name: CurrencyBeacon Rate Limits
description: Rate limiting details for the CurrencyBeacon currency exchange rates API
url: https://currencybeacon.com/api-documentation
rateLimits:
  - plan: Developer Sandbox
    requests: 5000
    period: monthly
    updateFrequency: hourly
    errorCode: 429
    errorMessage: Exceeding request volume limit
  - plan: Basic
    requests: 50000
    period: monthly
    updateFrequency: 15 minutes
    errorCode: 429
    errorMessage: Exceeding request volume limit
  - plan: Startup
    requests: 500000
    period: monthly
    updateFrequency: 1 minute
    errorCode: 429
    errorMessage: Exceeding request volume limit
  - plan: Professional
    requests: 2000000
    period: monthly
    updateFrequency: real-time
    errorCode: 429
    errorMessage: Exceeding request volume limit
notes:
  - REST API calls and MCP tool usage share the same request quota
  - All requests are tracked against the monthly allocation
  - Rate limit errors return HTTP 429 status code
  - Authentication errors return HTTP 401 or 403 status codes
  - Server errors return HTTP 500 status codes
  - The API uses 256-bit SSL encryption on all endpoints
  - Uptime is claimed at 99.99% with sub-100ms target response times