DB-IP

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You have strict compliance requirements

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  20 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  75 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  80 / 100
  Setup speed
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  35 / 100
  Docs quality
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  90 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  35 / 100
  Trust readiness

Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fields (pricing, compliance, capabilities, docs and developer-surface signals) - not from reviews or paid placement. Each axis is 0-100; an unknown signal scores 0 for that axis. Procurement ease is the inverse of buying friction (higher = easier to adopt).

Pricing model

Subscription

Published pricing

✓ Yes

Free tier

✓ Yes

Free tier details

Free API: 500 daily requests, returns continent/country/state/city/ISP/threat data, HTTP only (no HTTPS), batch limit 32 IPs. Free Lite databases: monthly-updated subsets (IP to Country Lite, IP to City Lite, IP to ASN Lite) under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 - reduced coverage and accuracy vs commercial; attribution link required for web apps.

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes

• Proxy / VPN detection
• Threat intelligence
• ASN / company data
• IPv6 support
• Downloadable database
• Bulk lookups

Supported actions

ip_lookup, bulk_lookup, asn_lookup, proxy_vpn_tor_detection, threat_intel, crawler_detection, database_download, self_ip_lookup [2]db-ip.com/api/doc.php“Single IP lookup: /v2/{apiKey}/{ipAddress}… Batch queries: /v2/{apiKey}/{ipAddressList}… AS details by IP: /v2/{apiKey}/as/{ipAddress}… AS details by number: /v2/{apiKey}/as/{asNumber}”

Regions

IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, 46+ million IPv4 and IPv6 blocks, 215,000+ cities, 2 million unique locations, City-level accuracy (paid), Country-level accuracy (free/Lite), Daily updates (commercial API and databases), Monthly updates (Lite free databases), CSV and MMDB downloadable database formats

Languages

English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Persian, Korean, 50+ languages total for place name localization

Input types

IPv4 address, IPv6 address, batch of up to 32 IPs (free), batch of up to 256 IPs (paid), unlimited batch (Enterprise), requester IP auto-detect (self keyword), ASN number, ASN lookup by IP

Output types

latitude/longitude, city, region/state/province, district, country, continent, postal/zip code, ISP, ASN/org name, connection type (linkType/usageType), timezone, GMT offset, currency code/name, phone prefix, languages, EU member flag, Geonames ID, weather station code, proxy/VPN/Tor flags (isProxy, proxyType), crawler detection (isCrawler, crawlerName), anycast flag, threat level, threat details (anonymous-proxy, attack-source), AS registry, AS prefix count, AS IPv4/IPv6 address counts, JSON

Webhooks

✗ No

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [3]db-ip.com/api/doc.php“You are trying to use the free API over HTTPS, encrypted API is only supported for paid service”

SDK languages

PHP, JavaScript [4]db-ip.com/api/doc.php“PHP Client: require 'dbip-client.class.php'; DBIP\APIKey::set('your-key')… JavaScript: dbip.js library for browser”

MCP server

✗ No

SOC 2

– Unknown

HIPAA

✗ No

GDPR

✓ Yes [5]db-ip.com/privacy.php“If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted.”

ISO 27001

✗ No

PCI DSS

✗ No

Published SLA

✓ Yes [6]db-ip.com/tos.php“credit the equivalent of 50% of the monthly subscription amount if the monthly uptime is confirmed to be below the guaranteed limit”db-ip.com/api/basic“Premium: 99.95% uptime guarantee … Enterprise: 99.99% uptime guarantee”

Rate limits

Free API: 500 requests/day; batch limit 32 IPs per request. Starter plan: 2,000–50,000 requests/day; batch limit 256 IPs. Premium plan: 200,000–1,000,000 requests/day; batch limit 256 IPs. Enterprise plan: unlimited requests/day; unlimited batch size. Daily quota counter resets at midnight CET. Batch queries receive a 10% bonus on quota consumption (10-address batch deducts 9 queries). [7]db-ip.com/api/basic“Starter: 2,000–50,000 requests/day; Premium: 200,000–1,000,000 requests/day; Enterprise: Unlimited requests/day”db-ip.com/api/doc.php“Free users can batch 32 queries per API request… Paid keys can batch 256 queries per API request. Batch queries receive a 10% quota bonus.”

Known restrictions

Free API is HTTP only - HTTPS requires a paid plan (HTTPS_NOT_ALLOWED error returned on free tier), Free Lite databases require attribution: '<a href=https://db-ip.com>IP Geolocation by DB-IP</a>' on any web page displaying results, Paid database license prohibits redistribution or making the database publicly available in any form including derivative works, Paid database license prohibits using the data to build a competing IP geolocation API service, License is non-transferable - bound to a single legal or physical entity, Free Lite databases have reduced coverage and accuracy compared to commercial versions, Localization of place names (50+ languages) is available on paid plans only [8]db-ip.com/api/doc.php“HTTPS_NOT_ALLOWED - Only applies to free API service. You are trying to use the free API over HTTPS, encrypted API is only supported for paid service”db-ip.com/tos.php“This license cannot be transfered… cannot redistribute the database in any form, including derivative works, or making available to the public through any mean.”db-ip.com/tos.php“usage of the database to offer free or commercial IP geolocation API services or any other related service that would duplicate or compete with the services offered by DB-IP”

• Docs
• API reference

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.db-ip.com/v2/

Version

v2

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific JSON: {"errorCode": "ERROR_TYPE", "error": "description"}

Rate limit

50000 / day

SDKs

• PHP dbip-api-client · repo
• JavaScript dbip.js · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart

Launched

2010-01-01

Notable customers

Amazon, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Samsung, EA, Telstra

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Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 20
2. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 15 → 35
3. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
4. 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → http://db-ip.com/api/
5. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
6. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"bulk":true,"ipv6":true,"asn_company":true,"threat_intel":true,"downloadable_d…
7. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → DB-IP is an IP geolocation and network intelligence service, active since 2010,…
8. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You have strict compliance requirements
9. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
10. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 35
11. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
12. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 75
13. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 80
14. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
15. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 90
16. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Teams needing broa…
17. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
18. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://db-ip.com/api
19. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
20. 2026-06-14 Has Published Pricing: set to Yes
21. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Available: set to Yes
22. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Details: set to Free API: 500 daily requests, returns continent/country/state/city/ISP/threat d…
23. 2026-06-14 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
25. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
26. 2026-06-14 HIPAA: set to No
27. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
28. 2026-06-14 ISO 27001: set to No
29. 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
30. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
31. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://db-ip.com/privacy.php
32. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Free API: 500 requests/day; batch limit 32 IPs per request. Starter plan: 2,000…
33. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 50000
34. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to day
35. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Free API is HTTP only - HTTPS requires a paid plan (HTTPS_NOT_ALLOWED error ret…
36. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
37. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://db-ip.com/api/doc.php
38. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
39. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://api.db-ip.com/v2/
40. 2026-06-14 API Version: set to v2
41. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://db-ip.com/api/doc.php
42. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific JSON: {"errorCode": "ERROR_TYPE", "error": "description"}
43. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
44. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to url
45. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 500 requests/day
46. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2010-01-01
47. 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to Amazon, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Samsung, EA, Telstra
48. 2026-06-14 Fields Not Found: set to SOC2 certification status, MCP server, sandbox/test environment, webhooks, star…
49. 2026-06-14 Source Confidence: set to high
50. 2026-06-14 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet

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