MaxMind GeoIP API
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Overview
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Creator of GeoIP. Web services (Country, City Plus, Insights) return geolocation, ISP/organization, and in Insights proxy detection, user count and anonymizer data; free GeoLite web service on geolite.info. HTTP Basic auth with account ID and license key; publishes an OpenAPI spec on GitHub and official client libraries.
Company
Verified- Legal name
- Not confirmed
- Headquarters
- Not confirmed
- Founded
- 2002
- Employees
- Not confirmed
- Ownership
- Not confirmed
- Status
- active
- Kind
- Data provider
- Website
- www.maxmind.com
- Support
- docsticket
API
Verified- Access
- Self-serve API
- Style
- REST
- Auth
- HTTP Basic
- Base URL
https://geoip.maxmind.com/geoip/v2.1https://geolite.info/geoip/v2.1- Features
- Bulk —Async —Webhooks —MCP —Sandbox —
- SDKs
- .NETJavaNode.jsPHPPythonRuby
- Rate limit
- No fixed limit published; MaxMind may impose rate limits on excessive errors
Pricing
Verified- Model
- pay as you go
- List prices
- GeoIP Country $0.0001 per query
- GeoIP City Plus $0.0003 per query
- GeoIP Insights $0.002 per query
- Currency
- USD
- Units
- query
- Free tier
- Free trial of GeoIP web services; free GeoLite web service
- Checked
- Sep 29, 2026
Compliance
- SOC 2
- Not confirmed
- GDPR
- Not confirmed
- CCPA
- Not confirmed
- DPA
- Not confirmed
- Resale / storage
- Unknown until a written agreement says otherwise
Relationships
- Integrations
- Not confirmed
- Alternatives
- None named by the vendor
Sources (5)
- MaxMind GeoIP web services and pricingchecked Sep 29, 2026
- GeoIP and GeoLite web services docschecked Sep 29, 2026
- GeoIP API requestschecked Sep 29, 2026
- GeoIP API responseschecked Sep 29, 2026
- About MaxMindchecked Sep 29, 2026
Placement in the Grid
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| Category | Placement | Execute | Coverage | Calls | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP & Visitor ID | Not yet rated | – | – | 0 | View Grid |
API
The vendor's OpenAPI document as stored in the catalog, its operations, and the rate limits it publishes.
| Method | Path | Summary | Params | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /country/{ip_address} | Look up country data | 0 | Spec |
| GET | /city/{ip_address} | Look up city data | 0 | Spec |
| GET | /insights/{ip_address} | Look up insights data | 0 | Spec |
Rate limits
No fixed limit published; MaxMind may impose rate limits on excessive errors Without a published limit GridRouter paces conservatively (1 request per second).