GeoIP-api comparison

Comparison of some different mostly free GeoIP APIs I found around the internet.

Go to https://geoip.emrik.org to do your own benchmark or lookup an IP address using multiple APIs.

Accuracy is harder to test. But the only service that seems to achieve intercity tracking is ipgeolocation.io in my limited tests. Test on https://geoip.emrik.org to see for yourself :)

Feel free to add any APIs you find to the list by creating a pull request or an issue.

Sites

Url	Https	Limit	Clientside	Client lookup delay	Serverside delay
http://ip-api.com/		45/min		360 ms	166 ms
https://ipapi.co/		1000/day		317 ms	221 ms
https://ipbase.com/		150/month		138 ms	53 ms
https://ipgeolocation.io/		1000/day		n/a	156 ms
https://ipstack.com/		1000/month		308 ms	137 ms
https://ipwhois.io/		10000/month		120 ms	24 ms
https://getgeoapi.com/		300/day		170 ms	90 ms
https://geo.ipify.org/		333/account		n/a	268 ms
https://www.ip2location.io/		30000/month		123 ms	53 ms
https://ipinfo.io/		50000/month		n/a	185 ms
https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/		Unlimited		n/a	350 ms
https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip2-city-database		16667/account		n/a	155 ms
https://www.geojs.io/		Unlimited		184 ms	301 ms
https://reallyfreegeoip.org/		Unlimited		273 ms	236 ms
https://freeipapi.com		60/min		89 ms	40 ms
https://ipquery.io/		Unlimited		409 ms	149 ms
https://bgpview.io		Unlimited		n/a	224 ms

Example response

API	Serverside Lookup
ip-api.com	{ "status": "success", "country": "United States", "countryCode": "US", "region": "VA", "regionName": "Virginia", "city": "Ashburn", "zip": "20149", "lat": 39.03, "lon": -77.5, "timezone": "America/New_York", "isp": "Google LLC", "org": "Google Public DNS", "as": "AS15169 Google LLC", "query": "8.8.8.8" }
ipapi.co	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "network": "8.8.8.0/24", "version": "IPv4", "city": "Mountain View", "region": "California", "region_code": "CA", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "country_code": "US", "country_code_iso3": "USA", "country_capital": "Washington", "country_tld": ".us", "continent_code": "NA", "in_eu": false, "postal": "94043", "latitude": 37.42301, "longitude": -122.083352, "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "utc_offset": "-0700", "country_calling_code": "+1", "currency": "USD", "currency_name": "Dollar", "languages": "en-US,es-US,haw,fr", "country_area": 9629091, "country_population": 327167434, "asn": "AS15169", "org": "GOOGLE" }
ipbase.com	{ "data": { "ip": "8.8.8.8", "hostname": null, "type": "v4", "range_type": { "type": "PUBLIC", "description": "Public address" }, "connection": { "asn": 15169, "organization": "Google LLC", "isp": "Google LLC", "range": "8.8.8.0/24" }, "location": { "geonames_id": 85922355, "latitude": 37.386051177978516, "longitude": -122.08384704589844, "zip": "94035", "continent": { "code": "NA", "name": "North America", "name_translated": "North America", "geonames_id": 6255149, "wikidata_id": "Q49" }, "country": { "alpha2": "US", "alpha3": "USA", "calling_codes": [ "+1" ], "currencies": [ { "symbol": "$", "name": "US Dollar", "symbol_native": "$", "decimal_digits": 2, "rounding": 0, "code": "USD", "name_plural": "US dollars", "type": "fiat" } ], "emoji": "🇺🇸", "ioc": "USA", "languages": [ { "name": "English", "name_native": "English" } ], "name": "United States", "name_translated": "United States", "timezones": [ "America/New_York", "America/Detroit", "America/Kentucky/Louisville", "America/Kentucky/Monticello", "America/Indiana/Indianapolis", "America/Indiana/Vincennes", "America/Indiana/Winamac", "America/Indiana/Marengo", "America/Indiana/Petersburg", "America/Indiana/Vevay", "America/Chicago", "America/Indiana/Tell_City", "America/Indiana/Knox", "America/Menominee", "America/North_Dakota/Center", "America/North_Dakota/New_Salem", "America/North_Dakota/Beulah", "America/Denver", "America/Boise", "America/Phoenix", "America/Los_Angeles", "America/Anchorage", "America/Juneau", "America/Sitka", "America/Metlakatla", "America/Yakutat", "America/Nome", "America/Adak", "Pacific/Honolulu" ], "is_in_european_union": false, "fips": "US", "geonames_id": 85633793, "hasc_id": "US", "wikidata_id": "Q30" }, "city": { "fips": "0649670", "alpha2": null, "geonames_id": 85922355, "hasc_id": null, "wikidata_id": "Q486860", "name": "Mountain View", "name_translated": "Mountain View" }, "region": { "fips": "US06", "alpha2": "US-CA", "geonames_id": 85688637, "hasc_id": "US.CA", "wikidata_id": "Q99", "name": "California", "name_translated": "California" } }, "tlds": [ ".us" ], "timezone": { "id": "America/Los_Angeles", "current_time": "2025-03-10T04:46:31-07:00", "code": "PDT", "is_daylight_saving": true, "gmt_offset": -25200 }, "security": { "is_anonymous": null, "is_datacenter": null, "is_vpn": null, "is_bot": null, "is_abuser": null, "is_known_attacker": null, "is_proxy": null, "is_spam": null, "is_tor": null, "proxy_type": null, "is_icloud_relay": null, "threat_score": null }, "domains": { "count": null, "domains": [] } } }
ipgeolocation.io	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "continent_code": "NA", "continent_name": "North America", "country_code2": "US", "country_code3": "USA", "country_name": "United States", "country_name_official": "United States of America", "country_capital": "Washington, D.C.", "state_prov": "California", "state_code": "US-CA", "district": "Santa Clara", "city": "Mountain View", "zipcode": "94043-1351", "latitude": "37.42240", "longitude": "-122.08421", "is_eu": false, "calling_code": "+1", "country_tld": ".us", "languages": "en-US,es-US,haw,fr", "country_flag": "https://ipgeolocation.io/static/flags/us_64.png", "geoname_id": "6301403", "isp": "Google LLC", "connection_type": "", "organization": "Google LLC", "country_emoji": "🇺🇸", "currency": { "code": "USD", "name": "US Dollar", "symbol": "$" }, "time_zone": { "name": "America/Los_Angeles", "offset": -8, "offset_with_dst": -7, "current_time": "2025-03-10 04:46:31.176-0700", "current_time_unix": 1741607191.176, "is_dst": true, "dst_savings": 1, "dst_exists": true, "dst_start": { "utc_time": "2025-03-09 TIME 10", "duration": "+1H", "gap": true, "dateTimeAfter": "2025-03-09 TIME 03", "dateTimeBefore": "2025-03-09 TIME 02", "overlap": false }, "dst_end": { "utc_time": "2025-11-02 TIME 09", "duration": "-1H", "gap": false, "dateTimeAfter": "2025-11-02 TIME 01", "dateTimeBefore": "2025-11-02 TIME 02", "overlap": true } } }
ipstack.com	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "type": "ipv4", "continent_code": "NA", "continent_name": "North America", "country_code": "US", "country_name": "United States", "region_code": "OH", "region_name": "Ohio", "city": "Glenmont", "zip": "44628", "latitude": 40.5369987487793, "longitude": -82.12859344482422, "msa": null, "dma": "510", "radius": null, "ip_routing_type": "fixed", "connection_type": "ocx", "location": { "geoname_id": null, "capital": "Washington D.C.", "languages": [ { "code": "en", "name": "English", "native": "English" } ], "country_flag": "https://assets.ipstack.com/flags/us.svg", "country_flag_emoji": "🇺🇸", "country_flag_emoji_unicode": "U+1F1FA U+1F1F8", "calling_code": "1", "is_eu": false } }
ipwhois.io	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "success": true, "type": "IPv4", "continent": "North America", "continent_code": "NA", "country": "United States", "country_code": "US", "region": "California", "region_code": "CA", "city": "Mountain View", "latitude": 37.3860517, "longitude": -122.0838511, "is_eu": false, "postal": "94039", "calling_code": "1", "capital": "Washington D.C.", "borders": "CA,MX", "flag": { "img": "https://cdn.ipwhois.io/flags/us.svg", "emoji": "🇺🇸", "emoji_unicode": "U+1F1FA U+1F1F8" }, "connection": { "asn": 15169, "org": "Google LLC", "isp": "Google LLC", "domain": "google.com" }, "timezone": { "id": "America/Los_Angeles", "abbr": "PDT", "is_dst": true, "offset": -25200, "utc": "-07:00", "current_time": "2025-03-10T04:46:31-07:00" } }
getgeoapi.com	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "type": "IPv4", "location": { "latitude": 37.386051, "longitude": -122.083847 }, "postcode": "94035", "area": { "code": "US-CA", "geonameid": 5332921, "name": "California" }, "asn": { "number": 15169, "organisation": "GOOGLE" }, "city": { "geonameid": 5375480, "name": "Mountain View", "population": 80435 }, "continent": { "geonameid": 6255149, "name": "North America", "code": "NA" }, "country": { "geonameid": 6252001, "name": "United States of America", "code": "US", "capital": "Washington", "area_size": "9629091.00 sq. km", "population": 327167434, "phone_code": "1", "is_in_eu": false, "languages": { "en": "English language", "es": "Spanish language", "haw": "Hawaiian language", "fr": "French language" }, "flag": { "file": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg", "emoji": "🇺🇸", "unicode": "U+1F1FA U+1F1F8" }, "tld": ".us" }, "currency": { "code": "USD", "name": "United States dollar" }, "security": { "is_tor": false, "is_proxy": false, "is_crawler": false, "is_threat": false, "is_thread": false }, "time": { "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "gtm_offset": -25200, "gmt_offset": -25200, "is_daylight_saving": true, "code": "PDT" }, "status": "success" }
geo.ipify.org	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "location": { "country": "US", "region": "California", "city": "Mountain View", "lat": 32.69922, "lng": -117.11281, "postalCode": "", "timezone": "-07:00", "geonameId": 5375481 }, "domains": [ "0806efa20d27f8c451c39745817461ff.dlszywz.com", "0x57696c6c.com", "100asking.com", "10rd.ru", "11582c88dc.dlszywz.com" ], "as": { "asn": 15169, "name": "GOOGLE", "route": "8.8.8.0/24", "domain": "https://about.google/intl/en/", "type": "Content" }, "isp": "Google LLC", "proxy": { "proxy": false, "vpn": false, "tor": false } }
ip2location.io	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "country_code": "US", "country_name": "United States of America", "region_name": "California", "city_name": "Mountain View", "latitude": 37.38605, "longitude": -122.08385, "zip_code": "94035", "time_zone": "-08:00", "asn": "15169", "as": "Google LLC", "is_proxy": false }
ipinfo.io	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "hostname": "dns.google", "city": "Mountain View", "region": "California", "country": "US", "loc": "38.0088,-122.1175", "org": "AS15169 Google LLC", "postal": "94043", "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "anycast": true }
geolite2	{ "continent": { "code": "NA", "geonameId": 6255149, "names": { "ru": "Северная Америка", "zh-CN": "北美洲", "de": "Nordamerika", "en": "North America", "es": "Norteamérica", "fr": "Amérique du Nord", "ja": "北アメリカ", "pt-BR": "América do Norte" } }, "country": { "isoCode": "US", "geonameId": 6252001, "names": { "pt-BR": "EUA", "ru": "США", "zh-CN": "美国", "de": "USA", "en": "United States", "es": "Estados Unidos", "fr": "États Unis", "ja": "アメリカ" } }, "registeredCountry": { "isoCode": "US", "geonameId": 6252001, "names": { "de": "USA", "en": "United States", "es": "Estados Unidos", "fr": "États Unis", "ja": "アメリカ", "pt-BR": "EUA", "ru": "США", "zh-CN": "美国" }, "isInEuropeanUnion": false }, "traits": { "autonomousSystemNumber": 15169, "autonomousSystemOrganization": "GOOGLE", "ipAddress": "8.8.8.8", "network": "8.8.8.0/24", "isAnonymous": false, "isAnonymousProxy": false, "isAnonymousVpn": false, "isAnycast": false, "isHostingProvider": false, "isLegitimateProxy": false, "isPublicProxy": false, "isResidentialProxy": false, "isSatelliteProvider": false, "isTorExitNode": false }, "location": { "accuracyRadius": 1000, "latitude": 37.751, "longitude": -97.822, "timeZone": "America/Chicago" } }
geoip2	{ "continent": { "code": "NA", "geonameId": 6255149, "names": { "en": "North America", "es": "Norteamérica", "fr": "Amérique du Nord", "ja": "北アメリカ", "pt-BR": "América do Norte", "ru": "Северная Америка", "zh-CN": "北美洲", "de": "Nordamerika" } }, "country": { "isoCode": "US", "geonameId": 6252001, "names": { "fr": "États Unis", "ja": "アメリカ", "pt-BR": "EUA", "ru": "США", "zh-CN": "美国", "de": "USA", "en": "United States", "es": "Estados Unidos" } }, "maxmind": { "queriesRemaining": 16137 }, "registeredCountry": { "isoCode": "US", "geonameId": 6252001, "names": { "zh-CN": "美国", "de": "USA", "en": "United States", "es": "Estados Unidos", "fr": "États Unis", "ja": "アメリカ", "pt-BR": "EUA", "ru": "США" }, "isInEuropeanUnion": false }, "traits": { "autonomousSystemNumber": 15169, "autonomousSystemOrganization": "GOOGLE", "connectionType": "Corporate", "isp": "Google", "organization": "Google", "ipAddress": "8.8.8.8", "network": "8.8.8.8/32", "isAnonymous": false, "isAnonymousProxy": false, "isAnonymousVpn": false, "isAnycast": false, "isHostingProvider": false, "isLegitimateProxy": false, "isPublicProxy": false, "isResidentialProxy": false, "isSatelliteProvider": false, "isTorExitNode": false }, "location": { "accuracyRadius": 1000, "latitude": 37.751, "longitude": -97.822, "timeZone": "America/Chicago" } }
geojs.io	{ "area_code": "0", "organization_name": "GOOGLE", "country_code": "US", "country_code3": "USA", "continent_code": "NA", "asn": 15169, "latitude": "37.751", "ip": "8.8.8.8", "accuracy": 1000, "organization": "AS15169 GOOGLE", "timezone": "America/Chicago", "longitude": "-97.822", "country": "United States" }
reallyfreegeoip.org	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "country_code": "US", "country_name": "United States", "region_code": "", "region_name": "", "city": "", "zip_code": "", "time_zone": "America/Chicago", "latitude": 37.751, "longitude": -97.822, "metro_code": 0 }
freeipapi.com	{ "ipVersion": 4, "ipAddress": "8.8.8.8", "latitude": 37.386051, "longitude": -122.083847, "countryName": "United States of America", "countryCode": "US", "timeZone": "-08:00", "zipCode": "94035", "cityName": "Mountain View", "regionName": "California", "isProxy": false, "continent": "Americas", "continentCode": "AM", "currency": { "code": "USD", "name": "US Dollar" }, "language": "English", "timeZones": [ "America/Adak", "America/Anchorage", "America/Boise", "America/Chicago", "America/Denver", "America/Detroit", "America/Indiana/Indianapolis", "America/Indiana/Knox", "America/Indiana/Marengo", "America/Indiana/Petersburg", "America/Indiana/Tell_City", "America/Indiana/Vevay", "America/Indiana/Vincennes", "America/Indiana/Winamac", "America/Juneau", "America/Kentucky/Louisville", "America/Kentucky/Monticello", "America/Los_Angeles", "America/Menominee", "America/Metlakatla", "America/New_York", "America/Nome", "America/North_Dakota/Beulah", "America/North_Dakota/Center", "America/North_Dakota/New_Salem", "America/Phoenix", "America/Sitka", "America/Yakutat", "Pacific/Honolulu" ], "tlds": [ ".us" ] }
ipquery.io	{ "ip": "8.8.8.8", "isp": { "asn": "AS15169", "org": "Google LLC", "isp": "Google LLC" }, "location": { "country": "United States", "country_code": "US", "city": "Mountain View", "state": "California", "zipcode": "94043", "latitude": 37.436551599813335, "longitude": -122.09383799087185, "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "localtime": "2025-03-10T11:46:34" }, "risk": { "is_mobile": false, "is_vpn": false, "is_tor": false, "is_proxy": false, "is_datacenter": true, "risk_score": 0 } }
bgpview.io	{ "status": "ok", "status_message": "Query was successful", "data": { "ip": "8.8.8.8", "ptr_record": "dns.google", "prefixes": [ { "prefix": "8.8.8.0/24", "ip": "8.8.8.0", "cidr": 24, "asn": { "asn": 15169, "name": "GOOGLE", "description": "Google LLC", "country_code": "US" }, "name": "GOGL", "description": "Google LLC", "country_code": "US" }, { "prefix": "8.0.0.0/12", "ip": "8.0.0.0", "cidr": 12, "asn": { "asn": 3356, "name": "LEVEL3", "description": "Level 3 Parent, LLC", "country_code": "US" }, "name": "NET8", "description": "American Registry for Internet Numbers", "country_code": "US" }, { "prefix": "8.0.0.0/9", "ip": "8.0.0.0", "cidr": 9, "asn": { "asn": 3356, "name": "LEVEL3", "description": "Level 3 Parent, LLC", "country_code": "US" }, "name": "NET8", "description": "American Registry for Internet Numbers", "country_code": "US" } ], "rir_allocation": { "rir_name": "ARIN", "country_code": null, "ip": "8.8.8.0", "cidr": 24, "prefix": "8.8.8.0/24", "date_allocated": "2023-12-28 00:00:00", "allocation_status": "allocated" }, "iana_assignment": { "assignment_status": "legacy", "description": "Administered by ARIN", "whois_server": "whois.arin.net", "date_assigned": null }, "maxmind": { "country_code": null, "city": null } }, "@meta": { "time_zone": "UTC", "api_version": 1, "execution_time": "37.63 ms" } }