Comparison
Fast Odds API vs The Odds API: an alternative built around Australian bookmakers
The Odds API: Operating since 2017, founded in Melbourne and headquartered in Sydney. Its strength is one feed across many regions and over a hundred bookmakers, price history back to 2020, and spreadsheet add-ons for people who never want to write code. 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 The Odds API is the better pick.
| Fast Odds API (SockOdds) | The Odds API | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 13 in its AU region: Betfair Exchange, Betr, Bet Right, Bet365 AU, Dabble AU, Ladbrokes, Neds, PlayUp, PointsBet, SportsBet, TAB, TABtouch and Unibet; Bet365 AU and Dabble AU on paid plans only, and Bet365 AU limited to head to head, spreads and totals for the AFL and NRL the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/bookmaker-apis.html |
| Other sources | Pinnacle, Matchbook, ProphetX, Kalshi and Polymarket in the same response: 42 bookmaker keys sockodds.com/bookmakers | Over 100 bookmakers across US, UK, EU and AU regions the-odds-api.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 | 500 credits a month; all sports, most bookmakers; no card the-odds-api.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 | US$30 (20,000 credits), US$59 (100,000), US$119 (5 million), US$249 (15 million) a month the-odds-api.com |
| What a plan counts | Event objects returned: one game with every market and bookmaker inside it is one object sockodds.com/pricing | Credits per call: markets requested × regions requested on the odds endpoint; historical odds cost ten times that the-odds-api.com/liveapi/guides/v4 |
| How fresh | About every 5 minutes, pre-match first; every quote carries the time it was seen sockodds.com/faq | No interval stated on its home page; it serves odds for in-play and upcoming events the-odds-api.com |
| In-play | No: live games carry a live status, but prices move on the same five-minute cycle sockodds.com/faq | Yes the-odds-api.com |
| Price history | Recorded price changes per event, and opening and closing prices, on Pro, since 14 August 2026 sockodds.com/docs | Snapshots since June 2020 at 10-minute intervals, 5-minute from September 2022; paid plans the-odds-api.com/liveapi/guides/v4 |
| Racing | No sockodds.com/faq | Not among its listed sports the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/sports-apis.html |
| 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, AFLW, NRL, NRLW, State of Origin; a long cricket list including the Big Bash and the IPL the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/sports-apis.html |
| 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 listed as a feature the-odds-api.com |
| Streaming | WebSocket snapshots on Pro, refreshed every 15 seconds sockodds.com/docs | No; REST, plus Excel and Google Sheets add-ons the-odds-api.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 The Odds API for teams covering several countries at once, spreadsheet users, and anyone who needs years of historical snapshots. One feed across many regions and over a hundred bookmakers, price history back to 2020, and spreadsheet add-ons for people who never want to write code.
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 The Odds API: a credit meter that multiplies with markets and regions, and thirteen Australian books with bet365 and Dabble kept for paid plans. 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 sport keys such as aussierules_afl become league keys such as afl, and a request it bills per market and region is one object per event here. The quickstart shows how to read a response.
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 The Odds API
Does Fast Odds API cover the same bookmakers as The Odds API?
The Odds API: 13 in its AU region: Betfair Exchange, Betr, Bet Right, Bet365 AU, Dabble AU, Ladbrokes, Neds, PlayUp, PointsBet, SportsBet, TAB, TABtouch and Unibet; Bet365 AU and Dabble AU on paid plans only, and Bet365 AU limited to head to head, spreads and totals for the AFL and NRL. 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?
The Odds API counts credits per call: markets requested × regions requested on the odds endpoint; historical odds cost ten times that. 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. 500 credits a month; all sports, most bookmakers; no card on The Odds API; 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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