ipapi review
IP dataIP geolocation API for IPv4 and IPv6 with currency, time zone and ISP data; proxy and threat detection only on the top plan. An APILayer product.
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- Claimed accuracyNo percentage published. The company claims "the highest level of accuracy and consistency" and up to 300 data changes per day; its terms provide the data "as is", with no guarantee of accuracy.
The 'from' price of $12.99 per month corresponds to the Standard plan (50,000 requests per month), the cheapest paid plan; the free plan is not counted. The company says annual billing is up to 15% cheaper (its pricing page shows $11.99 per month for Standard). Business costs $59.99 and Business Pro $99.99 per month; requests beyond the quota are billed per call.
ipapi is an IP geolocation service delivered only as a web API (JSON or XML responses) for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. The company says each lookup returns more than 45 data points: location, time zone, currency, ASN and ISP, plus security data. It is built and maintained by apilayer, which Idera announced it had acquired in January 2021.
The content depends on the plan. The free plan (100 requests, non-commercial use, no support) includes location data and HTTPS only; Standard adds commercial use, currency, time zone and connection data; Business adds bulk lookups; and proxy, crawler, Tor and threat detection is included only in Business Pro. ipapi does not publish an accuracy percentage: it claims "the highest level of accuracy and consistency" and up to 300 data changes per day, while its terms provide the data "as is", without any guarantee of accuracy. The contracting party is apilayer Data Products GmbH (Vienna), under Austrian law.
Features
- Data included
- Delivery
- Claimed accuracy
- No percentage published. The company claims "the highest level of accuracy and consistency" and up to 300 data changes per day; its terms provide the data "as is", with no guarantee of accuracy.
- Free tier
- Yes: 100 API requests, non-commercial use only, no support. It includes location data and HTTPS; currency, time zone, connection data, bulk lookups and security data are not included.
- IPv6 coverage
- Licence
- Commercial use requires a paid plan (Standard or higher). The license is non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable; end users may use the data only for their own personal use. The contract is with apilayer Data Products GmbH (Vienna) under Austrian law.
ipapi
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