# Impect

> Football event and packing data accessed through an authenticated API with Python and R clients. Includes competition, match, event and player scoring data; an open Bundesliga 2023/24 sample is public.

Canonical page: https://sportdex.net/providers/impect/  
Last checked: 2026-11-03  
SportDex Score: 21/100 (rank 173; popularity 9, community n/a, transparency 25, developer experience 37)

## Facts
- Type: Sports data API
- Website: https://www.impect.com
- Documentation: https://github.com/ImpectAPI/impectPy
- Pricing page: unknown
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data types: Lineups, Player stats, Results, Team stats
- Protocols: REST
- Delivery: Polling only (REST)
- Live / in-play: not disclosed
- Free tier: not disclosed
- Cheapest public paid plan: contact sales
- Authentication: bearer
- SDKs: python, r

## Plans
| Plan | Price | Requests | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer licence | Contact sales | — | Access by agreement; iterations enabled per account |

## Who it is for

Best for: Football clubs and analysts who want event and packing metrics through authenticated Python and R clients, plus an open Bundesliga sample.

Not ideal for: Projects needing public pricing, odds or sports other than football; access is by customer agreement.

Use cases: Player and team performance analysis; Scouting models using packing and xG; Open-data experiments with the Bundesliga sample

Limitations:
- Access by agreement; pricing by request
- Open sample covers Bundesliga 2023/24 only
- Site now redirects to Catapult
- Auth uses a token from username and password

## Quick answers

**What is Impect best for?** Football clubs and analysts who want event and packing metrics through authenticated Python and R clients, plus an open Bundesliga sample. Not ideal for: Projects needing public pricing, odds or sports other than football; access is by customer agreement.

**How much does Impect cost?** Impect has no public price list: pricing is quoted by sales on request.

**Does Impect have a free tier?** Impect does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://www.impect.com.

**What does Impect cover?** Impect is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Lineups, Player stats, Results, Team stats.

**Does Impect have a WebSocket or streaming API?** No streaming is listed. Impect delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.

**What do developers say about Impect?** Football event and packing data via an authenticated API with Python and R clients. Almost no community material: two small repos that may use it, such as a recruitment board, and unrelated Genshin videos. No opinions on price, quality or coverage are available.

**What are the alternatives to Impect?** Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: iSports API, TheStatsAPI, QiuXiaoCe Football, PitchAPI, API-Sports / API-Football.

## What developers say

Football event and packing data via an authenticated API with Python and R clients. Almost no community material: two small repos that may use it, such as a recruitment board, and unrelated Genshin videos. No opinions on price, quality or coverage are available.

## Method
Facts were read from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that a feature is missing. Method: https://sportdex.net/methodology/