Currencylayer vs Currency API

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Currencylayer compared with Currency API
Detail	Currencylayer	Currency API
What it does	Real-time JSON API for 168 World Currencies	Real-time Currency Conversion API for developers
Stage	Not given	Established
Founded	Not given	2019
Based in	AT	GB
Pricing model	freemium	freemium
Pricing	Free plan with 100 daily API calls; paid plans from USD 14.99/month (Basic with 10,000 requests) to USD 99.99/month (Enterprise+ with 500,000 requests); custom enterprise pricing available.	Not given
Key features	Real-time currency exchange rates Historical exchange rates Currency conversion 168 world currencies and precious metals JSON API format HTTPS encryption Source currency switching Bid/Ask spread data	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
What makes it different	Update frequency from 60 seconds to hourly depending on plan 19 years of historical exchange rate data Free plan with no credit card required	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
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	70 no change since last check	35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	27	17
Citation Flow (Majestic)	35	32
Referring domains (Majestic)	3121	306

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