Metals-API vs GoldAPI

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Metals-API vs GoldAPI

GoldAPI.io covers four metals: gold, silver, platinum, palladium. Metals-API covers those four plus LME, Indian city gold and silver, industrials, 185+ currencies, and a hosted MCP server with 8 tools, including intraday. If the product is only XAUUSD, either feed works. If the product adds a fifth metal, an LME contract, or Hyderabad gold, you already need Metals-API.

Four metals is their thing

  • XAU, XAG, XPT, XPD.
  • About 72 currencies on their public list.
  • Spot and by-date REST. Karat fields in the JSON.

Where Metals-API wins

  • 618+ symbols and 185+ currencies. Same four ISO metals, plus LBMA AM/PM, LME aluminum through steel, and city gold/silver (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and more).
  • Endpoints beyond four-metal spot/history: timeseries, fluctuation, convert, historical LME, Metals Price India, intraday candles (1m to 1d).
  • Hosted MCP — eight tools on the same quota as REST. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor with a URL. No local npm server required. MCP setup.
  • Carat and convert as API endpoints, not only fields on a spot payload. WordPress plugin for embeds.

Head-to-head

  • Coverage
    GoldAPI: 4 metals · ~72 currencies
    Metals-API: 618+ symbols · 185+ currencies · LBMA / LME / India
  • MCP
    GoldAPI: npm MCP package · four metals + calculator
    Metals-API: Hosted MCP · full catalog · metals.intraday
  • History
    GoldAPI: Deep gold/silver history
    Metals-API: Also dedicated historical LBMA and historical LME endpoints
  • Intraday
    GoldAPI: Not the core product
    Metals-API: Intraday candles 1m–1d on paid plans
  • Integration
    GoldAPI: REST + local npm MCP
    Metals-API: REST + hosted MCP + WordPress · same quota

Who should pick which

  • Pick GoldAPI if you will never need more than XAU, XAG, XPT, and XPD.
  • Pick Metals-API if the same key has to survive LME, India, industrials, or an AI agent on hosted MCP.

FAQ

  • Does GoldAPI have Indian city gold? No named city symbols. Metals-API does (XAU-MUMB, XAU-DELH, XAG-KOLK, and others) — Symbols → India.
  • How many currencies? GoldAPI: ~72. Metals-API: 185+.
  • Which MCP covers more of the API? Metals-API. Eight tools, full catalog, hosted — metals-api.com/mcp. GoldAPI’s MCP is built around four metals via npm.

Get started

Get an API key · MCP setup · Docs · Symbols · Pricing

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