ip-api.com

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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  70 / 100
  Setup speed
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  25 / 100
  Docs quality
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  90 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  50 / 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 [2]members.ip-api.com“€13.3 per month, when paying for 12 months”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]members.ip-api.com“Shown prices are in Euro exclusive of VAT.”members.ip-api.com“€13.3 per month, when paying for 12 months”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]ip-api.com/docs/api:json“This endpoint is limited to 45 requests per minute from an IP address.”ip-api.com/docs/legal“We do not allow commercial use of this endpoint.”

Free tier details

Recurring free tier; no API key required; 45 HTTP requests/minute per IP (single lookup) or 15 batch requests/minute; non-commercial use only; HTTP only (no HTTPS); JSON, XML, CSV, newline, PHP serialized formats; 8 PoPs. [5]ip-api.com/docs/api:json“256-bit SSL encryption is not available for this free API. We do not allow commercial use of this endpoint”ip-api.com/docs/api:batch“15 requests per minute from an IP address”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [6]members.ip-api.com“Custom pricing (contact sales required) — Customized support and personalized integration assistance, 23 PoPs plus option for custom solutions such as dedicated servers”

Minimum commitment

12 months (Pro plan annual billing only; no published monthly option) [7]members.ip-api.com“€13.3 per month, when paying for 12 months”

• Proxy / VPN detection
• ASN / company data
• IPv6 support
• Bulk lookups

Supported actions

ip_lookup, bulk_lookup, dns_lookup, proxy_vpn_tor_detection, reverse_dns, asn_lookup, carrier_data, timezone, currency

Regions

Global IPv4 and IPv6 coverage, Europe: 89% city-level accuracy, 99% country-level accuracy, USA: 88% city-level, 95% state-level, 99% country-level accuracy, Global: 83% city-level, 99% country-level accuracy (as of February 2020), Live API only (no downloadable database), Anycast/GeoDNS network with 8 PoPs (free) or 23 PoPs (Pro) [8]members.ip-api.com/faq“Europe: 89% city-level, 99% country-level accuracy. USA: 88% city-level, 95% state-level, 99% country-level. Global: 83% city-level, 99% country-level (as of February 2020)”

Input types

IPv4 address, IPv6 address, domain name / hostname, requester IP auto-detect (no query parameter), batch of up to 100 IPs per request (POST) [9]ip-api.com/docs/api:json“IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, Domain names. If no query provided, the requester's current IP is used”ip-api.com/docs/api:batch“A request needs to be formatted as a JSON array, containing up to 100 IP addresses or objects”

Output types

status, continent, continentCode, country, countryCode, region, regionName, city, district, postal/zip, latitude/longitude, timezone, UTC offset, currency, ISP, org, ASN/org (AS field), asname, reverse DNS, mobile flag, proxy/VPN/Tor flag, hosting/datacenter flag, query IP echo, JSON, XML, CSV, newline-separated, PHP serialized [10]ip-api.com/docs/api:json“status, continent, continentCode, country, countryCode, region, regionName, city, district, zip, lat, lon, timezone, offset, currency, isp, org, as, asname, reverse, mobile, proxy, hosting, query”

Webhooks

✗ No

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [11]ip-api.com/docs“No dedicated sandbox or test environment mentioned in documentation”

SDK languages

Unknown

MCP server

✗ No

SOC 2

None [12]members.ip-api.com/faq“ISO 9001:2015 and 27001:2013 certified through UKAS”

HIPAA

✗ No [13]members.ip-api.com/legal“fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)”

GDPR

✓ Yes [14]members.ip-api.com/legal“fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)”members.ip-api.com/faq“fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and our company is ISO 9001:2015 and 27001:2013 certified through UKAS”

ISO 27001

✓ Yes [15]members.ip-api.com/faq“ISO 9001:2015 and 27001:2013 certified through UKAS”

PCI DSS

✗ No [16]members.ip-api.com/legal“fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [17]members.ip-api.com/legal“If monthly availability drops below 99.9% or response times exceed 500ms consistently (over 1 hour), subscribers receive 10 days of complimentary service extension.”members.ip-api.com/faq“99.9% API monthly uptime, with a response time (TTFB) of under 500ms in most parts of the world and under 100ms in US, Europe and most of Asia”

Rate limits

Free single-lookup endpoint: 45 requests/minute per IP address (HTTP 429 on excess; 1-hour IP ban on persistent violations; headers X-Rl and X-Ttl). Free batch endpoint: 15 requests/minute per IP address, up to 100 IPs per batch. Pro plan: unlimited requests. [18]ip-api.com/docs/api:batch“15 requests per minute from an IP address”ip-api.com/docs/api:json“This endpoint is limited to 45 requests per minute from an IP address. Exceeding this triggers HTTP 429 throttling”

Known restrictions

Free tier is non-commercial only: 'We do not allow commercial use of this endpoint', HTTPS/SSL access gated to paid Pro plan only; free endpoint is HTTP only, No reselling of API keys, subscriptions, or data returned by the API, Database mining (querying all possible IPv4 addresses) is explicitly prohibited, Data accuracy is best-effort: 'We do not offer any warranties regarding the correctness of the data returned', GeoLite2 (MaxMind) used as fallback for some IP ranges, Pro plan pricing is annual-only (12-month commitment); no published monthly rate, Prices shown in Euro exclusive of VAT [19]ip-api.com/docs/legal“Fallback to GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind for some ranges”ip-api.com/docs/api:json“256-bit SSL encryption is not available for this free API. We do not allow commercial use of this endpoint”members.ip-api.com/legal“do not allow reselling of your API keys, subscription, or data returned by the API”

• Docs
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

http://ip-api.com/json/

Versioning

none

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

45 / minute

• Auth docs
• Quickstart

Launched

2012-01-01

GA

2012-01-01

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1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 20
2. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
3. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
4. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"bulk":true,"ipv6":true,"asn_company":true,"proxy_vpn_detection":true}
5. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → ip-api.com is a REST-based IP geolocation service, active since 2012, covering …
6. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 25
7. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
8. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 75
9. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 70
10. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 90
11. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 50
12. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Teams needing broa…
13. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You have strict compliance requirements
14. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
15. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
16. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
17. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://ip-api.com/docs
18. 2026-06-14 Changelog URL: (none) → https://ip-api.com/changelog
19. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.ip-api.com
20. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Details: set to Recurring free tier; no API key required; 45 HTTP requests/minute per IP (singl…
21. 2026-06-14 Minimum Commitment: set to 12 months (Pro plan annual billing only; no published monthly option)
22. 2026-06-14 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
23. 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
24. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
25. 2026-06-14 SOC 2: set to none
26. 2026-06-14 HIPAA: set to No
27. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
28. 2026-06-14 ISO 27001: set to Yes
29. 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
30. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
31. 2026-06-14 SLA URL: set to https://members.ip-api.com/legal
32. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://members.ip-api.com/legal
33. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Free single-lookup endpoint: 45 requests/minute per IP address (HTTP 429 on exc…
34. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 45
35. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to minute
36. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Free tier is non-commercial only: 'We do not allow commercial use of this endpo…
37. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
38. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://members.ip-api.com/faq
39. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
40. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to http://ip-api.com/json/
41. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to none
42. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
43. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://ip-api.com/docs/api:json
44. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
45. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
46. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
47. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to ip-api
48. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2012-01-01
49. 2026-06-14 GA Date: set to 2012-01-01
50. 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to (none)

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