Live Gold Price in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("goldprice", …)

What this pulls

Track the spot price of gold from a cell. =VERVE("goldprice", …) returns live prices in any currency and unit, auto-refreshing — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 300+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE()function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — these inputs, and the values they land in your sheet.

goldprice.xlsxlive

B1fx=VERVE("goldprice", "USD", true)

Currency

USD

Gram

152.1

Kilogram

152101.49

Ounce

4312

Last Updated

2026-02-07T12:00:00.000Z

Change24h

28.5

Example resultpulled live from APIVerve1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

A live spot-price cell

Drop =VERVE("goldprice") into a cell and your model reads the current price on every refresh instead of a number you pasted last week.

Track a holdings sheet

Multiply your ounces by the live price cell and a portfolio sheet re-values itself automatically.

Chart the movement

Point a chart at the price cell and it redraws as the market moves — a live tracker, not a snapshot.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("goldprice", …)

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same function, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE("goldprice", …)

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Currency=VERVE("goldprice", …, "currency")
Gram=VERVE("goldprice", …, "gram")
Kilogram=VERVE("goldprice", …, "kilogram")
Ounce=VERVE("goldprice", …, "ounce")
Last Updated=VERVE("goldprice", …, "lastUpdated")
Change24h=VERVE("goldprice", …, "change24h")
Change24h Pct=VERVE("goldprice", …, "change24hPct")
Change Direction=VERVE("goldprice", …, "changeDirection")

Live Gold Price, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Live Gold Price into a spreadsheet?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("goldprice", …) into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.

How many credits does each Live Gold Price cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.

Can I fill a whole column at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Live Gold Price at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("goldprice", …) down like any spreadsheet function.

Does Live Gold Price work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.

How current is the data?

Live Gold Price is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Live Gold Price is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Live Gold Price

A live spot-price cell

Track a holdings sheet

Chart the movement

Live Gold Price, answered

Put Live Gold Price in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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