WhoisJSON API
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Plans and prices
From WhoisJSON API's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | 1,000 requests/month · 20 requests/min · 1 monitored domain · No credit card required |
| Pro | $10 a month | 30,000 requests/month · 40 requests/min · 5 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Ultra | $30 a month | 150,000 requests/month · 60 requests/min · 20 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Scale | $50 a month | 1,000,000 requests/month · 100 requests/min · 30 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Mega | $80 a month | 100 requests/min · 50 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Giga | $120 a month | 200 requests/min · 100 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Tera | $200 a month | 300 requests/min · 150 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Titan | $399 a month | 600 requests/min · 500 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Atlas | $600 a month | 900 requests/min · 500 monitored domains · billed monthly |
| Basic | Free | 1,000 requests/month · 20 req/min · 1 monitored domain · JSON |
| Pro | $10 a month | 30,000 requests/month · 40 req/min · 5 monitored domains · JSON · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
| Ultra | $30 a month | 150,000 requests/month · 60 req/min · 20 monitored domains · JSON · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
| Scale | $50 a month | 1,000,000 requests/month · 100 req/min · 30 monitored domains · JSON · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
| Mega | $80 a month | Unlimited requests · 100 req/min · 50 monitored domains · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
| Giga | $120 a month | Unlimited requests · 200 req/min · 100 monitored domains · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
| Tera | $200 a month | Unlimited requests · 300 req/min · 150 monitored domains · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
| Titan | $399 a month | Unlimited requests · 600 req/min · 500 monitored domains · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
| Atlas | $600 a month | Unlimited requests · 900 req/min · 500 monitored domains · Monthly; yearly billing costs 10 months for 12 months of access |
The facts
Each one read from WhoisJSON API's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API documentation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Caching
- Responses are cached for a three-hour TTL, and _forceRefresh=1 bypasses the cache at a cost of two credits on most plans.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Commercial use
- The pricing page says all plans, including Basic, allow commercial use in SaaS products, internal tools, client dashboards, and business applications.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Coverage
- The service says it supports more than 1,500 generic and country-code TLDs and uses RDAP where supported.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- Official clients are listed for PHP, Python 3.7+, and Node.js, and the MCP server is described as compatible with Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- The maker describes use cases for developers, cybersecurity professionals, businesses, brand protection, domain portfolio management, and DevOps.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- The terms state that WhoisJSON does not sell, rent, or share personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Product
- WhoisJSON provides a REST API for WHOIS, DNS, SSL certificate, domain availability, email domain intelligence, subdomain discovery, and monitoring lookups.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Quota behavior
- After the monthly request quota is reached, further API calls return HTTP 429 until the next billing cycle.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Response formats
- API endpoints return JSON by default and can return XML with the format=xml parameter.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Security
- The pricing page states that all traffic is encrypted end-to-end and the service is HTTPS-only.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Support
- The API documentation says the support team typically responds within a few hours.checked 7 Oct 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
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