Comparison
Fast Odds API vs Odds-API.io: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
Odds-API.io: Priced in pounds sterling; no country or person named on its pages. Its strength is the fastest refresh and response claims of any provider here, with hundreds of global books and in-play. Here is how it lines up against Fast Odds API on twelve facts, each read from the provider's own page on 12 Oct 2026 and linked beside it. The verdict at the end says when Odds-API.io is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | Odds-API.io | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Six on its list: Sportsbet, TAB, TABtouch, PointsBet, Unibet and Palmerbet; the region filter has no Australia entry odds-api.io/sportsbooks |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | "374+" bookmakers by region odds-api.io/sportsbooks |
| 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 | 100 requests an hour (500 a day), but "new free API keys are paused indefinitely" odds-api.io |
| 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 | 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 |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | By bookmaker count per plan, plus an hourly request cap odds-api.io |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | "~1 second update frequency" over REST, "sub-100ms" over WebSocket, "<150ms" average response odds-api.io |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Yes odds-api.io |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | Yes, pre-match and live odds-api.io |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | Not listed odds-api.io |
| 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 | Not named on the pages read odds-api.io |
| 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 stated; value-bet and arbitrage endpoints exist odds-api.io |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | WebSocket at double the plan price odds-api.io |
Every fact read from the linked pages on 12 Oct 2026. Out of date? Email [email protected] and we will correct and re-date it. The full field: every Australian odds API compared.
Fair verdict
When each one is the better pick
Choose Odds-API.io for 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.
Choose Fast Odds API for 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.
Watch for, with Odds-API.io: you pay by the bookmaker (two on the cheapest plan), free keys are paused, and six Australian books. With us: a five-minute refresh (not an in-play feed), no racing, and a price archive that only began in August 2026.
If you switch
What changes in your code
Its plans count bookmakers; ours include every book on Pro. Its speed claims are real advantages for in-play; our feed is pre-match on a five-minute cycle.
Both have a way to try before paying, so the honest test is a day of your own requests against each. Our quickstart gets you to a first response in minutes.
Questions
Moving from Odds-API.io
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as Odds-API.io?
Odds-API.io: Six on its list: Sportsbet, TAB, TABtouch, PointsBet, Unibet and Palmerbet; the region filter has no Australia entry. Fast Odds API: 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. Compare the named lists rather than the headline numbers, because providers count different things.
How do the bills compare?
Odds-API.io counts by bookmaker count per plan, plus an hourly request cap. We count event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object. Put your real request shape through both before deciding; a narrow request can be cheaper on a credit meter, a wide one is cheaper per event.
Can I run both while I decide?
Yes. 100 requests an hour (500 a day), but "new free API keys are paused indefinitely" on Odds-API.io; 2,500 objects a month, 10 requests a minute, AFL, NRL, NFL and MLB from Sportsbet, TAB and Ladbrokes; no card, no expiry here. Point both at the same games for a day and compare the named books, the prices and the timestamps.
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