Free applications have dropped from 1000 per month to 250 per month, also without notice

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Free applications have dropped from 1000 per month to 250 per month, also without notice

Opened this issue 3 years ago · 9 comments

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

Answer 1 · 2021-05-27T22:22:44.000Z

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

Answer 2 · 2021-05-28T00:15:46.000Z

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.

Answer 3 · 2021-05-29T12:14:42.000Z

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

Answer 4 · 2021-06-10T08:57:10.000Z

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.

Answer 5 · 2021-06-11T00:15:51.000Z

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

Thanks

Answer 6 · 2021-06-11T07:34:45.000Z

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.

Answer 7 · 2021-06-11T08:43:00.000Z

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.

Answer 8 · 2021-11-05T09:51:56.000Z

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

Answer 9 · 2021-11-05T10:26:13.000Z

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