# Exepal, free: Domain WHOIS API

> Domain intel: DNS, MX, SPF/DMARC/DKIM grade, registrar and dates (RDAP), hosting, tech stack, risk flags

Exepal's Free trial plan for the domain WHOIS API costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. Exepal's docs list 8 of the 9 fields on our checklist: Registrant, Registrar, Created on, Updated on, Expires on, Name servers, Statuses, DNSSEC.
We haven't run Exepal 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/exepal/free
- [Domain WHOIS API: the 18 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://exepal.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.exepal.com/v1/domain`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://exepal.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing#domain
- Sold by: Exepal (https://exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 89%
- Registrant: ✓
- Registrar: ✓
- Created on: ✓
- Updated on: ✓
- Expires on: ✓
- Name servers: ✓
- Statuses: ✓
- DNSSEC: ✓

## Price

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

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Domain intel: DNS, MX, SPF/DMARC/DKIM grade, registrar and dates (RDAP), hosting, tech stack, risk flags

## Data

- Freshness: 6 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not use Exepal to break the law, infringe others' rights, send spam, harass people, collect personal data unlawfully, attack or overload websites or our infrastructure, or resell raw access to the API as a competing service. You are responsible for how you use results, including data about third parties, and for complying with the terms of the websites and platforms you ask our tools to read.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 requests a day
- Enough for: 20 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domain. Optional: web, registration
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/domain

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, registrar, registrar IANA ID, created date, updated date, expires date, domain age in days, days until expiry, status, name servers, DNSSEC, registrant organization, registrant country, registration source, registration note, fetched at, cached

## Exepal's plans (5)

- [Exepal, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, 6 hours
- [Exepal, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, 6 hours
- [Exepal, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/5-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, 6 hours
- [Exepal, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/20-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, 6 hours
- [Exepal, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/50-pack/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, 6 hours

## Exepal's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/domain`: [Exepal, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)

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- [Exepal: domain WHOIS API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
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## Exepal: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [WhoAPI, $499 monthly, Business, GET /, Live Whois API](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoapi/499-monthly-business-get-live-whois-api/llms.txt): $4.99 per 1,000, 78% complete, live
- [How.is, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/how-is/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 56% complete, live
- [fetcher.cloud, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fetcher-cloud/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 44% complete, live
- [DomainRef, pay as you go, Pay per call, GET /v1/domain/age](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domainref/pay-as-you-go-pay-per-call-get-v1-domain-age/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 78% 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://api.exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.exepal.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/tools/domain-intel?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing