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An ip-api.com alternative that tells a VPN from a proxy

ip-api.com answers one proxy flag for a VPN, a proxy or a Tor exit, and its free endpoint is plain HTTP for non-commercial use. InternetData names the VPN, splits each kind of proxy, and answers its free fields over HTTPS with no key and no cap, for commercial use too.

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The free fields need no key and have no cap. A free account's first 100 lookups each day answer every field.

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What each API answers about one address, and what it costs, from each company's own pages.

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Location: InternetDataCountry, continent, timezone and currency on every plan, with no key. A paid plan adds the region, city, postal code and coordinates, with an accuracy radius.; ip-api.comCity, ZIP and coordinates on every endpoint, its free one included.
Network and owner: InternetDataThe AS that announces the address and the company using it, each with its domain, on every plan. A paid plan adds the company's type, the route's RPKI status and the registry's Whois record.; ip-api.comisp, org, as and asname.
VPN, proxies and Tor: InternetDataTor and privacy relays on every plan. A paid plan names the VPN and flags residential, mobile, datacenter and public proxies apart, each with its pool and when we saw it.; ip-api.comOne proxy flag for a Tor exit, a VPN or a proxy.
Hosting and CDN: InternetDatais_hosting and is_cdn on a paid plan, each with the company named.; ip-api.comhosting, for hosting, colocation and data centers.
Abuse contact: InternetDataThe registry's abuse email on every plan; its name, phone and address on a paid plan.; ip-api.comNone.
What runs on it: InternetDataWhether SSH, mail, a website, an open DNS resolver or BitTorrent answered on the address, on every plan; what answered, and how many domains the address hosts, on a paid plan.; ip-api.comreverse, the address's reverse DNS name; no flag for what answers on it.
AS and domain lookups: InternetDataThe same API looks up an AS, with its prefixes and their RPKI status, and a domain, with its DNS records, its organization's IP ranges and whether it's a disposable email domain.; ip-api.comA domain is looked up by its address.
Free to start: InternetDataUnlimited: the free fields with no key and no daily or monthly cap, for commercial use too. A free account's first 100 lookups each day answer every field.; ip-api.com45 requests a minute over plain HTTP, for non-commercial use only.
Price for every field: InternetDataEvery paid plan answers every field: $39 a month for 250,000 lookups, $199 for 2 million and $399 for 5 million.; ip-api.comPro, unlimited requests over HTTPS with commercial use, is €13.30 a month billed yearly.

Where ip-api.com does more

ip-api.com's Pro is €13.30 a month billed yearly for unlimited requests, and every endpoint answers city-level location and a mobile flag, its free one included.

Ours tells a VPN from Tor and from each kind of proxy and names it, names the hosting company, and answers the company, abuse contact, open services and AS and domain lookups. Its free fields work over HTTPS with no key, for commercial use too.

Moving from ip-api.com

Most fields have a counterpart here. One GET per address, AS or domain, or a POST for up to 1,000 at once, and an official SDK for 12 languages.

ip-api.comproxyInternetDatais_vpn, is_tor, is_resproxy, is_dcproxy, is_mobproxy, is_pubproxyOne flag there, one per kind here.
ip-api.comhostingInternetDatais_hosting, hosting.provider_name
ip-api.commobileInternetDatais_carrier, carrier
ip-api.comas, asnameInternetDataasn
ip-api.comisp, orgInternetDatacompany
ip-api.comreverseInternetDatahostname
ip-api.comcity, zip, lat, lonInternetDatalocation.city, location.postal_code, location.latitude, location.longitudeOn a paid plan.

ip-api.com's side is from its pricing page and its JSON API documentation, read on 2026-11-13. ip-api is its owner's trademark; we're not affiliated with it.

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