About
CurrencyBeacon is a REST API for live and historical currency exchange rates, currency conversion, and blockchain-related data. The service covers 170+ fiat currencies, over 200 world currencies, and 6,000 cryptocurrencies, with historical rates available back to 1995.
The free plan includes 5,000 API requests, hourly updates, latest and historical rates, currency conversion, HTTPS encryption, commercial use, and community support. Paid plans increase request limits and update frequency, with higher tiers adding base currency switching, dedicated support, uptime SLA, dedicated domain, and cloud deployment.
- 5,000 API requests
- Hourly rate updates
- Latest and historical rates
- Currency conversion endpoint
- HTTPS encryption
- Commercial-use allowed
- Community support
- 170+ fiat currencies
- 6,000 cryptocurrencies
- Historical data back to 1995
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped monthly plan, not an uncapped forever offer, and it appears to require normal signup flow rather than explicitly skipping credit-card entry. Its 5,000-request allowance is about one-tenth of the $10 Basic plan’s 50,000-request limit, so the conservative monthly value lands around $10, with hourly updates and the core rate/history/conversion features keeping it fairly strong for a free tier.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to 5,000 API requests.
- Hourly updates for exchange rates.
- Latest rates data access.
- Historical rates data access.
- Currency conversion functionality.
- HTTPS encryption for API requests.
- Commercial use allowed.
- Community support access.
See CurrencyBeacon pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Basic
- API requests
- 50,000/month
- Update frequency
- 15 minutes
- 50,000 API requests
- 15 min updates
- Latest rates
- Historical rates
- Currency conversion
- HTTPS encryption
- Commercial use allowed
- Email support
Startup
- API requests
- 500,000/month
- Update frequency
- 1 minute
- 500,000 API requests
- 1 min updates
- Latest rates
- Historical rates
- Currency conversion
- HTTPS encryption
- Commercial use allowed
- Email support
Professional
- API requests
- 2,000,000/month
- 2,000,000 API requests
- Realtime updates
- Latest rates
- Historical rates
- Currency conversion
- HTTPS encryption
- Commercial use allowed
- Dedicated support
Enterprise
- Bespoke pricing
- Custom plans
- Invoicing
- Dedicated technical account support
- Premium plans
Pricing extracted from CurrencyBeacon's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
