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MaxMind vs IP2Location

MaxMind

maxmind.com

Depends
Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run an online service that needs IP geolocation or fraud scoring baked into your stack . pay-per-use pricing and standard integrations make it the category default.

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Pick MaxMind when

  • E-commerce fraud and chargeback screening
  • Geo-targeting and regulatory geoblocking
  • Developer teams embedding IP data
  • High-volume API consumers watching costs

When MaxMind is not a fit

  • Non-technical teams wanting a point-and-click product
  • One-off IP lookups . use free GeoLite2 instead
  • Anyone needing precise location; IP data is city-level, often wrong
  • Tiny sites where integration cost exceeds any fraud risk

Sources

  1. MaxMind homepage (pricing and positioning)maxmind.com
    official
  2. MaxMind security pagemaxmind.com
    official
  3. Gridinsoft MaxMind review (91/100)gridinsoft.com
    review
  4. Tom's Hardware forum: geolocation for betting sitesforums.tomshardware.com
    review
  5. TeamSpeak community: wrong country flagscommunity.teamspeak.com
    review
  6. TeamSpeak community: IP2Location as geo providercommunity.teamspeak.com
    review
  7. MalwareTips: IP database accuracy with dynamic IPsmalwaretips.com
    review
  8. Ssemi: self-hosted GeoIP caching to cut costsssemi.net
    review
  9. HubSpot community: MaxMind for geo targetingcommunity.hubspot.com
    review
  10. Filecoin notary governance application citing MaxMindgithub.com
    official
  11. CyberPanel community: GeoLite2 activationcommunity.cyberpanel.net
    review
  12. Shodan host record: maxmind.com security headersshodan.io
    security