What will sports data actually cost at your scale?
Drag the sliders to your real numbers. See the Big Balls Sports Data plan you'd need, what comparable published tiers cost, and where a provider's billing unit or product scope makes a direct dollar comparison misleading.
250 req/day free (500 with GitHub). No credit card.
10,000 upstream requests/day after your own caching. For per-sport products, the model distributes that traffic evenly across selected sports.
Big Balls Sports Data
$49/mo
Trio plan · up to 3 selected sports
BallDontLie
$0
3 × Free
BallDontLie's raw feed costs $49 less
Here's what that $49/mo doesn't include:
- Our pre-assembled matchup response shape
- Our exact Elo, ATS, and value-prop model outputs
- One response schema shared by every supported sport
Comparison basis
Both prices use the same 10,000 upstream requests/day. Extra BallDontLie endpoint calls are not added because the exact fan-out depends on what you build.
Raw BallDontLie pricing covers the data subscription only. The assembly layer, intelligence features, and cross-sport unification are engineering time you build and maintain.
BallDontLie price = raw data subscription only. Assembly layer, intelligence features, and cross-sport unification are not included at any tier. Pricing verified 2026-10-04. Priced per sport, rate-limited per minute. Each sport is a separate subscription. View the official source.
A comparison you can audit
The subscription price is only half the cost. Here's the other half.
Compare like with like
The cost model gives competitors the same upstream request volume. It does not invent a fixed endpoint fan-out to make our price look better.
Sport limits stay visible
Solo covers one selected sport, Trio covers three, and the calculator moves to an all-sports plan when your input requires it.
Compare the product layer
Price is only useful beside scope. We call out assembled matchups, our Elo model, ATS splits, and prop hit rates without pretending every competitor lacks predictions or lineups.
Check each provider in detail
The calculator is the summary. Each comparison explains coverage, adoption, and the product trade-offs behind the price.
Verify the betting math
Free browser tools for odds conversion, bookmaker margin, and bankroll sizing.