Yes, IPWho has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 2,000 requests per day and Hard limit at 2,000 requests per day with payment prompt by email. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $1.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
IPWho is an IP geolocation API that returns location, timezone, currency, connection, user-agent, security, and flag data from a single endpoint. The API also supports bulk lookups for comma-separated IP lists, and the example response includes fields such as continent, country, region, city, postal code, ASN, ISP, browser, OS, device, and VPN/Tor detection.
The free plan is intended for developers, students, and non-profits. It includes 2,000 requests per day, world-class latency, and the full Launch feature set, but it is limited to non-commercial use and has no support or SLA. The pricing page states that the free plan is forever, with a hard daily cap that prompts for payment details after the limit is reached.
- 2,000 requests per day
- Non-commercial usage only
- World-class latency
- Bulk IP lookup support
- Geolocation, timezone, currency data
- Connection, user-agent, security fields
- Full Launch features included
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a real, perpetual starter offering with no credit card required, but it is capped at 2,000 requests per day and excludes commercial use, support, and SLA guarantees. Compared with the cheapest paid Launch plan at $2.50/month for 5,000 requests/day, the free tier delivers about 40% of that request volume plus the same core feature set, so it is worth about $1/month.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 2,000 requests per day
- World-class latency
- All Launch Features included
- No commercial usage allowed
- No support included
- No SLA guaranteed
- Hard limit at 2,000 requests per day with payment prompt by email
See IPWho pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Launch
- requests/day
- 5,000
- 5,000 requests/day
- Side projects and early builds
- Commercial use allowed
Startup
- requests/day
- 250,000
- 250,000 requests/day
- Every field included
- Email support
- Full commercial usage
Enterprise
- requests/day
- unlimited
- Unlimited requests
- Guaranteed throughput
- Priority routing
- Dedicated account manager
Pricing extracted from IPWho's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is IPWho free forever?
Yes. IPWho has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does IPWho require a credit card?
No. You can start on IPWho's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed IPWho's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. IPWho's cheapest paid plan is Launch at $2.5 / month.
What is IPWho's free tier worth?
IPWho's free tier is worth about $1.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 49/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
