# FluentEDI, free: Domain WHOIS API

> WHOIS for a domain or IP: registration and expiry dates, registrar, nameservers, status — or the network that owns an address.

FluentEDI's Free plan for the domain WHOIS API costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. We check each provider's docs for 9 fields. FluentEDI's docs list 6: Registrar, Created on, Expires on, Name servers, Statuses, DNSSEC.
You get as many calls as you like.
In [our domain WHOIS API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt), this plan scores 92.5 out of 100. FluentEDI ranks 2nd of 38 providers.
We rank 589 plans for domain WHOIS APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.67 or less per 1,000 domains. This plan and 29 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 domains of the 589 plans. [See the best free domain WHOIS API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
[thenetworkery](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/thenetworkery/free/llms.txt), [FluentEDI](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fluentedi/free/llms.txt) and [DomainDetails](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domaindetails/9-99-monthly-alerts-get-api-rdap/llms.txt) are the best domain WHOIS API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fluentedi/free
- [Domain WHOIS API in 2026: the best of 30+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://fluentedi.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://fluentedi.com/v1/domain/lookup`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://fluentedi.com/v1/tools/domain.lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Sold by: FluentEDI (https://fluentedi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Registrar: ✓
- Created on: ✓
- Expires on: ✓
- Name servers: ✓
- Statuses: ✓
- DNSSEC: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 92.5
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 86
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 98
- Performance score: 78

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: 48 other FluentEDI calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: WHOIS for a domain or IP: registration and expiry dates, registrar, nameservers, status — or the network that owns an address.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: any

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: no limit

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.13 s

## The call

- You send: query
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/domain/lookup

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

registration date, expiry date, registrar, name servers, status, transfer lock, DNSSEC signed, likely available

## FluentEDI's plans (1)

- [FluentEDI, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fluentedi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live

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

- `GET /v1/domain/lookup`: [FluentEDI, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fluentedi/free/llms.txt)

## FluentEDI's APIs (3)

- [FluentEDI: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fluentedi/free/llms.txt)
- [FluentEDI: email verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/fluentedi/free/llms.txt)
- [FluentEDI: IP company lookup API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-company-lookup-apis/fluentedi/free/llms.txt)

## FluentEDI: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [thenetworkery, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/thenetworkery/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Enterno, free, Scout](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/enterno/free-scout/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, live
- [IPAddress.to, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ipaddress-to/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 89% complete, live
- [Robtex, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/robtex/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [FernTool, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ferntool/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://fluentedi.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://fluentedi.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://fluentedi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://fluentedi.com/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://fluentedi.com/v1/tools/domain.lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing