Yes, Currencylayer has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 100 API calls included on the free plan. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $2.00/mo.
About
Currencylayer is a JSON currency exchange rates API that provides real-time, historical, and conversion endpoints for 168 world currencies and precious metals. It supports live, historical, and convert requests over HTTPS and returns lightweight JSON responses for integration in applications and programming languages.
The free plan includes 100 API calls, daily updates, historical rates, HTTPS encryption, and no support. Paid plans add higher request limits, faster update intervals, source currency switching, currency conversion, and time-frame queries.
- 168 world currencies
- Precious metals coverage
- 100 API calls free
- Daily rate updates
- Historical rates access
- HTTPS encryption
- Live, historical, convert endpoints
Free Tier Value
This free tier is capped but still usable: it includes a small monthly allowance plus core API access, historical data, and HTTPS, while leaving out support and higher-frequency updates. Compared with the cheapest paid plan at $14.99/month, the free offer is roughly 13% of that plan’s price, so a fair monthly value is about $2. A credit card is not clearly waived on the page, and the plan is perpetual but limited by usage.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 100 API calls included on the free plan.
- Daily updates for exchange rates.
- Historical rates access included.
- HTTPS encryption for secure API access.
- No support included on the free plan.
See Currencylayer pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Basic
- requests
- 10,000
- overage
- +0.005996 each
- Commercial use included
- Hourly updates
- Historical rates
- Standard support
- HTTPS encryption
- Source currency switch
- Currency conversion
Enterprise
- requests
- 100,000
- overage
- +0.0023996 each
- Premium features
- 10-minute updates
- Historical rates
- Standard support
- HTTPS encryption
- Source currency switch
- Currency conversion
- Time-frame queries
Enterprise+
- requests
- 500,000
- overage
- +0.00079992 each
- Every feature available
- 60-second updates
- Historical rates
- Standard support
- HTTPS encryption
- Source currency switch
- Currency conversion
- Time-frame queries
Custom
- requests
- Volume requests
- Unlimited requests
- Dedicated technical support
- 60-second updates
- Historical rates
- Standard support
- HTTPS encryption
- Source currency switch
- Currency conversion
Pricing extracted from Currencylayer's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Currencylayer free forever?
Yes. Currencylayer has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Currencylayer's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Currencylayer's cheapest paid plan is Basic at $14.99 / month.
What is Currencylayer's free tier worth?
Currencylayer's free tier is worth about $2.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 39/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
