# GetWhoisData, top-up: Domain WHOIS API

> Cheap Whois Database API — Real-time & Scale queries. Query registration status, registrar details, lifecycle dates, and normalized registrant contact information. Our online platform resolves records instantly for only $2.00 per 1,000 queries.

GetWhoisData's domain WHOIS API on its Whois Database API plan. It costs $2.00 per 1,000 domains. GetWhoisData's docs list 6 of the 9 fields on our checklist: Registrant, Registrar, Created on, Updated on, Expires on, Name servers.
We haven't run GetWhoisData through [our domain WHOIS API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt) 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 24% of the 316 plans.
[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/getwhoisdata/top-up
- [Domain WHOIS API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://getwhoisdata.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.getwhoisdata.com/api/v1/whois`
- API key: with the plan, on https://getwhoisdata.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://getwhoisdata.com/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Sold by: GetWhoisData (https://getwhoisdata.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Registrant: ✓
- Registrar: ✓
- Created on: ✓
- Updated on: ✓
- Expires on: ✓
- Name servers: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 domains: $2.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Cheap Whois Database API — Real-time & Scale queries. Query registration status, registrar details, lifecycle dates, and normalized registrant contact information. Our online platform resolves records instantly for only $2.00 per 1,000 queries.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: All domain name data/list provided are non-redistributable. It means that you may not redistribute or resell these data to other parties.

## Plan

- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 100

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domain, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: format
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/whois

## About the plan

- Plan: Whois Database API
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up for an account

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

domain name, registered, creation date, updated date, expiration date, registrar, WHOIS server, name servers, registrant name, registrant organization, registrant address, registrant city, registrant state, registrant postal code, registrant country, registrant email, registrant phone

## GetWhoisData's plans (2)

- [GetWhoisData, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/getwhoisdata/top-up/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [GetWhoisData, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/getwhoisdata/contact-us/llms.txt): 67% complete

## GetWhoisData's calls (1)

- `POST /api/v1/whois`: [GetWhoisData, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/getwhoisdata/top-up/llms.txt)

## GetWhoisData's APIs (1)

- [GetWhoisData: domain WHOIS API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/getwhoisdata/top-up/llms.txt)

## GetWhoisData: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [WhoisFreaks, $2,000 pack, 1,000,000 API Credits, POST /v2.0/bulkwhois/live](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisfreaks/2000-pack-1000000-api-credits-post-v2-0-bulkwhois-live/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [JsonWhoisAPI, pay as you go, Any Additional](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/jsonwhoisapi/pay-as-you-go-any-additional/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 89% complete
- [Whoxy, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoxy/10-pack/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 78% complete, live
- [Companyfacts, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/companyfacts/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 67% complete

## 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://getwhoisdata.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://getwhoisdata.com/docs/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://getwhoisdata.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://getwhoisdata.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://getwhoisdata.com/whois-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing