Comparison
Fast Odds API vs odds-api.net: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
odds-api.net: Australian-facing; no company, country or person named on its pages. Its strength is streaming on every plan from US$30, with arbitrage and +EV endpoints built in. 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.net is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | odds-api.net | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | "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 |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | "125+ bookmakers": 18 US, 21 UK, 15 Colombian odds-api.net |
| 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 | None on its pricing page odds-api.net/pricing |
| 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 | 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 |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | Requests, hard-capped; large snapshots and history under separate limits odds-api.net/pricing |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | "60 to 120 second polling" on its home page; "almost instantly" for WebSocket-connected books on its Australian page odds-api.net |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | No: "does not currently support in-play odds" odds-api.net/pricing |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | A paid add-on odds-api.net/pricing |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | Not mentioned odds-api.net/au |
| 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 and NRL among 75+ leagues odds-api.net |
| 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; positive EV and arbitrage feeds are endpoints odds-api.net/pricing |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | SSE and WebSocket on every plan odds-api.net/pricing |
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.net for 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.
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.net: no free plan, no in-play, history costs extra, and a hundred-plus Australian bookmaker claim that its own pages document ten of. 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
It meters requests and caps hard; we meter events returned. Its streams are included everywhere; ours are on Pro. Its 105-book claim and our 37 count different things, so compare the named lists.
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.net
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as odds-api.net?
odds-api.net: "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. 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.net counts requests, hard-capped; large snapshots and history under separate limits. 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. None on its pricing page on odds-api.net; 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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