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Currency API for Developers - unirateapi.com

· 1 week ago

Buy if you need free, simple exchange rates for a hobby app, prototype, or AI agent — the free tier needs no credit card. Don't buy for high-volume or regulated production use: 200 requests/day is a low cap and this is a small indie operation.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 15+ public sources; mostly directory listings and vendor-published content, so independent user evidence is limited.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in reviewed sources.
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Indie devs needing free FX rates
  • Side projects and prototypes
  • AI agents needing currency conversion (MCP)
  • Open-source finance tools

Not for

  • High-volume production apps — 200 req/day free cap
  • Regulated fintech needing SLAs and licensed data
  • Traders needing tick-level or order-book data
  • Teams that need support contracts and uptime guarantees

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

200 req/day free cap; paid scaling details unclear in reviewed sources — confirm before committing

medium

Third-party extensions leaked their own UniRate keys — never ship your key client-side

medium

No SLA or support-quality evidence found; assume best-effort support

low

Vendor self-published comparisons vs and Alpha Vantage; verify independently

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free forever tier, no credit card required
  • 590+ currencies plus crypto, real-time and historical
  • Works without an API key for quick tests
  • Official clients across 8+ languages
  • MCP server enables AI-agent integration

Cons

  • 200 requests/day free cap is low for production
  • Coverage figures conflict: 170+ vs 590+ across listings
  • Most comparisons are vendor-published, not independent
  • Small indie operation; thin independent review base

Sources & method

- 11 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x5security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free forever tier, no card required.
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Keyless requests possible; SDKs in 8+ languages.
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Real-time, historical, conversion, VAT; no advanced market data.
  • Support quality. No support evidence in reviewed sources.
  • Security posture: 3/5. Publishes security page; third-party trust score 84%.
  • 200 req/day Free tier $0 forever, no credit card
  • 590+ Currencies incl. crypto; 170+ fiat per some listings
  • 3,300+ Registered developers per vendor's marketing case study
  • 8+ Official SDKs Python, JS, Rust, Java, Swift, .NET, Clojure, D

Pricing

Free

$0

  • 200 requests/day
  • No credit card
  • 170+ currencies, real-time rates

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

Companies that use it

  • PennyPlan
  • Bullion API
Full analysis

Based on 15+ public sources; mostly directory listings and vendor-published content, so independent user evidence is limited.

Free, no-card FX rates for 590+ currencies; great for side projects, thin for production volume.

Methodology

Based on 15+ public sources; mostly directory listings and vendor-published content, so independent user evidence is limited.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. UniRateAPI homepageunirateapi.com
    official
  2. UniRateAPI pricingunirateapi.com
    official
  3. UniRateAPI security pageunirateapi.com
    official
  4. UniRate-API GitHub orggithub.com
    official
  5. Saashub currency API listingsaashub.com
    review
  6. publicapi.dev UniRate reviewpublicapi.dev
    review
  7. RapidAPI listingrapidapi.com
    review
  8. Reddit r/firefox extension threadreddit.com
    review
  9. FreeTier.co comparisonfreetier.co
    review
  10. Xola Marketing case studyxolamarketing.ro
    news
  11. SkillsRegistry trust reportskillsregistry.net
    security

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