specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Open Exchange Rates
providerId: openexchangerates
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Foreign Exchange
- Currency
- Exchange Rates
- FX
- Plans
description: >-
  Open Exchange Rates publishes simple monthly pricing tiers metered on API
  requests per month, with feature access and rate update frequency tiered by
  plan. A free-forever plan offers 1,000 requests/month with hourly updates
  and USD as the only base currency. Paid plans add more requests, faster
  updates, and features - all base currencies on Developer ($12/mo),
  time-series on Enterprise ($47/mo), currency conversion on Unlimited
  ($97/mo), and OHLC/bid-ask/spot data on custom VIP service levels. Annual
  billing gives two months free per year. Requests to currencies.json and
  usage.json are free and do not count against the quota; each day in a
  time-series query counts as one request.
notes: >-
  Prices confirmed on the Open Exchange Rates signup page as of 2026-07-11.
  VIP service levels (including VIP Platinum, required for the OHLC endpoint)
  are custom-priced with live updates up to every 1 second, bid-ask and
  midpoint prices, intra-day historical prices, dedicated phone support, and
  an uptime SLA.
sources:
- https://openexchangerates.org/signup
- https://docs.openexchangerates.org/reference/api-introduction
- https://docs.openexchangerates.org/reference/time-series-json
- https://docs.openexchangerates.org/reference/convert
- https://docs.openexchangerates.org/reference/ohlc-json
plans:
- id: openexchangerates-free
  name: Free
  type: free
  description: >-
    Free-forever plan for prototypes and hobby projects. 1,000 requests per
    month, hourly rate updates, and USD as the only base currency.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: free_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 1000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0 per month
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Hourly Rate Updates
  - name: USD Base Currency Only
  - name: Latest and Historical Rates
- id: openexchangerates-developer
  name: Developer
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Entry paid plan with 10,000 requests per month, hourly updates, and the
    ability to change the base currency to any supported currency.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: developer_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 10000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $12 per month (two months free with annual billing)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Hourly Rate Updates
  - name: All Base Currencies
  - name: Symbols Filtering
- id: openexchangerates-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Mid tier with 100,000 requests per month, 30-minute rate updates, and
    access to bulk time-series requests.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: enterprise_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: 100000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $47 per month (two months free with annual billing)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 30-Minute Rate Updates
  - name: All Base Currencies
  - name: Time-Series Requests
- id: openexchangerates-unlimited
  name: Unlimited
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Top self-serve tier with unlimited requests, 5-minute rate updates, and
    access to currency conversion requests.
  entries:
  - label: API Requests
    name: unlimited_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $97 per month (two months free with annual billing)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: 5-Minute Rate Updates
  - name: All Base Currencies
  - name: Time-Series Requests
  - name: Currency Conversion Requests
- id: openexchangerates-vip
  name: VIP Service Levels
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Custom service levels for high-frequency and mission-critical use - live
    rate updates up to every 1 second, bid-ask and midpoint prices,
    open-high-low-close-average (OHLC) prices, intra-day historical prices,
    dedicated phone support, and a guaranteed uptime SLA. The OHLC endpoint
    requires the VIP Platinum tier.
  entries:
  - label: VIP Agreement
    name: vip
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Up to 1-Second Rate Updates
  - name: Bid-Ask and Midpoint Prices
  - name: OHLC Prices
  - name: Intra-Day Historical Prices
  - name: Dedicated Phone Support and Uptime SLA
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com