OddsRelay vs The Odds API
The Odds API says it has sold odds data since 2017, and it covers many sports and regions self-serve, with a free plan. OddsRelay covers fewer places in more depth: 140+ bookmakers, 60+ of them live in the UK & Ireland, as a raw feed or with each price already paired to an exchange lay price.
Facts about The Odds API checked 29 September 2026.
Which to pick
Pick The Odds API if
- You need sports or regions outside the UK & Ireland.
- You need in-play odds or scores.
- You need historical odds for backtesting.
- You need US daily-fantasy or US exchange coverage.
Pick OddsRelay if
- You need bet365 in the UK.
- You want UK & Ireland depth: 60+ bookmakers live today.
- You are building an oddsmatcher or matched-betting tool and want prices already paired with exchange lay.
Side by side
| Compared on | The Odds API | OddsRelay |
|---|---|---|
| Output | Raw odds per bookmaker, market and outcome. Pairing prices is left to you. | Two feeds on every plan: raw bookmaker prices, and the same prices already paired with an exchange lay price and its liquidity, ready for an oddsmatcher. |
| bet365 | Not listed in its UK region. Listed only in its Australia region, on paid plans, for AFL and NRL head-to-head, spreads and totals. | In the feed. bet365's page lists the feed types that carry it. |
| UK bookmakers | Lists 21 in its UK region: 18 bookmakers, including William Hill, Sky Bet and Paddy Power, and the Betfair, Matchbook and Smarkets exchanges. | 140+ bookmakers, 60+ of them live in the UK & Ireland, in one schema. The coverage page shows what we cover. |
| Exchange lay prices | Included automatically for exchanges, as separate lay markets (h2h_lay beside head-to-head odds, outrights_lay beside outright odds). You match them to bookmaker prices yourself. | Lay prices and liquidity from the four UK exchanges (Betfair, Smarkets, Matchbook and BETDAQ), beside each bookmaker price in the raw feed and paired with it in the matched feed. |
| Regions | Eleven region keys, including uk, eu, us and au. | The UK & Ireland today, with 60+ bookmakers live, selected with one region parameter. |
| Delivery | REST, with in-play as well as upcoming odds, and a scores endpoint. | REST, polled pre-match, with ETag caching and gzip. No in-play stream. |
| Historical odds | An archive back to June 2020, on paid plans. | None. The feed carries current pre-match prices, so for backtesting their archive is the better tool. |
| Pricing | Published plans, including a free one, metered in usage credits. | Published plans (Free, Starter, Pro and Business), with Enterprise quoted. Every plan includes every product and every bookmaker in its region. Plans differ only in tokens. |
Is OddsRelay cheaper than The Odds API?
It depends on the calls your product makes. Both publish their plans and have a free one. The Odds API charges usage credits per region and market, and OddsRelay charges tokens per call, so price the calls you would make on both pricing pages.
Sources
Every fact about The Odds API above comes from its own public pages. They change, so check them before you rely on them. OddsRelay does not resell any other provider's feed.
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