currencylayer

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Cost-sensitive teams - low, transparent entry price

Avoid if: You have strict compliance requirements

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  30 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  100 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  75 / 100
  Setup speed
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  Docs quality
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  Procurement ease
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  15 / 100
  Trust readiness

Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fields (pricing, compliance, capabilities, docs and developer-surface signals) - not from reviews or paid placement. Each axis is 0-100; an unknown signal scores 0 for that axis. Procurement ease is the inverse of buying friction (higher = easier to adopt).

Pricing model

Subscription

Published pricing

✓ Yes

Free tier

✓ Yes

Free tier details

"Free for Lifetime" plan: 100 API calls/month, daily rate updates, historical rates access, HTTPS encryption; no source currency switching (USD base only); no support included; no credit card required

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [2]currencylayer.com“Trusted by more than 250,000 companies — sign-up is free, no credit card required”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [3]currencylayer.com/pricing“Custom: Custom Enterprise Pricing available, Volume requests, all features, Dedicated technical support available”

• Historical rates
• Conversion endpoint
• Time series
• Precious metals

Supported actions

live, historical, convert, timeframe, change, list [4]marketplace.apilayer.com/currency_data-api“The service provides six main endpoints: /list - Currency catalog, /live - Current exchange rates, /convert - Currency conversion, /historical - Past exchange data, /timeframe - Rate ranges by period, /change - Currency fluctuation metrics”currencylayer.com/product“Historical Endpoint; Time-Frame Queries endpoint; Currency-Change Queries endpoint; JSON formatting and JSONP callbacks”

Regions

168 world currencies, precious metals included: Gold (XAU) and Silver (XAG), historical rates back to 1999, data sourced from commercial sources and banks worldwide, timeframe queries up to 365 days, rates with precision of six decimal places, cryptocurrencies not included

Input types

currency code (ISO 4217), source currency, date (YYYY-MM-DD for historical), start_date and end_date (for timeframe), amount (for conversion), currencies filter (comma-separated symbols)

Output types

JSON, JSONP [5]currencylayer.com/product“JSON responses; JSONP Callbacks supported”

Webhooks

✗ No

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [6]currencylayer.com/faq“No sandbox or testing environment is mentioned in the FAQ or product documentation.”

SDK languages

Multi-language (reference repo)

MCP server

✗ No

SOC 2

– Unknown

HIPAA

– Unknown

GDPR

✓ Yes [7]ideracorp.com/legal/apilayer“standard contractual clauses for the transfer of data as approved by the European Commission (Art. 46 GDPR)”currencylayer.com/privacy“we are committed to facilitate the exercise of your rights granted by the EU General Data Protection Regulation”

ISO 27001

– Unknown

PCI DSS

– Unknown

Published SLA

✗ No [8]currencylayer.com/terms“THE SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE BASIS — content is provided AS IS and AS AVAILABLE with no responsibility for damages”currencylayer.com/faq“every effort is made to ensure the highest possible level of availability and consistency, and we are proud to have an average uptime rate of nearly 100% (99.9%)”

Rate limits

Free: 100 calls/month; Basic: 10,000/month; Enterprise: 100,000/month; Enterprise+: 500,000/month; overage fees apply (Basic: $0.005996/req, Enterprise: $0.0023996/req, Enterprise+: $0.00079992/req) [9]currencylayer.com/pricing“Free: 100 API Requests; Basic: 10,000/month +$0.005996 per overage; Enterprise: 100,000/month +$0.0023996 per overage; Enterprise+: 500,000/month +$0.00079992 per overage”

Known restrictions

Free plan restricted to USD as base currency (source currency switching not available on Free plan), Free plan limited to daily rate updates only, Data redistribution prohibited per Terms of Service, Terms restrict Community Services to personal, informational, noncommercial purposes, Source currency switching requires Basic plan or higher, Time-frame queries require Enterprise plan or higher, Currency-change queries require Enterprise+ plan or higher

• Docs
• API reference
• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.currencylayer.com

Version

1.0.0

Versioning

none

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific

SDKs

• Multi-language (reference repo) currencylayer-API · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart

Launched

2015-01-01

Notable customers

Disney Pixar, Lyft, Griffin, TeamViewer, Freelancer

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1. ↑Description: currencylayer.com
2. ↑Self-serve signup: currencylayer.com
3. ↑Enterprise plan: currencylayer.com
4. ↑Supported actions: marketplace.apilayer.com · currencylayer.com
5. ↑Output types: currencylayer.com
6. ↑Sandbox: currencylayer.com
7. ↑GDPR: ideracorp.com · currencylayer.com
8. ↑Published SLA: currencylayer.com · currencylayer.com
9. ↑Rate limits: currencylayer.com

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 30
2. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 0 → 35
3. 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → https://mailboxlayer.com/pricing
4. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.apilayer.com/currencylayer/docs/api-documentation?utm_source=Curre…
5. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
7. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"metals":true,"conversion":true,"historical":true,"time_series":true}
8. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → Currencylayer is a REST API for real-time and historical exchange rates, coveri…
9. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
10. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You have strict compliance requirements
11. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
12. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
13. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 75
14. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 0
15. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
16. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 15
17. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Cost-sensitive tea…
18. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
19. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.currencylayer.com
20. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
21. 2026-06-14 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
22. 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
23. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
25. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to No
26. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Free: 100 calls/month; Basic: 10,000/month; Enterprise: 100,000/month; Enterpri…
27. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Free plan restricted to USD as base currency (source currency switching not ava…
28. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
29. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.apilayer.com/currencylayer/docs/getting-started
30. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
31. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://api.currencylayer.com
32. 2026-06-14 API Version: set to 1.0.0
33. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to none
34. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
35. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.apilayer.com/currencylayer/docs/quickstart-guide
36. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
37. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
38. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 14.99
39. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
40. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 100 requests/month, daily rate updates only
41. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2015-01-01
42. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to currencylayer
43. 2026-06-14 Fields Not Found: set to soc2, hipaa, iso_27001, pci_dss, sdk_languages (no official SDK - code snippets…
44. 2026-06-14 Source Confidence: set to high
45. 2026-06-14 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet
46. 2026-06-14 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
47. 2026-06-14 Status: set to published
48. 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to Disney Pixar, Lyft, Griffin, TeamViewer, Freelancer
49. 2026-06-14 Name: set to currencylayer
50. 2026-06-14 Vendor ID: set to ee965e1d-c4f4-495a-946d-f3d894bc9866

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