Sportmonks

Sportmonks sells three sports APIs from Deventer in the Netherlands: a Football API, a Cricket API and a Formula One API. They return JSON for live scores, statistics, lineups, expected goals, odds and predictions. The home page states coverage of more than 2,200 football leagues and cups, more than 140 cricket leagues and the full Formula One season.

Prices are published per sport and billed yearly, and a free football plan is included. The home page names Sportmonks B.V. at Papenstraat 26, while the privacy policy names Sportmonks VOF at the same address with KvK number 74390856, so the legal form differs between the two pages. Embeddable livescore and WordPress widgets are offered for people who do not want to build on the API.

• Three separate sport APIs. Football, cricket and Formula One each have their own API and price. A buyer who needs only one sport pays for only that one, though a second sport means a second subscription.
• Football add-ons. Listed add-ons include xG Data, Expected Lineups, Predictions, Pressure Index, Premium Odds Feed, Transfer Rumours, Football Match Facts and News. The pages we read do not show add-on prices, so the base price is not the full cost.
• Large football coverage. The home page claims more than 2,200 football leagues and cups. That reach suits products covering lower divisions, but the free plan reaches only two leagues, so breadth is behind a paid plan.
• Free football plan. The free plan covers the Danish Superliga and Scottish Premiership with full data features, no credit card and no expiry. It is a real test environment for those two leagues, not for the full catalogue.
• Widgets for non-developers. Embeddable livescore widgets and a WordPress widget are offered. Publishers can show scores on a site without writing integration code, though the pages we read do not describe styling options.
• Stated uptime and volume. The home page claims 99.99 percent uptime and 6.4 billion API requests per month. These are vendor figures, and the pages we read do not link a public status record that confirms them.
• Human support. Support is described as human, available seven days a week, with a personal contact on paid plans. The channel, such as email or chat, is not specified in the pages we read.

• A football news site covering many leagues. Large league coverage and the livescore widgets suit editors who want scores on pages quickly. Expected lineups and match facts are add-ons, so the team should price them before launch.
• A developer testing a Danish or Scottish league app. The free football plan covers the Superliga and Premiership with full features. That allows a complete prototype before paying, with the 14-day trial available for testing wider leagues.
• A WordPress publisher with no developer. The WordPress and livescore widgets avoid API work. The publisher still needs a paid plan for leagues outside the two free ones, billed yearly.

The home page says a free plan is included, with no credit card needed for the free football plan, and paid plans come with a 14-day trial that can be cancelled at any time. A new user would start on the free football plan, which carries the Danish Superliga and Scottish Premiership, build against the JSON responses, then use the trial to test other leagues.

For publishers, the embeddable widgets and WordPress widget are offered as an alternative to coding. The pages we read describe plans and products rather than a step-by-step setup procedure or documentation structure, so developers should open the documentation before estimating effort.

Sportmonks sells one API per sport: football and cricket carry one monthly price each, Formula One a higher one, all billed yearly. The free football plan covers only the Danish Superliga and Scottish Premiership, so wider testing relies on the 14-day trial.

Expected goals and premium odds are add-ons. The home page names Sportmonks B.V., while the privacy policy names Sportmonks VOF at the same Deventer address.

In our sports data apis ranking Sportmonks stands at #4 of 13: BALLDONTLIE sits directly above it and Highlightly directly below. After the challenger places, Sportmonks is one of the established names, ranked in order and without a score.

By headquarters, 4 of the 13 are established in Europe, as Sportmonks is in the Netherlands.

JSON APIs for football, cricket and Formula One are listed with live scores, lineups, xG, odds and predictions.

Embeddable livescore and WordPress widgets suit teams that would rather not build.

Card payments go through a third-party gateway that holds PCI Level 1 certification, and the policy promises email notice of a breach within seven business days.

Pricing as recorded: Published monthly prices per sport billed yearly; free football plan; 14-day trial on paid plans.

The home page lists Football at EUR 29 per month, Cricket at EUR 29 per month and Formula One at EUR 55 per month, all billed yearly. A free plan is included, and paid plans carry a 14-day trial with cancellation at any time. The free football plan covers the Danish Superliga and Scottish Premiership with full data features and does not expire. Football add-ons such as xG Data, Expected Lineups, Predictions, Pressure Index and the Premium Odds Feed are listed without prices on the pages we read, so total cost depends on which are needed. Because billing is yearly, the EUR 29 plan means a larger single payment up front. VAT treatment is not described on the home page.

Where this comes from: the vendor pages at sportmonks.com, checked for Best Sports Data APIs in 2026 on 13 November 2026.

The privacy policy states that sensitive and card information is encrypted with SSL and that access is limited to staff with special rights. Card payments run through a third-party gateway holding PCI Level 1 Service Provider certification, and transactions are not stored on Sportmonks servers.

Users are notified of a data breach by email within 7 business days. People can request an overview of their personal data by email, change details in Settings and request erasure. The policy does not name a country, although the address is in Deventer. The pages we read mention no ISO certification or data residency options.

Integrations the vendor names (9):

• Football API
• Cricket API
• Formula One API
• Livescore widgets
• WordPress widget
• JSON responses
• xG Data add-on
• Premium Odds Feed
• Predictions add-on

Also in our records:

• JSON APIs for football, cricket and Formula One are listed with live scores, lineups, xG, odds and predictions.
• Embeddable livescore and WordPress widgets suit teams that would rather not build.
• Ecosystem tags in our records: Per-sport APIs.

3 products in this guide come closest to Sportmonks on tags, pricing and region.

• BALLDONTLIE (#3 of 13): Multi-sport API with per-league tiers and a plan at no charge. Watch out: per-league billing means a multi-sport product pays once per league until it reaches the all-access tier.
• Entity Sport (#6 of 13): Aimed at: Fantasy cricket and football products that need fantasy points and fixed call bundles. (India)
• Sportradar (#13 of 13): Not for: small teams wanting published prices or a quick self-serve start. Multi-sport data supplier claiming 80 sports, with Real-time and Standard packages. (Switzerland)

Read from the vendor’s own pages on 12 November 2026.

• sportmonks.com: Prices, free plan, trial, coverage, add-ons, widgets, uptime and support claims
• sportmonks.com: Company name Sportmonks B.V. and address
• sportmonks.com/privacy-policy: Encryption, PCI gateway, breach notice, user rights, Sportmonks VOF and KvK number
• sportmonks.com/privacy-policy: Payment transactions not stored on Sportmonks servers

Four tests decide a position: how soon the product is useful, what the bill really becomes, how data leaves and who it suits. That puts Sportmonks at #4 of 13. How vendor facts are sourced, and how money can and cannot influence a page, is in the editorial process.