What db-ip does

DB-IP, operated by the French private limited company Eris Networks S.A.S. and headquartered in Perros-Guirec, France, provides IP address geolocation and network intelligence services for businesses and developers. The company's data assets cover more than 45 million IPv4 and IPv6 blocks and include location data for over 2 million unique points across 215,000+ cities in more than 215 countries, with the commercial IP to Location database holding 41M+ records at a 96% accuracy index that is refreshed continuously with tens of thousands of daily updates. Underlying technology aggregates data from multiple sources, including ISP agreements, and applies machine learning models to improve geolocation accuracy, with real-time threat scoring computed from flags such as anonymous proxy, VPN, crawler, and known attack source detection.

DB-IP monetizes through two complementary product lines. The first is a RESTful IP geolocation API delivered over HTTPS, available in Free (500 daily requests), Basic (€8.29 to €499.90 per month), Core (€11.49 to €699.90 per month), and Extended (€16.49 to €899.90 per month) tiers, with features including batch queries up to 256 IPs, threat level assessment, 50+ language localization, and 50+ currency conversions. The second is downloadable databases in CSV and MMDB formats licensed annually on perpetual terms, including IP to Country (€49.90), IP to Location (€299.90), IP to ISP, and IP to Location + ISP (€399.90). Free Lite database subsets are distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, and high-volume customers can purchase custom-built private API infrastructure.

The go-to-market motion is API-first and product-led: customers self-serve sign up, start free trials, and integrate via documented REST endpoints and open-source client libraries, supported by tutorials, blog content, and an affiliate program offering recurring commissions. The named customer base spans Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, Fujitsu, Electronic Arts, and Telstra, while target segments include e-commerce personalization, financial fraud detection, network security, content localization, and market research. The company has operated continuously since 2010 and reports no external funding, parent company, or acquisition activity in the source material.

Name

db-ip

Legal name

Eris Networks S.A.S.

Website

https://db-ip.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

DB-IP provides IP geolocation and network intelligence via RESTful APIs and downloadable databases, serving e-commerce, financial, and security use cases globally with 45M+ IP blocks across 215,000+ cities since 2010.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IP Geolocation Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

akta.pro primary industry

Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) Platforms (HDAEAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Security & Privacy for Cloud (DLP, DSPM, Tokenization) (HDABAHAK), IP Address Management (IPAM) & DNS/DHCP (DDI) (HDAFAMAE)

Keywords

• IP geolocation
• IP address databases
• Geolocation API
• Country IP mapping
• ISP identification

Headquarters

HQ city

Perros-guirec

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. API Subscriptions: Monthly subscription plans for API access with tiered request limits (2,000 to unlimited daily requests). Higher tiers include more CORS domains, uptime guarantees, and priority support.
2. Database Downloads: Annual license for IP geolocation databases in CSV and MMDB formats. IP to Country (49.90€/year), IP to Location (299.90€/year), IP to ISP, IP to Location+ISP (399.90€/year). License is perpetual for purchased edition with updates during included update period.
3. Affiliate Program: Recurring commissions up to one year for every new customer referred through affiliate links.
4. Enterprise Custom Infrastructure: Private API infrastructure for high-volume customers with special requirements, built to specification.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DB-IP provides IP geolocation and network-identification data through a free IP Geolocation API and database products for country, location, and ISP lookups. The source material identifies enterprise use cases including threat assessment, fraud prevention, content localization, compliance, market research, advertising targeting, traffic analysis, geofencing, and regulatory compliance.

Product overview

DB-IP offers a comprehensive IP geolocation platform consisting of two main product lines: (1) IP Geolocation API services available in Free, Basic, Core, and Extended tiers providing real-time IP lookup via RESTful HTTPS endpoints, and (2) Downloadable database products in CSV and MMDB formats including IP to Country, IP to Location, IP to ISP, and IP to Location + ISP. Free Lite versions of the databases are available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. The platform covers the complete IPv4 and IPv6 address space with data for over 215,000 cities worldwide, and includes localization support for 50+ languages and 50+ currencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IP Geolocation API A free API for IP geolocation lookups.
• IP to Country Database A database product for mapping IP addresses to countries.
• IP to Location Database A database product for mapping IP addresses to locations.
• IP to ISP Database A database product for mapping IP addresses to ISPs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% accuracy index for IP to Location database
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GeoNamescoreTechnology or IntegrationDB-IP's geolocation data is interoperable with the GeoNames open database, which provides unique IDs for locations. The IP to Location database includes Geoname IDs as a data field, enabling integration with GeoNames' geographical database for enhanced location information.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cloudflare: Cloudflare bundles IP geolocation and threat intelligence into its CDN and Workers platform. While not a standalone IP data vendor, it provides overlapping capabilities to enterprises already in its ecosystem, putting pressure on standalone providers.
• Akamai Technologies: Akamai's edge platform includes IP geolocation, bot detection, and threat intelligence as part of its security and CDN portfolio, offering enterprise customers comparable capabilities through a broader suite.
• Neustar Security Services (TransUnion): Neustar (now part of TransUnion) provides IP intelligence, risk analytics, and digital identity services that overlap with DB-IP's threat-level and fraud-detection use cases at the enterprise tier.

Emerging players

• WhoisXML API: WhoisXML API offers IP intelligence, WHOIS data, and threat intelligence feeds. While its core is WHOIS rather than geolocation, the IP threat intelligence offering overlaps with DB-IP's network security use cases.

Direct peers

• ipinfo.io: ipinfo.io offers an IP geolocation API and downloadable databases with privacy-focused data, directly comparable to DB-IP's Basic, Core, and Extended API tiers and database products.
• IP2Location: IP2Location provides downloadable IP geolocation databases in CSV and binary formats plus an API, directly overlapping with DB-IP's database and API product lines across all four IP data categories.
• MaxMind: MaxMind is the leading direct competitor in IP geolocation, offering GeoIP databases and minFraud services. Both companies sell IP-to-location and IP-to-ISP databases plus API lookups with comparable pricing and accuracy claims.
• Digital Element: Digital Element supplies IP geolocation and intelligence data to enterprises, particularly media and ad-tech customers, positioning it as a comparable peer for DB-IP's content/media and network security segments.
• IPAPI: IPAPI provides IP geolocation and threat intelligence APIs with tiered subscriptions, closely mirroring DB-IP's API-first product model and free/paid tier structure.
• Ipregistry: Ipregistry offers an IP geolocation API with threat detection and ISP data, directly comparable to DB-IP's Extended API tier which includes threat level assessment and proxy/VPN detection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/dbip/api-client

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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