# Mekong Trade Intel, free: Domain WHOIS API

> DNS and WHOIS lookup for any domain. Query DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS) and WHOIS registration data for any domain.

Mekong Trade Intel's Free daily trial plan for the domain WHOIS API costs $0.00 per 1,000 domains. We check each provider's docs for 9 fields. Mekong Trade Intel's docs list 5: Registrar, Created on, Expires on, Name servers, Statuses.
We haven't run Mekong Trade Intel through [our domain WHOIS API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 495 plans for domain WHOIS APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.575 or less per 1,000 domains. [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. [C99.nl's $25 yearly plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/c99-nl/25-yearly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 domains a month: $2.08.
[WhoisJSON](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisjson/120-monthly/llms.txt), [Enterno](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/enterno/free-open-api/llms.txt) and [IPAddress.to](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ipaddress-to/free/llms.txt) are the best domain WHOIS API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free
- [Domain WHOIS API in 2026: the best of 20+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/tools/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/dnswhois`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing#/paths/~1dnswhois
- Sold by: Mekong Trade Intel (https://mekongtradeintel.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 56%
- Registrar: ✓
- Created on: ✓
- Expires on: ✓
- Name servers: ✓
- Statuses: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: DNS and WHOIS lookup for any domain. Query DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS) and WHOIS registration data for any domain.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5 requests a day
- Enough for: 5 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domain. Optional: type
- Method: POST
- Path: /dnswhois

## About the plan

- Plan: Free daily trial
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account, API key or payment: a daily free quota for each IP address

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

domain, registrar, creation date, expiration date, domain status, A records, AAAA records, MX records, TXT records, NS records, CNAME records, SSL issuer, SSL valid until, SSL days until expiry, fetched at

## Mekong Trade Intel's plans (2)

- [Mekong Trade Intel, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 56% complete
- [Mekong Trade Intel, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/mekong-trade-intel/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 56% complete

## Mekong Trade Intel's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /dnswhois`: [Mekong Trade Intel, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free/llms.txt)

## Mekong Trade Intel's APIs (6)

- [Mekong Trade Intel: business verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free/llms.txt)
- [Mekong Trade Intel: domain WHOIS API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free/llms.txt)
- [Mekong Trade Intel: email verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free/llms.txt)
- [Mekong Trade Intel: news API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free/llms.txt)
- [Mekong Trade Intel: web scraping API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free/llms.txt)
- [Mekong Trade Intel: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, POST /enrich](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free-daily-trial-post-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Mekong Trade Intel: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans, POST /companyenrich](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/mekong-trade-intel/free-daily-trial-post-companyenrich/llms.txt)

## Mekong Trade Intel: domain WHOIS API alternatives

- [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
- [Nero Labs, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/nero-labs/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 78% complete, live
- [Padawan Consulting, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/padawan-consulting/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 44% 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 2026-11-09.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/tools/dnswhois?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://api.mekongtradeintel.com/tools/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://mekongtradeintel.com/privacy.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing
- https://mekongtradeintel.com/terms.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=domain-whois-api-pricing