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Currency API vs UsageRail

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Currency API compared with UsageRail
DetailCurrency API logo Currency APIUsageRail logo UsageRail
What it doesReal-time Currency Conversion API for developers API monetization platform for small teams
StageEstablished Not given
Founded2019 Not given
Based inGB Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingNot given Free up to $1,000 billed per month. Starter $29/month, Growth $79/month, Scale $199/month. All plans billed monthly or yearly (save up to 17% on yearly). Free includes 1M requests/month and 1 live app. Starter includes 2M requests/month. Growth includes 10M requests/month with 3 live apps. Scale inc
Key features
  • Live exchange rates for 166 currencies
  • JSON and XML response formats
  • Historical data back to year 2000
  • API Playground for testing requests
  • Analytics and monitoring dashboard
  • Team management and API key management
  • IP whitelisting and blacklisting
  • SDKs for multiple programming languages
  • Multiple API endpoints including convert and timeframe
  • API key generation and management
  • Rate limiting per customer, per second and per minute
  • Quotas with overage billing or prepaid credits
  • Usage metering by customer and endpoint
  • Analytics with customer usage and billing data
  • Automatic usage invoicing through Stripe
  • Prepaid credit packs that customers can purchase
  • Embeddable pricing table and usage widget
What makes it different
  • 330 edge locations worldwide for ultra-low latency
  • Handles over 50 million monthly requests
  • 99.9% uptime guarantee
  • Average response time of ~50 milliseconds
  • Free plan available for hobby projects and open-source
  • No revenue share; customers pay through your own Stripe account
  • Works with multiple languages via HTTP check endpoint for non-Node/Python APIs
  • Full refund in first month if a paid plan doesn't work out
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)35 no change since last check21 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)1717
Citation Flow (Majestic)3220
Referring domains (Majestic)3067

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