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iSports API

Asian-based sports data API covering football and basketball: livescore, fixtures, lineups, stats, standings, pre-match and in-play odds, historical data and animation, with a free trial and widgets.

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Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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SportDex Score

#83 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
35

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
75

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
32

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works

Starting price
$49/mo
Free access
No free tier
Sports
2 (Football (soccer), Basketball)
Live data
Yes
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
4 threads
GitHub adoption
7 repos

Best for

Football and basketball apps that need livescores, fixtures, lineups, odds and history from a self-serve API with a free trial.

Livescore appsFootball odds toolsBasketball stats sites

Not ideal for

Projects needing other sports; the product pages cover football and basketball only.

Limitations to check

  • − Football and basketball only
  • − Auto-renewing subscription, no refunds
  • − Plan prices on the homepage are ambiguous and the plans page returned 404
  • − Free trial is 15 days after registration
  • − Provider disclaims liability for data errors and downtime

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

iSports API at a glance

What is iSports API best for?
Football and basketball apps that need livescores, fixtures, lineups, odds and history from a self-serve API with a free trial. Not ideal for: Projects needing other sports; the product pages cover football and basketball only.
How much does iSports API cost?
The cheapest public paid plan of iSports API is $49/mo.
Does iSports API have a free tier?
iSports API has no public free tier, but it offers demo access.
What does iSports API cover?
iSports API is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer), Basketball; data: Fixtures, Historical data, Injuries, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Results, Live scores and 3 more. Live / in-play data is offered.
Does iSports API have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. iSports API delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about iSports API?
Asian football and basketball data API with livescore, odds and history. Evidence is thin: a few beginner questions and hobby repos use it, and a competitor's spam posts claim its mid-tier plans cost about double. No substantive independent reviews of quality, latency or support.
What are the alternatives to iSports API?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: SportsDataIO, Sportmonks, Goalserve, API-Sports / API-Football, StatPal.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
Entry (from)$49/mo—Homepage promo says plans start from $49/month; page also mentions a $29-$800/month rangesource

Price figures come from short homepage snippets with ambiguous labels ($49, $29-$800, $600 entry); plans page returned 404. Free-trial length not stated. Code samples in Java/Python/Go/PHP/C# on homepage.

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)Basketball
Data types
FixturesHistorical dataInjuriesLineupsOddsPlayer statsResultsLive scoresStandingsTeam statsWidgets
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Yes
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
prematch odds, inplay odds
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Not disclosed
Update frequency
Not disclosed
Name languages
en, vi, th
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
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individualssource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Accounts must not be shared; 15-day free trial after registration.

Read the terms

Developer-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
ticket
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: iSports API

Goal: build a feature on iSports API data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://www.isportsapi.com
- Docs: https://www.isportsapi.com/en/docs.html
- Sports: Football (soccer), Basketball
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Injuries, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Results, Live scores, Standings, Team stats, Widgets
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: none listed
- Cheapest paid plan: $49/mo
- Note: Price figures come from short homepage snippets with ambiguous labels ($49, $29-$800, $600 entry); plans page returned 404. Free-trial length not stated. Code samples in Java/Python/Go/PHP/C# on homepage.

## 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
Not disclosed
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussionpricingcoverage

Asian football and basketball data API with livescore, odds and history. Evidence is thin: a few beginner questions and hobby repos use it, and a competitor's spam posts claim its mid-tier plans cost about double. No substantive independent reviews of quality, latency or support.

Praised for

    Nothing specific.

    Complaints

    • Said (by a competitor) to be pricey at mid-tier

    Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

    Discussions

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    Evidence & transparency

    Official sources

    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