# MaxMind

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/maxmind/  
**Website:** https://www.maxmind.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

MaxMind is an IP intelligence and fraud prevention company founded in 2002, serving over 100,000 businesses worldwide. Their GeoIP web services provide accurate IP geolocation data including country, city, ISP, organization, ASN, connection type, and VPN/proxy detection. Their minFraud services offer real-time transaction risk scoring using over 80 data points on IPs, email addresses, devices, and payment cards to help businesses detect and prevent fraud. MaxMind also offers downloadable GeoIP databases and the free GeoLite2 dataset for developers who prefer local lookups over API calls.

## Kin Score — 41.2 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 41.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 65.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **MaxMind GeoIP City API** — City-level IP geolocation lookup with postal, subdivisions, and coordinates
- **MaxMind GeoIP Country API** — Country-level IP geolocation lookup
- **MaxMind GeoIP Insights API** — Most comprehensive IP data lookup including anonymizer/VPN/proxy detection, user type, static IP score, and connection details
- **MaxMind minFraud Factors API** — Most detailed fraud scoring with component-level risk factor decomposition
- **MaxMind minFraud Insights API** — Extended fraud scoring with over 80 data points on IPs, emails, devices, and payment cards
- **MaxMind minFraud Score API** — Basic fraud scoring returning a single risk score (0-99) and IP risk score

## Agentic access (1)

- **Maxmind Agentic Access** — 6 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

- **Maxmind Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Maxmind Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Maxmind Plans Pricing**

## Tags

IP Intelligence, Geolocation, Fraud Prevention, Risk Scoring, VPN Detection, Proxy Detection, ISP Data, GeoIP

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