Comparison · their figures as of Nov 2026
The Odds API alternative for streamed Pinnacle prices
The Odds API sells REST access by the credit, so you find out about a new price by asking for it. PinnRadar sends Pinnacle moves to you as they land, and prices its plans on request rate rather than on calls made.
- Their entry plan
- $30/mo
- Our entry plan
- $99/mo
- Their push transport
- None listed
- Our push transport
- SSE + WebSocket
The short version
The Odds API gathers a long list of bookmakers behind a single REST interface and bills in credits. For a job that looks at prices a handful of times per minute, it is a low-cost and capable option.
Delivery is where the two part ways. As of November 2026, neither their site nor their v4 guide documents a WebSocket, server-sent-events or webhook option; you get data by polling. A price can therefore be as old as your polling interval before you see it, and each request spends credits whether or not anything moved.
PinnRadar takes the opposite approach. It carries one bookmaker, Pinnacle, live and prematch. Odds-drop alerts arrive over SSE, and the full upstream stream is available over WebSocket as an add-on, so changes reach you without a request. Plans are sold as a request-rate tier, and pushed messages do not count as requests.
Side by side
| Feature | PinnRadar | The Odds API |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery | Push: SSE alerts and a WebSocket feed, plus REST | REST polling |
| What you pay for | A flat plan with a requests-per-second limit | Credits on each request |
| Free tier | Free key, 20/min and 100/day, no expiry | 500 credits a month |
| Cheapest paid plan | $99/mo | $30/mo |
| Highest listed plan | $229/mo | $249/mo |
| Bookmakers | Pinnacle only, in depth | Many bookmakers |
| Odds-drop alerts | Included, server-side | Not listed |
| A price that did not move | Costs nothing: no message goes out | Costs a credit each poll |
PinnRadar plans, per 30 days in USD: Free $0 (20 requests a minute, 100 a day) · Drops $99 (SSE drop alerts) · REST $99 (REST at 10 req/s) · Edge $149 · Scale $229 (REST at 30 req/s). The raw WebSocket feed is a $99 add-on for plans with REST access. Full details are on the pricing section. The Odds API figures come from its own public website as we read it in November 2026. Vendors revise plans often, so confirm the current numbers on their site.
Which one fits
Choose The Odds API if…
You need lots of bookmakers in one response, or a view of the whole market. PinnRadar has Pinnacle alone; if FanDuel or DraftKings must sit beside it, The Odds API reaches far more books, and at slow poll rates the bill is lower too.
Choose PinnRadar if…
Pinnacle is the line that matters to you and you want it as it moves, with drops detected on the server. Make a free key, run it next to your current source and let your own numbers decide.
Questions
Does The Odds API offer WebSocket or SSE?
Not that we could find. As of November 2026 their site and v4 documentation describe REST polling only, with no WebSocket, SSE or webhook transport. PinnRadar sends drop alerts over SSE and offers the raw feed over WebSocket.
Does The Odds API cost less than PinnRadar?
For light use, yes: their first paid plan is $30 a month and ours is $99. The gap closes as you poll faster, because every call they serve uses credits, while a PinnRadar plan costs the same however much data is pushed to you.
Can I run both?
Yes. A common split is The Odds API for breadth across bookmakers and PinnRadar for a streamed Pinnacle line, which many modellers use as their sharp reference price.
What does a credit mean here?
At The Odds API, each request uses credits, and the cost grows with the number of markets and regions requested. PinnRadar has no credits: your plan sets a request rate, and pushed messages do not count toward it.
Put it next to your current feed
A free key needs only an email. Ask it for the same sport and market you follow today and compare what arrives, and when.
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