Cheap/reliable soccer API for live odds + lineups

I’m looking for a cheap provider for a soccer prediction project and figured this sub might have better real-world feedback than vendor pages.
I mainly need live/prospective data, not a massive historical archive.
Minimum needs:
Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1
fixtures + stable IDs
pre-match 1X2 bookmaker odds
bookmaker identity
confirmed lineups
injuries / suspensions / availability if possible
results / match stats
ability to poll repeatedly before kickoff and timestamp the responses myself
I was using TheStatsAPI, but the old key/subscription is dead, so before paying to reactivate it I want to see if there’s a cheaper option.
I’m currently looking at things like:
API-Football / API-Sports
Sportmonks
football-data.org
The Odds API
any other cheap/reliable soccer-specific provider
Big question is whether something like API-Football’s free tier is enough for a useful collector, or whether I’d immediately run into quota issues once I start polling odds/lineups across the Big 5.
My rough odds cadence would eventually be something like:
every few hours far from kickoff
hourly closer in
every 15 min in the final ~6 hours
I don’t care about having every obscure league or 20 years of history. I care more about current-season reliability, bookmaker odds, lineups, and low cost.
Anyone here using one of these in production/research? Curious about:
actual request usage
stale/missing odds
lineup timing
downtime
hidden limitations
whether a hybrid setup (cheap football API + separate odds API) makes more sense
Trying to avoid paying $100+/month if a free or ~$10–30/month setup gets me most of what I need.