SockOdds vs OpticOdds

What each API covers, what it costs and how usage is counted, from our docs and OpticOdds' own pages.

Both are odds data APIs, built for different jobs. OpticOdds: Sportsbook operators, data providers and developers, in its own words. SockOdds: decimal prices from Australian and global bookmakers, exchanges and prediction markets, each with the time we saw it, readable keys, recorded history and official results.

Everything below about OpticOdds comes from its own pages, read on 13 October 2026 and listed under Sources. Where its pages are silent, we say so rather than guess.

At a glance

SockOddsOpticOdds
Built forDevelopers building on Australian and global bookmaker prices: comparison sites, models, alerts, bots and bet settlement.Sportsbook operators, data providers and developers, in its own words.
PricesDeveloper free; Rookie US$99 a month or US$948 a year; Pro US$299 a month or US$2,868 a year; Platform on request.Not published. The pricing page is an enquiry form.
Free plan or trialDeveloper: 2,500 objects a month at 10 requests a minute, with Sportsbet, TAB and Ladbrokes, on MLB, NFL, AFL, NRL, Rugby League World Cup and Rugby League World Cup Women's. No card.A free trial is offered; its length and limits are not published.
How usage is countedObjects: one for each record returned, plus one for each bookmaker price in it, with a requests-a-minute limit by plan. Pro has no monthly object cap.How usage is billed is not published. Rate limits are set per 15 seconds: 2,500 requests for most endpoints and 10 for historical odds, with up to 5 sportsbooks per request.
Bookmakers42 bookmakers, exchanges and prediction markets delivering prices as of 30 October 2026.200+ sportsbooks.
Australian bookmakers27 Australian bookmakers delivering, including Sportsbet, TAB, Ladbrokes, Neds and PointsBet.Its docs list Sportsbet, Ladbrokes, Neds, PointsBet, Unibet, Betr, Dabble, BetNation, Bet Right, BetDeluxe, Picklebet, TABtouch and Betfair Exchange in Australia, and TAB in New Zealand.
AFL and NRLYes: league keys afl, aflw, nrl and nrlw, and both Rugby League World Cups, with player markets and official results. Prices are delivered in season.Yes: the AFL, AFL Women, SANFL, VFL and WAFL, and the NRL, NRLW and State of Origin, are in its league list.
Update speed and streamingEvery price carries the time we saw it, and a price not seen for ten minutes is withheld. Pro adds a WebSocket stream that checks every 15 seconds. Pre-match first: not a low-latency in-play feed.Streaming over Server-Sent Events; it does not offer webhooks or WebSockets. It states odds are delivered in under 800 ms.
Price historyOn Pro: every price change we recorded, from 22 December 2025 for some leagues and 8 October 2026 for the rest, and whole days as Parquet files.Every price change stored, from when it began collecting each sport or sportsbook: several years for most major leagues and tier-one sportsbooks, it says.
Results and settlementGraded from official result sources, never a bookmaker's settlement, with the same outcome ids as the prices.Automated bet grading: won, lost, refunded, half won and half lost.

Where OpticOdds may suit you better

  • In-play and speed: it states odds are delivered in under 800 ms, with streaming over Server-Sent Events.
  • Breadth beyond prices: futures, same-game parlays, injuries, lineups and schedules through the same API.
  • Long price history: several years for most major leagues and tier-one sportsbooks, by its own account.

Where SockOdds may suit you better

  • Australian bookmakers. 27 Australian bookmakers delivering, including Sportsbet, TAB, Ladbrokes, Neds and PointsBet. Each has its own key and sits next to exchanges and prediction markets in the same response.
  • AFL, NRL and rugby league. Australian football and rugby league are leagues of their own, with player markets, periods down to quarters and halves, and results graded from official sources, dead heats included.
  • Prices as shown. Decimal prices exactly as each bookmaker showed them, never converted or devigged, each with observed_at.
  • Readable keys and stable ids. Leagues, teams, bookmakers and market types are readable keys; events, players, markets and outcomes have ids that stay the same across bookmakers, and results use the same outcome ids.
  • A free plan and published prices. Developer: 2,500 objects a month at 10 requests a minute, with Sportsbet, TAB and Ladbrokes, on MLB, NFL, AFL, NRL, Rugby League World Cup and Rugby League World Cup Women's. No card. Paid plans are on the pricing page.

Moving a request to SockOdds

Read our leagues and market types once from GET /v1/leagues and GET /v1/markets, then ask for the prices you show. Send your key in the Authorization: Bearer header, from your server. A round of AFL head to head, line and total prices at two bookmakers is one request:

GET /v1/odds?league=afl&markets=winner,handicap,total_points&bookmakers=sportsbet,tab
Authorization: Bearer <your key>

Store our event id with anything you save and the outcome id with a bet, then settle from results. The quickstart has the first request in three languages.

Questions people ask

Does OpticOdds cover Australian bookmakers?

Its docs list Sportsbet, Ladbrokes, Neds, PointsBet, Unibet, Betr, Dabble, BetNation, Bet Right, BetDeluxe, Picklebet, TABtouch and Betfair Exchange in Australia, and TAB in New Zealand.

Does OpticOdds have a free plan?

A free trial is offered; its length and limits are not published.

How is OpticOdds priced?

Not published. The pricing page is an enquiry form. How usage is billed is not published. Rate limits are set per 15 seconds: 2,500 requests for most endpoints and 10 for historical odds, with up to 5 sportsbooks per request.

Does SockOdds have a free plan?

Yes. Developer: 2,500 objects a month at 10 requests a minute, with Sportsbet, TAB and Ladbrokes, on MLB, NFL, AFL, NRL, Rugby League World Cup and Rugby League World Cup Women's. No card. See pricing.

Sources

Providers change their plans, prices and coverage. Check OpticOdds' own site before you rely on a figure here, and if something is out of date, tell us at [email protected] and we will correct it.

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