation is lighter than an engineering-led vendor like St8 provides. There is no free-round API, tournament engine or jackpot tool yet. What it offers instead is speed and direct help: questions go to a Telegram chat and get answered in English, French, Turkish and other languages.

Scenario: the operator who already has studio contracts

A mid-sized casino brand in Europe runs its own platform and holds direct deals with several major studios. Its finance team spends days each month reconciling studio invoices. Here St8 is a strong fit. Bring-your-own-deals avoids paying aggregator margins on content already under contract, and the reporting addresses the reconciliation pain directly.

Scenario: the new brand with none

A new crypto casino aimed at Turkish and North African players has no studio contracts at all. It needs a broad lobby, TRY and TND balances per player, and a launch within weeks. SoftAggregator answers that brief: the catalogue is twice the size, the currencies are supported and listed, the integration is free and testing can start the day the account opens. St8 does not publish its currency list, so TND support would need confirming before any work starts.

What to ask each vendor

• St8: which studios support free rounds through the Bonus API, and which currencies are live?
• SoftAggregator: which studios in my top 20 are enabled in my currencies, and how should I handle free spins until a free-round API arrives?
• Both: who answers at 3 a.m. on a Saturday when a popular game stops loading?

Our reviews of St8 and SoftAggregator go into more depth. Hub88, whose former chief founded St8, is the obvious third candidate.