Free IP Geolocation API Comparison

Price & Limits Comparison

Bottom line: IP Address Details gives you 1,000 requests/day free (more than ipapi, ipstack and ipgeolocation combined) and the cheapest paid tier at $9/month for 30,000/day. Perfect for MVPs, internal tools, and growing SaaS apps.

Feature Comparison

Copy-Paste JavaScript Example

Get started in 30 seconds. This example detects the visitor's country and shows a localized message. Works from any origin (CORS enabled).

// Detect visitor's country and show a welcome message
async function showLocalizedGreeting() {
  try {
    // No API key needed for 100 req/day
    const response = await fetch('https://www.ipaddressdetails.com/api/v1/ip');
    const data = await response.json();
    
    if (data.country) {
      console.log(`Welcome, visitor from ${data.city}, ${data.country}!`);
      console.log(`Your IP: ${data.ip}`);
      console.log(`ISP: ${data.org}`);
      console.log(`Timezone: ${data.timezone}`);
      
      // Example: show different content by region
      if (data.continent_code === 'EU') {
        console.log('🇪🇺 EU visitor detected');
      }
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Geolocation lookup failed:', error);
  }
}

showLocalizedGreeting();

Response fields: ip, version (4 or 6), city, region, country, country_code, continent, continent_code, latitude, longitude, timezone, postal, asn, org, hostname, is_private, is_eu.

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