Comparison
Fast Odds API vs SharpAPI: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
SharpAPI: SharpAPI LLC; country not stated. Its strength is arbitrage, +EV and middles computed for you against Pinnacle-style sharp lines, streamed fast. 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 SharpAPI is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | SharpAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | None: 33 sportsbooks, US-first, with Ladbrokes listed without a region sharpapi.io/sportsbooks |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | 33 including Pinnacle, Circa, Kalshi and Polymarket sharpapi.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 | US$0: 12 requests a minute, 2 sportsbooks, a 60-second data delay sharpapi.io/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 US$79 (5 books, arbitrage detection), Pro US$229 (15 books, +EV, middles, low hold), Sharp US$399 (25 books) a month; WebSocket add-on US$99 sharpapi.io/pricing |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | By sportsbook count per plan and requests per minute sharpapi.io/pricing |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | Real-time on paid tiers; a 60-second delay on the free tier sharpapi.io/pricing |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Yes sharpapi.io/pricing |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | Enterprise only sharpapi.io/pricing |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | No sharpapi.io/sportsbooks |
| 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 | None: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college, MLS, UFC and major soccer sharpapi.io/pricing |
| 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 | Built-in +EV, arbitrage and middles detection against sharp lines sharpapi.io/pricing |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | SSE and a WebSocket add-on sharpapi.io/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 SharpAPI for US-market edge finders. Arbitrage, +EV and middles computed for you against Pinnacle-style sharp lines, streamed fast.
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 SharpAPI: it does not read a single Australian-facing book, and history is enterprise only. 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
There is no Australian overlap to migrate; a product on SharpAPI covers US books and ours covers Australian ones. Teams run both when they serve both markets.
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 SharpAPI
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as SharpAPI?
SharpAPI: None: 33 sportsbooks, US-first, with Ladbrokes listed without a region. 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?
SharpAPI counts by sportsbook count per plan and requests per minute. 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. US$0: 12 requests a minute, 2 sportsbooks, a 60-second data delay on SharpAPI; 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.