IPinfo review
IP dataIP geolocation and proxy/VPN/Tor detection via API and database download, with an unlimited country-level free tier.
- Claimed accuracyIPinfo describes itself as "the most accurate IP geolocation data in the industry, providing context as granular as radius and confidence level" and displays a G2 badge for "#1 for IP Data Accuracy"; it does not publish a percentage nor specify whether the claim refers to country, region, or city level.
- Update frequencyDaily
- GDPR compliance
Refers to the cheapest paid plan, IPinfo Core, billed month to month; paying annually brings the equivalent down to about $26/mo ($310/year). Excludes the free IPinfo Lite tier.
IPinfo sells IP geolocation and network intelligence data via API and database download (JSON, CSV, MMDB), aimed mainly at fraud detection, content personalisation, compliance and analytics teams that need to enrich IP addresses at scale: country, region, city, ASN, network operator, organisation classification (ISP, business, hosting, educational) and proxy, VPN, Tor and residential-proxy signals. The company, headquartered in Seattle (US) and operating since 2013, states it processes over 1 billion requests daily and refreshes its data every 24 hours.
Worth knowing upfront: the free tier, IPinfo Lite, only provides country-level geolocation and basic ASN data, with no city detail and no proxy/VPN/Tor detection; commercial use of that tier requires visible attribution to IPinfo, something its own pricing table states explicitly. Residential-proxy detection, carrier data and city-level accuracy radius only arrive with the Max plan, priced well above Core. On accuracy, IPinfo publishes no concrete figure or scope: it simply claims 'the most accurate IP geolocation data in the industry' and displays a G2 badge for '#1 for IP Data Accuracy', without breaking down a percentage by country or city. Its terms explicitly prohibit reselling or redistributing the content without written consent, and pricing scales with monthly query volume via a slider, so the actual bill depends on contracted traffic rather than a flat fee.
Features
- Data included
- Delivery
- Claimed accuracy
- IPinfo describes itself as "the most accurate IP geolocation data in the industry, providing context as granular as radius and confidence level" and displays a G2 badge for "#1 for IP Data Accuracy"; it does not publish a percentage nor specify whether the claim refers to country, region, or city level.
- Update frequency
- Daily
- Free tier
- IPinfo Lite: free forever, no credit card required, with unlimited API requests but limited to country-level geolocation and basic ASN (name and domain); excludes city, accuracy radius, mobile carrier, proxy/VPN/Tor detection, and company data. Commercial use requires visible attribution to IPinfo.
- IPv6 coverage
- Licence
- Monthly or annual subscription, cancellable at any time; resale or redistribution of the content is prohibited without IPinfo's written consent (OEM agreements aside); the free plan requires attribution for commercial use.
- GDPR compliance
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