IPinfo

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You have strict compliance requirements

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  50 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  100 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  85 / 100
  Setup speed
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  35 / 100
  Docs quality
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  100 / 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

IPinfo Lite: $0/month, unlimited API requests, 7 essential IP attributes (country, continent, ASN name and domain). Also available as a downloadable database (CSV, MMDB, JSON, Parquet) under CC BY-SA 4.0 license; attribution required (link to IPinfo as data source). Commercial use permitted with attribution.

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [2]ipinfo.io/account/signup“Continue with Google, GitHub login, or email-based registration — no sales call required for self-serve plans.”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [3]ipinfo.io/pricing“IPinfo Enterprise — Custom. 40+ IP Attributes. All datasets included. Full Whois data access. IP ranges owned/operated by companies. Cloud integrations. Dedicated account manager. Custom SLA support.”

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

Supported actions

ip_lookup, batch_lookup, asn_lookup, company_data, carrier_data, proxy_vpn_tor_detection, residential_proxy_detection, hosted_domains, reverse_dns, timezone, currency, ip_ranges, database_download, ip_whois, abuse_contact_lookup, quota_check

Regions

IPv4 global coverage, IPv6 coverage (55% of datasets), country-level geolocation (free/Lite tier), city-level geolocation (Core and above), daily data updates, API and downloadable database delivery

Input types

IPv4 address, IPv6 address, requester IP auto-detect (me), ASN, batch of IPs (up to 1000 per request), domain/hostname

Output types

IP address, country code / country name, continent code / continent name, city, region / region code, postal code, latitude / longitude, accuracy radius, timezone, DMA code, GeoName ID, ASN / AS name / AS domain, hostname / reverse DNS, ISP / organization, anycast flag, hosting flag, mobile flag, satellite flag, VPN flag, proxy flag, Tor flag, relay flag, anonymous flag, privacy service name, carrier name / MCC / MNC, geo last_changed timestamp, ASN last_changed timestamp, percentage active days (Max tier), company data, abuse contact, IP ranges, Whois data, JSON, CSV, MMDB, Parquet, newline-delimited

Webhooks

✗ No

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [4]ipinfo.io/developers“IPinfo offers a free tier with unlimited country-level geolocation data — no dedicated sandbox environment with separate test keys mentioned.”

SDK languages

Python, Node.js/TypeScript, Go, PHP, Java, Ruby, C#, Rust, Swift, Perl, PHP (Laravel), Python (Django), Ruby (Rails), Node.js (Express), Java (Spring)

MCP server

✓ Yes [5]ipinfo.io/developers/mcp-server“IPinfo MCP Server. Server URL: https://mcp.ipinfo.io/. Tools: ipinfo_lookup, ipinfo_geolocate, ipinfo_asn, ipinfo_check_privacy, ipinfo_check_residential_proxy, ipinfo_quota.”

SOC 2

None [6]ipinfo.io/faq/article/170-is-ipinfo-certified-with-any-industry-standards“IPinfo states that industry standards like ISO27001 and SOC2 are involved in the handling and processing of PII and are not applicable to them, as their IP datasets do not contain any PII.”

HIPAA

✗ No [7]ipinfo.io/faq/article/170-is-ipinfo-certified-with-any-industry-standards“IPinfo's IP datasets do not contain any PII and therefore standards involved in the handling and processing of PII are not applicable to them.”

GDPR

✓ Yes [8]support.ipinfo.io/hc/en-us/sections/30791456938514-Data-Privacy-Compliance“Does IPinfo's data fall under GDPR or any other privacy protection law?”ipinfo.io/privacy-policy“If you are located in the EEA or UK you may have certain rights under European and UK law with respect to your personally-identifiable Information.”

ISO 27001

✗ No [9]ipinfo.io/faq/article/170-is-ipinfo-certified-with-any-industry-standards“IPinfo states that industry standards like ISO27001 and SOC2 are involved in the handling and processing of PII and are not applicable to them.”

PCI DSS

✗ No

Published SLA

✓ Yes [10]ipinfo.io/products/free-ip-database“99.999% uptime”ipinfo.io/enterprise“99.99% Production-grade reliability. Enterprise SLAs back the lookups customers depend on, with consistent 50–200ms response times across regions.”

Rate limits

Lite (free): unlimited API requests, no daily or monthly cap. Unauthenticated (no account): 1,000 requests/day. Paid plans (Core/Plus/Max): 150k–5M requests/month configurable via slider; no per-second, hourly, or daily sub-limits; no concurrent request limits. Exceeding monthly quota returns HTTP 429. Database download: 10 concurrent downloads. [11]ipinfo.io/pricing“Core/Plus/Max: 150k–5M requests per month (adjustable via slider). Overage rate: $0.54 per 1,000 additional requests (Core).”ipinfo.io/developers“No daily/hourly caps — Consume monthly allowance in any pattern. No concurrent limits — Hundreds of thousands of parallel requests supported.”

Known restrictions

IPinfo Lite free database requires attribution (CC BY-SA 4.0 license) - link to IPinfo required on websites/apps using the data, Reselling or redistributing IPinfo data is prohibited without written consent (OEM agreement required), Unauthenticated public API limited to 1,000 requests/day, City-level geolocation and privacy detection require paid Core plan or above, Database downloads are NOT included in self-serve plans - requires contacting sales team, Annual plan pricing available (2 months free, ~17% discount), SOC 2 and ISO 27001 explicitly stated as not applicable because IPinfo data contains no PII

• Docs
• API reference

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.ipinfo.io

Versioning

none

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific JSON ({"error": "message"} shape observed in docs; HTTP 429 on rate limit exceeded)

Rate limit

50000 / month

SDKs

• Python ipinfo · repo
• Node.js/TypeScript node-ipinfo · repo
• Go ipinfo/go · repo
• PHP ipinfo/ipinfo · repo
• Java io.ipinfo:ipinfo · repo
• Ruby ipinfo · repo
• C# IPinfo · repo
• Rust ipinfo · repo
• Swift ipinfo-swift · repo
• Perl Geo::IPinfo · repo
• PHP (Laravel) ipinfo/ipinfo-laravel · repo
• Python (Django) ipinfo-django · repo
• Ruby (Rails) ipinfo-rails · repo
• Node.js (Express) ipinfo-express · repo
• Java (Spring) ipinfo-spring · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server

Launched

2013-01-01

Notable customers

Bupa, GreyNoise, Fingerprint, TransferGo, Adcash, FindHotel, Oort, Dupaco Community Credit Union, CFC, VisitorQueue

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  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

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

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2. ↑Self-serve signup: ipinfo.io
3. ↑Enterprise plan: ipinfo.io
4. ↑Sandbox: ipinfo.io
5. ↑MCP server: ipinfo.io
6. ↑SOC 2: ipinfo.io
7. ↑HIPAA: ipinfo.io
8. ↑GDPR: support.ipinfo.io · ipinfo.io
9. ↑ISO 27001: ipinfo.io
10. ↑Published SLA: ipinfo.io · ipinfo.io
11. ↑Rate limits: ipinfo.io · ipinfo.io

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

1. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 15 → 35
2. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 30 → 50
3. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
4. 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → https://ipinfo.io/developers/ipinfo-api
5. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
6. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"bulk":true,"ipv6":true,"asn_company":true,"downloadable_db":true,"proxy_vpn_d…
7. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → IPinfo is an IP data API launched in 2013, serving use cases from content local…
8. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
9. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
10. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 35
11. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, AI agents and auto…
12. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You have strict compliance requirements
13. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
14. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
15. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 30
16. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 85
17. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://ipinfo.io/docs
18. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
19. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
20. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Details: set to IPinfo Lite: $0/month, unlimited API requests, 7 essential IP attributes (count…
21. 2026-06-14 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
22. 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
23. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-14 SOC 2: set to none
25. 2026-06-14 HIPAA: set to No
26. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
27. 2026-06-14 ISO 27001: set to No
28. 2026-06-14 PCI DSS: set to No
29. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
30. 2026-06-14 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://ipinfo.io/privacy-policy
31. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Lite (free): unlimited API requests, no daily or monthly cap. Unauthenticated (…
32. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 50000
33. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to month
34. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to IPinfo Lite free database requires attribution (CC BY-SA 4.0 license) - link to…
35. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
36. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://ipinfo.io/developers
37. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
38. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://api.ipinfo.io
39. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to none
40. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
41. 2026-06-14 MCP URL: set to https://mcp.ipinfo.io/
42. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://ipinfo.io/developers
43. 2026-06-14 Idempotency Supported: set to No
44. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific JSON ({"error": "message"} shape observed in docs; HTTP 429 on …
45. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
46. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 49
47. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to ipinfo
48. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Limit: set to Unlimited requests/month on IPinfo Lite (country-level + ASN only); legacy free…
49. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2013-01-01
50. 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to Bupa, GreyNoise, Fingerprint, TransferGo, Adcash, FindHotel, Oort, Dupaco Commu…

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