name: Free Currency API Plans and Pricing
description: >-
  Free Currency API offers a free tier with 1,000 monthly API requests for
  hobby and non-commercial projects. For commercial use, higher request volumes,
  or additional features such as minutely updates, 170+ currencies, and range
  endpoints, users are directed to the commercial service at currencyapi.com.
url: https://freecurrencyapi.com/
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
plans:
  - name: Free
    description: >-
      The free plan provides 1,000 API requests per month with access to 32+
      major world currencies updated daily. Suitable for hobby projects and
      development testing. Commercial use is not permitted under this plan.
    url: https://freecurrencyapi.com/
    price: 0.00
    currency: USD
    billing: monthly
    features:
      - 1,000 monthly API requests
      - 32+ world currencies
      - Daily rate updates
      - Historical data from 1999
      - Latest exchange rates endpoint
      - Historical exchange rates endpoint
      - Currency list endpoint
      - Status/quota endpoint
      - Official SDKs (JS, Python, PHP, Go, Ruby, Rust, C#, R)
      - API key authentication
    limits:
      monthlyRequests: 1000
      currencies: 32
      updateFrequency: daily
    restrictions:
      - Hobby and non-commercial use only
      - No commercial use permitted
  - name: Commercial (currencyapi.com)
    description: >-
      For commercial use, users are directed to currencyapi.com which offers
      higher request volumes, 170+ currencies, minutely rate updates, and
      custom enterprise plans. The currencyapi.com service is the commercial
      sibling of freecurrencyapi.com run by the same provider (Everapi).
    url: https://currencyapi.com/
    price: null
    currency: USD
    billing: monthly
    features:
      - 170+ currencies
      - Minutely rate updates
      - Range endpoint for date spans
      - Commercial use permitted
      - Custom enterprise plans
      - Higher monthly request quotas
    restrictions:
      - Paid plans required for commercial use