{"slug":"bigdatacloud","name":"BigDataCloud","category":"ip-intelligence","provider_slug":null,"publisher":"BigDataCloud Pty Ltd","publisher_type":"official","website":"https://www.bigdatacloud.com/ip-geolocation","summary":"Compare a key-based geolocation package whose free Base tier includes the documented hazard fields. Confidence polygons and BGP/ASN context add detail for applications that need to retain uncertainty and network information.","tools":["IP Geolocation API","IP Address Geolocation with Confidence Area and Hazard Report API"],"capabilities":["ip-geolocation","asn-lookup","proxy-detection","vpn-detection","tor-detection","hosting-detection"],"outputs":["json"],"connection":"http-api","billing_basis":"The IP Geolocation package uses monthly request quotas. Base includes 10,000 free requests; Bronze includes 100,000 for USD 29.95/month, with optional overage pricing. All package fields are available at each tier.","facts":[{"key":"delivery","label":"Delivery","value":"The IP Geolocation package offers key-authenticated REST APIs with JSON responses. Its plans also include GraphQL access.","source_ids":["bdc-full","bdc-pricing","bdc-start"]},{"key":"location","label":"Location data","value":"The full endpoint documents country, city, locality, postcode, coordinates and timezone, plus a confidence level and estimated confidence-area polygons.","source_ids":["bdc-full"]},{"key":"network","label":"ASN and network","value":"The network object includes BGP prefix, registration context and announcing carrier ASNs, with upstream-carrier information when available.","source_ids":["bdc-full"]},{"key":"privacy","label":"Privacy signals","value":"The full endpoint's Hazard Report includes known proxy, VPN and Tor flags, hosting likelihood, cellular, iCloud Private Relay and blocklist indicators. Package plans, including Base, provide all endpoint fields.","source_ids":["bdc-full","bdc-pricing"]},{"key":"access","label":"Access and free use","value":"The IP Geolocation package requires an account API key, including its free 10,000-request monthly Base tier. No card is needed. Terms limit Base Access to one account per organization.","source_ids":["bdc-start","bdc-pricing","bdc-terms"]},{"key":"billing","label":"Billing unit","value":"Plans meter requests monthly. Bronze is USD 29.95/month for 100,000 requests, excluding tax; optional overages are USD 2.995 per 10,000 requests.","source_ids":["bdc-pricing"]},{"key":"ipv6","label":"IP versions","value":"The full endpoint accepts IPv4 and IPv6 input addresses.","source_ids":["bdc-full"]},{"label":"Free API package distinction","value":"The separate no-key Free APIs package is intended for browser/client calls. Its access model is different from the key-based IP Geolocation Base tier.","source_ids":["bdc-start","bdc-terms"]}],"decision_rows":[{"when":"You want location and hazard fields at low volume","request":"Start with the IP Geolocation package's Base access and an account API key.","check":"Select the full endpoint for the Hazard Report. Do not substitute the separate no-key Free APIs package.","billing":"10,000 requests per month on Base; package fields are not reserved for paid tiers.","source_ids":["bdc-full","bdc-pricing","bdc-start"]},{"when":"You need to display uncertainty on a map","request":"Use the endpoint that includes the confidence area.","check":"The point array can encode several closed polygons. It estimates an area and is not a guaranteed boundary or a person's position.","billing":"Confidence-area endpoint access follows the package's monthly request allowance.","source_ids":["bdc-full","bdc-pricing"]},{"when":"Your application exceeds Base's monthly volume","request":"Select a higher IP Geolocation request tier and decide whether to enable overages.","check":"Compare request budget rather than expecting a paid tier to unlock extra fields; examine applicable reuse restrictions.","billing":"Bronze includes 100,000 requests for USD 29.95/month, plus optional overages.","source_ids":["bdc-pricing","bdc-terms"]}],"setup":["Create a BigDataCloud account for the IP Geolocation package and obtain its API key; new keys may take up to 10 minutes to propagate.","Choose the location-only or full confidence-area/hazard endpoint according to the fields needed.","Include the key and a specific public IP. Preserve absent location data and parse separate polygon rings before mapping a confidence area.","Set a monthly quota and overage policy; review the subscription's permitted-use and sharing conditions."],"limitations":["The full endpoint table marks key as optional, while onboarding and terms require a key for the IP Geolocation package. Use the authenticated package workflow.","A confidence area is an estimate, not a boundary or guarantee. Confidence and area size have different meanings.","hostingLikelihood measures evidence of hosting origin on a 0–10 scale; it is not a probability that a person will act maliciously.","The reviewed terms do not state a noncommercial-only Base restriction, but they restrict competing services and place additional sharing/reuse conditions on Unlimited subscriptions."],"sources":[{"id":"bdc-full","label":"IP Address Geolocation with Confidence Area and Hazard Report API","url":"https://www.bigdatacloud.com/ip-geolocation/ip-address-geolocation-with-confidence-area-and-hazard-report-api","checked_at":"2026-10-01"},{"id":"bdc-pricing","label":"BigDataCloud Pricing","url":"https://www.bigdatacloud.com/pricing","checked_at":"2026-10-01"},{"id":"bdc-start","label":"BigDataCloud Getting Started","url":"https://www.bigdatacloud.com/docs/getting-started","checked_at":"2026-10-01"},{"id":"bdc-terms","label":"BigDataCloud Terms & Conditions","url":"https://www.bigdatacloud.com/terms-and-conditions","checked_at":"2026-10-01"}],"checked_at":"2026-10-01","review_due":"2026-10-15","evidence":"documented","url":"https://workingproxysites.info/tools/bigdatacloud","provider_url":null,"review_overdue":false}