specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: CurrencyAPI
providerId: currencyapi
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Foreign Exchange
- Currency
- Exchange Rates
- FX
- Plans
description: >-
  CurrencyAPI publishes five monthly plans metered on successful API requests
  per month. A free-forever tier (300 requests/month, daily rate updates,
  10 requests/minute) is followed by Small ($9.99/mo), Medium ($39.99/mo), and
  Large ($79.99/mo) tiers that raise the monthly request quota, refresh rates
  more frequently (hourly, then every 60 seconds), remove the per-minute rate
  limit, and add features like commercial use, the range endpoint, sandbox API
  keys, team management, IP/URL whitelisting, and an SLA. Annual billing
  discounts each paid tier (Small $7.99, Medium $31.99, Large $63.99 per month).
  A Custom/enterprise plan offers negotiated volumes and SLAs. Only successful
  calls count against quota, and the status endpoint is never counted.
notes: >-
  Prices verified on currencyapi.com/pricing as of 2026-07-11. The convert
  endpoint requires a paid plan (Small and up); the range endpoint requires
  Medium and up. Free plan is limited to 10 requests per minute; paid plans
  advertise no per-minute limit.
sources:
- https://currencyapi.com/pricing
- https://currencyapi.com/docs/rate-limit
- https://currencyapi.com/docs/status
plans:
- id: currencyapi-free
  name: Free
  type: free
  description: >-
    Free-forever starter tier - 300 requests per month, one API key, daily
    exchange rate updates, and a 10 requests/minute rate limit. Latest and
    historical rates over HTTPS; no commercial use.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: free_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 300
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0/month
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 1 API Key
  - name: Daily Rate Updates
  - name: Latest Rates
  - name: Historical Rates
  - name: HTTPS Encryption
- id: currencyapi-small
  name: Small
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Hobby-project tier - 15,000 requests per month, one API key, hourly rate
    updates, no per-minute rate limit, commercial use, convert endpoint, audit
    trail, and email support. $9.99/month, or $7.99/month billed annually.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: small_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 15000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $9.99/month ($7.99/month billed annually)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 1 API Key
  - name: Hourly Rate Updates
  - name: Commercial Use
  - name: Convert Endpoint
  - name: Audit Trail
  - name: Email Support
- id: currencyapi-medium
  name: Medium
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Most popular tier - 600,000 requests per month, two API keys, 60-second
    rate updates, no per-minute rate limit, range endpoint, sandbox API keys,
    team management, and email support. $39.99/month, or $31.99/month billed
    annually.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: medium_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 600000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $39.99/month ($31.99/month billed annually)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 2 API Keys
  - name: 60-Second Rate Updates
  - name: Range Endpoint
  - name: Sandbox API Keys
  - name: Team Management
  - name: Commercial Use
  - name: Email Support
- id: currencyapi-large
  name: Large
  type: paid
  description: >-
    High-volume tier - 1,700,000 requests per month, five API keys, 60-second
    rate updates, IP whitelisting/blacklisting, URL whitelisting, overages
    support, and an SLA. $79.99/month, or $63.99/month billed annually.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: large_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 1700000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $79.99/month ($63.99/month billed annually)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 5 API Keys
  - name: 60-Second Rate Updates
  - name: IP Whitelisting and Blacklisting
  - name: URL Whitelisting
  - name: Overages Support
  - name: SLA
- id: currencyapi-custom
  name: Custom
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Enterprise plan with custom monthly request volumes, custom API key counts,
    60-second rate updates, tailored support, and custom SLA options. Contact
    CurrencyAPI for pricing.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: custom
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom Request Volume
  - name: Custom API Keys
  - name: Tailored Support
  - name: Custom SLA
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com