🌍 IP Geolocation & ASN Checker (Pay Per Result)

Overview

This Apify Actor provides a fast and reliable way to check IP addresses for geolocation, ASN (Autonomous System Number), ISP details, and privacy flags.

Whether you’re a developer, marketer, or security researcher, this tool helps you enrich datasets, detect fraud, and understand user locations — all with a pay-per-result pricing model.

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🚀 Key Features

• 🌍 Geolocation Data: City, state, country, postal code, timezone, latitude, longitude.
• 🏢 ASN & ISP Info: ASN, ASN name, type, hostname, company.
• 🔒 Privacy & Anycast Flags: Detect private/proxy indicators and anycast.
• 📊 Bulk Processing: Check many IPs in one run.
• 💰 Pay Per Processed IP: Billing is based on the number of IPs you submit.
• ⚡ High Performance: Optimized for speed and parallel runs.
• 🔌 Simple Integration: Clean JSON input/output.
• ✅ No external account required: Works out of the box.

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💡 Use Cases

• Security & Fraud Detection → Flag suspicious IP addresses (proxy, VPN, datacenter).
• Web Analytics → Enrich logs with geolocation and ISP data.
• Ad Targeting → Identify audience location by IP for better segmentation.
• E-commerce → Detect unusual logins or fraudulent purchases.
• Data Enrichment → Enhance datasets with IP metadata.

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⚙️ How it Works

The Actor accepts a list of IP addresses, checks each one, and returns enriched details about the IP, including geolocation, ASN, ISP, and privacy flags. You can process single IPs or bulk lists in the same run.

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💵 Pricing

This Actor uses Pay Per Result pricing.

• $1 per 1000 results
• Definition: 1 result = 1 IP processed, regardless of the lookup outcome (valid, invalid, private range, or partial data).
• Example: If you submit 100 IPs and only 23 are valid, you are billed for 100 results.

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⚡ Performance

Recent benchmarks:

• 100 IPs → 11 seconds (with 512 MB memory).
• On Apify Starter Plan (32 GB RAM) → you can run up to 32 actors in parallel.
• Throughput per actor: 545 IPs per minute.
• Throughput with 32 actors in parallel:
  545 IPs x 32 approx 17.440 IPs per minute

✅ That means you can validate ~17,000+ IPs per minute on the Starter Plan.

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🔑 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Default value
ips	array	A list of IP addresses to check	[]

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📥 Input Example

{
  "ips": [
    "4.2.2.2"
  ]
}

Output Example

[
  {
    "ip": "4.2.2.2",
    "geolocation": {
      "city": "Monroe",
      "state": "Louisiana",
      "country": "United States",
      "postal": "71203",
      "timezone": "America/Chicago",
      "latitude": "32.5530",
      "longitude": "-92.0422",
      "country_code": "US"
    },
    "asn": "AS3356",
    "asn_name": "Level 3 Parent, LLC",
    "asn_type": "ISP",
    "hostname": "b.resolvers.level3.net",
    "range": "4.0.0.0/9",
    "company": "Level 3 Parent, LLC",
    "privacy": false,
    "anycast": true
  },
]

📊 Why Choose IP Geolocation & ASN Checker?

Here's a comparison of using our Actor versus manual checking or other less efficient methods:

Feature	IP Geolocation & ASN Checker (Actor)	Manual Checking / Other Methods
Speed	Up to 17,440 checks/minute (parallel)	Very slow, human-dependent
Accuracy	Real-time lookup	Prone to human error, outdated
Cost-Efficiency	Pay per processed IP	High labor costs, fixed fees
Scalability	Unlimited bulk processing	Limited, resource-intensive
Automation	Fully automated	Manual, time-consuming
Integration	Simple JSON	Complex, custom solutions
Reliability	Consistent, robust performance	Inconsistent, prone to errors
Account Setup	No external account/API required	Requires external API keys

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Support

For any questions, issues, or custom requirements, please reach out to our support team.
We are dedicated to ensuring your success with the IP Geolocation & ASN Checker Actor.

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❓ FAQ

Q: How are results counted for billing?
A: 1 result = 1 IP processed. You are billed for every IP you submit, even if the IP is invalid, private, unreachable, or returns partial data.

Q: Do I pay only for valid IPs?
A: No. Billing is per processed IP, not per valid match. Example: submit 100 IPs, 23 valid → billed for 100 results.

Q: What formats are accepted?
A: IPv4 and IPv6 in standard notation. Malformed strings may still count as processed if submitted.

Q: Do I need to connect an external API or account?
A: No. This Actor works out of the box.

Q: Is bulk usage supported?
A: Yes. You can submit large lists and use parallel runs for higher throughput.

Q: What do the privacy and anycast fields mean?
A: privacy: Indicates if the IP is associated with VPNs, proxies, or other methods to mask identity.
A: anycast: Means the IP address is shared by multiple systems, often for load balancing or redundancy.