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MaxMind is an IP intelligence and fraud prevention company founded in 2002, serving over 100,000 businesses worldwide. Their GeoIP web services provide accurate IP geolocation data including country, city, ISP, organization, ASN, connection type, and VPN/proxy detection. Their minFraud services offer real-time transaction risk scoring using over 80 data points on IPs, email addresses, devices, and payment cards to help businesses detect and prevent fraud. MaxMind also offers downloadable GeoIP databases and the free GeoLite2 dataset for developers who prefer local lookups over API calls.

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IP IntelligenceGeolocationFraud PreventionRisk ScoringVPN DetectionProxy DetectionISP DataGeoIP

APIs

GeoIP Country Web Service

Returns country-level geolocation data for a given IP address, including country name, ISO code, continent, and registered country. Suitable for geo-targeting, content localizat...

GeoIP City Plus Web Service

Provides city-level geolocation data including city name, postal code, latitude and longitude with accuracy radius, metro code, time zone, and subdivisions. Also includes countr...

GeoIP Insights Web Service

MaxMind's most comprehensive IP data API, returning all GeoIP City Plus fields plus additional intelligence including connection type, ISP, organization, user type, domain, anon...

minFraud Score

Returns a single overall transaction risk score (0–99) and an IP risk score for each transaction submitted. Accepts custom inputs and supports custom rules for risk tuning. At $...

minFraud Insights

Extends minFraud Score with over 80 data points on IPs, email addresses, devices, and payment cards, plus IP risk reasons that explain contributing risk factors. At $0.015 per q...

minFraud Factors

MaxMind's most detailed fraud-scoring tier, adding component-level risk factor decomposition on top of all minFraud Insights features. Returns the individual risk reasons that m...

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aid: maxmind
name: MaxMind
description: >
  MaxMind is an IP intelligence and fraud prevention company founded in 2002,
  serving over 100,000 businesses worldwide. Their GeoIP web services provide
  accurate IP geolocation data including country, city, ISP, organization, ASN,
  connection type, and VPN/proxy detection. Their minFraud services offer
  real-time transaction risk scoring using over 80 data points on IPs, email
  addresses, devices, and payment cards to help businesses detect and prevent
  fraud. MaxMind also offers downloadable GeoIP databases and the free GeoLite2
  dataset for developers who prefer local lookups over API calls.
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created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'

specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - IP Intelligence
  - Geolocation
  - Fraud Prevention
  - Risk Scoring
  - VPN Detection
  - Proxy Detection
  - ISP Data
  - GeoIP
apis:
  - aid: maxmind:geoip-country
    name: GeoIP Country Web Service
    description: >
      Returns country-level geolocation data for a given IP address, including
      country name, ISO code, continent, and registered country. Suitable for
      geo-targeting, content localization, and compliance use cases where city
      precision is not required. Queries are billed at $0.0001 per lookup using
      MaxMind's shared credit system.
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    humanURL: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/
    baseURL: https://geoip.maxmind.com
    tags:
      - Geolocation
      - Country
      - IP Intelligence
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/maxmind-geoip-openapi.yml
    contact:
      - FN: MaxMind Support
        url: https://support.maxmind.com/

  - aid: maxmind:geoip-city
    name: GeoIP City Plus Web Service
    description: >
      Provides city-level geolocation data including city name, postal code,
      latitude and longitude with accuracy radius, metro code, time zone, and
      subdivisions. Also includes country, ISP, and organization data in a
      single response. Priced at $0.0003 per query and suitable for personalized
      user experiences, targeted advertising, and regional content delivery.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/
    baseURL: https://geoip.maxmind.com
    tags:
      - Geolocation
      - City
      - IP Intelligence
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/maxmind-geoip-openapi.yml
    contact:
      - FN: MaxMind Support
        url: https://support.maxmind.com/

  - aid: maxmind:geoip-insights
    name: GeoIP Insights Web Service
    description: >
      MaxMind's most comprehensive IP data API, returning all GeoIP City Plus
      fields plus additional intelligence including connection type, ISP,
      organization, user type, domain, anonymous IP and proxy/VPN/Tor detection
      flags. Priced at $0.002 per query, it is designed for fraud prevention,
      security analytics, and advanced audience segmentation where maximum
      enrichment per IP lookup is needed.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/
    baseURL: https://geoip.maxmind.com
    tags:
      - Geolocation
      - Insights
      - IP Intelligence
      - VPN Detection
      - Proxy Detection
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/docs/web-services/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/maxmind-geoip-openapi.yml
    contact:
      - FN: MaxMind Support
        url: https://support.maxmind.com/

  - aid: maxmind:minfraud-score
    name: minFraud Score
    description: >
      Returns a single overall transaction risk score (0–99) and an IP risk
      score for each transaction submitted. Accepts custom inputs and supports
      custom rules for risk tuning. At $0.005 per query, it is the most
      affordable entry point into MaxMind's fraud prevention platform and is
      well-suited for high-volume screening where speed and cost efficiency take
      priority over data depth.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://dev.maxmind.com/minfraud/api-documentation/
    baseURL: https://minfraud.maxmind.com
    tags:
      - Fraud Prevention
      - Risk Scoring
      - Transaction Risk
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.maxmind.com/minfraud/api-documentation/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/maxmind-minfraud-openapi.yml
    contact:
      - FN: MaxMind Support
        url: https://support.maxmind.com/

  - aid: maxmind:minfraud-insights
    name: minFraud Insights
    description: >
      Extends minFraud Score with over 80 data points on IPs, email addresses,
      devices, and payment cards, plus IP risk reasons that explain contributing
      risk factors. At $0.015 per query, it is designed for e-commerce and
      payment platforms that need detailed signals to feed manual review queues
      or custom risk models.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://dev.maxmind.com/minfraud/api-documentation/
    baseURL: https://minfraud.maxmind.com
    tags:
      - Fraud Prevention
      - Risk Scoring
      - Transaction Risk
      - Email Risk
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.maxmind.com/minfraud/api-documentation/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/maxmind-minfraud-openapi.yml
    contact:
      - FN: MaxMind Support
        url: https://support.maxmind.com/

  - aid: maxmind:minfraud-factors
    name: minFraud Factors
    description: >
      MaxMind's most detailed fraud-scoring tier, adding component-level risk
      factor decomposition on top of all minFraud Insights features. Returns
      the individual risk reasons that make up the composite transaction score,
      enabling model interpretability and rule refinement. Priced at $0.020 per
      query and best suited for fraud teams that need explainability alongside
      raw scores.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://dev.maxmind.com/minfraud/api-documentation/
    baseURL: https://minfraud.maxmind.com
    tags:
      - Fraud Prevention
      - Risk Scoring
      - Transaction Risk
      - Risk Factors
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.maxmind.com/minfraud/api-documentation/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/maxmind-minfraud-openapi.yml
    contact:
      - FN: MaxMind Support
        url: https://support.maxmind.com/

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.maxmind.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.maxmind.com/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/maxmind
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maxmind
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.maxmind.com/
  - type: BlogFeed
    url: https://blog.maxmind.com/feed.xml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.maxmind.com/en/solutions/fraud-prevention/plans-pricing
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.maxmind.com/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/maxmind
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/maxmind-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/maxmind-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/maxmind-finops.yml
  - type: JsonLD
    url: json-ld/maxmind-context.jsonld
  - type: BlogPosts
    url: blogs/blogs.json

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]