Honest comparison · updated 2026

The MySportsFeeds alternative without the per-league add-on math

MySportsFeeds is a well-liked, affordable feed for the US big four, free for non-commercial use, priced modularly per league with add-ons for stats, play-by-play, odds, and projections. Big Balls Sports Data gives you a commercial-usable free tier, real-time scores included, and one schema spanning every sport, without stacking add-ons per league. Personal, non-commercial, US-only project on a tight budget? MySportsFeeds is a great value. Commercial app, real-time needs, or more than the big four? The unified tier fits better.

MySportsFeeds is free only for non-commercial use, excludes real-time scores from the free tier, and prices stats, play-by-play, and odds as per-league add-ons. One Big Balls call returns the assembled matchup with real-time data, on a commercial-usable free tier.

What you would pay at your scale vs MySportsFeeds

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10,000 requests/day on Big Balls Sports Data. A full matchup page is 1 call here vs 8 raw calls per sport on MySportsFeeds.

Big Balls Sports Data

$49/mo

Trio plan · All sports, one subscription

MySportsFeeds

Public tiers

dollar comparison pending

MySportsFeeds: Free (non-commercial only) + modular per-league add-ons

Here's what you give up:

  • Commercial use on the free tier
  • Real-time scores on the free tier
  • Any sport beyond the US big four (+ MLS)
  • Odds and predictions without per-league add-ons
  • A single unified schema across every sport

Request volume

1 Big Balls call = 8 raw MySportsFeeds calls to assemble the same matchup page — per sport. At your scale that's 10,000 vs 240,000 requests/day.

Raw MySportsFeeds pricing covers the data subscription only. The assembly layer, intelligence features, and cross-sport unification are engineering time you build and maintain.

MySportsFeeds price = raw data subscription only. Assembly layer, intelligence features, and cross-sport unification are not included at any tier. Pricing verified 2026-07-06. US big-four feeds (NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL, + MLS). Free for non-commercial use only, with real-time scores excluded from the free tier. Paid pricing is modular per league: a core package plus add-ons for stats, play-by-play, odds, and projections (base ~$29 CAD/mo, personal ~$5 CAD/mo); multi-league discounts 10-30%.

What you can build

Real things that are one request here, and a stitching job on MySportsFeeds.

Commercial apps on the free tier

Build a real product without the free tier being limited to non-commercial use.

Real-time score features

Live scores included, not excluded from the free tier.

One schema, every sport

Soccer, F1, MMA, college, and the big four on one envelope, not US big-four feeds only.

Odds and predictions built in

Markets and Elo win probabilities in the same API, not a per-league odds add-on plus no predictions.

World Cup 2026 hub

Standings, Elo predictions, and odds, well outside a US big-four feed.

Prop value finder

Player-prop edges with hit rates, ready to render.

One call that closes the gap

A live request against the gateway that returns something you would have to stitch together, or could not get at all, on MySportsFeeds.

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curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://api.bigballsdata.com/v1/wc2026/matches/MATCH_ID"

Runs on the free tier — 1,000 requests/day, 2,000 with GitHub. No card.

Endpoint by endpoint

Every row is a Big Balls endpoint. The MySportsFeeds column shows whether you can get the same thing there. Rows without a plan badge run on the free tier.

  • Commercial use on the free tier

    free tier is non-commercial only

  • Real-time scores on the free tier

    free tier excludes real-time

  • One schema across every sport

    US big four (NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL), modular per league

  • Stats / play-by-play without add-ons

    core package + per-league add-ons

  • Coverage beyond the US big four (soccer, F1, MMA, college)

    Not on MySportsFeeds

  • Pre-match and in-play odds

    Edge plan and upGET /v1/matches/:id/odds
    odds add-on, per league

  • Elo predictions and win probability

    Solo plan and upGET /v1/predictions
    Not on MySportsFeeds

  • Player-prop value finder with hit rates

    Solo plan and upGET /v1/intelligence/value-props
    Not on MySportsFeeds

  • Full matchup in one call

    GET /v1/matches/:id
    assemble from separate feeds

  • WebSocket live feed

    Pro plan and up
    webhooks referenced; not a subscribe-and-push socket

Pricing, side by side

Big Balls Sports DataMySportsFeeds
Free tier1,000 req/day, 2,000 with GitHub, commercial OK, real-timeFree for non-commercial only, no real-time
Pricing modelPublic per-request tiers, all sportsModular per-league core + add-ons (base ~$29 CAD/mo, personal ~$5 CAD/mo)
CoverageEvery sport, unifiedUS big four (+ MLS), JSON/XML/CSV
Scope for the priceOdds + predictions + intelligence includedStats/PBP/odds/projections as add-ons

Start on the free tier

100 requests per minute and 1,000 per day, free — the highest per-minute burst of any free sports API we checked. Burst is what matters when something asks several questions in a row and waits on each answer.

  • Every sport and league we cover — the paid tiers add history depth and premium fields, not more leagues.
  • Calls are counted one for one — no credit weighting, no markets-times-regions arithmetic.
  • Link GitHub and the daily cap goes to 2,000.
  • No credit card.
Get a key →

Or ask Claude directly

Connect your account to Claude and ask for the whole API in conversation — scores, standings, player stats and Elo ratings, with no API key to paste and no code to write. Your plan and limits carry over exactly as they do here.

Connect in Claude →

Big Balls Sports Data is best for

  • ●Commercial apps that need a genuinely commercial free tier
  • ●Products that need real-time scores without paying to unlock them
  • ●Anything beyond the US big four
  • ●Teams that want odds and predictions without per-league add-ons

MySportsFeeds is best for

  • ●Personal, non-commercial, or student projects on the US big four
  • ●Budget builders who want a low-cost, pick-your-feeds modular setup
  • ●Apps that only need NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL and value free historical data

Frequently asked

Is MySportsFeeds free?
It is free for non-commercial use (personal, student, hobbyist), and that free tier excludes real-time scores. Commercial use, and real-time data, require a paid plan, priced modularly per league with add-ons for stats, play-by-play, odds, and projections.
How does pricing compare?
MySportsFeeds is genuinely affordable for the US big four (base around $29 CAD/mo, personal around $5 CAD/mo), but costs grow as you stack add-ons and leagues. Our tiers are per-request and include every sport plus odds and predictions without add-on math, and our free tier is usable commercially.
Which sports does each cover?
MySportsFeeds focuses on the US big four, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, plus MLS. We cover those plus soccer leagues, F1, MMA, college sports, and more, all under one schema. If you need anything beyond the US big four, that is the main difference.
Can I migrate from MySportsFeeds?
For the big-four data you already pull, migration is mostly mechanical once you adapt to the unified envelope. You gain real-time scores on the free tier, commercial usage, odds and predictions without per-league add-ons, and every other sport in the same shape.

Pull these sports from Big Balls Sports Data

One canonical schema, one key. Explore the API for each:

Soccer APINBA APIMLB APINFL APINHL API

Compare Big Balls Sports Data vs other providers

Evaluating more than one? Here is how we stack up against the rest, plus a calculator to price any of them at your scale.

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Try it yourself

API key in 30 seconds. 1,000 req/day free (2,000 with GitHub), no credit card. Compare the actual experience, not just the spec sheet.