Alternatives and competitors

Sites like ipapi.co

The 20 closest IP geolocation API alternatives to ipapi.co, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to ipapi.co? The closest matches are IP-API.com, ipify.org and Free IP API. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About ipapi.co

ipapi.co

ipapi - IP Address Lookup and Geolocation API | No SignUp

Enterprise IP Location by Kloudend, Inc - built on AWS, trusted by Fortune 500. Geolocation API for JSON, XML in PHP, JS, Java, Python, Node & more.

Top 10K · #2,922 English 4 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit ipapi.co

Summary by Claude

A REST API that returns the geographic location of an IP address, including city, country, postal code, timezone and latitude/longitude, in JSON or XML. It has a free tier and paid plans.

Who it’s for
Software developers and businesses
Business model
API subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

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Each alternative by how close its vector is to ipapi.co’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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OpenStreetMapMapboxWhitepagesIPinfoifconfig.meIP EchoIPFree IP APIipify.orgIP-API.com

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to ipapi.co

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to ipapi.co, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    IP-API.com ip-api.com Top 1K English

    IP-API.com - Geolocation API

    Free IP Geolocation API - lookup any IP address

  2. 02
    ipify.org Top 1K English

    ipify - A Simple Public IP Address API

    ipify API is a simple public IP address API, easy enough to integrate into any application in seconds.

  3. 03
    Free IP API freeipapi.com Top 10K English

    Free & Fast IP Geolocation API (JSON & XML) - Free IP API

    Free, Fast and Reliable IP Geolocation, Countries, Timezones and Phone codes API for commercial and non-commercial usage, Available in JSON and XML formats.

  4. 04
    IP ip.sb Top 10K English

    IP Address Lookup / IPv4 / IPv6 - IP.SB

    IP.SB shows your public IPv4 and IPv6 address, hostname, ISP, ASN and location, with a free IP geolocation API.

  5. 05
    IP Echo ipecho.net Top 10K

    IP Echo Service

  6. 06
    ifconfig.me Top 10K English

    What Is My IP Address? - ifconfig.me

    Get my IP Address

  7. 07
    IPinfo ipinfo.io Top 10K English

    IP Data Intelligence for Developers & Enterprises | IPinfo

    IPinfo, the trusted global leader in IP address data and intelligence. Powering applications and security solutions for developers and businesses.

  8. 08
    Whitepages whitepages.com Top 10K English

    Whitepages: People Search, Phone Numbers & Addresses

    Founded in 1997, Whitepages is the largest U.S. directory and trusted source for contact info and property data. Find people, phone numbers, addresses, and emails nationwide. Free and premium search across the Whitepages Identity Graph: 350M+ identity records, 4B+ data linkages, 112M+ property records.

  9. 09
    Mapbox mapbox.com Top 10K English

    Mapbox | Maps, Navigation, Search, and Data

    APIs and SDKs for AI-powered maps, location search, turn-by-turn navigation, and geospatial data in mobile or web apps. Get started for free.

  10. 10
    2GIS 2gis.ru Top 10K Russian

    Карта городов России: подробные карты с поиском по адресу — 2ГИС

    Подробная карта городов России: поиск по адресу, телефоны, отзывы, фото, часы работы фирм и удобный поиск проезда

  11. 11
    MapQuest mapquest.com Top 10K English

    company owned by System1

  12. 12
    Postman postman.com Top 10K

    API development platform

  13. 13
    OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org Top 1K English

    OpenStreetMap

    OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

  14. 14
    APNIC apnic.net Top 10K English

    APNIC

    A global, open, stable, and secure Internet that serves the entire Asia Pacific community

  15. 15
    Sitemaps sitemaps.org Top 10K

    sitemaps.org - Home

    The Sitemaps protocol enables webmasters to information earch engine about pages on their site that are available for crawling.

  16. 16
    gdemoideti.ru Top 10K Russian

    Где мои дети | Скачать приложение для Android и iOS

    GPS Трекер для ребенка «Где мои дети» - скачайте приложение бесплатно и будьте спокойны за своих детей.

  17. 17
    Loka loka.my English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    Malaysian travel and location intelligence platform

  18. 18
    Redfin redfin.com Top 10K English

    Human Verification

    American real estate brokerage

  19. 19
    Here Technologies here.com Top 10K English

    HERE Technologies: The Live Map That Powers Real-World AI

    HERE Technologies provides live map data, routing and location APIs, and a location platform that powers fleet, automotive and real-world AI applications.

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    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

    standards organization overseeing IP addresses

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04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What ipapi.co is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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