Comparison
Fast Odds API vs PuntersEdge: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
PuntersEdge: Australian; priced in Australian dollars. Its strength is racing data with form and results, fresh reads, and the cheapest paid entry of any Australian provider. 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 PuntersEdge is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | PuntersEdge | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 15 bookmakers on racing and 6 on sports; the sports page names Sportsbet, TAB, Neds, Ladbrokes and PointsBet puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | None named beyond the Australian list puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-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 | A$0: 3,000 credits a month, 30 requests a minute; live and upcoming races only puntersedge.online/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 | 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 |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | Credits: "endpoints cost 0 to 100 credits per call"; hard stop at the cap below Business puntersedge.online/pricing |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | "A median of 10 seconds since each was last read" puntersedge.online |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Not claimed puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | 90 days of closing lines on Standard; a permanent archive with bulk export from Plus puntersedge.online/pricing |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | Yes, first: thoroughbred, harness and greyhound with next-to-go endpoints puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-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, NRL, NBA, tennis and cricket on the sports side puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-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 stated puntersedge.online/australian-sports-odds-api |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | Not stated; REST and JSON puntersedge.online |
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 PuntersEdge for 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.
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 PuntersEdge: sports need the A$29 plan or above and come from six books; no fair price, no exchanges, no prediction markets. 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 credits vary by endpoint (0 to 100 a call); our bill counts events returned. Its sports coverage is six books, so a comparison table you build on it will show fewer columns than ours.
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 PuntersEdge
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as PuntersEdge?
PuntersEdge: 15 bookmakers on racing and 6 on sports; the sports page names Sportsbet, TAB, Neds, Ladbrokes and PointsBet. 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?
PuntersEdge counts credits: "endpoints cost 0 to 100 credits per call"; hard stop at the cap below Business. 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$0: 3,000 credits a month, 30 requests a minute; live and upcoming races only on PuntersEdge; 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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