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VERDICT

Should I use ipdata?

IP Geolocation API serving 20B+ requests — location, threat, and company data in one call. - ipdata.co

Depends. Buy if you are a developer who wants geolocation plus VPN/fraud detection in one API and the free tier covers your testing. Skip it if you are non-commercial (ip-api is free) or need cheap volume — MaxMind and IPinfo cost less at 100k requests.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources. Pricing evidence is from 2018–2020 and likely stale; review sample is only 3 G2 ratings.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Starter$10/mo (2018)
Largest published tier$120/mo (2018)

Best for

  • Developers adding location features
  • Fraud and spam IP screening
  • Region-based content personalization
  • Teams wanting one API for all IP data

Not for

  • Non-commercial projects — ip-api is free
  • High-volume shops — MaxMind/IPinfo cost less at 100k
  • Anyone needing city-level precision (~70% accuracy)
  • Buyers requiring security/compliance docs from vendors

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Published pricing dates to 2018 — current tiers likely changed; verify before budgeting

medium

G2 users: domain info sometimes missing; company data occasionally wrong

medium

Free tier reportedly ~100 requests/month — tight for real testing

low

Geolocation is inherently guesswork: ~70% accurate at city level

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Proven scale: 20B+ requests, 20,000+ developers
  • Geolocation plus VPN, proxy, and Tor detection in one API
  • Database of 600M+ malicious IPs for blocking
  • Multiple datasets through one simple API
  • Low-latency, globally scalable on AWS infrastructure

Cons

  • G2 rating 2.7/5 — though from only 3 reviews
  • Users report missing or wrong company data
  • Category accuracy: ~93% country-level, ~70% city-level
  • No public security page found
  • Largest published plan $120/mo at 100k requests

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x5security x1news x3

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Cheap entry; rivals undercharge at volume
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reviewers call it one simple API
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Geo plus VPN, Tor, 600M malicious IPs
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 2/5. No public security page found
  • 2.7/5 G2 rating only 3 reviews — thin sample
  • $10/mo Entry price 75,000 requests/month (2018 pricing)
  • Yes Free tier ~100 requests/month per third-party review
  • 20B+ requests Scale 20,000+ developers

Pricing

Free

$0

  • ~100 requests/month per third-party review
  • Test geolocation and threat endpoints

Starter

$10/mo (2018)

  • 2,500 requests/day
  • 75,000 requests/month

Largest published tier

$120/mo (2018)

  • 100,000 requests
  • Full dataset access

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Users like the single simple API but complain about missing or incorrect company data.

“Bad thing about the API is, it sometimes doesn't provide any domain info in company info section. Sometimes the info seems to be wrong if you compare the IP ...”
G2 review
“Access multiple datasets through one simple API.”
G2 review
“IP Geolocation is mere guesswork. IP Geolocation is 93% correct to the country level and like 70% correct to the city level.”
Reddit, r/netsec
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources. Pricing evidence is from 2018–2020 and likely stale; review sample is only 3 G2 ratings.

Legit, scalable geo + threat API. Fine for devs, but stale pricing, tiny review base, and cheaper rivals abound.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources. Pricing evidence is from 2018–2020 and likely stale; review sample is only 3 G2 ratings.

Sources

  1. ipdata.co official siteipdata.co
    official
  2. ipdata pricing analysis (ipdata team, 2018)medium.com
    official
  3. G2 reviews — ipdatag2.com
    review
  4. AWS startup blog — how ipdata scalesaws.amazon.com
    news
  5. High Scalability — 25M API calls case studyhighscalability.com
    news
  6. Sitepoint — using ipdata for threat protectionsitepoint.com
    review
  7. David Walsh — ipdata threat intelligence reviewdavidwalsh.name
    review
  8. Reddit r/netsec — geolocation accuracy comparisonreddit.com
    review
  9. APILayer — 5 best free geolocation APIs 2026blog.apilayer.com
    review
  10. IPinfo — geolocation data pricing 2025ipinfo.io
    news
  11. ipdata security page scanipdata.co
    security
  12. ip-api.com — free geolocation APIip-api.com
    official

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