Country API vs GeographQL API

Two free Geocoding APIs compared on access, reliability and developer ratings, using data from our daily health checks.

The verdict

Choose Country API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with GeographQL API.
Choose GeographQL API if its data fits your use case better; on access and reliability it's level with Country API.

	Country API	GeographQL API
What it does	Get your visitor's country from their IP.	A Country, State, and City GraphQL API.
Provider	Country	GeographQL
API key	Not needed	Not needed
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Yes	Yes
Status today	Online · 2995 ms	Online · 3927 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

Get your visitor's country from their IP.

Country is a free IP-to-country geolocation API that returns a user’s country based on their IP address.

Strengths

A Country, State, and City GraphQL API.

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key (both qualify).
Calling from a web page? You need CORS. Otherwise route requests through your own server or a serverless function.
Going to production? Favour HTTPS, a strong uptime record and a provider with clear rate limits and terms. Check each API's docs before you commit.
Still unsure? Both are free to try: send one request to each and compare the data you get back.