goldprice.dev vs goldapi.io
If you're comparing us to goldapi.io, here's what each of us is actually good at.
Four years of shipping, and it shows.
- →Maturity.They've been live since 2020. The API is stable, the docs have seen real users, and nobody's first in line for breaking changes.
- →LBMA fix.They hold redistribution. We don't ship it. If your use case needs the official LBMA AM/PM fix, goldapi.io is the honest answer.
- →Simpler pricing for tiny usage.Their Basic starts at $4.99. If you call the API 500 times a month and don't need MCP or real-time live oracle, they're cheaper.
- →Established integrations. There are more Stack Overflow answers, blog posts, and Zapier integrations referencing goldapi.io than us. That compounds.
Built for agents, quant tools, and methodology-aware buyers.
- ✓Every source visible. live oracle XAU + XAG, continuous spot reference, gold + silver + copper futures settlement, ECB reference rates, CoinMarketCap PAXG — each returned as its own row in
sources[]with license and timestamp. goldapi.io blends behind a single number. When prices disagree, you can't tell why. - ✓Live oracle + futures settlement as distinct attributed sources. We ship gold (XAU + GC/SI) at $10 Basic, silver + copper (XAG + HG) at $30 Pro — each with its own source name, license, and timestamp in sources[]. No other developer-tier API exposes these as separately attributed sources at this price.
- ✓MCP on every plan. We are, as of this writing, the only gold-data API with a native MCP server — and we ship it on every plan, including Free. goldapi.io has none.
- ✓Published methodology. Our methodology docnames every source, license, cadence, and use. Versioned and changelogged. goldapi.io's sourcing is a black box.
- ✓Honest staleness flag. Every response includes
is_stale: boolean. goldapi.io serves cached prices silently when upstream breaks. - ✓Spot/futures differentials + fundamentals. Basis, z-scores, ETF flows, COT positioning — things quants actually want. They stop at spot + history.
- ✓No surprise overage bills. We rate-limit and return
429. They auto-bill overage, which has bitten people.
Head-to-head, line by line
Feature-level comparison against goldapi.io's published plans as of April 2026. Email us if anything here is out of date.
| Feature | goldprice.dev | goldapi.io |
|---|---|---|
| Data coverage | ||
| XAU spot (live) | ✓ | ✓ |
| XAG (silver) spot + futures | ✓ Pro+ | ✓ |
| HG (copper) futures | ✓ Pro+ | — |
| Live oracle XAU/USD real-time | ✓ Basic+ | — |
| Live oracle XAG/USD real-time | ✓ Pro+ | — |
| gold futures settlement + SI settlement | ✓ Basic+ | — |
| copper futures settlement (copper) settlement | ✓ Pro+ | — |
| LBMA AM/PM fix | — | ✓ |
| Currencies supported | 13 direct · 164 triangulated | 160+ |
| Historical daily | Full (1971+) on Pro | 20+ yrs |
| COMEX GC futures | ✓ | — |
| Spot/futures differentials | ✓ | — |
| ETF holdings · CB flows · COT | ✓ | — |
| Analytics | ||
| Forward view: CME futures curve + analyst consensus | ✓ Pro+ | — |
Cross-source divergence data via /v1/prices/divergence | ✓ | — |
| Developer experience | ||
| MCP server | All plans | — |
| TypeScript SDK | ✓ | Community |
| live oracleon SDK | ✓ | Community |
| Published methodology (per-source provenance) | ✓ | — |
sources[] array in every response | ✓ | — |
is_stale flag | ✓ | — |
| Pricing & limits | ||
| Cheapest paid plan | $10/mo | $4.99/mo |
| Production plan | $30/mo | $129/mo |
| Overage policy | 429, never auto-bill | Auto-bills |
| Commercial use | Pro+ (with attribution) | All paid |
// Source: goldapi.io public pricing page + our own plans. Last verified 2026-04-20.
Who should pick which
Short version: pick goldapi.io if you need the LBMA fix or the absolute cheapest paid plan. Pick us if you're building for agents or quant tools, or you care about per-source provenance.
You need the official LBMA fix, or the cheapest paid plan.
You're building a display widget, an internal dashboard, or a compliance-adjacent product that requires the licensed LBMA benchmark — goldapi.io is a sensible, boring, proven choice.
You're building for agents or quant tools — or you need per-source provenance and a forward view.
You're wiring gold into Claude, Cursor, or a custom agent; you need live oracle + futures settlement as separately attributed sources; or you want the CME futures curve and analyst consensus before you bet production on a single blended number.
Still deciding?
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