IPinfo
- Free allowance
- IPinfo Lite: unlimited API requests with no daily or monthly limit, free forever with no credit card; country and continent geolocation plus ASN number, name and domain; the same Lite data as a daily database download (4,380,245 lines; CSV, MMDB, JSON and Parquet)
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- documented30 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | IPinfo Lite: unlimited API requests with no daily or monthly limit, free forever with no credit card; country and continent geolocation plus ASN number, name and domain; the same Lite data as a daily database download (4,380,245 lines; CSV, MMDB, JSON and Parquet) unit unlimited; metered on none; city-level fields need IPinfo Core (USD 26 a month, 150k requests a month) or the legacy ipinfo.io endpoint, which answers without a token and is limited to 50k requests a month |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
unverified: behind a sign-up: a keyed Lite lookup and the response headers of its answer |
| Binding | none Lite has no request quota and no concurrency cap, and the batch cap only sizes a call; what limits it is depth, country and ASN only |
| Identity | email an IPinfo account with first name, last name, email and password, or GitHub sign-in; no credit card |
| Egress | not applicable |
| Per-object cap | the Lite MMDB file is 24.84 MB in the listing last updated on 2026-10-30; the listing gives CSV 25.48 MB, JSON 29.57 MB and Parquet 29.15 MB |
| Interface | rest HTTPS GET api.ipinfo.io/lite/{ip}?token=TOKEN (also v4. and v6. hosts), POST api.ipinfo.io/batch/lite with a JSON array of up to 1,000 IPs; the Lite files at ipinfo.io/data/ipinfo_lite.{csv.gz,mmdb,json.gz,parquet}?token=TOKEN. Without a token the Lite API answers HTTP 403 Unknown token and the Lite file HTTP 401; the legacy ipinfo.io/{ip}/json answers without a token with city-level fields endpoint: https://api.ipinfo.io/lite/ |
| Tooling | any HTTP client (curl), any MMDB reader for the database file, the vendor's mmdbctl tool |
| Composes with | one free account gives unlimited country and ASN lookups over the API and the whole Lite dataset as a daily file for local lookups at any rate; city-level data comes from the paid Core plan or from the legacy keyless endpoint at 50k requests a month. Bulk path: the daily Lite database download, plus the 1,000-IP batch endpoint |
| Reliability | the legacy keyless API may be discontinued; paid plans answer HTTP 429 past their monthly quota; no rate limit is published for Lite |
| Notes | Free requests: unlimited (no daily or monthly limit) on IPinfo Lite with a free account. Rate limit: none published; no concurrency cap. Bulk path: the daily Lite database download in CSV, MMDB, JSON or Parquet, and 1,000-IP batch calls. The caveat is depth: Lite carries country, continent and ASN only. |
| Evidence note | documented the pricing, Lite API, Lite database, developer and signup pages were quoted on 2026-10-30; keyless requests were probed (legacy API HTTP 200 with city fields, Lite API HTTP 403, Lite file HTTP 401). No account was opened, so no keyed Lite lookup or file download was made; one would move it to measured. |
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Evidence 30
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/pricing | IPinfo Lite costs nothing and needs no credit card |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/pricing | Lite has unlimited API requests a month; Core starts at 150k |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/pricing | Lite geolocation is country level |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/pricing | IPinfo Core is USD 26 a month |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/pricing | not published |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers/lite-api | the Lite API has no daily or monthly limit |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers/lite-api | a batch call takes up to 1,000 IPs |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers/lite-api | the Lite endpoint and its token parameter |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers | no concurrency cap is enforced |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers | paid plans answer HTTP 429 past their limit |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/products/free-ip-database | Lite is free, with no card and unlimited requests |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/products/free-ip-database | Lite data is updated daily and covers IPv4 and IPv6 |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers/ipinfo-lite-database | the Lite database had 4,380,245 lines on 2026-10-29 |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers/ipinfo-lite-database | the Lite MMDB file is 25.12 MB |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers/ipinfo-lite-database | the Lite file is downloaded with the account token |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/developers/ipinfo-lite-database | Lite data reuse asks for a link to ipinfo.io |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/signup | a free account opens the Lite API and database with no card |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/signup | the signup form asks first name, last name, email and password |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/signup | GitHub sign-in is offered |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/missingauth | the legacy keyless API is limited to 50k requests a month |
| 2026-10-30 | ipinfo.io/missingauth | part of the text of Reliability, above |
| 2026-10-30 | probe: https://ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8/json | the legacy ipinfo.io endpoint answered a keyless request with city-level data |
| 2026-10-30 | probe: https://api.ipinfo.io/lite/8.8.8.8 | the Lite API refuses a request with no token |
| 2026-10-31 | probe: https://ipinfo.io/data/ipinfo_lite.mmdb | the Lite database file refuses a download with no token |
| 2026-11-02 | ipinfo.io/developers/ipinfo-lite-database | the Lite database file listing, last updated Oct 30, 2026, shows ipinfo_lite.mmdb at 24.84 MB beside CSV 25.48 MB, JSON 29.57 MB and Parquet 29.15 MB |
| 2026-11-02 | ipinfo.io/developers/ipinfo-lite-database | the Lite database page is the source of the file sizes in per_object_cap |
| 2026-11-02 | probe: https://ipinfo.io/data/ipinfo_lite.mmdb | a download of ipinfo_lite.mmdb with no token answered HTTP 401, so the size of a token download shows only after sign-up |
| 2026-11-02 | probe: https://api.ipinfo.io/lite/8.8.8.8 | a Lite lookup with no token answered HTTP 403, so a keyed answer and its response headers show only after sign-up |
| 2026-11-02 | ipinfo.io/products/free-ip-database | IPinfo Lite is free with no credit card and unlimited API requests, with country level geolocation and ASN data |
| 2026-11-02 | ipinfo.io/signup | the sign-up page offers IPinfo Lite with no credit card; its form asks first name, last name, email and password, and it offers GitHub sign-in |
More fields 2
| bulk path | daily IPinfo Lite database download (CSV, MMDB, JSON, Parquet) with the account token; 1,000-IP batch endpoint |
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| free requests | unlimited on Lite; 50k a month on the legacy keyless API |
Unknown values 1
- egress terms: the field does not apply to this kind of offer