FreeIPAPI vs Future AGI vs Geokeo api: Which Is Right for You in 2026?
FreeIPAPI and Geokeo api both sit in the location-data API space, but they answer different questions — FreeIPAPI tells you where an IP address is coming…
Best for: Apps that need to turn a typed address into map coordinates, or a coordinate into a readable address.
At a Glance
FreeIPAPI
Future AGI
Geokeo api
Primary category
Automation
Automation
Automation
Rating
Not documented
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free (Unlimited plan from €9.90/month)
Free
Free
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Yes
Free trial
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Not documented
Web
Not documented
Team collaboration
Not documented
Not documented
Not documented
AI features
Not documented
Yes
Not documented
Public API
Yes
Yes
Yes
Standout Differences
FreeIPAPI and Geokeo solve different halves of 'where is this'
FreeIPAPI works from network-level signals (an IP address) to estimate location, timezone, and whether the request is coming through a proxy. Geokeo instead works from structured or free-text addresses, using OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, and Natural Earth data to do forward and reverse geocoding. A precise street-level lookup calls for Geokeo; a fast, low-friction location guess from a request header calls for FreeIPAPI.
FreeIPAPI, Geokeo api
Future AGI isn't a geo API at all
Future AGI is built for simulating, evaluating, optimizing, and monitoring AI agents — its buyer is an AI/ML engineering team worried about hallucinations, not a developer needing location data. It only belongs in this comparison because all three tools are automation-adjacent developer infrastructure.
Future AGI
FreeIPAPI has the clearest published paid tier
FreeIPAPI's Unlimited plan starts at about €9.90/month, a transparent, self-serve price point. Geokeo and Future AGI both offer free access, but neither has a documented paid price point here, which matters if you're trying to budget beyond the free tier.
FreeIPAPI
Format and proxy detection are FreeIPAPI-specific
FreeIPAPI explicitly returns proxy-detection flags and supports both JSON and XML output — details that make it easier to slot into fraud-prevention or access-control logic where knowing 'is this a VPN/proxy' matters.
FreeIPAPI
Feature-by-Feature
Data Type & Use Case
Feature
FreeIPAPI
Future AGI
Geokeo api
IP-based geolocation (IPv4/IPv6)
Available
Unavailable
Unavailable
Forward/reverse address geocoding
Unavailable
Unavailable
Available
AI agent simulation and evaluation
Unavailable
Available
Unavailable
Proxy / VPN detection
Available
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing & Plans
Feature
FreeIPAPI
Future AGI
Geokeo api
Free tier available
Available
Available
Available
Published paid-tier price
Available
Not documented
Not documented
JSON/XML response formats documented
Available
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
FreeIPAPI
Free — €0/month free
Unlimited (monthly) — €9.90/month monthly
Unlimited (yearly) — €99/year yearly
Enterprise — Contact for pricing monthly
Future AGI
Free — $0 free
Pay-as-you-go — From $0, usage-based monthly
Boost — $250/month monthly
Scale — $750/month monthly
Enterprise — $2,000/month monthly
Geokeo api
Free — $0 free
Lite — $30/month monthly
Starter — $60/month monthly
Pro — $120/month monthly
Medium — $240/month monthly
Heavy — $360/month monthly
Xlarge — $750/month monthly
Pros & Cons
FreeIPAPI
Pros
Free tier permits commercial use without requiring registration
Supports both IPv4 and IPv6 lookups
Affordable unlimited paid tier at under €10/month
Useful extras like bulk lookups and distance calculation beyond basic geolocation
Simple JSON/XML response format
Cons
No public information on the company or team operating the service
Free tier is rate-limited to 60 requests per minute
IP geolocation accuracy is inherently approximate, especially for mobile and VPN traffic
Enterprise pricing is not published and requires contacting the operator
Future AGI
Pros
Generous free tier (50GB storage, 2K AI credits, 100K gateway requests/month) with no credit card required
Covers the full agent lifecycle from simulation to production monitoring in one platform
Transparent, published usage-based pricing for storage, credits, and requests
Compliance-focused add-ons (SOC 2, HIPAA) available for regulated industries
Backed by venture funding from Powerhouse Ventures and Snow Leopard Ventures
Cons
Very new company, founded in 2024, with a shorter track record than established observability vendors
Usage-based pricing across multiple dimensions (storage, credits, requests) can be harder to predict than a flat subscription
Compliance add-ons (SOC 2 at $250/month, HIPAA at $750/month) add significant cost on top of usage fees
Detailed company size information is not publicly disclosed
Geokeo api
Pros
Free tier with 2,500 requests/day and no credit card required
Same feature set available on every plan, including free
Global address coverage from multiple open data sources
Clear, predictable per-tier pricing based on daily request volume
Demo portal lets developers try the API without registering
Cons
No published founding year, headquarters, or company size
Support is limited to email with no phone or live chat listed
Paid tiers jump in fairly large price increments between plans
Promotional pricing is described as time-limited, which could change for new signups
Use Cases
Choose FreeIPAPI: Apps that need to infer a visitor's country, timezone, or proxy status from their IP address alone.
Choose Future AGI: Engineering teams building AI agents who need pre- and post-production evaluation to catch hallucinations.
Choose Geokeo api: Apps that need to turn a typed address into map coordinates, or a coordinate into a readable address.
FreeIPAPI
Content localization — A website detects a visitor's country from their IP to show localized pricing or language.
Basic fraud/proxy screening — An application checks whether an incoming request originates from a known proxy or VPN.
Analytics enrichment — An analytics pipeline enriches log data with country and timezone information derived from IP addresses.
Future AGI
Pre-production agent testing — An AI team runs thousands of simulated scenarios against a new agent before releasing it to users.
Production agent monitoring — A company traces and monitors live agent conversations to catch hallucinations and failures in real time.
Regulated-industry AI deployment — A healthcare or financial services company uses the HIPAA-ready Scale add-on to monitor AI agents under compliance requirements.
Geokeo api
Address validation for checkout forms — Convert and verify customer-entered addresses into standardized coordinates during e-commerce checkout.
Delivery and fleet routing — Geocode pickup and drop-off addresses to plan routes for logistics and delivery operations.
Store or branch locators — Convert a user's entered address into coordinates to find and rank nearby store or branch locations.
Data enrichment pipelines — Batch reverse-geocode coordinate data collected from IoT devices or sensors into readable addresses.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Future AGI a competitor to FreeIPAPI or Geokeo api?
No. Future AGI is an AI agent engineering platform for simulating, evaluating, and monitoring AI agents in production, while FreeIPAPI and Geokeo api are both location-data APIs. They appear together here only because all three are developer-facing automation tools, not because they solve the same problem.
Which is better for IP-based location lookups: FreeIPAPI or Geokeo api?
FreeIPAPI, since it's purpose-built for IP geolocation — returning country, timezone, and proxy-detection data for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Geokeo api works from addresses and coordinates, not IP addresses, so it isn't designed for this use case.
Which is better for turning an address into map coordinates?
Geokeo api, which does forward and reverse geocoding using OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, and Natural Earth data. FreeIPAPI doesn't process addresses at all — it only works from IP addresses.
Which tool should an AI/ML engineering team look at?
Future AGI, since it's specifically built to simulate, evaluate, optimize, and monitor AI agents and catch hallucinations before and after they reach production. Neither FreeIPAPI nor Geokeo api addresses AI agent reliability.
Which has the most transparent pricing beyond the free tier?
FreeIPAPI, whose Unlimited plan is listed at about €9.90/month. Geokeo api and Future AGI both offer free access, but paid pricing details for either aren't published in the data available here.