Free IP Geolocation APIs and Databases
Which IP geolocation APIs and IP databases a startup can look up a visitor's country, city and network with for free today, how many requests the free plan allows, whether it allows commercial use, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, read from each provider's own page.
Free allowances read on each provider's own pages, all checked on or after . IP data providers change their free tiers from time to time: confirm the terms on the provider's page before you use it in production.
IP geolocation APIs a startup can use for free today include IPinfo (Unlimited country and ASN lookups), DB-IP Lite (Free downloads, updated monthly), IPdata (1,000 city-level a day, then country-level), IP2Location LITE (Free database: country, city, ZIP), and Abstract API (1,000 requests a month). Each of the 12 free tiers below links to the provider's page that states it, with its main limit, whether it allows commercial use, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs.
Showing prices in a visitor's currency, flagging signups from risky networks or filling in a country field all start with an IP lookup. Most IP data providers have a free plan with a request limit, and a few publish free databases you download and query yourself.
The headline rarely tells you how far it goes. Free plans may return only country-level data, refuse requests past a daily limit, serve HTTP only or forbid commercial use. Each provider below shows what is free, its main limit, whether it allows commercial use, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, quoted from the provider's own page with the date we read it.
Which providers we picked and the order they appear in are our editorial choices; the terms are the providers'. Some of these providers pay us a referral commission when someone signs up through our link: those links are labeled, and they play no part in which providers are listed or where.
IP geolocation APIs with a free tier
Look up country, city and network for an IP address, with free requests each month.
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IPinfo
Unlimited country and ASN lookups, no card
IPinfo Lite is entirely free and without usage limits, with no monthly fees and no credit card required. Its data can be used in commercial applications. The first paid plan is IPinfo Core at $26 a month.
- Commercial use
- Yes, in commercial applications (source: ipinfo.io)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: ipinfo.io)
- First paid plan
- Core: $26 a month (source: ipinfo.io)
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IPdata
Commercial use with attribution, no key needed
IPdata's free tier gives 1,000 city-level lookups a day with no API key, then country-level lookups without limit. Commercial use is allowed with attribution. Its Startup plan is $50 a month, billed yearly.
- Commercial use
- Yes, with attribution (source: ipdata.co)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: ipdata.co)
- First paid plan
- Startup: $50 a month, billed yearly (source: ipdata.co)
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Abstract API
1,000 full-response lookups a month, no card
Abstract's free IP geolocation plan gives 1,000 requests a month at 1 request a second, with no credit card. Every API has a permanently free tier. Its Starter plan is $17 a month billed annually.
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: abstractapi.com)
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IP2Location.io
50,000 queries a month, with an API key
The IP2Location.io Free plan gives 50,000 IP geolocation queries a month, though it offers limited data fields. The first paid plan, Starter, is $49 a month for 150,000 queries.
- First paid plan
- Starter: $49 a month, 150K queries (source: ip2location.io)
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BigDataCloud
10,000 lookups a month, no card needed
BigDataCloud's free Base plan gives 10k requests a month, with no credit card needed. Its Bronze plan is US$29.95 a month billed monthly.
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: bigdatacloud.com)
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Ipregistry
20,000 one-time credits with company and VPN data
Every new Ipregistry account gets 20,000 free credits, one time, with no credit card. Once they are used, a monthly plan or a credit pack is needed, and packs start at $10.
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: ipregistry.co)
- First paid plan
- Credit packs from $10 (source: ipregistry.co)
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ipgeolocation.io
Daily credits for testing and prototypes
ipgeolocation.io's Free plan gives 1,000 credits per day for life, with no credit card required for Free. It is for testing and small projects, with no overages. Its Starter plan is $19 a month.
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: ipgeolocation.io)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $19 a month (source: ipgeolocation.io)
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ipstack
A key and 100 lookups a month for a prototype
The ipstack Free plan includes 100 requests a month with location data, and it needs no credit card at signup. Free calls use HTTP only, and HTTPS starts with Basic at $12.99 a month.
- What's free
- 100 requests a month (source: ipstack.com)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: ipstack.com)
- First paid plan
- Basic: $12.99 a month (source: ipstack.com)
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ip-api.com
Non-commercial projects that need no key
The ip-api.com free endpoint is free for non-commercial use and needs no API key. It is limited to 45 requests a minute, and commercial use is not allowed. The Pro service adds unlimited queries, SSL and commercial use.
- Commercial use
- No, non-commercial use only (source: ip-api.com)
- First paid plan
- Pro: unlimited queries, SSL, commercial (source: ip-api.com)
Free downloadable IP databases
IP-to-location databases you download and query yourself, free.
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DB-IP Lite
Free monthly country, city and ASN files
DB-IP Lite is a free database, and its Lite downloads are updated monthly. It is a subset of the commercial databases with reduced coverage and accuracy. You may use it in your application with attribution to DB-IP.com.
- Commercial use
- Yes, with attribution to DB-IP.com (source: db-ip.com)
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IP2Location LITE
Free country, city and ZIP database with attribution
IP2Location LITE is a free database that determines the country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code and time zone for an IP address. It is free for personal or commercial use with attribution, but its accuracy is limited. The commercial city database is $3,980 a year under a site license.
- Commercial use
- Yes, with attribution (source: lite.ip2location.com)
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: lite.ip2location.com)
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MaxMind GeoLite2
Free country and city data for internal use
MaxMind offers free geolocation and ASN data as databases and as a web service, with 1000 lookups per day per service. Its license covers your own internal business purposes. The paid GeoIP Country plan is billed $418 a year.
- Commercial use
- Internal business use only (source: maxmind.com)
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How this comparison is built
The list covers IP geolocation APIs and databases a founder can use for free today without applying to a program. The order and the "best for" notes are our editorial reading of each API's terms. Every term comes from the API's own pricing or help page on the date shown, never from a third-party list; follow each link for the full conditions. A cap on requests, fields kept for paid plans, or non-commercial terms can matter more than the headline, so the comparison quotes them wherever the provider states them. Some of these APIs pay StartupPerks a referral commission, and their links are labeled as referral links; that decides neither whether nor where a API appears, and no API pays for a placement on this page.
Read the full methodologyCommon questions
What is the best free IP geolocation API?
It depends on the data you need. By the terms each provider states, IP2Location.io gives 50,000 queries a month, BigDataCloud 10,000 requests a month, ipgeolocation.io 1,000 credits a day, and IPinfo unlimited country and ASN lookups.
Is MaxMind GeoLite2 free?
Yes. MaxMind's GeoLite2 databases and web service are free, with 1,000 web lookups a day per service, and its license allows internal business use.
Is ip-api.com free for commercial use?
No. ip-api.com is free for non-commercial use only, at 45 requests a minute per IP; commercial use needs its paid Pro plan.
Is there a free IP geolocation database?
Yes. DB-IP Lite, IP2Location LITE and MaxMind GeoLite2 are free downloadable databases; DB-IP and IP2Location note less coverage or accuracy than their paid editions.
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