IP geolocation

LookValid vs MaxMind

LookValid covers part of the same ground as MaxMind with IP Intelligence, billed in credits from one shared balance. MaxMind sells IP geolocation lookups and a fraud scoring service. The GeoIP web service is billed per query from prepaid credit with three data levels, and larger volumes are negotiated.

Read 2026-10-18

Side by side

MaxMind and LookValid, term by term
Term	MaxMind	LookValid
What it sells	IP address data.	IP Intelligence
How it bills	Per request	Monthly credit plans, one balance for every lookup
Entry price	$0.0001 (GeoIP Country: per query, country level data) Source	1 credit per lookup
Lowest per 1,000	about $0.10 (GeoIP Country) Source	$2.00 to $4.95 for 1,000 billed IP Intelligence lookups across the plans
Free trial	A free try of the GeoIP web services is offered through a sign up link. Source	Starter, Growth and Professional each start with a 7-day trial for $1 with 100 credits. The free tools run the same lookups without an account.
Contract minimum	Pay as you go with no commitment and no minimum spend. Source	Monthly plans bought online run from $99 to $799 a month. Enterprise starts at $1,999 a month for 1,000,000 credits and is set up on a call.
API access	The web services are an API with officially supported client libraries. Source	One REST API and one MCP server, both on the same key and the same credit balance.

What MaxMind publishes

MaxMind published prices
Plan or product	Price	Covers
GeoIP Country	$0.0001	per query, country level data
GeoIP City Plus	$0.0003	per query, adds postal level location and network owner
GeoIP Insights	$0.002	per query, adds proxy detection, confidence and risk fields
minFraud	$0.005	per query, starting price for the fraud scoring service

Limits MaxMind states

Prepaid credit purchases must be between $20 and $25,000. Source
Customers expecting more than $2,500 a month of queries are asked to contact sales for volume rates. Source
Coordinates are approximate and must be shown with the accuracy radius, not used to find a street address. Source

What LookValid offers in the same area

LookValid products beside MaxMind
Product	Credits	Docs
IP Intelligence	1 credit per lookup	API docs

IP Intelligence: Locates an IP address and reads its network and risk flags. About $2.00 to $4.95 for 1,000 billed lookups across the plans.

Pricing explains credits and the plans.

Which to choose

MaxMind and LookValid overlap only in part. IP Intelligence: Locates an IP address and reads its network and risk flags.

Choose MaxMind when the job is IP address data as MaxMind sells it. Choose LookValid when the checks above are what you need, with one key and one credit balance for phone, email, IP and website lookups.

Questions

What is MaxMind?

MaxMind sells IP geolocation lookups and a fraud scoring service. The GeoIP web service is billed per query from prepaid credit with three data levels, and larger volumes are negotiated.

What does MaxMind cost?

GeoIP Country is listed at $0.0001 (per query, country level data) on the page we read on 2026-10-18. The lowest per-1,000 figure there is about $0.10 for GeoIP Country.

How is MaxMind different from LookValid?

MaxMind sells IP address data. LookValid sells IP Intelligence and bills every lookup in credits from one balance.

Sources

Home page on maxmind.com https://www.maxmind.com/, read 2026-10-18
Pricing page on maxmind.com https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-api-web-services, read 2026-10-18

Other ip geolocation providers

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