ipapi.com vs VA Facilities
Same instrument, two spec sheets — measured, not claimed.
ipapi.com vs VA Facilities: common questions
Which is more reliable, ipapi.com or VA Facilities?
Both are neck-and-neck — ipapi.com and VA Facilities each measure 100% uptime over 90 days on our probe schedule. Reliability here is verified from our own scheduled checks; use the 30-day bars above to see which has been steadier lately.
Which is faster, ipapi.com or VA Facilities?
ipapi.com has the lower median latency in our checks — ipapi.com responds in 301 ms versus VA Facilities at 1386 ms (P50). Tail latency (P95) is in the table above; for most workloads the median is the number that shapes how the API feels.
Do ipapi.com and VA Facilities need an API key?
Both ask you to authenticate — ipapi.com uses an API key and VA Facilities uses an API key. Each key is free to obtain; the Auth and Card-required rows above spell out the signup terms.
Can I call ipapi.com and VA Facilities from the browser?
Neither sends browser-friendly CORS headers reliably, so call ipapi.com and VA Facilities from a server or proxy rather than client-side. The CORS and HTTPS rows above show exactly what we detected for each.
Are ipapi.com and VA Facilities free for commercial use?
ipapi.com has unclear commercial terms, and VA Facilities has unclear commercial terms. We track service terms and the data license as separate fields — see the Commercial use and Data license rows above, and confirm both before shipping either in a paid product.