# FernTool, free: IP geolocation API

> For public addresses we show the country the IP is registered to, its main timezone and the network (ASN) that announces it.

FernTool's Free plan for the IP geolocation API costs $0.00 per 1,000 IP addresses. We check each provider's docs for 8 fields. FernTool's docs list 4: Country, Time zone, ASN, Owner's name.
FernTool limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run FernTool through [our IP geolocation API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-ip-geolocation-api.txt) yet.
We rank 429 plans for IP geolocation APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.214 or less per 1,000 IP addresses. This plan and 27 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 IP addresses of the 429 plans. [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.
[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/ferntool/free
- [IP geolocation API in 2026: the best of 20+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-ip-geolocation-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.ferntool.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.ferntool.com/api/ip/{ip}`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://www.ferntool.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- Sold by: FernTool (https://www.ferntool.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 50%
- Country: ✓
- Time zone: ✓
- ASN: ✓
- Owner's name: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

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

## In their words

- Their pitch: For public addresses we show the country the IP is registered to, its main timezone and the network (ASN) that announces it.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Do not abuse the API (automated heavy use may be rate limited). Do not use the service for unlawful purposes. IP Geolocation by DB-IP (https://db-ip.com), CC BY 4.0, ASN data from IPtoASN (https://iptoasn.com), PDDL

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: ip
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/ip/{ip}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

IP address, IP version, valid, scope, country, country name, timezone, timezones, ISP, ASN

## FernTool's plans (1)

- [FernTool, free](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ferntool/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored

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

- `GET /api/ip/{ip}`: [FernTool, free](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ferntool/free/llms.txt)

## FernTool's APIs (3)

- [FernTool Domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/ferntool/free/llms.txt)
- [FernTool IP company lookup API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-company-lookup-apis/ferntool/free/llms.txt)
- [FernTool IP geolocation API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ferntool/free/llms.txt)

## FernTool: IP geolocation API alternatives

[FernTool alternatives: other IP geolocation API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/ferntool-alternatives.txt)

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 IP addresses. Each plan in the list gives stored data.

- [ipdata.info, free](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ipdata-info/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored
- [isMalicious, free](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ismalicious/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, stored
- [RelayShield, free](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/relayshield/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 25% complete, stored
- [IP-Max, top-up, GeoIP geolocation](https://datacircle.dev/ip-geolocation-apis/ip-max/top-up-geoip-geolocation/llms.txt): $0.065 per 1,000, 88% complete, stored

## 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://www.ferntool.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.ferntool.com/api/ip/8.8.8.8?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.ferntool.com/ip-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.ferntool.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing
- https://www.ferntool.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ip-geolocation-api-pricing