Betfair Exchange API
Betting exchange API: exchange prices, bet placement, account data for All Betfair Exchange sports, including horse racing and football.
Our rating in one line: As of 2 Nov 2026, Betfair Exchange API scores 55/100 for Transparency (medium transparency) and 35/100 for Access & value, ranked #3 of 3 in Betting exchanges. These describe what it publishes, not data quality.
- Type
- Betting exchange API
- Sports
- All Betfair Exchange sports, including horse racing and football
- Data covers
- Not published
- From (price)
- FREE / £499 activation fee (as listed)
- Delivery
- REST, JSON
- Documentation
- developer.betfair.com
- Plan limits
- Not published
- Owner / parent
- Betfair (Flutter Entertainment)
- Affiliate / partner programme
- None found
- Why it's listed here
- Sells sports data or API access and publishes no selections of its own, so it is listed under Data & API providers.
- First seen
- Archived 29 Mar 2008 (earliest Internet Archive snapshot of developer.betfair.com, source)
At a glance
- Rank
- #11 of 13 · Horse racing#3 of 3 · Betting exchanges#15 of 15 · Football
- Free access
- Exchange API free for development use with delayed data; live data for betting needs a £499 activation fee
- MCP server
- Not published
- Status page
- Not published
Scores describe what the provider publishes, not data quality. Not an endorsement.
Transparency score breakdown
| Criterion | What we found (checked 18 Oct 2026) | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing published Pricing published (a paid price with currency, or a stated free-only product) | FREE / £499 activation fee (as listed) developer.betfair.com ↗ | 30 / 30 |
| Public documentation Public documentation (readable without signing up) | Public docs developer.betfair.com ↗ | 20 / 20 |
| Coverage list Coverage list published (sports / competitions) | Not published | 0 / 15 |
| Plan limits published Plan limits or allowances published (requests, leagues, features) | Not published | 0 / 10 |
| Public status page Public status page | Not published | 0 / 10 |
| Company identity Company identity stated (legal entity or address) | Not published | 0 / 10 |
| Delivery method stated Delivery method stated (API, feed, files, app) | REST, JSON developer.betfair.com ↗ | 5 / 5 |
| Total | 55 / 100 |
Not published or not found on the provider's own pages = 0 points. How this score works · How to raise a transparency score.
Access & value score breakdown
| Criterion | What we found (checked 18 Oct 2026) | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Free access Free access: ongoing free tier/key/data 20, time-limited trial 10 | Exchange API free for development use with delayed data; live data for betting needs a £499 activation fee developer.betfair.com ↗ | 20 / 20 |
| Entry price Entry price (cheapest published paid plan, GBP): free-only or ≤£10 20 · ≤£40 15 · ≤£100 10 · ≤£400 5 | Cheapest paid plan ≈ £499.00 (published prices: FREE / £499 activation fee (as listed)) | 0 / 20 |
| Sports covered Sports covered (information only, not scored) | All Betfair Exchange sports, including horse racing and football | Info only |
| Data types Data types: 1–2 5 · 3–4 10 · 5+ 15 | exchange prices, bet placement, account data developer.betfair.com ↗ | 5 / 15 |
| Delivery options Delivery options: REST/HTTP API 5 + push (WebSocket/SSE/webhook) 5 + bulk files 5 + MCP server 5 | API developer.betfair.com ↗ | 5 / 20 |
| Historical data Historical data or archive published | Not published | 0 / 10 |
| Total | 30 / 85, scaled to 35 / 100 |
Not published or not found on the provider's own pages = 0 points. How this score works.
Where the data covers
Coverage regions come from the competitions the provider lists on its own pages (USA = NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS or NCAA; UK & Ireland = UK/IE racing, Premier League, EFL, Scottish football, UK/IE darts, snooker or cricket; Australia = AFL, NRL, Australian racing or competitions; International = anything else). They are not where the company is based.
Sources
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