TheRundown vs SharpAPI
Sub-second from book change to your WebSocket client. TheRundown delivers odds updates across all books, including DraftKings and FanDuel. SharpAPI publishes 10-30 seconds of end-to-end freshness on its DraftKings and FanDuel pages.
Free includes delayed pre-match REST data. WebSocket requires Ultra or above.
Measure from book change to your application
TheRundown carries a book change to your WebSocket client in under one second across all books, including DraftKings and FanDuel.
- Receive book changes in under one second across all books on TheRundown.
- Stream DraftKings and FanDuel changes over WebSocket on Ultra and higher.
- Request open main lines with main_line=true and hide_closed=true.
- Discover canonical sport, market, affiliate, and event IDs before querying.
- Retain each price updated_at and the response usage headers with every result.
- Keep sportsbook, prediction-market, and exchange quotes distinct in downstream analysis.
- Use the local data MCP or the OpenAPI contract to keep agent requests scoped and reproducible.
Side-by-side comparison
TheRundown vs SharpAPI on the facts that matter for integration, coverage, and ongoing cost.
| Feature | TheRundown | SharpAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Book change to customer | Under 1 second via WebSocketAcross all books, including DraftKings and FanDuel. Ultra and higher; availability varies by book, sport, and market. | 10-30 seconds published freshnessSharpAPI's DraftKings and FanDuel pages report 10-30 seconds end to end. They separately report about 1-3 seconds for SSE delivery. These are vendor statements. |
| Free plan | 20,000 data points/day · 3 books · five-minute delayPre-match REST data. No credit card. Returned price rows and other billable response data consume the allowance. | $0 · 12 requests/min · 2 books · 60s delaySharpAPI lists these limits for its Free tier. |
| Published paid pricing | Free · Starter $49 · Pro $149 · Ultra $399Published tiers; higher-volume plans and Enterprise are also listed publicly. | Hobby $79 · Pro $229 · Sharp $399SharpAPI lists monthly paid plans and an Enterprise contact-sales option. |
| Streaming option | WebSocket on Ultra and higherChoose a plan with live access for live data and push delivery. | $99/month paid-plan streaming add-onSharpAPI prices streaming as an add-on to any paid plan. |
| Billing unit | Returned data pointsX-Datapoints headers report usage for the response. | Plan request-rate limitsRequests per minute and data points are different units. Compare a representative workload instead of treating them as equivalent. |
| Authentication | Header authenticationKeep the key in a server-side environment variable and send X-TheRundown-Key. | Header authenticationSharpAPI documents an X-API-Key header in its public example. |
| Main-line selection | main_line=trueThe API exposes per-affiliate main-line state and preserves different book line values. | Main-line workflow not documented publiclyThe cited public materials do not document an equivalent selector. |
| AI-agent integration | OpenAPI plus six local read-only MCP toolsLocal stdio uses the customer’s own key and is not a hosted data MCP service. | Public REST and streaming materialsEvaluate tool scope, credential handling, and evidence retention for the application you are building. |
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Sources & disclosures
SharpAPI's 10-30 second end-to-end freshness and about 1-3 second SSE delivery figures are vendor-reported. They are not an independent benchmark. TheRundown data points and SharpAPI request-rate limits are different units and do not establish which service costs less for a particular workload.