Compare/br.fx-ptax

Brazil: PTAX exchange rate

Official Banco Central reference rate (PTAX) against the real. 1 provider, 1 working now.

At a glance

1 of 1 provider for Brazil PTAX exchange rate on Superpowers can serve a call right now: Banco Central do Brasil. Banco Central do Brasil is free with any Superpowers account. Call it with one API key: POST /v1/run with "tool": "bcb.ptax", or through the MCP server. Every provider takes the same input and returns the same output, and failed calls are not charged.

Provider	Price	Success	Speed	Status
PTAX exchange rate (Banco Central)Banco Central do Brasil	Free	100%	824ms	Live

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Shared format

Input

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "currency"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "currency": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Z]{3}$",
      "description": "Currency quoted against BRL, e.g. USD, EUR"
    },
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to the latest business day"
    }
  }
}

Normalized output

{
  "currency": "",
  "buy": 0,
  "sell": 0,
  "quoted_at": "",
  "bulletin": ""
}

Questions

Which Brazil PTAX exchange rate API is cheapest?

Banco Central do Brasil is free with any Superpowers account.

Is there a free Brazil PTAX exchange rate API?

Yes. Banco Central do Brasil is free with any Superpowers account; you only need a key.

How do I call a Brazil PTAX exchange rate API from an AI agent?

Call it with one API key: POST /v1/run with "tool": "bcb.ptax", or through the MCP server. Every provider takes the same input and returns the same output, and failed calls are not charged. New accounts get $5 free; see /docs for the MCP setup.