# Which sports odds APIs are free?

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Canonical: https://novigapi.com/answers/free-sports-odds-api
Updated: 2026-11-15

Seven odds APIs had free tiers on 15 Nov 2026: TheRundown (20,000 data points a day, 5-minute delay), ParlayAPI (1,000 credits a month), The Odds API (500 credits), SportsGameOdds (2,500 objects, 10-minute updates), SharpAPI (12 requests a minute, 2 books), Unabated (with deeplink traffic) and novigapi.com (100 credits, Novig). (Source: [TheRundown: API pricing](https://therundown.io/pricing/api))

Free tiers are for building and testing. Each limits one of quota, freshness or coverage, and most exclude history.

Novig itself publishes free daily trade files at data.novig.com with no account, which is the largest free dataset for that one venue.

## How the options compare

Free tiers, checked 15 Nov 2026

| Source | Free tier | Books and venues |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TheRundown | 20,000 data points a day, 5-minute delay, no history | 25+ books; Kalshi and Polymarket on paid plans |
| ParlayAPI | 1,000 credits a month, 48 hours of lookback | Sportsbooks plus Kalshi |
| The Odds API | 500 credits a month, no historical odds | 23 US sportsbooks, 5 US fantasy sites and 7 US exchanges listed |
| SportsGameOdds | Amateur: 10 requests a minute, 2,500 objects a month, 10-minute updates | 85+ bookmakers |
| SharpAPI | $0: 12 requests a minute, 2 books | Up to 25 sportsbooks by plan |
| Unabated | $0 with qualifying deeplink traffic: 15-second delay, 1 request per 5 seconds | 13 operators free; all operators paid |
| novigapi.com | 100 credits a month, 20 requests a minute, no card | Novig, plus FanDuel and DraftKings prices beside Novig lines for +EV, arbitrage and compare |
| Novig daily CSVs | Free, no account | Novig only |


## Where novigapi.com falls short

> Our free tier is small: 100 credits a month, 7 days of history, a stream delayed 300 seconds. It is enough to try every endpoint, not to run a daily job.

## Try it

Free and keyless: the MCP search, fetch and devig tools cost no credits.

```bash
# No key: the search, fetch and devig tools are free.
curl -s https://novigapi.com/api/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
       "params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query":"mahomes passing yards"}}}'
```

Read the [endpoint reference](https://novigapi.com/docs/endpoints), compare [plans and credits](https://novigapi.com/pricing), or send a request from the [playground](https://novigapi.com/playground).

## Questions

### Do free odds APIs need a credit card?

None of the free tiers listed here asked for a card on 15 Nov 2026, though Unabated's free tier needs qualifying deeplink traffic.

### Are free tiers live?

Mostly not: TheRundown's free tier is 5 minutes behind, SportsGameOdds updates every 10 minutes and our free stream is delayed 300 seconds.

## Sources

- [TheRundown: API pricing](https://therundown.io/pricing/api)
- [ParlayAPI: pricing](https://parlay-api.com/pricing)
- [The Odds API: plans](https://the-odds-api.com/#get-access)
- [SportsGameOdds: pricing](https://sportsgameodds.com/pricing)
- [SharpAPI: pricing](https://sharpapi.io/pricing)
- [Unabated: Odds API overview](https://unabated.com/odds-api)
- [Novig docs: Exchange Data](https://docs.novig.com/public-data/overview.md)
- [novigapi.com endpoint reference](https://novigapi.com/docs/endpoints)

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