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FTV 52

About

ExchangeRate-API is a currency conversion API that returns exchange rates for 165 currencies over HTTPS with JSON responses. The service supports simple GET requests and provides documentation for endpoint formats, supported currency codes, and historical exchange rate requests.

The free plan includes 1.5K API requests per month, updates once per day, historical data, high availability infrastructure, long-term support, relaxed quota enforcement, email support, and enriched data. Paid plans increase update frequency to every 60 minutes or every 5 minutes and raise request quotas.

  • 165 supported currencies
  • 1.5K API requests per month
  • Daily free rate updates
  • JSON over HTTPS
  • Historical exchange rate data
  • Long-term endpoint support

Free Tier Value

52
FTV score
Est. value $3.00 / month
Trial length 14 days
Credit card Not required
Feature parity 70%

This free tier is a capped but genuinely usable starter offering: it includes the same core API access, long-term endpoint support, relaxed quota handling, email support, and enriched data as the paid plans, but with slower daily updates and only 1.5K requests per month. Compared with the cheapest paid plan at $10/month, it delivers roughly 30% of the practical value, so about $3/month is a fair estimate; no credit card is required, and the paid trial lasts 14 days.

How we calculate this →

What's included in the free tier

  • Updates once per day.
  • 1.5K API requests per month.
  • High availability infrastructure.
  • Historical data.
  • Long-term support for endpoints.
  • Relaxed quota enforcement.
  • Email support.
  • Enriched data.
  • Pricing locked in.

See ExchangeRate-API pricing for current limits.

Paid plans

Pro

$10 / mo
API requests/month
30,000
update interval
60 minutes
  • Updates every 60 minutes
  • 30k API requests per month
  • High availability infrastructure
  • Long-term support commitment
  • Historical data
  • Relaxed quota enforcement
  • Email support
  • Enriched data

Business

$30 / mo
API requests/month
125,000
update interval
5 minutes
  • Updates every 5 minutes
  • 125k API requests per month
  • High availability infrastructure
  • Long-term support commitment
  • Historical data
  • Relaxed quota enforcement
  • Priority email support
  • Enriched data

Pricing extracted from ExchangeRate-API's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.