Prediction market API rate limits, tested with a daily ramp
TradingPolymarket
Trails200 ms
- p99
- 250 ms
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 51,807
Smarkets
No data in window
Polymarket vs Smarkets
Polymarket vs Smarkets on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks, awaiting live measurements.
Polymarket
The largest crypto prediction market, settled on Polygon via UMA optimistic oracle. CLOB-style order book hosted on the Polymarket gateway with sub-second publish latency for live odds.
Smarkets
UK-regulated peer-to-peer betting exchange with a public CLOB REST API. Covers political, sports and entertainment markets. No authentication required for market data including full order book quotes.
Side by side measurements
Best prediction market API, ranked by live latency and uptime
TradingPolymarket
Trails200 ms
- p99
- 250 ms
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 51,802
Smarkets
No data in window
Frequently asked questions
Polymarket vs Smarkets: which one is better?
Polymarket and Smarkets are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. See the live table on this page for every metric.
How is the Polymarket vs Smarkets comparison measured?
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
How this pair was selected
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.