specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: FXRatesAPI
providerId: fxratesapi
created: '2026-07-12'
modified: '2026-07-12'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Foreign Exchange
- FX
- Currency
- Exchange Rates
- Forex
- Plans
description: >-
  FXRatesAPI offers a free/limited tier plus paid subscription tiers.
  The free tier is confirmed by live probing: the latest, historical,
  time-series, convert, and currencies endpoints all respond with HTTP 200
  without an API key. Paid tiers raise the monthly request quota, increase
  update frequency, and unlock base-currency switching and full historical
  depth. The exact tier names, prices, and quotas below are MODELED and marked
  reconciled=false because the fxratesapi.com pricing page is client-rendered
  and could not be read without signing in. Verify names, prices, and quotas
  against fxratesapi.com/pricing on reconciliation.
notes: >-
  reconciled=false. Dollar amounts and quota numbers are intentionally NOT
  asserted here to avoid fabrication; only the structure (a free tier plus paid
  subscription tiers gated on quota, update frequency, and base-currency
  switching) is modeled. Populate exact values from the signed-in pricing page.
sources:
- https://fxratesapi.com/pricing
- https://fxratesapi.com/docs/pricing
- https://fxratesapi.com/docs/authentication
plans:
- id: fxratesapi-free
  name: Free
  type: free
  description: >-
    Limited free tier usable without an API key. Confirmed live: latest,
    historical, time-series, convert, and currencies endpoints return HTTP 200
    anonymously. Subject to a capped monthly request quota and a fixed
    (non-selectable) base currency / reduced update frequency per the pricing
    page. Exact quota not reconciled.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Requests
    name: monthly_requests
    type: quota
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: '0'
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Latest Rates
  - name: Historical Rates
  - name: Time-Series
  - name: Convert
  - name: Currencies
- id: fxratesapi-paid
  name: Paid Subscription
  type: subscription
  description: >-
    Paid subscription tiers unlock higher monthly request quotas, more frequent
    rate updates, base-currency switching, and full historical depth. FXRatesAPI
    publishes multiple named paid tiers; specific names, prices, and quotas are
    not reconciled in this artifact.
  entries:
  - label: Subscription
    name: subscription
    type: recurring
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: see fxratesapi.com/pricing (not reconciled)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Higher Request Quota
  - name: Increased Update Frequency
  - name: Base Currency Switching
  - name: Full Historical Depth
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com