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.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
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- Query
- 12 ms
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.
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
Competitor map
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.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to ipapi.co
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to ipapi.co, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
IP-API.com - Geolocation API
Free IP Geolocation API - lookup any IP address
Very close cos 0.953 - 02
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.
Very close cos 0.948 - 03
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.
Very close cos 0.946 - 04
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.
Very close cos 0.916 - 05
What Is My IP Address? - ifconfig.me
Get my IP Address
Very close cos 0.912 - 06
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.
Very close cos 0.910 - 07
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.
Close cos 0.887 - 08
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.
Close cos 0.885 - 09
company owned by System1
Close cos 0.883 - 10
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
Close cos 0.877 - 11
APNIC
A global, open, stable, and secure Internet that serves the entire Asia Pacific community
Close cos 0.876 - 12
Vercel Security Checkpoint
Malaysian travel and location intelligence platform
Close cos 0.876 - 13
Human Verification
American real estate brokerage
Close cos 0.877 - 14
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.
Close cos 0.872 - 15
immowelt.de
company
Close cos 0.876 - 16
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet.
Close cos 0.872 - 17
Map of the UAE cities: detailed maps with search by address — 2GIS
A detailed map of cities of the UAE: search by address, phone numbers, photos, opening hours and a convenient route search
Close cos 0.870 - 18
Are you not a robot?
Finds everything
Close cos 0.871 - 19
Zillow: Real Estate, Apartments, Mortgages & Home Values
The leading real estate marketplace. Search millions of for-sale and rental listings, compare Zestimate® home values and connect with local professionals.
Close cos 0.871 - 20
WorldTimeServer.com: Current Local Time and Date in any Zone
World Time Server shows current local time and date in cities and countries in all time zones, adjusted for Daylight Saving Time rules automatically.
Close cos 0.868
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ipapi.co’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones ipapi.co uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What ipapi.co is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5630ef52e982d25-HAM
- Email hosting
- Fastmail MX in1-smtp.messagingengine.com
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:amazonses.com include:spf.messagingengine.com -all
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS ruth.ns.cloudflare.com
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what ipapi.co adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on ipapi.co 17/20
- Google Workspace · not on ipapi.co 7/20
- Cloudflare 6/20
- Atlassian · not on ipapi.co 6/20
- DocuSign · not on ipapi.co 6/20
- Apple Business · not on ipapi.co 5/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on ipapi.co 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on ipapi.co 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on ipapi.co 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS 3/20
- Google Analytics · not on ipapi.co 3/20
- Google Fonts · not on ipapi.co 3/20
- Google Cloud · not on ipapi.co 3/20
- Google Cloud DNS · not on ipapi.co 3/20
- Next.js · not on ipapi.co 3/20
- React · not on ipapi.co 3/20