Sports data API
Highlightly
Sports API combining live scores, fixtures, standings, lineups, player stats, odds and predictions with video highlight clips. Covers football, US leagues, cricket, rugby, volleyball and handball.
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- Starting price
- $12.49/mo
- Free access
- Free tier
- Sports
- 10 (Football (soccer), American football…)
- Live data
- Yes
- Delivery
- Polling only (REST)
- Discussions
- 2 threads
- GitHub adoption
- 43 repos
Best for
Apps that combine scores, stats and odds with video highlight clips across football, US leagues, cricket, rugby, volleyball and handball.
Not ideal for
Projects needing bookmaker-grade odds feeds; odds and momentum data are informational only and there is no uptime or latency guarantee.
Limitations to check
- − Free plan limited to 100 requests per day
- − No uptime or latency guarantee in terms
- − Odds are informational only, no operator partnerships
- − Billing handled by the marketplace where access is bought
Written from the provider's own pages (source).
Last checked 2026-11-03
Highlightly at a glance
- What is Highlightly best for?
- Apps that combine scores, stats and odds with video highlight clips across football, US leagues, cricket, rugby, volleyball and handball. Not ideal for: Projects needing bookmaker-grade odds feeds; odds and momentum data are informational only and there is no uptime or latency guarantee.
- How much does Highlightly cost?
- The cheapest public paid plan of Highlightly is $12.49/mo. Listed plans: Pro $12.49/mo; Ultra $25.99/mo; Mega $57.99/mo.
- Does Highlightly have a free tier?
- Yes. Highlightly lists a free plan called "Basic" (100 requests per day).
- What does Highlightly cover?
- Highlightly is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer), American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey, Cricket, Rugby, Volleyball and 2 more; data: Fixtures, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Predictions, Live scores, Standings, Team stats and 1 more. Live / in-play data is offered.
- Does Highlightly have a WebSocket or streaming API?
- No streaming is listed. Highlightly delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
- What do developers say about Highlightly?
- Sports API pairing scores and stats with video highlights. Little independent opinion exists: a few freelance requests to build sites on it, one repo issue comparing it with cheaper providers for backtesting, and AI-generated football video channels crediting it as a data source. Adoption seems modest and unproven.
- What are the alternatives to Highlightly?
- Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: API-Sports / API-Football, All Sports API, StatPal, Broadage, Sportmonks.
Commercial decision
Pricing & plan limits
| Plan | Price | Requests | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | 100 / day | No rate limit; some endpoints restrictedsource |
| Pro | $12.49/mo | 7,500 / day | 12 req/ssource |
| Ultra | $25.99/mo | 25,000 / day | 20 req/ssource |
| Mega | $57.99/mo | 75,000 / day | 100 req/ssource |
Key sent in x-rapidapi-key header; also sold via RapidAPI (sport-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com). Up to 40% annual discount per FAQ. Page says both 9 and 11 sports; sport list taken from docs modules. OpenAPI 3.0 docs.json exists (full URL not captured).
Before choosing a paid plan, confirm
• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)
• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed
• Whether live and historical data are on your plan
• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed
The critical question
Data coverage
- Sports
- Football (soccer)American footballBasketballBaseballIce hockeyCricketRugbyVolleyballHandballCollege sports
- Data types
- FixturesLineupsOddsPlayer statsPredictionsLive scoresStandingsTeam statsVideo
- Key competitions
- Premier League, Champions Leaguesource
- Competitions
- 950
- Live / in-play
- Yes
- Women's competitions
- Not disclosed
- Betting markets
- Not disclosed
- Bookmaker regions
- Not disclosed
- Bookmakers
- Not disclosed
- History depth
- Not disclosed
- Update frequency
- Not disclosed
- Name languages
- Not disclosed
- ID mapping
- Not disclosed
Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.
Before you build
Usage rights & access
- Commercial use
- Not disclosed
- Betting products
- Not disclosed
- Redistribution
- Not disclosed
- Storing data
- Not disclosed
- Attribution
- Not disclosed
- Logos & photos
- Included
- Who can buy
- Individuals, Companiessource
- Verification (KYC)
- Not disclosed
- Not available in
- Not disclosed
- Only available in
- Not disclosed
Billing and refunds are handled by the third-party marketplace through which access is bought.
Read the termsDeveloper-ready evaluation
Integration & documentation
- Protocols
- REST
- Formats
- JSON
- Authentication
- api key
- SDKs
- Not disclosed
- OpenAPI spec
- Not disclosed
- Claimed latency
- Not disclosed
- Status page
- Not disclosed
- Sandbox / test keys
- Not disclosed
- Support
- Not disclosed
- SLA uptime
- Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: Highlightly Goal: build a feature on Highlightly data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth. ## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them) - Website: https://highlightly.net - Docs: https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/ - Sports: Football (soccer), American football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice hockey, Cricket, Rugby, Volleyball, Handball, College sports - Data: Fixtures, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Predictions, Live scores, Standings, Team stats, Video - Protocols: REST; formats: json - Auth: api_key - Free plan: Basic, 100 requests per day - Cheapest paid plan: $12.49/mo - Note: Key sent in x-rapidapi-key header; also sold via RapidAPI (sport-highlights-api.p.rapidapi.com). Up to 40% annual discount per FAQ. Page says both 9 and 11 sports; sport list taken from docs modules. OpenAPI 3.0 docs.json exists (full URL not captured). ## Verify before writing code - live update frequency - whether commercial use is allowed on the plan you pick - exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess) ## Implementation rules - Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser. - Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers. - Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts. - Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.
Data quality signals
Data source & company
- Official partners
- Not disclosed
- How data is collected
- aggregated
- Certifications
- Not disclosed
- Payment methods
- Not disclosed
- Minimum contract
- Not disclosed
- Country
- Not disclosed
- Founded
- Not disclosed
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What developers say
Sports API pairing scores and stats with video highlights. Little independent opinion exists: a few freelance requests to build sites on it, one repo issue comparing it with cheaper providers for backtesting, and AI-generated football video channels crediting it as a data source. Adoption seems modest and unproven.
Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.
Discussions
- Sport Highlights API 🚀r/SaaS · 2024-09
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)Hacker News · 2026-09
Open-source projects using it
Videos
- Union Berlin – 1. FC Köln 1:1: Joker El Mala rettet Köln den PunktDein Fussballpuls · 2026-11
- SV Elversberg – Mainz 05 4:1: Früher Keidel-Treffer, Mainz kassiert RotDein Fussballpuls · 2026-10
- TSG Hoffenheim - Lyon 3:0: Kramarić mit Tor und zwei Vorlagen, 21 SchüsseDein Fussballpuls · 2026-10
- 1899 Hoffenheim 2-3 Beşiktaş – Match Analysis, Stats & Verdictthis is football heritage · 2026-10
- Lech Poznan 0-4 Bayer Leverkusen: Schick Double From the Spot in Europa Leaguethis is football heritage · 2026-10
- Manchester City 2-4 Paris Saint-Germain: 3-0 Down in 32 Minutes, Haaland Doublethis is football heritage · 2026-10
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Evidence & transparency
Official sources
- https://highlightly.net
- https://highlightly.net/sport-api/documentation/
- https://highlightly.net/sport-api/
- https://highlightly.net/terms/
Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know