Odds API comparison
PingOdds vs TheRundown
PingOdds and TheRundown are both JSON APIs for sportsbook odds. This page puts them side by side: what each costs, which books and leagues each covers, how fresh the prices are, and how to move a request from TheRundown to PingOdds.
TheRundown’s column comes from its own public pages, read on 23 October 2026; they’re listed at the bottom. Prices and coverage change, so if something here is out of date, tell us.
Pick TheRundown if
- You need DraftKings, BetMGM, Caesars, Circa or prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
- You need player props, live in-game odds or real-time prices (their Ultra plan, $399 a month, and up).
- You need more leagues (23 plus season variants) or more market types (550+).
Pick PingOdds if
- You need Ontario books, or BetRivers, Bally Bet, betPARX, BET99, Betway, LeoVegas or Proline+.
- You want each call to count as one request, not one data point per price row it returns.
- You want price history on every plan, Free included.
- You want a WebSocket stream at $99 a month: theirs starts on Ultra at $399.
- You want +EV, steam, outlier and arbitrage signals, with webhooks.
Side by side
| What | PingOdds | TheRundown |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 250 requests a month, 5 a minute; every book and league; no card | 20,000 data points a day (200,000 a month); 3 books (BetMGM, DraftKings, FanDuel); pregame only; 5-minute delay |
| Paid plans | Starter $19/mo (50,000 requests), Pro $99/mo (500,000 requests) | Starter $49/mo, Pro $149, Ultra $399, Super $649, Mega $999, Max $2,499; annual billing saves 20% |
| What counts against your plan | One request per API call, however many books, markets or games it returns | Data points: one per price row a call returns (outcome × line × book), unchanged rows included |
| Sportsbooks | 14, the same on every plan: Pinnacle, FanDuel, BetRivers, Bally Bet, betPARX, Bovada, FanDuel Ontario, BetRivers Ontario, Bally Bet Ontario, Unibet Ontario, LeoVegas Ontario, Proline+, BET99 and Betway Ontario | 25: 20 sportsbooks (Pinnacle, DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, Bovada, Circa and more) and 5 prediction markets and exchanges |
| Ontario books | 8: FanDuel Ontario, BetRivers Ontario, Bally Bet Ontario, Unibet Ontario, LeoVegas Ontario, Betway Ontario, BET99 and Proline+ | None named. Bally Bet, BET99, betPARX, BetRivers, Betway, LeoVegas and PROLINE aren’t listed |
| Sports and leagues | 15 leagues: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAAF, NCAAB, EPL, MLS, Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, ATP and WTA | 23 leagues plus 9 season variants, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA, top European soccer, tennis and cricket |
| Markets | Moneylines, spreads and totals. No player props yet | 550+ market types; player props from Starter |
| Live (in-play) odds | No live feed yet | Yes, in-play markets; not on Free |
| How often prices update | Each league checked every 60–90 seconds, on every plan; no delay added on Free | Delayed 5 minutes on Free, 60 seconds on Starter, 30 seconds on Pro; real-time from Ultra |
| How old each price is | last_update (last price change) and last_checked (last successful check) for every book, and meta.staleness_ms for the whole response | updated_at on every price |
| Price history | Every price change PingOdds records, on every plan | From Starter: 7 days on Starter, 30 on Pro, up to unlimited on Max |
| Betting signals | No-vig consensus and closing lines on every plan; steam, +EV and outlier signals from Starter; arbitrage on Pro | Not on their API pricing page or FAQ |
| Streaming | WebSocket, included in Pro ($99/mo) | WebSocket from Ultra ($399/mo) |
| Webhooks | For signals, on Pro | Not in their docs |
| AI agents (MCP) | Hosted MCP server with 13 tools, on Starter and Pro, with its own call allowance | Hosted MCP server with 85 read-only tools |
| API key goes in | Authorization: Bearer header | X-TheRundown-Key header |
What PingOdds doesn’t cover yet
- No player props: moneylines, spreads and totals only.
- No live (in-play) feed: each league is checked every 60–90 seconds, which suits pregame odds.
- 15 leagues: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAAF, NCAAB, EPL, MLS, Champions League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, ATP and WTA. No golf, MMA, cricket or esports.
- US and Ontario books only: no UK, European or Australian books, and no DraftKings, BetMGM or Caesars yet.
Moving from TheRundown
The same odds, asked of each API:
TheRundown
curl -H "X-TheRundown-Key: $THERUNDOWN_API_KEY" \
"https://therundown.io/api/v2/sports/4/events/2026-10-23?market_ids=1,2,3&affiliate_ids=3,23"PingOdds
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $PINGODDS_API_KEY" \
"https://api.pingodds.com/v2/odds?league=basketball_nba&markets=h2h,spreads,totals&books=pinnacle,fanduel"One PingOdds call returns every game in the league from 6 hours ago to 14 days ahead, so there’s no date in the path. Books and leagues have names instead of numbers: pinnacle instead of affiliate 3, basketball_nba instead of sport 4.
| TheRundown | PingOdds |
|---|---|
sport_id (4 = NBA) and a date | league=basketball_nba |
market_ids=1,2,3 (moneyline, spread, totals) | markets=h2h,spreads,totals |
affiliate_ids=3,23 | books=pinnacle,fanduel |
markets[].participants[].lines[].prices{affiliate} | markets[].books[].outcomes[] |
price (American) | price_am, plus price_dec |
updated_at | last_update, plus last_checked |
X-Datapoints header (points billed) | X-RateLimit-Remaining header (requests left) |
The quickstart shows a full response, and the API reference every field.
Sources
TheRundown’s own pages, as they read on 23 October 2026:
- API plans and prices
- FAQ: data points, books, leagues, rate limits
- Player props
- llms.txt: request format
- MCP server
- OpenAPI spec
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