Yes, FXRatesAPI has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 1,000 requests per month, 60 requests per hour, and access to 3 endpoints: latest, currencies, and historical/conversion/timeseries listed under the free plan.
About
FXRatesAPI is a currency conversion and exchange rates API that provides programmatic access to latest, historical, timeseries, and conversion data. The service exposes endpoints for supported currencies, latest rates, historical rates, conversion, and timeseries data, with responses available in JSON, XML, or TSV.
The pricing page lists a perpetual Free plan with 1,000 requests per month, 60 requests per hour, and access to 3 endpoints: latest, currencies, historical, conversion, and timeseries are documented on the page, with the free plan explicitly including latest, currencies, historical, conversion, and timeseries features. It also includes hourly updates, SSL encryption, and all base currencies. The service is suitable for developers building financial applications that need exchange-rate data with a capped recurring allowance.
- 1,000 requests per month
- 60 requests per hour
- 3 endpoints
- Latest exchange rates
- Historical exchange rates
- Timeseries data
- Currency conversion endpoint
- All base currencies
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped monthly plan with no credit card mentioned, so it has real ongoing value rather than a short trial. Compared with the $10 Standard plan, it keeps the core API access but limits usage to 1,000 requests/month and 60 requests/hour, so it feels like roughly 30% of Standard’s practical value - about $3/month.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 1,000 requests per month.
- 60 requests per hour.
- Access to 3 endpoints: latest, currencies, and historical/conversion/timeseries listed under the free plan.
- Hourly updates for the latest data.
- SSL encryption for data in transit.
- Access to all base currencies for latest data.
See FXRatesAPI pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Standard
- requests/month
- 10k
- endpoints
- 4
- 4 endpoints
- 10-minute updates
- No rate limits
- Historical data back to 1999
- Conversion endpoint
- Email support
Professional
- requests/month
- 500k
- endpoints
- 5
- 5 endpoints
- 60-second updates
- No rate limits
- Historical data
- Conversion endpoint
- Timeseries data
Unlimited
- requests/month
- Unlimited
- endpoints
- 5
- 5 endpoints
- No rate limits
- Unlimited requests
- Priority support
- Historical data
- Conversion endpoint
- Timeseries data
Pricing extracted from FXRatesAPI's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is FXRatesAPI free forever?
Yes. FXRatesAPI has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does FXRatesAPI require a credit card?
No. You can start on FXRatesAPI's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed FXRatesAPI's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. FXRatesAPI's cheapest paid plan is Standard at $10 / month.
What is FXRatesAPI's free tier worth?
FXRatesAPI's free tier is worth about $3.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 52/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
