# DomainDrift, free: Domain WHOIS API

> The certificate chain, the registration record and the nameserver set are all part of one reading, taken together so they can be compared to the last one.

DomainDrift's Registered plan for the domain WHOIS API costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. DomainDrift's docs list 5 of the 9 fields on our checklist: Registrant, Registrar, Created on, Expires on, Name servers.
We haven't run DomainDrift through [our domain WHOIS API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 349 plans for domain WHOIS APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.495 per 1,000 domains or less. [See the best free domain WHOIS API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
[Searchwire's $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/searchwire/10-pack/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 domains. Searchwire's domain WHOIS API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[Enterno](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/enterno/free-open-api/llms.txt), [Robtex](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/robtex/free/llms.txt) and [DomScan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domscan/49-monthly-scale-post-v1-whois-bulk/llms.txt) are the best domain WHOIS API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindrift/free
- [Domain WHOIS API: the 18 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://domaindrift.io/solutions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://domaindrift.io/v1/domains/{domain}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://domaindrift.io/solutions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://domaindrift.io/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Sold by: DomainDrift (https://domaindrift.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 56%
- Registrant: ✓
- Registrar: ✓
- Created on: ✓
- Expires on: ✓
- Name servers: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 domains: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: List tracked domains · Global change feed · SSE event stream · Provenance receipts

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The certificate chain, the registration record and the nameserver set are all part of one reading, taken together so they can be compared to the last one.

## Data

- Freshness: 102 days
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use DomainDrift, its data, or its API to: Facilitate unauthorised access to any system, network, or account. Develop, stage, or deliver exploits, malware, ransomware, or command and control infrastructure. Conduct credential attacks, including stuffing, spraying, and brute force. Evade, defeat, or map out access controls, rate limits, WAFs, bot management, or other security measures. Impair availability of any system, including denial of service and any use that degrades a third party's infrastructure. Build, register, or operate phishing, spoofing, impersonation, or fraud infrastructure, including using our change data to identify expiring domains, dangling delegations, or weakened email authentication for takeover. Misrepresent a DomainDrift observation, receipt, or signature, including presenting an altered record as ours or implying we have verified something we have not. Harass, stalk, threaten, dox, or surveil any individual. Compile profiles of natural persons, or combine our data with other sources to identify or locate individuals. Target anyone based on a protected characteristic, or target journalists, activists, dissidents, or other at-risk people. Use registration contact data for unlawful profiling, or in a way that violates applicable data protection law. Circumvent rate limits, allowances, or entitlements, including rotating IP addresses, accounts, keys, or payment identities to exceed them. Systematically extract the catalog, or resell, redistribute, or sublicense bulk data except under a written agreement that permits it. Register a webhook you do not control, or use webhook delivery to send traffic to a third party. Use the service to scan, probe, or route requests at infrastructure you are not authorised to test. Violate any applicable law, sanction, or export control. Infringe intellectual property or contractual rights.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 requests a day
- Enough for: 20 calls a day
- Expires: does not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1.67
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domain
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/domains/{domain}

## About the plan

- Plan: Registered
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over with a DRM3 account

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, scanned at, registrar, created date, expires date, registrant organization, registrant country, name servers

## DomainDrift's plans (4)

- [DomainDrift, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindrift/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, 102 days
- [DomainDrift, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindrift/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, 102 days
- [DomainDrift, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindrift/29-monthly/llms.txt): 56% complete, 102 days
- [DomainDrift, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindrift/contact-us/llms.txt): 56% complete, 102 days

## DomainDrift's calls (1)

- `GET /v1/domains/{domain}`: [DomainDrift, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindrift/free/llms.txt)

## DomainDrift's APIs (2)

- [DomainDrift: tech stack API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/domaindrift/free-keyless-api/llms.txt)
- [DomainDrift: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindrift/free/llms.txt)

## DomainDrift: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [ScrapeWhale, $9.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/scrapewhale/9-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.90 per 1,000, 78% complete, 7 days
- [ViewDNS.info, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/viewdns-info/149-monthly/llms.txt): $9.933 per 1,000, 89% complete, live
- [DomainKits, $149.99 monthly, Premium, GET /whois](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domainkits/149-99-monthly-premium-get-whois/llms.txt): $9.999 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [DomainRef, pay as you go, Pay per call, GET /v1/domain/check](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domainref/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-get-v1-domain-check/llms.txt): $10.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://domaindrift.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/agents?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/docs/plans-and-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/solutions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://domaindrift.io/v1/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing