# 5 Namechan alternatives in 2026

Last updated: November 11, 2026.

The best Namechan alternative for domain WHOIS APIs is WhoisRequest, then thenetworkery and FluentEDI, by our benchmark. Namechan's website is namechan.com.

## Domain WHOIS API alternatives

[WhoisRequest](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisrequest/free-get-api-v1-lookup-whois-domain-name), [thenetworkery](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/thenetworkery/free) and [FluentEDI](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fluentedi/free) are the best [domain WHOIS API providers](https://datacircle.dev/best-domain-whois-api) in the Datacircle benchmark.

On our [Namechan plan pages](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/namechan/free-api-key), we compare each Namechan plan with other providers' plans. We list other providers' plans below, cheapest per 1,000 domains first.

- [Enterno, free, Scout](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/enterno/free-scout): $0.00 per 1,000 domains
- [FluentEDI, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/fluentedi/free): $0.00 per 1,000 domains
- [Lookproof, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/lookproof/free): $0.00 per 1,000 domains
- [WhoisRequest, free, GET /api/v1/lookup/rdap/{domain name}](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/whoisrequest/free-get-api-v1-lookup-rdap-domain-name): $0.00 per 1,000 domains
- [thenetworkery, free](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/thenetworkery/free): $0.00 per 1,000 domains

Compare every domain WHOIS API plan: [Domain WHOIS API pricing: free and cheapest plans compared](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-api-pricing)

## See also

- [Enterno alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/enterno-alternatives)
- [FluentEDI alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/fluentedi-alternatives)
- [Lookproof alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/lookproof-alternatives)
- [WhoisRequest alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/whoisrequest-alternatives)
- [thenetworkery alternatives](https://datacircle.dev/thenetworkery-alternatives)