# SportsDataIO

> Commercial sports data provider offering scores, odds, projections, news, historical data, IDs and widgets for 75+ sports and 1,500+ competitions through developer APIs.

Canonical page: https://sportdex.net/providers/sportsdataio/  
Last checked: 2026-11-03  
SportDex Score: 60/100 (rank 15; popularity 75, community 52, transparency 65, developer experience 37)

## Facts
- Type: Sports data API
- Website: https://sportsdata.io
- Documentation: https://sportsdata.io/developers/getting-started
- Pricing page: https://sportsdata.io/live-odds-api
- Country: United States
- Sports: Multi-sport (40+), American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey, Football (soccer), Golf, MMA, Tennis, Motorsport
- Data types: Fantasy, Fixtures, Historical data, Images, Injuries, Lineups, News, Odds, Player props, Player stats, Live scores, Team stats, Widgets
- Protocols: REST
- Delivery: Polling only (REST)
- Live / in-play: yes
- Free tier: no
- Cheapest public paid plan: not public
- Key competitions: NFL, NBA, MLB
- Redistribution: Not allowed
- Authentication: api key

## Plans
| Plan | Price | Requests | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free trial | Free | — | Scrambled but structurally identical data, no card required (per search snippet of official dev page) |
| Paid / enterprise | Contact sales | — | Pricing not published on crawled pages; sales conversation required for production access |

## Who it is for

Best for: Developers and businesses wanting one vendor for US-centred scores, stats, odds, projections and fantasy data across many leagues, evaluated first with a free trial.

Not ideal for: Buyers who need public price lists or self-serve checkout; production access needs a sales conversation.

Use cases: Fantasy sports tools; Odds and props displays; Sports news and media apps; Betting analysis

Limitations:
- Pricing is not published
- Trial data is described as scrambled on at least one official page
- Redistribution of data is barred by the terms
- Detailed rights are set in the order form

## Quick answers

**What is SportsDataIO best for?** Developers and businesses wanting one vendor for US-centred scores, stats, odds, projections and fantasy data across many leagues, evaluated first with a free trial. Not ideal for: Buyers who need public price lists or self-serve checkout; production access needs a sales conversation.

**How much does SportsDataIO cost?** SportsDataIO does not publish prices on the pages we checked.

**Does SportsDataIO have a free tier?** SportsDataIO has no public free tier, but it offers demo access.

**What does SportsDataIO cover?** SportsDataIO is a sports data api. Its sports: Multi-sport (40+), American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey, Football (soccer), Golf, MMA and 2 more; data: Fantasy, Fixtures, Historical data, Images, Injuries, Lineups, News, Odds and 5 more. Live / in-play data is offered.

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

**Can I use SportsDataIO data commercially or for betting?** According to the public terms of SportsDataIO — redistribution: not allowed.

**What do developers say about SportsDataIO?** Commercial provider widely used for US sports, especially NFL fantasy tools that pull projections and stats from it. A free trial key makes prototyping easy. Developers on a budget repeatedly call it and Sportradar too expensive, and one user reported inaccurate season stats. Hobbyists look at JsonOdds or MySportsFeeds instead.

**What are the alternatives to SportsDataIO?** Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: StatPal, API-Sports / API-Football, BALLDONTLIE, iSports API, Sportmonks.

## What developers say

Commercial provider widely used for US sports, especially NFL fantasy tools that pull projections and stats from it. A free trial key makes prototyping easy. Developers on a budget repeatedly call it and Sportradar too expensive, and one user reported inaccurate season stats. Hobbyists look at JsonOdds or MySportsFeeds instead.

Praised for: Free trial key for prototyping; Strong US sports and fantasy projections coverage; OpenAPI specs published

Complaints: Too expensive for bootstrapped projects; Reported inaccurate player season stats

## 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/