# ipify

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ipify/  
**Website:** https://www.ipify.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

ipify operates two complementary IP APIs. The free Public IP Address API (api.ipify.org, api6.ipify.org, api64.ipify.org) returns the caller's public IPv4, IPv6, or dual-stack address as plain text, JSON, or JSONP — with no authentication, no rate limit, and no logging. The paid IP Geolocation API (geo.ipify.org), operated by WhoisXML API, resolves an IP, domain, or email to a country/region/city, ISP, and Autonomous System (ASN) profile using credit-metered subscription plans.

## Kin Score — 32.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 28.5 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 38.3 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium (free trial) · Open access — onboarding: open, pricing: freemium, trial: yes (confidence: high).

## APIs (3)

- **ipify Account API** — Account balance and credit utilities.
- **ipify Geolocation API** — Resolve an IP, domain, or email to a country, region, city, and ISP.
- **ipify IP Address API** — Operations that return the caller's public IP address.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Ipify Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (2)

- **Ipify Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Ipify Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Ipify Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (6)

- **Cloud Server Provisioning** — Bootstrapping cloud instances that need to know their own egress IP.
- **Firewall Tunneling Setup** — Configuring SSH/VPN tunnels that need the client's current public IP.
- **Geotargeted Content** — Personalize banners, currency, or language based on visitor country/city.
- **Fraud Detection** — Flag suspicious traffic by ASN, ISP, or geographic mismatch.
- **Compliance Geofencing** — Block or restrict access from disallowed regions or countries.
- **Bot and Scraping Defense** — Cross-reference IP origin with AS classification (Hosting vs ISP) for traffic scoring.

## Tags

Development, IP Address, Geolocation, IP Intelligence, Public APIs

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ipify/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.