goldprice.devThese free gold price APIs serve developers building gold price displays, prototypes and commercial applications. gold-api.com publishes unlimited free real-time requests. goldprice.dev allows commercial use with delayed prices, while API Ninjas Free provides daily futures settlement and bars commercial use. The table separates those differences from each provider's request allowance.
The list is ranked by free-tier usefulness, weighing usage rights, delay, request allowance and history. goldprice.dev publishes this page and is listed first. Narwhal API is the sibling broader data API for commodities, FX, economics and calendars. Check commercial terms and whether the feed supplies spot or settlement prices.
At a glance
| API | Free tier | Paid from | Metals | History | MCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goldprice.dev | 5,000 requests/month, 15 minutes late | $19/month Basic, 100,000 requests, live | Gold, silver, copper; gold in 31 currencies | Free 30 days, Basic 1 year, Plus and Pro full (gold from 1996) | Yes, 9 tools, every plan including Free |
| Narwhal API | 5,000 requests/month, previous day close | $59/month Basic, 100,000 requests, real time | Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, plus oil and palm oil | Free 12 months, Basic 5 years, Pro full | Yes, every plan, same key as REST |
| gold-api.com | Unlimited real-time requests; history and OHLC 10 requests/hour | $10/month Premium, unlimited requests and history | Gold, silver, other metals and crypto | Archive depth not published | None found |
| API Ninjas | 3,000 requests/month; daily futures settlement; no commercial use | $59/month Developer ($39/month billed yearly), 100,000 requests | 30 commodities, including gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper | Premium only, OHLCV from 1 minute to 1 day | Yes, every plan including Free |
| MetalpriceAPI | 100 requests/month, daily updates | $5/month Essential (billed yearly), 1,000 requests, 30-minute updates | 28 metal symbols, including gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper | Start date not stated; up to 365 days per request | No MCP server found on its site |
| metals.dev | 100 requests/month, up to 60 seconds delay | $1.79/month Copper, 2,000 requests | Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, plus industrial metals | 5+ years advertised; 30 days per time-series request | None found |
| goldapi.io | 100 requests/month (Sandbox) | $99/month Unlimited, unlimited requests, real time | Gold, silver, platinum, palladium; 72 currency codes | LBMA AM fix since 1968; up to 90 days per request | Lists an MCP page |
The ranking
1. goldprice.dev
Fits commercial gold displays that can use delayed spot prices. Free includes 5,000 requests per month, commercial use and MCP access. Keyless calls also work with the same delay. Daily history covers 30 days. The trade-off is freshness and volume: gold-api.com publishes unlimited free real-time requests, while live prices here require Basic at $19/month. Platinum and palladium are not covered.
Sources: Plans and limits, Dealer prices, MCP setup, checked 17 Oct 2026.
2. Narwhal API
Fits free projects that need gold alongside FX, economics, calendars or other commodities. Narwhal API includes REST and MCP on one key, commercial use and a year of history. Its free spot prices use the previous day's close, so the feed suits daily views rather than live gold displays. Paid plans add real-time prices; there are no overage charges.
Sources: Commodities API, Pricing, MCP, checked 17 Oct 2026.
3. gold-api.com
Fits frequent spot lookups where a monthly request cap would shape the application. gold-api.com publishes unlimited free real-time requests without a card, covering gold, silver, other metals and crypto. Free history and OHLC have a separate limit of 10 requests per hour. Providers are unnamed and an exact update interval is not published, so source detail is a trade-off.
Sources: Homepage, Pricing, checked 17 Oct 2026. goldprice.dev vs gold-api.com
4. API Ninjas
Fits noncommercial experiments that can use a completed daily futures settlement. API Ninjas Free provides 3,000 calls per month and MCP access, with attribution required. It is not a free spot gold feed: the gold spot endpoint and historical OHLCV require premium access. Free terms bar commercial use, so it does not fit a commercial gold display on that plan.
Sources: Gold price API, Commodity price API, Pricing, MCP, checked 17 Oct 2026. goldprice.dev vs API Ninjas
5. MetalpriceAPI
Fits tests of a daily gold feed or its historical and OHLC endpoints. MetalpriceAPI Free includes 100 requests per month and updates daily, so check how often your application will poll. The $5/month Essential rate is billed yearly and brings 30-minute updates rather than live prices. Its archive start date is not stated, and no MCP server was found on its site.
Sources: Pricing, Currencies and symbols, Documentation, checked 17 Oct 2026. goldprice.dev vs MetalpriceAPI
6. metals.dev
Fits small experiments needing spot prices with up to a 60-second delay. metals.dev offers 100 free requests per month without a card, including precious and industrial metals. Named authority endpoints provide another way to select a series, with their own delays. The quota constrains regular polling, and time-series queries cover at most 30 days. OHLC is not documented.
Sources: Pricing, Documentation, checked 17 Oct 2026. goldprice.dev vs metals.dev
7. goldapi.io
Fits a small test of gold, silver, platinum or palladium pricing before deciding on a paid feed. goldapi.io's Sandbox includes 100 requests per month, while its documentation lists currency availability by metal pair and an MCP page. The next plan is $99/month Unlimited, with no intermediate allowance. Historical requests return up to 90 days each, so longer retrievals need multiple requests.
Sources: Plans, llms.txt, checked 17 Oct 2026. goldprice.dev vs goldapi.io
Choose a free feed by price type, delay and usage rights before counting requests. Unlimited spot lookups, delayed commercial access and noncommercial futures settlement serve different projects. Check history limits separately from the spot allowance. goldprice.dev and Narwhal API are owned and operated by Nusantara Ventures, LLC.