SockOdds vs TheRundown

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

Both are odds data APIs, built for different jobs. TheRundown: "The sports data API for builders", 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 TheRundown 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

SockOddsTheRundown
Built forDevelopers building on Australian and global bookmaker prices: comparison sites, models, alerts, bots and bet settlement."The sports data API for builders", 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.Free; Starter $49, Pro $149, Ultra $399, Super $649, Mega $999 and Max $2,499 a month; Enterprise on request.
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.20,000 data points a day from 3 US sportsbooks on a 5-minute delay, at 1 request a second; no player props, live odds or history.
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.Data points: one returned price row is one point, against a monthly allowance. Plans stop at their limit by default, with optional overage.
Bookmakers42 bookmakers, exchanges and prediction markets delivering prices as of 30 October 2026.24 sources: 19 sportsbooks and 5 exchanges or prediction markets.
Australian bookmakers27 Australian bookmakers delivering, including Sportsbet, TAB, Ladbrokes, Neds and PointsBet.None named; its source list includes Unibet with no region given.
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.Not stated on the pages we read.
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.WebSocket updates from the Ultra plan up. It shows an 87 ms median delivery.
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.By plan: 7 days on Starter up to unlimited on Max.
Results and settlementGraded from official result sources, never a bookmaker's settlement, with the same outcome ids as the prices.Not stated on the pages we read.

Where TheRundown may suit you better

  • US player props: 91 player markets across the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, from the Starter plan.
  • Real-time WebSocket push from the Ultra plan.
  • Published self-serve prices at every level, from a free plan up.

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 TheRundown cover Australian bookmakers?

None named; its source list includes Unibet with no region given.

Does TheRundown have a free plan?

20,000 data points a day from 3 US sportsbooks on a 5-minute delay, at 1 request a second; no player props, live odds or history.

How is TheRundown priced?

Free; Starter $49, Pro $149, Ultra $399, Super $649, Mega $999 and Max $2,499 a month; Enterprise on request. Data points: one returned price row is one point, against a monthly allowance. Plans stop at their limit by default, with optional overage.

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 TheRundown's 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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SockOdds provides data only. It does not offer tips or predictions on any game.

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