Comparison
Fast Odds API vs SportsGameOdds: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
SportsGameOdds: Austin, Texas. Its strength is sub-minute updates on Pro, a fair price on each market, and the US books in depth. 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 SportsGameOdds is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | SportsGameOdds | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | About eight on its list of 85+: Sportsbet, TAB, TABtouch, Neds, PlayUp, BlueBet, TopSport and betr's sportsbook; it does not group by region sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | "85+ premier sportsbooks", US first, with Pinnacle, Kalshi and Polymarket sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers |
| 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 | Amateur: 2,500 objects a month, 10 requests a minute, 10-minute updates, 8 leagues, 9 bookmakers sportsgameodds.com/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 | Rookie US$99 (50 a minute, 3-minute updates); Pro US$299 (300 a minute, sub-minute updates, history); All-Star custom (WebSockets) sportsgameodds.com/pricing |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | Objects per event, with hourly and daily ceilings on top sportsgameodds.com/pricing |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | 10 minutes on Amateur, 3 on Rookie, sub-minute on Pro sportsgameodds.com/pricing |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Live odds on paid plans sportsgameodds.com/pricing |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | On Pro sportsgameodds.com/pricing |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | No sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers |
| 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 US-first coverage sportsgameodds.com/bookmakers |
| 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 | A de-vigged fair price and a consensus price on each market sportsgameodds.com/pricing |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | WebSockets on All-Star only sportsgameodds.com/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 SportsGameOdds for a US-first product that also wants the big Australian names. Sub-minute updates on Pro, a fair price on each market, and the US books in depth.
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 SportsGameOdds: about eight Australian books, and the sub-minute refresh needs the US$299 plan. 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
The difference that matters for an Australian product is the bookmaker list: 37 Australian books here, each priced separately, against about eight there.
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 SportsGameOdds
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as SportsGameOdds?
SportsGameOdds: About eight on its list of 85+: Sportsbet, TAB, TABtouch, Neds, PlayUp, BlueBet, TopSport and betr's sportsbook; it does not group by 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?
SportsGameOdds counts objects per event, with hourly and daily ceilings on top. 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. Amateur: 2,500 objects a month, 10 requests a minute, 10-minute updates, 8 leagues, 9 bookmakers on SportsGameOdds; 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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