Soft How we score casino game aggregators
Every review on Soft of Games uses the same grid. The final score is a weighted average out of 10, rounded to one decimal, and every page shows the date it was last checked.
The eight criteria
| Criterion | Weight | What we look at |
|---|---|---|
| Catalogue | 20% | How many games and studios are live, not announced. We look at the mix: slots, live dealer, crash, table, sportsbook, and whether the studios operators actually request are there. |
| API and documentation | 15% | Is the documentation public or behind an NDA? Are the endpoints consistent, are errors explained, is there a sandbox? We read the docs ourselves where we can. |
| Integration and onboarding | 15% | Time from signature to first real game launch, whether onboarding is self-service, and how many steps need a human on the vendor side. |
| Bonus tools | 10% | Free rounds, tournaments, jackpots, promotional campaigns available through the API rather than studio by studio. |
| Currencies and crypto | 10% | Number of player currencies, whether crypto is supported natively or converted, and whether the currency is set per player or per site. |
| Market coverage | 10% | Which regions the content is built for: languages, local studios, games that work on low-bandwidth mobile. |
| Support | 10% | Channels, languages, response time on a real question we sent, and whether a technical person answers. |
| Transparency | 10% | Is the commercial model explained publicly? Setup fee yes or no, minimums, how billing works. We do not publish prices, but we score whether the vendor does. |
Where the facts come from
We start with what the vendor publishes: its website, documentation and public game lists. When a number matters, such as catalogue size, we note the month we read it, because these figures move every few weeks. When we cannot confirm something, the review says "not published" rather than guessing.
Where an aggregator offers self-service sign-up, we go through it ourselves and note how long it takes to reach a working API key and a first game launch.
What we do not do
We do not publish vendor prices. Commercial terms are negotiated and change by volume and market, so a printed rate is usually wrong for the reader. We only say whether a setup fee exists and whether pricing is public.
We do not give a vendor a higher score for appearing on this site. Every review lists weaknesses, including for vendors we have commercial relationships with (see About).
Updates and corrections
Rankings are reviewed every month. If a vendor or a reader shows us a fact is wrong, we fix it, change the date and, if the score moves, say so on the page. Write to the editorial team.