Sports data API.
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Odds, stats, injuries & schedules for NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB & Soccer — clean schema, no sales calls, no contracts. Free to start.
$ curl "https://api.clearsportsapi.com/v1/nba/games?date=today" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
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{
"data": [
{
"game_key": "nba-2025-reg-bos-mil",
"sport": "nba",
"home_team": {
"id": "BOS",
"name": "Boston Celtics",
"abbreviation": "BOS"
},
"away_team": {
"id": "MIL",
"name": "Milwaukee Bucks",
"abbreviation": "MIL"
},
"scheduled_at": "2025-03-15T19: 30: 00Z",
"status": "scheduled",
"season": 2025,
"venue": "TD Garden"
}
]
}What other sports data providers charge
Sportradar
$500+/mo
Custom contracts, sales calls required
SportsDataIO
$599/mo
Scrambled data on free tier
Unabated API
$3,000/mo
Personal use only at that price
ClearSports
$0 – $149/mo
Real data. Self-serve. Ship today.
The honest comparison.
| Feature | Sportradar | SportsDataIO | The Odds API | ClearSports ✦ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $500+/mo | $599/mo | $19/mo | $0 (free tier) |
| Setup process | Sales call + contract | Scrambled trial data | Self-serve | Self-serve, real data |
| Time to first API call | Days / weeks | Hours | Minutes | 30 seconds |
| Odds data | Multi-sportsbook | Multi-sportsbook | Multi-sportsbook | Multi-sportsbook |
| Stats + Injuries + News | Yes (premium) | Yes (paid) | Odds only | All included |
| Normalized schema | Varies by sport | Partial | Simple | Unified across all sports |
Starting price
Sportradar
$500+/moSportsDataIO
$599/moThe Odds API
$19/moClearSports
$0 (free tier)Setup process
Sportradar
Sales call + contractSportsDataIO
Scrambled trial dataThe Odds API
Self-serveClearSports
Self-serve, real dataTime to first API call
Sportradar
Days / weeksSportsDataIO
HoursThe Odds API
MinutesClearSports
30 secondsOdds data
Sportradar
Multi-sportsbookSportsDataIO
Multi-sportsbookThe Odds API
Multi-sportsbookClearSports
Multi-sportsbookStats + Injuries + News
Sportradar
Yes (premium)SportsDataIO
Yes (paid)The Odds API
Odds onlyClearSports
All includedNormalized schema
Sportradar
Varies by sportSportsDataIO
PartialThe Odds API
SimpleClearSports
Unified across all sportsBuilt for builders.
Each use case maps to a real buyer. Find yours.
Betting Model Builders
Build a pre-game model in an afternoon. Odds from 8+ books, injuries, and matchup stats — normalized, no parsing required.
Handicappers
Find line value in seconds, not hours. Compare spreads and totals across every major book in one API call.
Fantasy App Devs
Ship a lineup optimizer this weekend. Player stats + injury status in one schema — focus on your logic, not data wrangling.
AI / LLM Agent Builders
Feed your AI agent real sports data today. Clean JSON, consistent field names — works with LangChain, AutoGPT, or any agent framework out of the box.
Content Sites
Publish 50 matchup pages tonight. Real-time schedules, odds, and stats auto-populate your templates — SEO-ready content at scale.
Startups
Go from idea to live demo before your next standup. Real data, no contracts, no sales calls — scale when you're ready.
Simple pricing that scales with you.
Free
Perfect for testing and small projects
- 1,000 API calls
- All sports: NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, Soccer
- Teams, games, schedules
- Fresh data
- Community support
Starter
- All major sports: NFL, NCAAF, NBA, MLB, NHL, Soccer
- Fresh data
- Teams, games, stats, injuries, news
- Odds current snapshot
- 100,000 credits / month
Pro
- All major sports: NFL, NCAAF, NBA, MLB, NHL, Soccer
- Fresh data
- Odds snapshots + history (7 to 14 days)
- 1,000,000 credits / month
Business
- Everything in Pro
- Odds history 30 to 90 days
- Webhooks (odds, injury updates)
- 10,000,000 credits / month
- Priority support