# fetcher.cloud, free: Domain WHOIS API

> Deep registration record for one domain (via RDAP) — registrar, dates, statuses, nameservers, DNSSEC.

fetcher.cloud's domain WHOIS API on its Free daily tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. fetcher.cloud's docs list 4 of the 9 fields on our checklist: Registrar, Name servers, Statuses, DNSSEC.
In [our domain WHOIS API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt), the best plan from fetcher.cloud scores 45.1 out of 100. fetcher.cloud ranks 11th of 13 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 316 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.
[Robtex](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/robtex/free/llms.txt), [DomScan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domscan/6-monthly-starter-post-v1-whois-bulk/llms.txt) and [WhoisFreaks](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisfreaks/200-monthly-monthly-subscription-150000-api-credits-post-v2-0-bulkwhois-live/llms.txt) are the best domain WHOIS API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fetcher-cloud/free
- [Domain WHOIS API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://fetcher.cloud?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.fetcher.cloud/whois`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.fetcher.cloud/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Sold by: fetcher.cloud (https://fetcher.cloud?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 44%
- Registrar: ✓
- Name servers: ✓
- Statuses: ✓
- DNSSEC: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Deep registration record for one domain (via RDAP) — registrar, dates, statuses, nameservers, DNSSEC.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 40 requests a day
- Enough for: 40 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Per day: 40
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.28 s

## The call

- You send: domain
- Method: GET
- Path: /whois

## About the plan

- Plan: Free daily tier
- Who can get it: anyone, the free daily tier is gated per caller

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

registrar, dates, statuses, name servers, DNSSEC

## fetcher.cloud's plans (2)

- [fetcher.cloud, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fetcher-cloud/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 44% 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

## fetcher.cloud's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /whois`: [fetcher.cloud, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fetcher-cloud/free/llms.txt)

## fetcher.cloud's APIs (2)

- [fetcher.cloud: domain WHOIS API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fetcher-cloud/free/llms.txt)
- [fetcher.cloud: web scraping API pricing, 2 plans, GET /extract](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetcher-cloud/free-daily-tier-get-extract/llms.txt)
- [fetcher.cloud: web scraping API pricing, 2 plans, GET /render](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/fetcher-cloud/free-daily-tier-get-render/llms.txt)

## fetcher.cloud: 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
- [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
- [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
- [ViewDNS.info, $6,039 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/viewdns-info/6039-yearly/llms.txt): $5.032 per 1,000, 89% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://api.fetcher.cloud/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.fetcher.cloud/pricing.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.cloud?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://fetcher.cloud/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing