ipapi.co

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Cost-sensitive teams - low, transparent entry price

Avoid if: You have strict compliance requirements

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  30 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  100 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  80 / 100
  Setup speed
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  45 / 100
  Docs quality
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  100 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  15 / 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

Recurring free tier: up to 30,000 lookups/month (1,000/day cap); no time limit; no credit card required; work email required to request access; not recommended for production use; IP queries stored in logs (no enhanced privacy).

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [2]ipapi.co/faq/“a free IP location plan for trial & testing with no time limit. No credit card is required to use it.”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [3]ipapi.co/pricing/“Enterprise $99/month 2,000,000; Custom plan available for usage exceeding 15,000,000 lookups/month via contact request”

• ASN / company data
• IPv6 support
• Bulk lookups

Supported actions

ip_lookup, single_field_lookup, client_ip_auto_detect, bulk_lookup, asn_lookup

Regions

IPv4 support, IPv6 support, city-level geolocation, country-level geolocation, postal/zip code level, database updated daily, data sourced from DB-IP and MaxMind GeoLite2

Input types

IPv4 address, IPv6 address, requester IP auto-detect

Output types

ip, network, version, city, region, region_code, country, country_name, country_code, country_code_iso3, country_capital, country_tld, continent_code, in_eu, postal, latitude, longitude, timezone, utc_offset, country_calling_code, currency, currency_name, languages, country_area, country_population, ASN, org, JSON, JSONP, XML, CSV, YAML

Webhooks

✗ No

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No

SDK languages

Python, JavaScript (Node.js) [4]ipapi.co/developers/“ipapi-python on GitHub with a pypi package named 'ipapi'; ipapi-nodejs on GitHub with npm package 'ipapi.co'”ipapi.co/api/“Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Node.js, jQuery, Java, C#, Go”

MCP server

✗ No

SOC 2

– Unknown

HIPAA

✗ No

GDPR

✓ Yes [5]ipapi.co/privacy/“Yes. We respect your privacy and make it a priority to protect your data — GDPR compliant including the new Standard Contractual Clauses”

ISO 27001

– Unknown

PCI DSS

✗ No [6]ipapi.co/security/“a secure, PCI compliant payment provider to handle credit & debit card transactions. Our primary payment processor, Stripe, has been audited by an independent PCI QSA and is certified as a PCI Level 1 Service Provider”

Published SLA

✗ No [7]ipapi.co/security/“API uptime and performance monitored through multiple independent services. Public status page available at https://status.ipapi.co/. No formal SLA document or uptime guarantee commitment stated.”

Rate limits

Free tier: 1,000 lookups/day (~30,000/month). Paid plans: Starter 60,000 / Professional 150,000 / Business 500,000 / Enterprise 2,000,000 / Premium 6,000,000 / Ultra 15,000,000 monthly lookups. Exceeding limits returns HTTP 429. [8]ipapi.co/pricing/“Starter 60,000; Professional 150,000; Business 500,000; Enterprise 2,000,000; Premium 6,000,000; Ultra 15,000,000 monthly lookups”ipapi.co/api/“Rate limit error: HTTP 429 with response: { "error": true, "reason": "RateLimited", "message": "..." }”

Known restrictions

Free tier intended for testing/development only, not recommended for production, Free tier requires work email; disposable/temporary emails rejected, Data must not be cached or stored beyond 24 hours minimum necessary for immediate use, Prohibited from creating any persistent copy, database, or archive of retrieved data, API key and retrieved data cannot be sublicensed, resold, or transferred to third parties, Data cannot be used for FCRA-regulated purposes (credit, insurance, employment decisions), Underlying data carries attribution obligations: DB-IP (CC BY 4.0) and MaxMind GeoLite2 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Latitude/longitude are near center of population and cannot identify a precise address, Unused monthly request quota does not roll over

• Docs
• API reference
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://ipapi.co/

Versioning

none

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

1000 / day

SDKs

• Python ipapi · repo
• JavaScript (Node.js) ipapi.co · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart

Launched

2016-01-01

• MaxMind GeoIP2

  "the industry standard for IP geolocation" that "Covers 99.9999% of IP addresses" and is "Trusted by businesses and developers globally for high accuracy and reliability."

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• IPGeolocation.io

  "Enterprise-grade IP Geolocation and threat intelligence - trusted worldwide for real-time, scalable decisions."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• IPinfo

  "Empowering developers and enterprises with verified IP data that's fast, accurate, and built to scale."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• ipdata

  "Lookup the location and threat profile of any IP Address to localize your website content, analyze logs, enrich forms, target ads, enforce GDPR compliance, perform redirections, block countries, detect VPNs and more."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• IP2Location

  "Power Your Business Intelligence with Accurate IP Metadata and Proxy Threat Intelligence."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Abstract IP Geolocation API

  "Get the location of any IP with a world-class API serving city, region, country and lat/long data."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

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4. ↑SDK languages: ipapi.co · ipapi.co
5. ↑GDPR: ipapi.co
6. ↑PCI DSS: ipapi.co
7. ↑Published SLA: ipapi.co
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Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 25 → 45
2. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 30
3. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
4. 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → https://ipapi.co/api/
5. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"bulk":true,"ipv6":true,"asn_company":true}
7. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → ipapi.co is a REST API for IP address geolocation, suited for content localizat…
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 Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
11. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
12. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
13. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 80
14. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 25
15. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 15
16. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Cost-sensitive tea…
17. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
18. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://ipapi.co/docs
19. 2026-06-14 Changelog URL: (none) → https://ipapi.co/changelog
20. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.ipapi.co
21. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
22. 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
23. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-14 HIPAA: set to No
25. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
26. 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
27. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to No
28. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://ipapi.co/privacy/
29. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Free tier: 1,000 lookups/day (~30,000/month). Paid plans: Starter 60,000 / Prof…
30. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 1000
31. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to day
32. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Free tier intended for testing/development only, not recommended for production…
33. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
34. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://ipapi.co/api/
35. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
36. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://ipapi.co/
37. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to none
38. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
39. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://ipapi.co/api/
40. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
41. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
42. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 12
43. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
44. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to 1,000 requests/day (~30,000/month)
45. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2016-01-01
46. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to ipapi-co
47. 2026-06-14 Fields Not Found: set to soc2, iso_27001, proxy_vpn_tor_detection, threat_intel, company_data, carrier_d…
48. 2026-06-14 Source Confidence: set to high
49. 2026-06-14 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet
50. 2026-06-14 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

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