Comparison
Fast Odds API vs OpticOdds: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
OpticOdds: Enterprise provider for sportsbooks, traders and platforms; no country stated on its pages. Its strength is sub-second prices across 200-plus books, built for operators and traders. 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 OpticOdds is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | OpticOdds | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | At least ten on its list: TAB, TABtouch, Neds, PointsBet, Unibet, PlayUp, TopSport, Picklebet, Betr and BetRight; no region grouping opticodds.com/sportsbooks |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | "200+ sportsbooks" opticodds.com |
| 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 opticodds.com |
| 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 | Contact sales; no public prices opticodds.com/pricing |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | Not public opticodds.com/pricing |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | "Sub-second latency" opticodds.com |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Yes opticodds.com |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | Price history with opening and closing line comparison opticodds.com |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | Not mentioned opticodds.com |
| 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 | Cricket and rugby among its sports; Australian leagues not named on the pages read opticodds.com |
| 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 opticodds.com |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | Real-time push opticodds.com |
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 OpticOdds for sportsbooks, trading desks and funded platforms. Sub-second prices across 200-plus books, built for operators and traders.
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 OpticOdds: no public price, no free tier, and a sales conversation before the first request. 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 is an enterprise contract; we are a self-service key. Products that outgrow a self-service feed go the other way, from us to it.
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 OpticOdds
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as OpticOdds?
OpticOdds: At least ten on its list: TAB, TABtouch, Neds, PointsBet, Unibet, PlayUp, TopSport, Picklebet, Betr and BetRight; no region grouping. 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?
OpticOdds counts not public. 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 OpticOdds; 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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Free key, no card, AFL and NRL included. Keys are issued on sockodds.com.