These are different data. The Betfair Exchange API gives you the exchange's own back and lay prices and lets you place bets; it is free with a delayed key for development, a one-off £499 activation fee for a live key, and Betfair's approval for any commercial use. PuntersEdge gives you the fixed-odds prices of 14 Australian bookmakers on every race over a REST API with a free tier. PuntersEdge ingests Betfair for internal reference and exchange prices are not included in any customer response, pending a licence.
Free tier · 3,000 credits/mo · no credit card. 14 Australian bookmakers on racing — BetRight, BetDeluxe, BetGold, BoostBet, TAB, Betr, PointsBet, TABtouch, Sportsbet, Palmerbet, Unibet, NextBet (formerly PlayUp), Ladbrokes and Neds — and 6 on sports.
| Feature | Betfair Exchange API | PuntersEdge |
|---|---|---|
| What the price is | Exchange back and lay, peer to peer, with traded volume on a live key | Each bookmaker's fixed win and place price, per runner |
| Bet placement | Yes — the API places and manages bets | No. Data only |
| Development access | Free delayed key: prices delayed 1–180 seconds, no traded volume (their docs) | Free key: live data, 3,000 credits/mo |
| Production access | Live key: one-off £499 activation fee, debited from your Betfair account; read-only use of a live key is not permitted (their support site) | Standard A$29/mo; Plus A$49; Platform A$199 |
| Commercial use | "All data/API usage in any commercial context must be approved by Betfair" (Application Keys page) | Business and above for commercial use; Plus with attribution to display prices; Platform to redistribute |
| Bookmaker panel | Betfair only | BetRight, BetDeluxe, BetGold, BoostBet, TAB, Betr, PointsBet, TABtouch, Sportsbet, Palmerbet, Unibet, NextBet (formerly PlayUp), Ladbrokes and Neds |
| Exchange prices | Yes — that is the product | Not included on any plan |
| Racing history | Outside the Exchange API, which is a live market feed | Permanent closing-line and price-path archive from 17 August 2026, Plus and above; Standard reads a rolling 90-day window |
| Australia and NZ | Whatever markets the exchange lists | AU thoroughbred, harness and greyhound; NZ thoroughbred and harness |
You need exchange prices, lay odds, traded volume or bet placement. Nothing else provides them, and PuntersEdge will not until a licence is in place. Budget the £499 live-key fee and Betfair's commercial approval if the product is anything other than your own betting.
You need what the bookmakers are paying — every Australian book on every race in one response — for a comparison product, a model or a dashboard, and you want to start free today without a Betfair account or an activation fee.
Live Australian odds from the public sandbox — no key, no signup, nothing to install.
Free key, REST/JSON, Australian bookmaker odds. No SDK required.
curl 'https://api.puntersedge.online/v1/racing/next-to-go?num_races=1&country=AU' \
-H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_FREE_KEY'
# → JSON: the next races, with every book's price per runner
[{
"venue": "Hobart", "race_number": 2, "category": "greyhound",
"start_time": "2026-08-10T09:40:00Z", "country": "AU",
"runners": [{
"name": "Indy Gia", "number": 1,
"bookmakers": [
{"key": "sportsbet", "win_price": 5.5},
{"key": "tab", "win_price": 5.5, "place_price": 1.9},
{"key": "ladbrokes", "win_price": 7.0, "place_price": 2.1}
]
}]
}]
Last revised 24 September 2026. The PuntersEdge column renders from the live coverage measurement; the Betfair Exchange API column reflects its public documentation and pricing at that date — tell us if it has changed. All comparisons.
3,000 credits/month, no credit card, email delivery. Test Betfair Exchange API-style workflows against real Australian bookmaker data in minutes.
Get your free API key →18+ only. The API provides odds data for lawful informational and analytical use. Not financial advice.