ipinfo.io Provides IP Info.1Lookup Delivers Intelligence.
ipinfo.io is a popular IP geolocation service, but 1Lookup delivers validation intelligence with superior performance and fraud detection. While ipinfo.io focuses on IP data, 1Lookup provides integrated validation for phone, email, and IP with advanced security features and real-time threat intelligence.
IP, Phone, and Email Validation Intelligence
While ipinfo.io provides IP geolocation data, 1Lookup offers validation intelligence combining IP, phone, and email data. Get cross-validation insights, advanced fraud detection, and unified threat intelligence in one platform.
Superior Performance & Security
Get with real-time threat intelligence and AI-powered fraud detection. Our edge-optimized network delivers faster, more secure validation intelligence.
IP Information vs. Validation Intelligence
Information vs. actionable security intelligence
| Feature | 1Lookup | ipinfo.io | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Service Integration Multi-service platform vs. IP-only | IP + Phone + Email validation | IP intelligence focus | |
Fraud Detection AI-powered fraud detection vs. basic threat data | Advanced AI fraud scoring | Basic threat indicators | |
Pricing Model Transparent pricing vs. subscription tiers | Simple per-query pricing | Tiered subscription pricing | |
Data Quality Continuous updates vs. regular refreshes | Real-time threat intelligence | Regular data updates | |
Developer Experience Multi-service API vs. IP-focused endpoints | Modern unified API | Simple IP API | |
Geographic Coverage Similar global coverage | 195+ countries | 195+ countries |
Every lookup returns a risk signal, not just valid or invalid
A number can be perfectly well-formed and still be a burner, a VOIP line opened this morning, or a number other businesses have already reported. 1Lookup returns a risk score, a spam indicator and line type on the same call as the validation, so the decision to block, challenge or allow can be made in one request.
Real-time Risk Scoring
Instant fraud probability assessment for every number
Pattern Recognition
Detect suspicious behavior patterns across millions of numbers
Adaptive Learning
AI that improves fraud detection accuracy over time
Example response
One credit balance
Every product below draws from the same credits, at $0.00200–$0.00495 per credit depending on plan.
- Phone validation1 credit
- Email verification1 credit
- IP intelligence1 credit
- Spam and risk score1 credit
Buy credits once, spend them on whatever you need to check
Most validation tools sell one channel, so a team checking phones, emails and IPs ends up with three vendors, three invoices and three unused balances. 1Lookup bills all of them from a single credit pool on a monthly plan, with no contract, and leftover credits carry into the next quarter instead of expiring at midnight.
Phone, email and IP on one API
One key, one balance, one integration
Phone data refreshed daily
From FCC and carrier sources
No contract
Monthly plans, with three-month credit rollover
A full line profile, not a status code
The same call returns HLR data, subscriber status, porting history, network type and roaming state. That is the difference between knowing a number is formatted correctly and knowing whether a message sent to it will arrive.
Complete Phone Profile
Simple Migration from ipinfo.io
`https://ipinfo.io/${ipAddress}?token=${token}`
);
const data = await response.json();
// IP geolocation data only
console.log(data.city, data.region, data.country);
`https://api.1lookup.io/v1/validate`,
{
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': key},
body: JSON.stringify({ip, phone, email})
}
);
What migrating from ipinfo.io actually involves
Both are REST APIs returning JSON, so the move is a URL, a key and a field mapping rather than a rewrite. The call above is the real shape of each request. Where the work usually goes is the response: our field names differ, and anything you were deriving from a status code may already be a field you can read directly.
One endpoint per channel
Phone, email and IP, same key and same balance
Email Support to Dedicated CSM
Support level rises with the plan, not with a separate fee
Try before you migrate
7-day free trial with credits, no contract to unwind
IP Information vs. Validation Intelligence
Choose based on your intelligence needs
ipinfo.io is best for:
- • IP geolocation and mapping
- • Location-based content delivery
- • Geographic analytics
- • Simple IP information needs
1Lookup is best for:
- • Full user validation
- • Fraud detection and prevention
- • Security and threat intelligence
- • Multi-service validation needs
Information vs. Intelligence
ipinfo.io provides IP information. 1Lookup provides actionable intelligence. Choose based on whether you need data or security insights.
Upgrade to Actionable Intelligence
Move beyond basic IP information to unified validation intelligence. Get IP, phone, and email validation with real-time fraud detection and threat intelligence.
7-day free trial • IP + Phone + Email • Advanced fraud detection
IPinfo vs 1Lookup FAQ
Common questions about IPinfo and switching to 1Lookup
What is IPinfo?
IPinfo is an IP address data provider that offers an IP geolocation and IP intelligence API. Developers send it an IP address and get back details such as approximate location (city, region, country), the owning ASN and ISP, and signals like hosting, proxy, VPN, and mobile network. It is commonly used for localizing content, analytics, and basic fraud or abuse screening. Its focus is IP data specifically, rather than verifying phone numbers or email addresses.
How much does IPinfo cost?
IPinfo uses a tiered subscription model rather than one flat price. As of publication, it offers a free "Lite" tier for basic country and ASN data, plus paid plans (such as Core and Max) that unlock detailed geolocation, carrier data, and proxy or anonymization detection, with enterprise and custom pricing for very high request volumes. Plans can be billed monthly or annually, so your actual cost depends on which data set and request volume you need. Check IPinfo’s pricing page for an exact quote.
What is the best IPinfo alternative?
The best alternative depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you only need IP geolocation and ASN data, other dedicated IP-data APIs may be comparable. If you need to verify contact data more broadly — confirming that a phone number, email, and IP are all valid and reachable — a verification-focused platform like 1Lookup is a closer fit, because it combines IP intelligence with phone and email validation in a single API.
How is 1Lookup different from IPinfo?
IPinfo specializes in IP address data and geolocation, while 1Lookup is a data-verification API that validates phone numbers, emails, and IPs through one API and a single universal credit system. 1Lookup’s data is updated daily from FCC and carrier sources, and it adds carrier/HLR lookup, reverse lookup, and fraud and IP intelligence. Both are strong at what they do; 1Lookup’s main edge is unifying phone, email, and IP checks in one place rather than covering IP data alone. If your use case is purely IP geolocation, IPinfo may be sufficient; if you need cross-channel verification, 1Lookup consolidates it.
Can I try 1Lookup for free?
Yes. 1Lookup offers a 7-day free trial so you can test phone, email, and IP verification through one API before committing. You can validate real records and see how the single universal credit system works across all three checks during the trial. That makes it easy to compare 1Lookup’s results against IPinfo or your current setup.
1Lookup vs IPinfo: the same criteria, side by side
Both products measured on identical criteria, with IPinfo’s numbers taken from its own published pricing.
1lookup1lookup.ioMulti-channel validation- Phone
- IP
ipinfo.ioIP intelligence- IP
- IPinfo · Starts at
- $41/mo billed annually ($490/yr) for the Core plan with 150,000 requests/mo (~$0.27 per 1k lookups); monthly billing costs more (annual pricing is "2 months free", save 17%)
- 1Lookup: $99/mo for 20,000 credits ($4.95 per 1,000, down to $2.00 on Enterprise)
- IPinfo · Cheapest published per 1,000
- $0.27 at their largest published tier
- 1Lookup: $2.00 per 1,000 at 1,000,000 lookups/mo
- IPinfo · Free trial
- No separate trial published; the free Lite plan with unlimited country-level requests is the de facto trial; no minimum subscription period, cancel anytime per the pricing FAQ
- 1Lookup: 7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise (card required, nothing charged up front)
| Criteria |  1Lookup | |
|---|---|---|
| Contact-data coverage | EmailPhoneIP | EmailPhoneIP |
| Pricing model | Monthly plans with universal credits; core phone, email and IP lookups cost 1 credit, enrichment and intelligence products cost more | Monthly subscription tiers sized by included API requests: free Lite plan with unlimited country-level requests, Core at $41/mo billed annually ($490/yr) for 150k requests/mo, Max at $130/mo billed annually ($1,560/yr) for 250k requests/mo, and custom Enterprise for 1M+ requests/mo; the plan comparison table shows Core and Max allowances span 150k to 5M requests/mo, with metered per-request overages ($0.54 per extra 1k on Core, $1.03 on Max) |
| Starting price | $99/mo for 20,000 credits ($4.95 per 1,000, down to $2.00 on Enterprise) | $41/mo billed annually ($490/yr) for the Core plan with 150,000 requests/mo (~$0.27 per 1k lookups); monthly billing costs more (annual pricing is "2 months free", save 17%) |
| Free option | Free single lookups via the online tools at 1lookup.io/tools, no account required | Lite plan, free forever: unlimited API requests ("no daily or monthly limit"), country-level geolocation plus ASN data only, daily-updated database downloads in CSV, MMDB, JSON, and Parquet, 100 manual web lookups, no credit card required (free signup token needed) |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise (card required, nothing charged up front) | No separate trial published; the free Lite plan with unlimited country-level requests is the de facto trial; no minimum subscription period, cancel anytime per the pricing FAQ |
| Do credits expire? | Unused monthly credits roll over for 3 months; separately purchased credits last 1 year | Not published |
Cost per 1,000: IPinfo and 1Lookup
Published rates only, drawn on one shared scale that starts at $0.
- 1Lookup rate card
- IPinfo published tiers
IPinfo, per published tier
150,000 requests/mo
$0.27250,000 requests/mo
$0.52Overage beyond Core's 150k allowance
$0.54
1Lookup, reference band (a range, not a bar from $0)
All 4 plans, 20,000 lookups/mo to 1,000,000 lookups/mo
Cost per 1,000
| Product | Volume tier | Price | Cost per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPinfo | 150,000 requests/mo | $41/mo (Core, billed annually; $490/yr) | $0.27 |
| IPinfo | 250,000 requests/mo | $130/mo (Max, billed annually; $1,560/yr) | $0.52 |
| IPinfo | Overage beyond Core's 150k allowance | $0.54 per extra 1k ($0.000539/request), billed only for traffic actually sent | $0.54 |
| 1Lookup | 20,000 lookups/mo | $99/mo (Starter) | $4.95 |
| 1Lookup | 85,000 lookups/mo | $299/mo (Growth) | $3.52 |
| 1Lookup | 250,000 lookups/mo | $799/mo (Professional) | $3.20 |
| 1Lookup | 1,000,000 lookups/mo | $1,999/mo (Enterprise) | $2.00 |
What IPinfo costs at volume
| Volume | IPinfo price | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited requests/mo (country-level + ASN only) | $0/mo (Lite) | $0.00 |
| 150,000 requests/mo | $41/mo (Core, billed annually; $490/yr) | $0.27 |
| 250,000 requests/mo | $130/mo (Max, billed annually; $1,560/yr) | $0.52 |
| Overage beyond Core's 150k allowance | $0.54 per extra 1k ($0.000539/request), billed only for traffic actually sent | $0.54 |
For scale: 1Lookup’s plans work out to $4.95 per 1,000 lookups on Starter down to $2.00 per 1,000 on Enterprise, with every lookup type (phone, email, IP, spam) drawing from the same credits. Pricing models differ (subscription vs pay-as-you-go), so compare at your real monthly volume.
IPinfo’s pricing page, as we read it
Every IPinfo figure above is taken from this page. It is reproduced here so you can check the numbers against the source instead of trusting our transcription of them, and the caption links straight to it. Prices change; the capture date says how fresh this is.
Before you sign: IPinfo and 1Lookup on the operational terms
The terms that decide what a year actually costs, rather than what the first month does. A blank means we could not verify it on either product’s published pages, not that the answer is nothing.
| Term | 1Lookup | IPinfo |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum commitment | None. Monthly plans with no contract and no minimum volume; cancel any time | No minimum subscription period; month-to-month or yearly self-serve. Enterprise is described as 'Custom annual pricing.' |
| Going over your quota | — | Overages billed monthly at the plan's per-request rate, prorated and rounded to the nearest $0.01, with no minimum charge. Published per-request rates: Core $0.000539, Plus $0.000811, Max $0.001030. Plan cards state Core '$0.54 per +1k' and Max '$1.03 for +1k'. |
| API access | Included on every plan and during the free trial; there is no tier that unlocks it | API access on every tier including the free Lite plan (country-level data only). Database downloads are excluded from all self-serve plans and start at $1,000/month through sales. |
| Rate limit | 1,000 requests per minute on standard accounts, with higher limits available on request | No per-second throttling or concurrent-request cap enforced. Paid plans have a monthly request limit and return HTTP 429 when exceeded; with metered billing enabled, usage continues via overages. Lite is unlimited but country-level only. |
| Uptime SLA | — | IPinfo offers Service Level Agreements to Enterprise-tier customers only; no SLA appears for the self-serve Lite, Core or Max plans and the pricing-page comparison table has no SLA row. The 99.99% figure is presented separately as a design/observed target ('infrastructure designed for 99.99% availability'; pricing FAQ: '99.99% uptime and average response times of 50-200 ms'), not as the guaranteed level of any SLA. |
| Compliance | — | Data Processing Agreement covering GDPR. IPinfo states it does not provide formal certifications such as SOC 2. |
| Support | Starter: Email Support; Growth: Priority Email & Chat Support; Professional: Chat + Live Meeting; Enterprise: Dedicated CSM | Lite: community-supported. Core and Max: standard support. Enterprise: premium support with a dedicated account manager and onboarding. |
IPinfo fine print worth reading twice
Published terms that change what IPinfo costs or what you can do with it. Each one links to the IPinfo page it was read on, because a claim about somebody else’s contract should be checkable in one click.
Database downloads are not included in any self-serve plan and start at $1,000/month, requiring contact with the sales team.
Read it on IPinfo’s siteThe 99.99% availability SLA is offered only to Enterprise-tier customers, not to self-serve Core or Max plans.
Read it on IPinfo’s siteIPinfo states: 'We do not provide additional formal certifications (such as SOC2) at this time, but we are happy to assist Enterprise partners with security questionnaires to verify our internal standards.'
Read it on IPinfo’s siteRequests past the monthly quota are billed automatically as overages rather than blocked, and the Core overage rate of $0.000539 per request is above the in-plan blended rate of $26 for 150,000 requests.
Read it on IPinfo’s siteThe free Lite plan returns country-level data only and includes 50 web lookups.
Read it on IPinfo’s site
What you actually work in
IPinfo is a live Map IPs tool with a bulk paste box accepting up to 500,000 IPs, a 'Map these IPs' button, and a rendered map of the resulting locations product you log into. 1Lookup is an API and a dashboard you mostly do not log into: you call it from the system that already has the record. Which of those you want is usually the whole decision, so here is theirs.
IPinfo interface
IPinfo’s API reference
Their public developer documentation, so you can judge the integration before you start one.
1Lookup
IPinfo
Where IPinfo wins
- Free Lite tier is genuinely unlimited: no daily or monthly API request cap, country-level geolocation plus ASN, data refreshed every 24 hours, no credit card required
- Low per-lookup cost at plan scale: Core works out to about $0.27 per 1k lookups ($41/mo billed annually for 150k requests)
- Overages are metered at the plan's exact per-request rate (Core $0.000539/request) and rounded to the nearest cent at month end, with no minimum charge and no forced tier jump or block purchase
- Database downloads (CSV, MMDB, JSON, Parquet) are included free on the Lite plan alongside the API
- Paid tiers include privacy detection: VPN, Tor, proxy, and relay flag on Core; residential proxy detection and privacy service names on Max; the pricing FAQ advertises 99.99% uptime, 50-200 ms average response, and up to 100k queries/sec (the Plus product page separately claims 99.999% uptime)
Where 1Lookup wins
- Phone, email, and IP validation in one API with one universal credit balance
- Phone data refreshed daily from FCC and carrier sources
- Carrier/HLR lookup, line type, spam score, and reverse lookup included alongside validation
- Self-serve plans with no contracts and 3-month credit rollover
IPinfo pricing and product facts verified against ipinfo.io as of July 2026. Prices change; always confirm on the vendor’s site. 1Lookup numbers come from the live rate card.
Who this is for
A quick, honest read on which tool fits your use case.
Choose 1Lookup if: you want to verify phone numbers and emails as well as IPs, through one API and one universal credit balance.
Consider IPInfo instead if: you specifically need IP geolocation and ASN or network data, including hosting, proxy, and VPN signals, for analytics or abuse screening.