Comparison
The best Australian sports betting APIs in 2026, compared from their own pages
13 odds APIs that price Australian bookmakers, measured on the same twelve facts. Every fact was read from the provider's own public page on 12 Oct 2026 and is linked beside it. One of the 13 is ours: Fast Odds API is the SockOdds API, and it sits in the table on the same terms as everyone else.
How this was done. We read each provider's pricing, bookmaker and coverage pages and copied the numbers as they stand, with the page linked under each cell. We did not run latency tests, so speed claims are the providers' own words in quotes. Bookmaker counts are each provider's own number next to what it counts: some count every brand on a shared price board as a bookmaker, and some (including us) count separately priced books. Where a page said nothing, the cell says so. If a fact here is out of date, email [email protected] and we will fix it and re-date the page.
The short version
Which one, for what
Honest verdicts, including the ones that point away from us.
Products that need the whole Australian market, props and alternate lines included, with sharp prices to measure every quote against
Every Australian book priced separately in one response, Pinnacle and the Betfair Exchange beside them, and a bill that does not grow with markets or bookmakers.
Teams covering several countries at once, spreadsheet users, and anyone who needs years of historical snapshots
One feed across many regions and over a hundred bookmakers, price history back to 2020, and spreadsheet add-ons for people who never want to write code.
Punters and small tools that want racing plus sports and a ready-made edge feed in AUD
Racing and sports in one Australian-dollar subscription, with arbitrage, +EV and middles already computed for you.
Racing-first products, and hobby projects that want AFL and NRL odds for less than the price of a coffee a week
Racing data with form and results, fresh reads, and the cheapest paid entry of any Australian provider.
Builders who want pushed updates on Australian books without an enterprise contract
A WebSocket feed of Australian prices from US$149, props and milestones included, and a long list of small brands.
A cheap pushed feed of the big Australian books when you do not need a free tier to start
Streaming on every plan from US$30, with arbitrage and +EV endpoints built in.
A low-cost feed where which Australian books are behind the prices does not matter to you
A cheap operator-style feed (US$29) with in-play AFL and NRL and a 30-second refresh claim.
A US-first product that also wants the big Australian names
Sub-minute updates on Pro, a fair price on each market, and the US books in depth.
Global products and quants who want many books and a free archive
Hundreds of global bookmakers, sharp and crypto books included, with free historical data.
Live trading tools on global books where latency matters more than Australian breadth
The fastest refresh and response claims of any provider here, with hundreds of global books and in-play.
US-market edge finders
Arbitrage, +EV and middles computed for you against Pinnacle-style sharp lines, streamed fast.
Sportsbooks, trading desks and funded platforms
Sub-second prices across 200-plus books, built for operators and traders.
Automation on the exchange, and as the fair-price leg next to a bookmaker feed
Exchange prices and bet placement, free with an account, and the sharpest Australian prices going.
The table
Twelve facts, 13 providers, every cell sourced
Scroll sideways on a phone. Prices are as each provider lists them: USD, AUD or GBP.
| Fact | Fast Odds API | The Odds API | Krok Odds | PuntersEdge | RapidOddsAPI | odds-api.net | theoddsapi.com | SportsGameOdds | OddsPapi | Odds-API.io | SharpAPI | OpticOdds | Betfair's API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian bookmakers | 37 Australian books and exchanges, each priced separately, from Sportsbet, TAB and Ladbrokes to the small books; brands that copy one shared price board are flagged as such sockodds.com/bookmakers | 13 in its AU region: Betfair Exchange, Betr, Bet Right, Bet365 AU, Dabble AU, Ladbrokes, Neds, PlayUp, PointsBet, SportsBet, TAB, TABtouch and Unibet; Bet365 AU and Dabble AU on paid plans only, and Bet365 AU limited to head to head, spreads and totals for the AFL and NRL the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/bookmaker-apis.html | "157 branded sites covered", with its own note that clone brands on an aggregator platform share one odds line, "coverage breadth, not extra prices"; 20 are named krokodds.com.au/bookmakers | 15 bookmakers on racing and 6 on sports; the sports page names Sportsbet, TAB, Neds, Ladbrokes and PointsBet puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api | "120 bookmakers" in the Australia section of its list, most of them on shared feeds it marks "+N" (GenWeb, PuntersTech, BetCloud, ApolloTech); 12 are listed directly, and 8 have their own pages rapidoddsapi.com/bookmakers | "105 bookmakers" claimed for Australia, with ten named on its Australian page (Sportsbet, TAB, Ladbrokes, Bet365, Betfair, Neds, Dabble, TABtouch, PointsBet, Unibet) and seven with their own pages odds-api.net/au | None named: "50+ sportsbooks" across "US, UK, EU, AU" theoddsapi.com/sports/afl | About eight on its list of 85+: Sportsbet, TAB, TABtouch, Neds, PlayUp, BlueBet, TopSport and betr's sportsbook; it does not group by region sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers | Five in its A-to-Z list: Neds, PointsBet, TAB, TABtouch and Unibet; its browse-by-region list has no Australia group oddspapi.io/sportsbooks | Six on its list: Sportsbet, TAB, TABtouch, PointsBet, Unibet and Palmerbet; the region filter has no Australia entry odds-api.io/sportsbooks | None: 33 sportsbooks, US-first, with Ladbrokes listed without a region sharpapi.io/sportsbooks | At least ten on its list: TAB, TABtouch, Neds, PointsBet, Unibet, PlayUp, TopSport, Picklebet, Betr and BetRight; no region grouping opticodds.com/sportsbooks | One venue: the Betfair Exchange itself, back and lay prices with bet placement betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | Over 100 bookmakers across US, UK, EU and AU regions the-odds-api.com | Betfair Exchange and Pinnacle on the same list krokodds.com.au/bookmakers | None named beyond the Australian list puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api | "100+ bookmakers and sportsbooks" overall; no sharp books or exchanges named rapidoddsapi.com/bookmakers | "125+ bookmakers": 18 US, 21 UK, 15 Colombian odds-api.net | "50+ sportsbooks" theoddsapi.com | "85+ premier sportsbooks", US first, with Pinnacle, Kalshi and Polymarket sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers | "350+" bookmaker APIs; sharp books, crypto books and exchanges grouped oddspapi.io/sportsbooks | "374+" bookmakers by region odds-api.io/sportsbooks | 33 including Pinnacle, Circa, Kalshi and Polymarket sharpapi.io/sportsbooks | "200+ sportsbooks" opticodds.com | None: it is the exchange's own API betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Free plan | 2,500 objects a month, 10 requests a minute, AFL, NRL, NFL and MLB from Sportsbet, TAB and Ladbrokes; no card, no expiry sockodds.com/pricing | 500 credits a month; all sports, most bookmakers; no card the-odds-api.com | 50 credits a month at 5 requests a minute, no card, every live endpoint, 14 days of racing history krokodds.com.au/api-access | A$0: 3,000 credits a month, 30 requests a minute; live and upcoming races only puntersedge.online/pricing | 250 credits in total, no card rapidoddsapi.com | None on its pricing page odds-api.net/pricing | US$0: 25 requests a day, NFL, NBA and MLB, head to head only theoddsapi.com/pricing | Amateur: 2,500 objects a month, 10 requests a minute, 10-minute updates, 8 leagues, 9 bookmakers sportsgameodds.com/pricing | A free account; limits not stated on the pages read oddspapi.io/en/pricing | 100 requests an hour (500 a day), but "new free API keys are paused indefinitely" odds-api.io | US$0: 12 requests a minute, 2 sportsbooks, a 60-second data delay sharpapi.io/pricing | None opticodds.com | Free app key with a Betfair Australia account in good standing: a delayed key at once, a live key on application betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Paid plans | Rookie US$99 a month (100,000 objects, every league, 10 books); Pro US$299 (unlimited objects, every book, history); Platform custom; 20% off annually sockodds.com/pricing | US$30 (20,000 credits), US$59 (100,000), US$119 (5 million), US$249 (15 million) a month the-odds-api.com | API A$49 a month: 50,000 credits, 500 requests a minute, archives, webhooks, SSE; the Apex scanner for punters is A$29 a month krokodds.com.au/pricing | Hobby A$9, Standard A$29 (sports arrive here: AFL, NRL, NBA, tennis), Plus A$49, Business A$99, Platform A$199, Scale A$249 a month; two months free annually puntersedge.online/pricing | Starter US$49 (200,000 credits), Pro US$149 (5 million, WebSocket), Elite US$299 (20 million, WebSocket) a month rapidoddsapi.com | Starter US$30 (50,000 requests, 60 a minute), Growth US$50, Builder US$90, Live US$250, Pro US$500 (75 million, 1,200 a minute) a month odds-api.net/pricing | Professional US$29 (20,000 requests a month, 25+ sports, head to head, spreads, totals); Business US$99 (200,000, all sports, props, alternates, period markets) theoddsapi.com/pricing | Rookie US$99 (50 a minute, 3-minute updates); Pro US$299 (300 a minute, sub-minute updates, history); All-Star custom (WebSockets) sportsgameodds.com/pricing | Priced by a calculator of the bookmakers and sports you pick; no fixed plan prices shown oddspapi.io/en/pricing | Solo £49 (2 bookmakers), Starter £99 (5), Growth £179 (10), Pro £229 (15) a month, each 5,000 requests an hour; WebSocket adds 100% odds-api.io | Hobby US$79 (5 books, arbitrage detection), Pro US$229 (15 books, +EV, middles, low hold), Sharp US$399 (25 books) a month; WebSocket add-on US$99 sharpapi.io/pricing | Contact sales; no public prices opticodds.com/pricing | No data charge stated betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | Credits per call: markets requested × regions requested on the odds endpoint; historical odds cost ten times that the-odds-api.com/liveapi/guides/v4 | Credits per call krokodds.com.au/api-access | Credits: "endpoints cost 0 to 100 credits per call"; hard stop at the cap below Business puntersedge.online/pricing | Credits per request: market types × bookmakers ÷ 5, rounded up rapidoddsapi.com | Requests, hard-capped; large snapshots and history under separate limits odds-api.net/pricing | Requests per month, reset daily theoddsapi.com/pricing | Objects per event, with hourly and daily ceilings on top sportsgameodds.com/pricing | By selection: bookmakers and sports chosen set the monthly price oddspapi.io/en/pricing | By bookmaker count per plan, plus an hourly request cap odds-api.io | By sportsbook count per plan and requests per minute sharpapi.io/pricing | Not public opticodds.com/pricing | Not metered as a data product betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | No interval stated on its home page; it serves odds for in-play and upcoming events the-odds-api.com | A "30-second scan cycle" on its home page; the API page says responses carry a 5-minute cache krokodds.com.au | "A median of 10 seconds since each was last read" puntersedge.online | Prices pushed "the moment a scrape cycle completes"; no interval given rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api | "60 to 120 second polling" on its home page; "almost instantly" for WebSocket-connected books on its Australian page odds-api.net | "Odds refresh as frequently as every 30 seconds" theoddsapi.com | 10 minutes on Amateur, 3 on Rookie, sub-minute on Pro sportsgameodds.com/pricing | "Real-time odds" and a "low-latency WebSocket feed"; figures on a separate latency page oddspapi.io/en | "~1 second update frequency" over REST, "sub-100ms" over WebSocket, "<150ms" average response odds-api.io | Real-time on paid tiers; a 60-second delay on the free tier sharpapi.io/pricing | "Sub-second latency" opticodds.com | Not stated betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Yes the-odds-api.com | "Live odds from major sportsbooks" is listed for the Apex scanner; the API page makes no in-play claim krokodds.com.au/pricing | Not claimed puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api | Not claimed rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api | No: "does not currently support in-play odds" odds-api.net/pricing | Yes: "upcoming and in-play AFL events" theoddsapi.com/sports/afl | Live odds on paid plans sportsgameodds.com/pricing | Yes: live odds oddspapi.io/en | Yes odds-api.io | Yes sharpapi.io/pricing | Yes opticodds.com | Yes: exchange markets trade in play betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | Snapshots since June 2020 at 10-minute intervals, 5-minute from September 2022; paid plans the-odds-api.com/liveapi/guides/v4 | "650,000 odds snapshots" on the home page; closing lines and odds history beyond 14 days on the paid API krokodds.com.au | 90 days of closing lines on Standard; a permanent archive with bulk export from Plus puntersedge.online/pricing | Not mentioned rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api | A paid add-on odds-api.net/pricing | A full archive on Business theoddsapi.com | On Pro sportsgameodds.com/pricing | "Free historical data" oddspapi.io/en | Yes, pre-match and live odds-api.io | Enterprise only sharpapi.io/pricing | Price history with opening and closing line comparison opticodds.com | Not stated on the hub page betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | Not among its listed sports the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/sports-apis.html | Yes: every Australian thoroughbred, harness and greyhound meeting krokodds.com.au | Yes, first: thoroughbred, harness and greyhound with next-to-go endpoints puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api | Not mentioned rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api | Not mentioned odds-api.net/au | Not mentioned theoddsapi.com | No sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers | Not listed among its 60+ sports oddspapi.io/en | Not listed odds-api.io | No sharpapi.io/sportsbooks | Not mentioned opticodds.com | Yes: thoroughbred, harness and greyhound betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Australian codes | AFL, AFLW, NRL, NRLW, the Rugby League World Cup, rugby union internationals, the NBL and the IPL; no A-League or Big Bash as named leagues sockodds.com/leagues | AFL, AFLW, NRL, NRLW, State of Origin; a long cricket list including the Big Bash and the IPL the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/sports-apis.html | AFL, NRL, NBL, cricket including the Big Bash, A-League, Super Rugby, plus the US majors and European soccer krokodds.com.au | AFL, NRL, NBA, tennis and cricket on the sports side puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api | AFL and NRL, with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and soccer rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api | AFL and NRL among 75+ leagues odds-api.net | AFL and NRL on Professional and Business; AFL props (disposals, goals, marks, tackles) on Business theoddsapi.com/sports/afl | AFL and NRL among US-first coverage sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers | Rugby and cricket as sports; Australian leagues not named on the pages read oddspapi.io/en | Not named on the pages read odds-api.io | None: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college, MLS, UFC and major soccer sharpapi.io/pricing | Cricket and rugby among its sports; Australian leagues not named on the pages read opticodds.com | AFL, NRL, cricket, soccer, golf, politics betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Fair (no-vig) price | No fair price field: Pinnacle and Betfair Exchange prices sit beside the bookmakers', so you remove the margin with the method you choose sockodds.com/docs | Not listed as a feature the-odds-api.com | Not stated as a field; it sells ready-made +EV, arbitrage and middles feeds instead krokodds.com.au/api-access | Not stated puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api | Not stated rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api | Not stated; positive EV and arbitrage feeds are endpoints odds-api.net/pricing | Not stated theoddsapi.com | A de-vigged fair price and a consensus price on each market sportsgameodds.com/pricing | Not stated oddspapi.io/en | Not stated; value-bet and arbitrage endpoints exist odds-api.io | Built-in +EV, arbitrage and middles detection against sharp lines sharpapi.io/pricing | Not stated opticodds.com | Exchange prices are the usual input to a fair price, not a field betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | No; REST, plus Excel and Google Sheets add-ons the-odds-api.com | SSE and webhooks on the paid API krokodds.com.au/api-access | Not stated; REST and JSON puntersedge.online | WebSocket on Pro and Elite rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api | SSE and WebSocket on every plan odds-api.net/pricing | Not stated theoddsapi.com | WebSockets on All-Star only sportsgameodds.com/pricing | WebSocket oddspapi.io/en | WebSocket at double the plan price odds-api.io | SSE and a WebSocket add-on sharpapi.io/pricing | Real-time push opticodds.com | A streaming API exists in its developer docs betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api |
Provider by provider
What each one is, in a paragraph
Fast Odds API (SockOdds)
ESK Solutions Pty Ltd, New South Wales.
Strength: every Australian book priced separately in one response, Pinnacle and the Betfair Exchange beside them, and a bill that does not grow with markets or bookmakers.
Watch for: a five-minute refresh (not an in-play feed), no racing, and a price archive that only began in August 2026.
Best for: products that need the whole Australian market, props and alternate lines included, with sharp prices to measure every quote against.
Read 12 Oct 2026: sockodds.com/pricing, sockodds.com/bookmakers, sockodds.com/leagues, sockodds.com/faq, sockodds.com/docs
The Odds API
Operating since 2017, founded in Melbourne and headquartered in Sydney. Fast Odds API vs The Odds API
Strength: one feed across many regions and over a hundred bookmakers, price history back to 2020, and spreadsheet add-ons for people who never want to write code.
Watch for: a credit meter that multiplies with markets and regions, and thirteen Australian books with bet365 and Dabble kept for paid plans.
Best for: teams covering several countries at once, spreadsheet users, and anyone who needs years of historical snapshots.
Read 12 Oct 2026: the-odds-api.com, the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/bookmaker-apis.html, the-odds-api.com/liveapi/guides/v4, the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/sports-apis.html
Krok Odds
Australian, ABN 51 388 454 681; a punters' product (the Apex arbitrage scanner and a Discord) with an API beside it. Fast Odds API vs Krok Odds
Strength: racing and sports in one Australian-dollar subscription, with arbitrage, +EV and middles already computed for you.
Watch for: the headline bookmaker count includes clone brands that share one price, the free API is 50 calls a month, and the cache means a quote can be five minutes old.
Best for: punters and small tools that want racing plus sports and a ready-made edge feed in AUD.
Read 12 Oct 2026: krokodds.com.au, krokodds.com.au/pricing, krokodds.com.au/bookmakers, krokodds.com.au/api-access
PuntersEdge
Australian; priced in Australian dollars. Fast Odds API vs PuntersEdge
Strength: racing data with form and results, fresh reads, and the cheapest paid entry of any Australian provider.
Watch for: sports need the A$29 plan or above and come from six books; no fair price, no exchanges, no prediction markets.
Best for: racing-first products, and hobby projects that want AFL and NRL odds for less than the price of a coffee a week.
Read 12 Oct 2026: puntersedge.online, puntersedge.online/pricing, puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api
RapidOddsAPI
Australian-facing; no company or country stated on its pages. Fast Odds API vs RapidOddsAPI
Strength: a WebSocket feed of Australian prices from US$149, props and milestones included, and a long list of small brands.
Watch for: the bookmaker count is mostly shared feeds (one price under many logos), the free tier is 250 calls ever, and credits multiply with books and markets.
Best for: builders who want pushed updates on Australian books without an enterprise contract.
Read 12 Oct 2026: rapidoddsapi.com, rapidoddsapi.com/australian-bookmaker-odds-api, rapidoddsapi.com/bookmakers
odds-api.net
Australian-facing; no company, country or person named on its pages. Fast Odds API vs odds-api.net
Strength: streaming on every plan from US$30, with arbitrage and +EV endpoints built in.
Watch for: no free plan, no in-play, history costs extra, and a hundred-plus Australian bookmaker claim that its own pages document ten of.
Best for: a cheap pushed feed of the big Australian books when you do not need a free tier to start.
Read 12 Oct 2026: odds-api.net/au, odds-api.net/pricing, odds-api.net/bookmakers, odds-api.net
theoddsapi.com
No company or country named on its pages; not the same site as The Odds API (the-odds-api.com), despite the name. Fast Odds API vs theoddsapi.com
Strength: a cheap operator-style feed (US$29) with in-play AFL and NRL and a 30-second refresh claim.
Watch for: it names no Australian bookmaker anywhere, no company stands behind the site, and the free plan is 25 calls a day on three US leagues.
Best for: a low-cost feed where which Australian books are behind the prices does not matter to you.
Read 12 Oct 2026: theoddsapi.com, theoddsapi.com/pricing, theoddsapi.com/sports/afl, theoddsapi.com/about
SportsGameOdds
Austin, Texas. Fast Odds API vs SportsGameOdds
Strength: sub-minute updates on Pro, a fair price on each market, and the US books in depth.
Watch for: about eight Australian books, and the sub-minute refresh needs the US$299 plan.
Best for: a US-first product that also wants the big Australian names.
Read 12 Oct 2026: sportsgameodds.com/pricing, sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers
OddsPapi
No country or person named on its pages. Fast Odds API vs OddsPapi
Strength: hundreds of global bookmakers, sharp and crypto books included, with free historical data.
Watch for: five Australian books and no Australian region, and a price you only learn from its calculator.
Best for: global products and quants who want many books and a free archive.
Read 12 Oct 2026: oddspapi.io/en, oddspapi.io/sportsbooks, oddspapi.io/en/pricing
Odds-API.io
Priced in pounds sterling; no country or person named on its pages. Fast Odds API vs Odds-API.io
Strength: the fastest refresh and response claims of any provider here, with hundreds of global books and in-play.
Watch for: you pay by the bookmaker (two on the cheapest plan), free keys are paused, and six Australian books.
Best for: live trading tools on global books where latency matters more than Australian breadth.
Read 12 Oct 2026: odds-api.io, odds-api.io/sportsbooks
SharpAPI
SharpAPI LLC; country not stated. Fast Odds API vs SharpAPI
Strength: arbitrage, +EV and middles computed for you against Pinnacle-style sharp lines, streamed fast.
Watch for: it does not read a single Australian-facing book, and history is enterprise only.
Best for: US-market edge finders.
Read 12 Oct 2026: sharpapi.io/pricing, sharpapi.io/sportsbooks
OpticOdds
Enterprise provider for sportsbooks, traders and platforms; no country stated on its pages. Fast Odds API vs OpticOdds
Strength: sub-second prices across 200-plus books, built for operators and traders.
Watch for: no public price, no free tier, and a sales conversation before the first request.
Best for: sportsbooks, trading desks and funded platforms.
Read 12 Oct 2026: opticodds.com, opticodds.com/sportsbooks, opticodds.com/pricing
Betfair Exchange API
Betfair Australia; Mitch Motyka is named as its automation lead. Fast Odds API vs Betfair's API
Strength: exchange prices and bet placement, free with an account, and the sharpest Australian prices going.
Watch for: one venue, not a comparison; an account and a live-key application before real prices; no bookmaker odds at all.
Best for: automation on the exchange, and as the fair-price leg next to a bookmaker feed.
Read 12 Oct 2026: www.betfair.com.au/hub/automation/betting-api
How to choose
Five questions that settle it
- Which Australian books must you show? Count the named ones on each provider's page, not the headline number. If Sportsbet, Ladbrokes and the small books matter, the list shortens fast.
- Pre-match or in-play? If you need prices during the game, choose a provider that sells that (Odds-API.io, OpticOdds, theoddsapi.com, The Odds API). We refresh about every five minutes and say so.
- Racing? Krok Odds and PuntersEdge. Nobody else here does it properly.
- How is the bill counted? Credits that multiply with markets and bookmakers punish wide requests; per-event billing does not. Run your real request shape through each meter.
- Do you want a fair price handed to you, or the inputs? SportsGameOdds publishes a de-vigged price on the market; Krok, SharpAPI and odds-api.net sell computed edges instead. We send Pinnacle and Betfair Exchange prices beside every Australian book, so you remove the margin with the method you trust.
Which odds API has the most Australian bookmakers?
It depends what you count. Krok Odds lists 157 branded sites and RapidOddsAPI 120, both counting brands that share one price feed. Counting separately priced books, Fast Odds API (SockOdds) lists 37, The Odds API 13, OpticOdds at least ten, SportsGameOdds about eight, Odds-API.io six, OddsPapi five, PuntersEdge six on sports. Each figure is from the provider's own page, read 12 Oct 2026.
Which Australian odds APIs have a free plan?
Fast Odds API (2,500 objects a month), The Odds API (500 credits), PuntersEdge (3,000 credits), Krok Odds (50 credits), RapidOddsAPI (250 credits in total), SportsGameOdds (2,500 objects), SharpAPI (12 requests a minute, two books) and theoddsapi.com (25 requests a day). odds-api.net has none and Odds-API.io has paused new free keys. Betfair's API is free with an account.
Which is cheapest for a small project?
PuntersEdge at A$9 a month, then Fast Odds API's free plan if the AFL, NRL, NFL or MLB from three books is enough, then odds-api.net at US$30, theoddsapi.com at US$29 and The Odds API at US$30. Cheap and complete are different things: check which books each plan includes.
Which one covers racing?
Krok Odds and PuntersEdge cover Australian thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. Betfair's API covers racing on the exchange. The rest, including us, do not.
Why is SockOdds in a comparison on a SockOdds site?
Because leaving it out would be stranger. Fast Odds API is a second front door to the SockOdds API, run by the same company. The table treats it the same as everyone else, every cell is sourced, and the verdicts say where the others win.
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