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fixerAPI / fixer

A foreign exchange rates and currency conversion API
http://fixer.io
MIT License
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Free applications have dropped from 1000 per month to 250 per month, also without notice #127

Open yunierescobar opened 3 years ago

yunierescobar commented 3 years ago

Too bad for the administrators of this API. Free applications have dropped from 1000 per month to 250 per month, also without notice.

CatPlanet commented 3 years ago

This really sucks now; there are alternatives but I really would like to stay, it would spare me some work.

yunierescobar commented 3 years ago

I think so. In my case, I lost a bit of confidence in this API. It leaves me wondering if in time the number of requests will decrease again to force users to buy. I find it unprofessional on the part of the API administrators.

CatPlanet commented 3 years ago

Not even README.md is changed, everywhere (besides pricing page on fixer.io, nice touch) is still on 1000 requester per month.

lostpebble commented 3 years ago

Yea this is seriously not cool behavior here. Entice developers with a 1000 requests and then silently change that to a quarter of what is expected- with no notification whatsoever or providing a time-frame in which developers can react accordingly.

The only reason I found out was because I started getting emails telling me I'm using up my quota which seemed strange based on the volume I use.

Do you really think developers are going to trust your service and the options you provide if this is the way you do things? 🤔 Terrible business choice IMO.

fawazahmed0 commented 3 years ago

Hi, @lostpebble , @CatPlanet , @yunierescobar , here's one with no rate limits , Currency-api

Thanks

lostpebble commented 3 years ago

Thanks @fawazahmed0 - but it seems like yours isn't "live" but rather updates once per a day? We need to get live updates as currency can fluctuate quite a bit in the space a day- especially in more risky economies. And the project I'm working on is very time-sensitive, and requires this accuracy.

fawazahmed0 commented 3 years ago

Thanks @fawazahmed0 - but it seems like yours isn't "live" but rather updates once per a day? We need to get live updates as currency can fluctuate quite a bit in the space a day- especially in more risky economies. And the project I'm working on is very time-sensitive, and requires this accuracy.

Well, I can even change it to update every 15 minutes(or even every 5 minutes), it's just a matter of changing the cron from 1 day to 15 minutes or 5 mins in my actions workflow, but the thing is, my API is delivered through jsdelivr and I am not really sure, when the jsDelivr will pickup those updates.

CatPlanet commented 3 years ago

API request have now dropped to 100 per month, also without any notice. This project is a joke.

lostpebble commented 3 years ago

Absolute joke. Won't trust any of these developers in the future, well played fellas.