Comparison

IP-API.com - Geolocation API vs ipapi.is

IP-API.com - Geolocation API lands on Depends, and ipapi.is lands on Worth it.

IP-API.com - Geolocation API

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you need free, no-signup IP geolocation for a non-commercial project and can live with HTTP and a 45 req/min cap.

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a developer or small team needing IP geolocation plus VPN/proxy/hosting detection with a real free tier.

IP-API.com - Geolocation API versus ipapi.is
Compare	IP-API.com - Geolocation API	ipapi.is
Verdict	Depends	Worth it
Best for	Non-commercial sites and hobby projects	Developers embedding IP geo in apps
Who it's not for	Commercial production apps . free license forbids it	Non-technical buyers wanting a point-and-click dashboard . it's an API
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹¹	Brinztech reported a leaked 2.55 GB database; a DPA is published, but no dedicated security page was found.
Support quality	No evidence in reviewed sources	Solo founder, but visibly responsive on Reddit
Public sentiment	Feedback is thin: one G2 reviewer gives 3.5/5, while developer forums and Reddit threads show it is commonly recommended but also frequently hammered by unwanted automated traffic.^⁷	Developers describe it as a fast, accurate IP API with a useful free tier, and the solo founder is unusually visible and engaged online.
Biggest gotcha	HTTPS requires the paid plan; free tier is HTTP-only, breaking HTTPS pages¹⁰	Verify the leaked-database report before relying on it for IP-based security blocking