Compare Currency Exchange APIs

Deep dive into the technical specifications of 17 Currency Exchange APIs. Use this side-by-side comparison to evaluate which service best fits your architectural requirements.

API Identity Score Authentication HTTPS CORS Speed Difficulty Brief
Currencylayer
72
B
API Key ? - Intermediate Currencylayer provides reliable exchange rate and currency conversion data for over 168 world curren...
Exchangerate.host
82
A
No Auth ? 348ms Beginner Exchangerate.host provides free foreign exchange and cryptocurrency rates via a simple REST API, cov...
Exchangeratesapi.io
77
B
API Key Yes - Intermediate Exchangeratesapi.io provides real-time and historical foreign exchange rates for 170+ currencies, re...
Fixer
62
C
API Key ? - Intermediate Fixer is a widely-used currency exchange and conversion API providing real-time, intraday, and histo...
1Forge
82
A
API Key ? - Intermediate 1Forge provides real-time forex (foreign exchange) market data via a REST API, covering currency pai...
Amdoren
69
C
API Key ? - Intermediate Amdoren provides a free currency conversion API supporting over 150 currencies with daily updated ex...
Bank of Russia
77
B
No Auth ? 653ms Beginner The Bank of Russia XML API provides official daily exchange rates for foreign currencies against the...
Currency-api
92
A+
No Auth Yes 45ms Beginner Currency-api is a free, open-source currency exchange rates API hosted on GitHub with no rate limits...
CurrencyFreaks
82
A
API Key Yes - Intermediate CurrencyFreaks provides current and historical currency exchange rates for 150+ currencies via a RES...
CurrencyScoop
77
B
API Key Yes - Intermediate CurrencyScoop (now CurrencyBeacon) provides real-time and historical exchange rates for 170+ currenc...
Czech National Bank
67
C
No Auth ? 837ms Beginner The Czech National Bank (CNB) publishes official daily exchange rates for 30+ currencies against the...
Economia.Awesome
87
A
No Auth ? 152ms Beginner Economia.Awesome is a free Brazilian API that provides real-time and historical currency exchange ra...
ExchangeRate-API
87
A
API Key Yes - Intermediate ExchangeRate-API delivers accurate foreign exchange rates for 160+ currencies, sourced from major fi...
Frankfurter
92
A+
No Auth Yes 29ms Beginner Frankfurter is an open-source currency data API backed by the European Central Bank (ECB) exchange r...
FreeForexAPI
0
F
No Auth No 8458ms Beginner FreeForexAPI provides programmatic access to real-time foreign exchange rates for major currency pai...
National Bank of Poland
82
A
No Auth Yes 301ms Beginner The National Bank of Poland (NBP) API is an official government data source providing daily exchange...
VATComply.com
0
F
No Auth Yes 37ms Beginner VATComply.com provides programmatic access to exchange rates, geolocation and vat number validation ...