goldprice.dev vs gold-api.com
gold-api.com's free tier is genuinely generous — unlimited real-time requests, no card, no catch on the headline number. Where we differentiate isn't “more free” — it's depth: every source attributed, futures settlement, and per-country dealer prices gold-api.com doesn't ship at any price.
Free, unlimited, and dead simple.
- →Unlimited free real-time requests. No rate cap on live price calls, no credit card, genuinely free for a simple integration. Our Free tier is quota-limited (30 days of history, standard rate limits).
- →Dead simple. One endpoint, one number, nothing to configure. If all you need is “what's gold worth right now,” it's hard to beat for zero setup cost.
- →Silver and crypto on the same free key. Silver and Bitcoin prices ship free alongside gold, no separate product line to sign up for.
Every source visible, the whole gold stack, MCP on every plan.
- ✓Every source visible, not one blended number. Add
?include=sourcesand see exactly which feed(s) contributed, with license and timestamp. gold-api.com returns a single price with no stated methodology. - ✓Full history without a rate cap. gold-api.com's free tier caps historical/OHLC calls at 10/hour; unlimited history needs their $10/mo Premium plan. Our daily history runs to 1996, window-capped by tier rather than rate-capped.
- ✓MCP on every plan. A native Model Context Protocol server with nine tools, on Free too. gold-api.com has no MCP offering.
- ✓Built for the whole gold stack, not just spot. Futures settlement and per-country dealer prices ( $10+) — gold-api.com ships a live spot number and stops there.
- ✓Published methodology + honest staleness flag.
is_stale: booleanon every response, and a methodology doc naming every source category. gold-api.com discloses neither.
Head-to-head, line by line
Feature-level comparison against gold-api.com's published homepage and pricing page. Email us if anything here is out of date.
| Feature | goldprice.dev | gold-api.com |
|---|---|---|
| Data coverage | ||
| XAU spot (live) | ✓ | ✓ unlimited, free |
| XAG (silver) spot | ✓ Pro+ | ✓ Free |
| HG (copper) futures | ✓ Pro+ | — |
| Rate limit on real-time calls | Standard, per-tier | None (unlimited, free) |
| Historical / OHLC | Full (1996+), window-capped by tier | 10 req/hr free, unlimited $10/mo |
| Analytics | ||
| Forward view: futures settlement curve | ✓ XAU all plans · XAG/HG Pro+ | — |
| Per-country dealer prices (12 countries) | ✓ Physical+ | — |
| Developer experience | ||
| MCP server | All plans | — |
sources[] array via ?include=sources | ✓ | — |
is_stale flag | ✓ | — |
| Published methodology | ✓ | — |
| Pricing & limits | ||
| No credit card on free tier | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cheapest paid plan | $10/mo | $10/mo |
Source: gold-api.com + gold-api.com/pricing. Last verified 2026-07-13.
Reference prices for informational purposes only. Not investment advice.
Who should pick which
Short version: pick gold-api.com if a free, unlimited, single spot number is genuinely all you need. Pick us if you need provenance, historical depth without a rate cap, or dealer prices.
You need a free, unlimited spot price and nothing else.
You're building a display widget, a hobby project, or an internal dashboard where a single live number is enough and you don't need to know where it came from.
You're building for agents or quant tools — or you care about per-source provenance.
You're wiring gold into Claude, Cursor, or a custom agent; you need what gold actually costs at the counter in 12 countries, not just a spot print; or you want full history without an hourly rate cap before you bet production on a single blended number.
Still deciding?
Start on Physical for $10/mo. Keep the one that doesn't make you angry at 2am.
Start on Physical →FAQ
Is gold-api.com's free tier actually unlimited?
For real-time price requests, yes — no rate cap, no credit card. Historical and OHLC calls are capped at 10 requests/hour on the free tier (unlimited on their $10/mo Premium plan). goldprice.dev's Free tier is quota-limited but includes 30 days of history at no cost, with no separate historical-endpoint cap.
Does gold-api.com disclose its data sources?
Not that's published — it returns a single price with no stated methodology or source breakdown. goldprice.dev's sources[] array (via ?include=sources) names every contributing feed with its own license and timestamp.
Does gold-api.com have MCP support?
Not as of this writing. goldprice.dev ships a native MCP server with nine tools on every plan, including Free.
Which is better for a simple 'what's gold worth' widget?
gold-api.com, if that's genuinely all you need — free, unlimited real-time requests, one call, no signup friction. goldprice.dev is the better fit once you need source provenance, historical depth without a rate cap, or per-country dealer prices.
Does gold-api.com show what gold costs to buy?
No — it's a live spot number, full stop. goldprice.dev's Physical tier ($10+) adds live dealer sell/buyback quotes across 12 countries.