# IP2Location.io, free: Domain WHOIS API

> IP2WHOIS Domain WHOIS API helps users to obtain domain information and WHOIS record by using a domain name.

IP2Location.io's domain WHOIS API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. IP2Location.io's docs list 7 of the 9 fields on our checklist: Registrant, Registrar, Created on, Updated on, Expires on, Name servers, Statuses.
In [our domain WHOIS API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt), the best plan from IP2Location.io scores 42.9 out of 100. IP2Location.io ranks 12th 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/ip2location-io/free
- [Domain WHOIS API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.ip2location.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.ip2whois.com/v2`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.ip2location.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.ip2location.io/ip2whois-documentation?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Sold by: IP2Location.io (https://www.ip2location.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 78%
- Registrant: ✓
- Registrar: ✓
- Created on: ✓
- Updated on: ✓
- Expires on: ✓
- Name servers: ✓
- Statuses: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: IP2Location.io IP Geolocation API · IP2WHOIS Hosted Domain API

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: IP2WHOIS Domain WHOIS API helps users to obtain domain information and WHOIS record by using a domain name.

## Data

- Keep data: "Cached Data must not be retained for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days from the original query timestamp. Customer must purge or refresh cached Data through the API upon expiration of this 30-day window." [...] "Customer must permanently delete and purge all cached API Data from its servers, databases, and backup media within seven (7) calendar days of termination."
- Use data: "IP2Location grants Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable, limited right during the subscription term to access and query the Web API solely for Customer's internal business operations or integration into Customer's software applications." [...] "Customer expressly agrees not to: Database Reconstruction: Use automated scripts, systematic queries, or sequential IP sweeps to scrape, harvest, or extract Data for the purpose of creating, rebuilding, or supplementing a standalone IP database or competing IP geolocation service. Reselling & Sublicensing: Sell, rent, lease, sub-license, or redistribute raw API responses or access credentials to third parties as a standalone service. Bypassing Rate Limits: Employ tactics to evade, bypass, or flood rate limits, concurrency caps, or quota restrictions set by the applicable subscription plan. Unlawful Use: Use the Web API to engage in unlawful monitoring, fraud, cyberattacks, spamming, or to circumvent sanctions and legal compliance frameworks."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 calls a month
- Expires: forfeited at the next monthly renewal

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.07 s

## The call

- You send: domain
- Method: GET
- Path: /v2

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a free account, attribution to IP2Location.io is required

## The 52 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, domain ID, status, creation date, updated date, expiration date, domain age, WHOIS server, registrar IANA ID, registrar name, registrar URL, registrant name, registrant organization, registrant street address, registrant city, registrant region, registrant ZIP code, registrant country, registrant phone, registrant fax, registrant email, admin name, admin organization, admin street address, admin city, admin region, admin ZIP code, admin country, admin phone, admin fax, admin email, tech name, tech organization, tech street address, tech city, tech region, tech ZIP code, tech country, tech phone, tech fax, tech email, billing name, billing organization, billing street address, billing city, billing region, billing ZIP code, billing country, billing phone, billing fax, billing email, nameservers

## IP2Location.io's plans (4)

- [IP2Location.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ip2location-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 78% complete
- [IP2Location.io, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ip2location-io/49-monthly/llms.txt): $9.80 per 1,000, 78% complete
- [IP2Location.io, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ip2location-io/249-monthly/llms.txt): $6.225 per 1,000, 78% complete
- [IP2Location.io, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ip2location-io/499-monthly/llms.txt): $3.327 per 1,000, 78% complete

## IP2Location.io's calls (1)

- `GET /v2`: [IP2Location.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ip2location-io/free/llms.txt)

## IP2Location.io's APIs (1)

- [IP2Location.io: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ip2location-io/free/llms.txt)

## IP2Location.io: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [DomScan, $10 pack, 10,000 credits, GET /v1/whois](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/domscan/10-pack-10000-credits-get-v1-whois/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% complete
- [WhoisFreaks, $150 pack, 50,000 API Credits, GET /v2.0/whois/live](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisfreaks/150-pack-50000-api-credits-get-v2-0-whois-live/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [JsonWhois, $15.10 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/jsonwhois/15-10-monthly/llms.txt): $3.02 per 1,000, 78% complete, 1 week
- [Whoxy, $3,500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoxy/3500-pack/llms.txt): $3.50 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 2026-11-04.

- https://www.ip2location.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://www.ip2location.io/ip2whois-documentation?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://www.ip2location.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://www.ip2location.io/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing