Artesh vs Bonbast, Alanchand and NerkhAra: the rial rate with the news behind it
Bonbast, Alanchand and NerkhAra are rate boards: more currencies, buy and sell prices, faster updates, and APIs. Artesh shows the open-market dollar rate with a converter, chart and daily history, and puts it next to translated Iran news, sanctions pages and a daily email brief. If you trade or build on rates, use a rate board. If you want the rate in context, use Artesh.
| Artesh | Bonbast | Alanchand | NerkhAra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language(s) | English and Persian | English and Persian | Persian, English and Turkish | Persian and English |
| Aggregation and translation vs original reporting | Translated Iran news beside the rate | Rates only; news not stated | Rates only; news not stated | Rates; has an articles section |
| Update frequency | Through the day; one daily history row | not stated; a timestamp is shown | Every 5 minutes (its API page) | Every 10 minutes |
| Rial rate (open market) and history | Dollar and 19 other currency and crypto pages; daily history table and chart | About 40 currencies with buy and sell; dated archive | About 20 currencies on the home page, 44 in the API; archive by date, years 2021 to 2026 offered | About 50 currencies derived from the free-market dollar; per-rate history pages |
| Gold, coins and crypto | Gold per gram, coins, tether, bitcoin, ethereum | Gold, five coin types, bitcoin in dollars | Gold, silver, platinum, coins, ten or more crypto | Gold, silver, platinum, coins, 13 crypto |
| Sanctions / entity data | Yes: sanctioned entities in the news and entity pages | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Daily email brief | Yes: daily brief by email with the rial rate, Brent and gold | not stated; has a Telegram channel | not stated; has a Telegram channel and bot | not stated; has Telegram, RSS and widgets |
| API | No | Yes, paid: from $450 a year | Yes, paid: from 25 USDT for 3 months; 3-day test token | Yes, free, no key needed |
| Price | Free | Site: no charge stated | Site: no charge stated | Free |
| Account needed | No | not stated for viewing | not stated for viewing | No |
Details from each provider's public pages, checked November 11, 2026: bonbast.com, bonbast.com/faq, bonbast.com/webmaster, alanchand.com/en, alanchand.com/en/media/api, nerkhara.com/en, nerkhara.com/methodology, nerkhara.com/api. "Not stated" means the pages we read did not say. Names are used only to identify each service. Next check due by February 9, 2027.
Choose Bonbast, Alanchand or NerkhAra if
- You need separate buy and sell prices, or rates for 40 or more currencies.
- You need updates every few minutes (Alanchand states 5 minutes, NerkhAra 10).
- You need an API: NerkhAra's is free; Bonbast and Alanchand sell access.
- You want a long history for one rate; NerkhAra's dollar series starts in 2016.
Choose Artesh if
- You want today's open-market dollar rate with a plain note on the day's economic news beside it.
- You want the rate, Brent and gold in one daily email.
- You want Iran news, sanctions and the rate on one site, in English.
- You want a converter and a daily history table without an account.
Who Artesh suits best
Someone who checks the rial once a day rather than every few minutes: a reader with family in Iran, a journalist citing the day's rate, or an analyst who wants the number beside the news. Artesh takes its rate from the Tehran market board and is not a trading quote. For live dealing prices or an API, the rate boards above are the better tools.
Questions
Where does Artesh get its rial rate?
Is Artesh as fast as Bonbast or Alanchand?
Do these sites show the official rate or the open-market rate?
Does Artesh have an API?
What does Artesh add to the rate?
The day's Iran news in English, with the open-market rial rate, Brent and gold. Free.
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