# BigDataCloud, free, Base, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence: IP geolocation API

> This API returns the same geolocation data as the IP Address Geolocation API, with one important addition: a confidence area polygon.

BigDataCloud's Base plan for the IP geolocation API costs $0.00 per 1,000 IP addresses. We check each provider's docs for 8 fields. BigDataCloud's docs list 7: Country, Region and city, Postal code, Coordinates, Time zone, ASN, Owner's name.
In [our IP geolocation API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-ip-geolocation-api.txt), the best plan from BigDataCloud scores 60.3 out of 100. BigDataCloud ranks 12th of 27 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 429 plans for IP geolocation APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.214 or less per 1,000 IP addresses. [149 IP geolocation API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-ip-geolocation-api.txt) [Apixies' free plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/apixies/free-sandbox-no-account/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 89.6 out of 100.
[IPWho.org's $99 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ipwho-org/99-monthly-enterprise-get-ip-ip/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 IP addresses, with no charge per call. You get as many IP addresses as IPWho.org's rate limit allows. [Api.co.id's Rp19,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/api-co-id/rp19000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 IP addresses a month: about $1.05.
[Api.co.id's Rp99,000 (about $5) monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/api-co-id/rp99000-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of IP addresses, and costs less up front than IPWho.org's $99 monthly plan.
[Apixies](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/apixies/free-sandbox-no-account/llms.txt), [getmyip.pro](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/getmyip-pro/free-getmyip-get-v1-ip/llms.txt) and [IPFlare](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ipflare/16-80-monthly-unlimited-get-ip/llms.txt) are the best IP geolocation API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence
- [IP geolocation API in 2026: the best of 20+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-ip-geolocation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api-bdc.net/data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/ip-geolocation/ip-address-geolocation-with-confidence-area-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- Sold by: BigDataCloud (https://www.bigdatacloud.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 88%
- Country: ✓
- Region and city: ✓
- Postal code: ✓
- Coordinates: ✓
- Time zone: ✓
- ASN: ✓
- Owner's name: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: User Agent Parser API · Time Zone Info API · Time Zone by IP Address API · Country Info API · Country by IP Address API · IP Address Geolocation API · IP Address Geolocation with Confidence Area and Hazard Report API · ASN Info API · Network by IP Address API · Hazard report · User risk API

## Not found

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

## In their words

- Their pitch: This API returns the same geolocation data as the IP Address Geolocation API, with one important addition: a confidence area polygon.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 day
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Whenever you use our Services in any capacity you agree that you will not use them: in any manner prohibited by these terms and conditions or any other policy or set of restrictions published on our Website, for any unlawful purpose, at a frequency or in a way that is likely to make the system inaccessible to third parties, or for the purpose of creating, developing, refining or otherwise supporting a product or service that competes with our business, without our prior written permission [...] You may not at any time download, scrape or reverse engineer our services, API or Website.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 10,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: ip, localityLanguage
- Method: GET
- Path: /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence

## About the plan

- Plan: Base
- Who can get it: anyone with an account, each organisation gets the Base Access of one account only

## The 111 fields the plan's answer can hold

IP address, locality language requested, reachable globally, country ISO alpha-2 code, country ISO alpha-3 code, country M.49 code, country name, country ISO name, country ISO full name, administrative language ISO alpha-3 code, administrative language ISO alpha-2 code, administrative language ISO name, administrative language native name, UN region, currency numeric code, currency code, currency name, currency minor units, World Bank region ID, World Bank region ISO 2 code, World Bank region name, World Bank income level ID, World Bank income level ISO 2 code, World Bank income level name, country calling code, country flag emoji, Wikidata ID, GeoNames ID, independent, region, ISO region name, ISO region code, continent, continent code, city, locality name, postcode, latitude, longitude, Plus Code, FIPS state code, FIPS county code, FIPS county subdivision code, FIPS place code, CSD code, time zone ID, time zone display name, time zone full name, time zone short name, UTC offset seconds, UTC offset, daylight saving time, local time, UTC time, administrative area name, administrative area description, administrative area ISO name, administrative area order, administrative area level, administrative area ISO code, administrative area Wikidata ID, administrative area GeoNames ID, administrative area China admin code, informative area name, informative area description, informative area ISO name, informative area order, informative area level, informative area ISO code, informative area Wikidata ID, informative area GeoNames ID, informative area China admin code, last updated, network registry, network registry status, network registered country code, network registered country name, network organisation, bogon, BGP prefix, BGP prefix network address, BGP prefix last address, network total addresses, ASN, ASN number, ASN organisation, ASN name, ASN registry, ASN registered country code, ASN registered country name, ASN registration date, ASN registration last change, ASN total IPv4 addresses, ASN total IPv4 prefixes, ASN total IPv4 bogon prefixes, ASN total IPv6 prefixes, ASN total IPv6 bogon prefixes, ASN rank, ASN rank text, upstream ASN, upstream ASN number, upstream ASN organisation, upstream ASN name, upstream ASN registry, upstream ASN registered country code, upstream ASN registered country name, upstream ASN total IPv4 addresses, upstream ASN rank, upstream ASN rank text, confidence, confidence area

## BigDataCloud's plans (8)

- [BigDataCloud, free, Base, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [BigDataCloud, $29.95 monthly, Bronze, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/29-95-monthly-bronze-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.30 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [BigDataCloud, $249 monthly, Silver, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/249-monthly-silver-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.249 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [BigDataCloud, $1,999 monthly, Gold, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/1999-monthly-gold-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [BigDataCloud, $299.50 yearly, Bronze, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/299-50-yearly-bronze-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [BigDataCloud, $2,490 yearly, Silver, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/2490-yearly-silver-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.207 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [BigDataCloud, $19,990 yearly, Gold, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/19990-yearly-gold-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.167 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [BigDataCloud, contact us, Bespoke, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/contact-us-bespoke-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): 88% complete, 1 day

## BigDataCloud's calls for this API (5)

- `GET /data/country-by-ip`: [BigDataCloud, free, Base, GET /data/country-by-ip](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-country-by-ip/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/ip-geolocation`: [BigDataCloud, free, Base, GET /data/ip-geolocation](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-ip-geolocation/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/ip-geolocation-full`: [BigDataCloud, free, Base, GET /data/ip-geolocation-full](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-ip-geolocation-full/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence`: [BigDataCloud, free, Base, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt)
- `GET /data/timezone-by-ip`: [BigDataCloud, free, Base, GET /data/timezone-by-ip](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-timezone-by-ip/llms.txt)

## BigDataCloud's APIs (3)

- [BigDataCloud Email verification API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/bigdatacloud/free/llms.txt)
- [BigDataCloud IP geolocation API pricing, 8 plans, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt)
- [BigDataCloud Phone validation API pricing, 7 plans, GET /data/phone-number-validate](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-phone-number-validate/llms.txt)
- [BigDataCloud Phone validation API pricing, 7 plans, GET /data/phone-number-validate-by-ip](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/bigdatacloud/free-base-get-data-phone-number-validate-by-ip/llms.txt)

## BigDataCloud: IP geolocation API alternatives

[BigDataCloud alternatives: every IP geolocation API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/bigdatacloud-alternatives.txt)

We list BigDataCloud's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to BigDataCloud in price per 1,000 IP addresses. Each plan in the list gives live data or data at most a day old.

- [BigDataCloud, $19,990 yearly, Gold, GET /data/ip-geolocation-with-confidence](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/bigdatacloud/19990-yearly-gold-get-data-ip-geolocation-with-confidence/llms.txt): $0.167 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [51Degrees, €680 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/51degrees/680-monthly/llms.txt): $0.153 per 1,000, 38% complete, 1 day
- [ApogeoAPI, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/apogeoapi/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.158 per 1,000, 50% complete, 1 hour
- [Abstract API, $385 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/abstract-api/385-yearly/llms.txt): $0.16 per 1,000, 88% complete, 1 day
- [ipify, $199 yearly, Yearly subscription: 100,000 Credits per month, GET /api/v2/country](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ipify/199-yearly-yearly-subscription-100000-credits-per-month-get-api-v2-country/llms.txt): $0.166 per 1,000, 63% complete, 1 day

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/article/are-there-limits-on-how-many-API-requests-I-can-make?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/article/how-is-the-billing-cycle-calculated?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/article/when-can-i-cancel-my-subscription?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/authentication?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/ip-geolocation?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/ip-geolocation/ip-address-geolocation-with-confidence-area-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/phone-email-verification?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/phone-email-verification/email-verify-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.bigdatacloud.com/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing