Exchange rate API pricing: simple, great-value plans
Currency API pricing, simply: choose your update speed—60 seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 second—with progressively deeper FX market data. Every plan includes 1,000,000 API calls per month and a 7-day free trial, with no credit card required. Top-ups are available from $18 per million calls.
Prices exclude tax, which is applied at checkout.Are you an AI agent? See pricing in markdown.
One
$15/mo
billed annually · $179/yr
1,000,000 API calls / month
60s rate updates
Subscribe- 170+ currencies, midpoint rates
- 60s rate updates
- 55 years of daily history
- 500+ crypto, 750+ pairs
- MCP Server
- Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & more
Extra
$30/mo
billed annually · $358/yr
1,000,000 API calls / month
30s updates + FX trading pairs
Subscribe- Everything in One, plus…
- Faster 30s rate updates
- FX Trading Pairs
- Access to 2,300+ FX pairs
- FX Quote bid/ask (JSON API)
- Expanded MCP tools
Premium
$45/mo
billed annually · $537/yr
1,000,000 API calls / month
1s rates, OHLC, realtime FX & metals
Subscribe- Everything in Extra, plus…
- Rate updates in <1s
- Realtime FX Data
- Realtime FX Quote bid/ask
- OHLC candlestick + time-series (55y)
- FX Quote history (day/hour/min)
- All MCP tools (OHLC, realtime)
- Precious & Base MetalsNEW
- Realtime Gold, Silver, Platinum & Palladium
- Base metals - Copper, Aluminium, Lead, Nickel, Zinc
- Any currency, unit & purity
Premium + WebSockets
$69/mo
billed annually · $826/yr
1,000,000 API calls / month
Everything in Premium + streaming
Subscribe- Everything in Premium, plus…
- Realtime Streaming WebSockets
- Streaming FX Quote bid/ask (2,300+ pairs)
- Hundreds of updates per second for major pairs
- FX and metals over a single connection
- Ideal for live dashboards & trading UIs
- Realtime Streaming MetalsNEW
- WebSocket streaming bid/ask pricing for Gold, Silver plus all supported precious & base metals
Prices exclude tax, applied at checkout.
Compare API Access
| One | Extra | Premium | Premium + WebSockets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170+ Currencies, Midpoint Rates | ||||
| Midpoint rate updates | 60s | 30s | 1s | 1s |
/fetch-one, /fetch-multi, /fetch-all | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/fetch-matrix, /fetch-many-to-one | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/convert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/historical, /time-series (Daily) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/currencies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 500+ Cryptocurrencies, 750+ Pairs | ||||
| Crypto rate updates | 1s | 1s | 1s | 1s |
/crypto/currencies, /crypto/pairs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/crypto/fetch-prices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2,300+ FX Trading Pairs | ||||
| FX pair update interval | — | 30s | Realtime | Realtime |
/fx/quote (Bid, Ask) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/fx/pairs, /fx/pairs/quote-sizes | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/fx/pairs/historical-limits, /fx/currencies | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
/fx/ohlc/time-series (~55 yrs) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
/fx/quote/time-series (~55 yrs) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Precious & Base Metals | ||||
| Metals update interval | — | — | Realtime | Realtime |
/metals/spot (any currency, unit & purity) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
/metals/quote (Bid, Ask) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
/metals/instruments, /metals/list | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
/metals/units, /metals/purities | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Realtime Streaming WebSockets | ||||
| 2,300+ FX Quote (Bid/Ask) streaming | — | — | — | ✓ Included |
| Metals Quote (Bid/Ask) streaming | — | — | — | ✓ Included |
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Pricing questions
The details behind the numbers.
How much does a forex API cost?
fastFOREX API plans start at $18/month ($179/year) with 1,000,000 API calls included. Extra is $36/month, Premium $54/month and Premium + WebSockets $83/month — see forex API pricing for every plan above.
What counts as one API request?
Each HTTP request counts as one request regardless of how many currencies are returned. Exceptions: /fetch-matrix and /fetch-many-to-one are charged at one request per pair returned.
What happens if I exceed 1,000,000 calls?
Top up in blocks of 1 million calls at $18 per month. Over 10 million per month? Contact us for a volume discount.
How does annual billing work?
Pay for 12 months up front and save the equivalent of 2+ months: $37/year on One, $74/year on Extra, and $111/year on Premium.
How do I get WebSockets?
Choose the Premium + WebSockets plan — $83/mo, or $69/mo billed annually ($826/yr). Buy or upgrade instantly in the Console and streaming is enabled the moment you do.
Is there a minimum term or contract?
No minimum contract period and no paperwork. Cancel anytime.
What payment types do you accept?
All major credit cards and PayPal. Annual subscriptions can also be paid by bank or wire transfer.
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