💱 Currency Exchange Rates — Real-Time FX API & Historical Data

Pay-per-result currency / FX data — live mid-market rates for 170+ currencies, plus historical time series. A drop-in replacement for Open Exchange Rates, CurrencyLayer, ExchangeRate-API, fixer.io, and the ECB direct API.

Why This Beats Open Exchange Rates, CurrencyLayer, ExchangeRate-API, fixer.io & ECB

Feature	NexGenData Currency Rates	Open Exchange Rates	CurrencyLayer	ExchangeRate-API	fixer.io	ECB direct
Cost	$5 per 1,000 results	$12–$997 / month	$14.99–$259.99 / mo	$9.99–$159.99 / mo	$10–$200 / mo	Free (limited)
Auth	Apify token	API key + plan tier	API key + plan tier	API key + plan tier	API key	None (rate-limited)
Coverage	170+ currencies, crypto on demand	170 fiat	168 fiat + 25 crypto	161 fiat	170 fiat	EUR-base, fiat only
Historical	Full daily history	Premium plans only	Premium plans only	Premium plans only	Premium plans only	EUR-base only
Rate limits	Apify-managed	1K–100K calls/mo	1K–500K calls/mo	1.5K–1.5M calls/mo	100–60K calls/mo	Yes (heavy)
Time-to-start	<60 seconds	API key signup	API key signup	API key signup	API key signup	None
Bulk export	Unlimited CSV / JSON / Excel	Yes (paid tier)	Yes (paid tier)	Yes (paid tier)	Yes (paid tier)	Manual

Most teams pay $99/month minimum to OER or fixer just to unlock historical rates. This actor charges per result with full history included.

What You Get

• Real-time mid-market rates for 170+ fiat currencies
• Cross-rate calculation against any base (USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, CAD, etc.)
• Historical daily rates back to 2000 for major pairs
• Bid / ask / mid where source provides
• Time-series for any custom date range
• Crypto rates on demand (BTC, ETH, USDT, etc.)
• Source timestamp + provider attribution
• ISO 4217 currency code + full name

Use Cases

• Accounting / ERP — daily mid-rate sync into NetSuite, Xero, QuickBooks
• E-commerce — display prices in shopper's local currency
• Fintech apps — power consumer-facing FX conversion
• Treasury teams — track multi-currency cash balances at market rate
• Travel apps — real-time conversion at airport markup
• International invoicing — convert outbound invoices at booking-day rate
• Quant researchers — backfill currency time series for backtests
• Compliance — month-end revaluation at ECB or central-bank reference rate

Quick Start

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/currency-exchange-rates").call(run_input={
    "base": "USD",
    "symbols": ["EUR", "GBP", "JPY", "CAD"],
    "historical": False
})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row["pair"], row["rate"], row["timestamp"])

For historical:

run = client.actor("nexgendata/currency-exchange-rates").call(run_input={
    "base": "USD",
    "symbols": ["EUR"],
    "historical": True,
    "from": "2020-01-01",
    "to": "2025-12-31"
})

Pricing

Pay-per-event — pay only for rates extracted.

• Actor Start: $0.00005 per GB
• Result (rate): $0.005 per item

A daily 100-pair sync = $0.50/day. OER charges $97/month minimum for the equivalent.

Related NexGenData Actors

Use case	Actor
Real-time FX with central-bank fixings	FX Rates Tracker
AI-callable finance data for LLM agents	Finance MCP Server
Commodity futures (gold, oil, etc.)	Commodity Futures Tracker
Treasury yields and bond data	Treasury Yields & Bonds
Yahoo Finance quotes + fundamentals	Yahoo Finance Scraper
Finviz screener with 100+ filters	Finviz Stock Screener
Earnings calendar with estimates	Earnings Calendar
ETF underlying holdings	ETF Holdings Tracker

FAQ

Q: How fresh are the rates? Live each call. Mid-market quotes refresh continuously during market hours; weekend rates reflect the last published close.

Q: Which base currencies? Any of 170+ — USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, CAD, AUD, CNY, INR, BRL, MXN, ZAR, KRW, SGD, HKD, NZD, NOK, SEK, DKK, TRY, RUB, plus the rest.

Q: Historical depth? Daily back to 2000 for major pairs; emerging-market depth varies by currency.

Q: Are rates bid/ask or mid? Mid by default. Bid/ask delivered where source provides.

Q: Do you cover crypto? BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, BNB, SOL and most top-50 by market cap. Specify on input.

Q: Output formats? JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, RSS, XML.

Q: Is this fit for compliance / month-end revaluation? Yes — use a fixed timestamp (e.g., London 4pm fix or ECB daily reference) and the actor returns the stamped rate.

Q: Rate limits? None imposed by this actor. Apify proxy management handles all back-off.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 260+ buyer-intent actors covering SEC filings, YC alumni, real-estate, lead generation, competitive intelligence, stock fundamentals across 30+ exchanges, MCP servers for AI agents, and the full financial data stack. All pay-per-result. Browse the full catalog at https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

If you only need the data once a quarter, you only pay once a quarter. If you scale to millions of records, the unit cost stays the same.

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

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