propzapi by Paper and Beyond Compare
How propzapi compares
Normalized odds and player props across books, with a real free tier and a credit system that tells you the cost of every call. Here's how that stacks up against the category default and against rolling your own.
propzapi vs The Odds API
The category default
| propzapi | The Odds API | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $19 | $30 |
| Mid tier | $49 / 100k credits | $59 / 100k credits |
| Credit cost per call | By market (1–5) | markets × regions |
| Cost returned per call | Yes (X-Credits-Cost header) | No |
| Player props | First-class endpoint | Limited |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes | No |
| Free tier | 500 credits, no card | 500 credits |
Both bill in credits; propzapi's are lighter per call because there's no region multiplier. At very high volume, The Odds API's large buckets can be cheaper per credit — see pricing.
propzapi vs scraping it yourself
Rolling your own
| propzapi | DIY scraping | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | One API key, one JSON call | Headless browsers per book |
| Schema | One shape across every book | Different markup per site, breaks often |
| Player props | Normalized endpoint | Hand-parse each book's props page |
| Maintenance | Handled for you | You chase every layout change |
| Legal / rate limits | One clean contract surface | Blocks, captchas, IP bans |
Scraping is free until it isn't — the cost shows up as maintenance the week a book changes its markup. propzapi absorbs that.
Detailed comparisons
Head-to-head write-ups
More head-to-heads coming as the space fills in.
Try it
See the shape in two minutes
curl -X POST https://api.propzapi.com/v1/register
curl "https://api.propzapi.com/v1/odds?league=NBA&market=player_props" \
-H "X-API-Key: pk_live_…"