Comparison
Fast Odds API vs OddsPapi: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
OddsPapi: No country or person named on its pages. Its strength is hundreds of global bookmakers, sharp and crypto books included, with free historical data. 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 OddsPapi is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | OddsPapi | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | "350+" bookmaker APIs; sharp books, crypto books and exchanges grouped oddspapi.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 | A free account; limits not stated on the pages read oddspapi.io/en/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 | Priced by a calculator of the bookmakers and sports you pick; no fixed plan prices shown oddspapi.io/en/pricing |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | By selection: bookmakers and sports chosen set the monthly price oddspapi.io/en/pricing |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | "Real-time odds" and a "low-latency WebSocket feed"; figures on a separate latency page oddspapi.io/en |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Yes: live odds oddspapi.io/en |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | "Free historical data" oddspapi.io/en |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | Not listed among its 60+ sports oddspapi.io/en |
| 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 | Rugby and cricket as sports; Australian leagues not named on the pages read oddspapi.io/en |
| 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 oddspapi.io/en |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | WebSocket oddspapi.io/en |
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 OddsPapi for 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.
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 OddsPapi: five Australian books and no Australian region, and a price you only learn from its calculator. 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 coverage of the Australian market is five books; a product built on it will not show Sportsbet or Ladbrokes. Its pricing scales with the books you select; ours does not.
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 OddsPapi
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as OddsPapi?
OddsPapi: Five in its A-to-Z list: Neds, PointsBet, TAB, TABtouch and Unibet; its browse-by-region list has no Australia group. 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?
OddsPapi counts by selection: bookmakers and sports chosen set the monthly price. 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. A free account; limits not stated on the pages read on OddsPapi; 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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