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- Free allowance
- Free endpoint ipwho.is with no API key: 1,000 requests a day per client IP address; no bulk endpoint
- Verdict
- ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- anonymousno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- volume-quota1,000 requests a day per client IP address; HTTP 429 for 24 hours past it
- Evidence
- documented9 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-01checked 2026-10-31 (live); stale on 2026-12-01
| Free tier | free endpoint ipwho.is with no API key: 1,000 requests a day per client IP address; no bulk endpoint unit requests; metered on request-count; requests from a website through CORS count per domain, not per visitor; Pro starts at USD 19.99 a month |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - volume-quota (binding) 1,000 requests a day per client IP address; HTTP 429 for 24 hours past it source
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| Identity | anonymous no API key and no account on the free endpoint |
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| Egress | not applicable |
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| Per-object cap | single lookups; the bulk endpoint (up to 100 IPs a call) is Pro only |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | rest GET https://ipwho.is/{ip} (HTTP or HTTPS), no key, JSON with location, connection, time zone and flag data |
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| Tooling | any HTTP client |
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| Composes with | 1,000 keyless lookups a day from one address with city, ASN and time zone. Bulk path: none free |
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| Reliability | past the daily limit the endpoint answers HTTP 429 until it restores itself after 24 hours |
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| Notes | Free requests: 1,000 a day per client IP, no key. Rate limit: HTTP 429 for 24 hours past it. Bulk path: none free. |
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| Evidence note | documented the documentation and pricing pages were quoted on 2026-10-30, and a keyless lookup answered HTTP 200; the daily limit was not exhausted. |
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| Parsed numbers | - has-free-tier 1
- volume-quota 1000 requests / day
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Evidence 9
More fields 2
| bulk path | none free |
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| free requests | 1,000 a day per IP |
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Unknown values 1
- egress terms: the field does not apply to this kind of offer