Metals-API vs goldprice.dev

goldprice.dev is a three-metal specialist focused on gold analytics and dealer quotes. Metals-API is the production catalog: 618+ symbols, 185+ currencies, LBMA, LME, Indian city gold and silver, REST plus a hosted MCP server with 8 tools, including intraday — all on the same API quota as REST. Metals-API ships a live MCP surface today. See metals-api.com/mcp for the eight tools, including metals.intraday.

Three metals is their thing

• Gold, silver, and copper. About 31 currencies.
• Dealer quotes and a sources[] field if provenance in the JSON is the product.
• No industrial long tail. No LME catalog. No Mumbai or Delhi gold codes.

Where Metals-API wins

• 618+ symbols and 185+ currencies. One key for precious metals, base metals, FX, and named markets — symbols include metals and currencies, not “618 metals.”
• Named markets: LBMA gold AM/PM, LME aluminum through zinc, Indian city gold and silver (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and more). Browse Symbols → India / LBMA / LME.
• Hosted MCP that matches the API: metals.latest, historical, fluctuation, convert, ohlc, symbols, time_series, intraday. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor with a URL — MCP setup.
• Endpoints beyond a three-metal spot feed: intraday candles (1m to 1d), timeseries, fluctuation, convert, carat, bid/ask, OHLC, historical LBMA, historical LME, Metals Price India.
• Same key and quota for REST and MCP. Optional WordPress plugin for site embeds.

Head-to-head

• Coverage
  goldprice.dev: Gold, silver, copper · ~31 currencies
  Metals-API: 618+ symbols · 185+ currencies · LBMA / LME / India
• Named markets
  goldprice.dev: Specialist gold analytics / dealer quotes
  Metals-API: LBMA AM/PM, LME contracts, Indian city codes
• MCP
  goldprice.dev: MCP scoped to their three metals
  Metals-API: Hosted · 8 tools on full catalog · metals.intraday
• Intraday & history
  goldprice.dev: Specialist gold analytics
  Metals-API: Intraday candles, timeseries, fluctuation, historical LME/LBMA (paid plans)
• Integration
  goldprice.dev: REST + MCP
  Metals-API: REST + hosted MCP + WordPress · same quota

Who should pick which

• Pick goldprice.dev if the product is only gold (maybe silver and copper) and you need dealer buyback quotes or per-source provenance in the JSON.
• Pick Metals-API if one integration has to cover industrials, named exchanges, 185+ currencies, and AI agents on MCP.

FAQ

• Does Metals-API have MCP? Yes. metals-api.com/mcp. Eight tools, including intraday, on the same quota as REST.
• Which API covers more of the metals catalog? Metals-API, by a wide margin: 618+ symbols (metals, currencies, and named markets) vs three metals.
• Can I get Indian city gold from goldprice.dev? No named city symbols there. Metals-API exposes city codes such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata — see Symbols → India.

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