# 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 Prices and coverage change, so if something here is out of date, [tell us](https://pingodds.com/contact). ## 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](https://pingodds.com/docs/quickstart) shows a full response, and the [API reference](https://pingodds.com/docs) every field. [Get a free API key](https://pingodds.com/signup) [See every plan](https://pingodds.com/pricing) ## Sources TheRundown’s own pages, as they read on 23 October 2026: - [API plans and prices](https://therundown.io/pricing/api) - [FAQ: data points, books, leagues, rate limits](https://therundown.io/faq) - [Player props](https://therundown.io/player-props-api) - [llms.txt: request format](https://therundown.io/llms.txt) - [MCP server](https://therundown.io/.well-known/mcp.json) - [OpenAPI spec](https://docs.therundown.io/openapi.yaml) More comparisons: [PingOdds vs The Odds API](https://pingodds.com/vs/the-odds-api) · [PingOdds vs SharpAPI](https://pingodds.com/vs/sharpapi)