Sportradar is the data platform behind most regulated sportsbook operators. ParlayAPI is for everyone else: indie devs, edge tools, Discord bots, hobbyist arbers, mid-market data products. Different markets, different prices.
Sportradar's official feeds and Genius Sports compete for the billion-dollar regulated sportsbook business. Their pricing is enterprise-only and starts in five to six figures per year. ParlayAPI is built for the indie/hobbyist/mid-market layer Sportradar can't economically serve: $0 free tier, $19/month Starter, sign up in 60 seconds. We aggregate the same kind of price data via 21+ public sportsbook endpoints, so the data quality is comparable for most non-regulated use cases. Sign up free →
Worth being upfront: this isn't a head-to-head replacement comparison. Sportradar and ParlayAPI overlap on what kind of data you can get, but they're priced and built for different customers.
| Sportradar | ParlayAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Regulated sportsbooks, sports leagues, broadcasters | Indie devs, edge tools, mid-market data products, AI agents |
| Typical customer ARR | $10M+ | $0 to $5M |
| Entry price | Sales-quoted (5-6 figures/yr) | $0 (free) or $19/mo |
| Signup | Sales call, contracts, NDA | Email, 60 seconds |
| Data source | Direct league feeds + official partner data | Public sportsbook endpoints (21+) + DFS apps + exchanges + prediction markets |
| Use case fit | Operating a sportsbook, broadcasting, league analytics | Building arb tools, EV finders, line-shopping apps, Discord bots, model backtesters, AI agents |
| Feature | ParlayAPI | Sportradar |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes (1,000 req/mo, no card) | No (sales call) |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | No |
| Public pricing | Yes | No |
| Entry tier | $19/month | Custom (typically $5K+/mo) |
| Live odds (moneyline / spread / total) | Yes | Yes |
| Player props | Yes | Yes |
| Live in-play | Yes | Yes |
| WebSocket / push streams | Pro tier ($99) | Yes |
| Official league data partnerships | No | Yes (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, etc.) |
| Direct sportsbook aggregation | Yes (21+ books) | Via partner relationships |
| DFS apps (PrizePicks, Underdog, Pick6) | Yes | Limited |
| Prediction markets (Kalshi, Polymarket) | Yes | No |
| Exchanges (Novig, ProphetX) | Yes | No |
| Arbitrage pre-computed | Yes | N/A (not their model) |
| +EV pre-computed | Yes | N/A |
| MCP server (AI agents) | Yes | No |
| llms.txt / agents.json | Yes | No |
| Historical archive | 1.15M+ rows back to 2005 | Decades of league data |
| Try-before-signup endpoint | Yes (/v1/try) | No |
If any of these match you, talk to Sportradar, not us:
Sportradar's data is great but they don't pre-compute arbs across 21+ public books because that's not their product. We do, and we publish it via REST and WebSocket out of the box.
$5K-$50K/year for sports data isn't a feasible line item until you have product-market-fit. ParlayAPI gets you to PMF for $19/month, and you grow into higher tiers as your revenue grows. Affiliate program included so you earn while building.
Sportradar focuses on regulated sportsbook operators. They don't carry PrizePicks, Underdog, Sleeper, Novig, ProphetX, Kalshi, or Polymarket because those aren't their customers. We do.
llms.txt, agents.json, and an MCP server make ParlayAPI the natural pick for Claude / Cursor / Continue / Devin. None of the enterprise data platforms have invested here yet.
| Tier | ParlayAPI | Sportradar |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1,000 req/mo | N/A |
| Hobbyist / Starter | $19/mo | N/A |
| Pro | $99/mo · 1M req · WebSocket | N/A |
| Business | $499/mo · 10M req | Custom (5-6 figures) |
| Enterprise | $2,499/mo · 100M req · SLA | Custom (6-7 figures) |