BigDataCloud

Free allowance: IP Geolocation package Free tier: 10k requests a month, no credit card, with every API endpoint and response field of the package
Verdict: ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
Cost: free tier
Identity: emailno card, no phone
Binding limit: volume-quota10k requests a month; HTTP 403 past it unless pay-as-you-go is enabled
Evidence: documented10 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04

Free tier	IP Geolocation package Free tier: 10k requests a month, no credit card, with every API endpoint and response field of the package unit requests; metered on request-count; each package (IP Geolocation, reverse geocoding and others) has its own independent quota
Price	none stated
Limits	volume-quota (binding) 10k requests a month; HTTP 403 past it unless pay-as-you-go is enabled source
Identity	email an account with no credit card: the sign-up page takes an email address and sends a 6-digit code to it, or signs in with Google or GitHub; a human check can be asked, and after the first sign-in a profile step asks for first name, last name and an optional company
Egress	not applicable
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Interface	rest
Tooling	any HTTP client
Composes with	10k keyed lookups a month with confidence areas and hazard data; other BigDataCloud packages carry their own free quotas on the same account. Bulk path: none stated
Reliability	past the monthly quota the API answers HTTP 403 with the time it may be retried
Notes	Free requests: 10k a month on the IP Geolocation package. Rate limit: not stated; HTTP 403 past the quota. Bulk path: none stated.
Evidence note	documented unverified: behind a sign-up: a keyed lookup and the response headers of its answer; the package page and the pricing FAQ were quoted on 2026-10-30, and the sign-up text was read from the page script on 2026-11-02
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 10

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-30	www.bigdatacloud.com/packages/ip-geolocation	the free tier is 10k requests a month
2026-10-30	www.bigdatacloud.com/packages/ip-geolocation	no card is needed
2026-10-30	www.bigdatacloud.com/packages/ip-geolocation	an API key is issued at signup
2026-10-30	www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing	the Free plan has every endpoint and field
2026-10-30	www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing	HTTP 403 past the monthly limit
2026-10-30	www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing	each package has its own quota
2026-11-02	www.bigdatacloud.com/_nuxt/BnZKwI5g.js	the sign-up page script holds the text of the sign-up steps: an email field, a 6-digit code sent by email, Google and GitHub buttons, a human check and a profile step with first name, last name and an optional company
2026-11-02	www.bigdatacloud.com/_nuxt/BnZKwI5g.js	the sign-up page script gives the sign-up text, so only a keyed lookup stays behind a sign-up
2026-11-02	www.bigdatacloud.com/packages/ip-geolocation	the Free tier of the IP Geolocation package is 10k requests a month
2026-11-02	www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing	past the monthly limit the API answers HTTP 403 with a message that says when to retry, and each package has its own independent quota

More fields 2

bulk path	none stated
free requests	10k a month

Unknown values 1