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DomainRef pricing: domain WHOIS API, GET /v1/domain/check

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44% complete: 4 of the 9 fields on our checklistSee the 9 fields
$10.00per 1,000 domainsWe haven't run DomainRef through our domain WHOIS API benchmark yet.Half of the 316 plans we rank by price cost $1.495 per 1,000 domains or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 domains than 6% of the 316 plans.Searchwire's $10 pack is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 domains. Searchwire's domain WHOIS API costs nothing beyond the plan price.Robtex, DomScan and WhoisFreaks are the best domain WHOIS API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.
Type a number to see the cheapest DomainRef plan for that many domains. The table below then sorts the other plans by what each costs.
Plan: Pay per call DomainRef's only plan
Call: GET /v1/domain/check one of DomainRef's 2 calls
API: Domain WHOIS API DomainRef's only API

About this item

  • Live. DomainRef reads the domain's WHOIS record when you call the API.
  • 4 of the 9 fields on our checklist. Registrar, Created on, Expires on, Statuses.
  • Nothing to buy first. You pay per call for 1 request.
  • One call. You send domain to GET /v1/domain/check. The call returns the domain's WHOIS record.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

DomainRef: domain WHOIS API alternatives

DomainRef alternatives: other domain WHOIS API providers by price

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 domains. Each plan in the table gives live data.

This planDomainRef, pay as you go, Pay per call, GET /v1/domain/checkfetcher.cloud, pay as you goHow.is, $5 monthlyWhoxy, $470 packViewDNS.info, $149 monthly
$ per 1,000 domains$10.00$5.00$5.00$9.40$9.933
Completeness44%44%56%78%89%
Billingpay as you gopay as you gomonthlypay firstmonthly
Payper callper call$5$470$149
Enough for1 callas many as you pay for1,000 calls a month50,000 calls15,000 calls a month
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneany agent that can make an HTTP request and hold a wallet with USDC on Baseanyoneanyone 13 or older with an account, one account per person or legal entitypersons 18 years or older with the legal capacity to enter into binding contracts, with a ViewDNS.info account

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.

  1. domainref.dev/docs
  2. domainref.dev/llms.txt
  3. domainref.dev/openapi.json
  4. domainref.dev/pricing
  5. domainref.dev/terms

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Registrant, not in the answer
  • Registrar
  • Created on
  • Updated on, not in the answer
  • Expires on
  • Name servers, not in the answer
  • Statuses
  • DNSSEC, not in the answer
  • Abuse contact, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 domains$10.00
Percall
Billingpay as you go
Charges
Also pays fornothing else
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchUse when mail lands in spam, before an email campaign, for vendor due diligence or to confirm a Microsoft 365 tenant: graded SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MX, MTA-STS, DNSSEC, CAA, TLS and domain age, plus BIMI and blocklist info, each with the exact fix record.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataCheck only domains you own or manage, or have a legitimate interest in, such as a vendor or a sender you are assessing. Do not use DomainRef to harm, harass or attack others, to plan abuse of a domain, or to get around its rate limits. Do not use DomainRef or its results to gain or attempt unauthorised access to any system (Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020), or to build lists for unsolicited electronic marketing (POPIA section 69).
Plan
Payper call
You get1 request
Enough for1 call
Rate limit
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You senddomain
MethodGET
Path/v1/domain/check
About the plan
PlanPay per call
Who can get itanyone
The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, checked at, registrar, registrar IANA ID, created date, expiry date, domain age, status codes, grade, finding, fix, notes

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