ipgeolocation API vs IPstack API

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

The verdict

Choose ipgeolocation API if you want to call it from browser JavaScript, faster responses.
Choose IPstack API for its data: Locate and identify website visitors by IP address.

	ipgeolocation API	IPstack API
What it does	IP Geolocation AP with free plan 30k requests per month.	Locate and identify website visitors by IP address.
Provider	IPGeolocation.io	IPstack
API key	Required	Required
HTTPS	Yes	Yes
CORS (browser calls)	Yes	Unknown
Status today	Online · 605 ms	Online · 1604 ms
Uptime (30 days)	Up	Up
Developer rating	Not rated yet	Not rated yet
Price	Free / free tier	Free / free tier

IP Geolocation AP with free plan 30k requests per month.

IPGeolocation.io APIs and Databases with accurate location, time zone, and threat intelligence to enrich user insights and enhance security.

Strengths

Locate and identify website visitors by IP address.

Accurate, real-time IP geolocation trusted by developers worldwide. Get country, city, and coordinates via a simple REST API. Free to start.

Strengths

Prototyping or a tutorial? Pick the one that needs no API key (neither does, so compare their free tiers).
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.

Both require authentication (apiKey and apiKey).

ipgeolocation API supports CORS, so front-end JavaScript can call it directly. Call the other from a server.