A few weeks ago, we published a new tool, the IP Address Lookup, which allows to get a bunch of different information about an IP address, including its reverse DNS hostname, geolocation, whois data (network range, network name, organization, and its address and contact details), ASN details, and more.
Upon testing, we've found it to be a very versatile tool as it provides more all-in-one information about an IP address than any other tool available. In fact, it is one of the best free IP lookup tools out there.
Here are seven reasons why our IP Address Lookup is better than others:
IP Geolocation from several sources
IP address geolocation is not a very accurate thing. There are several companies on the market that maintain IP address geolocation databases, and you still can't be sure their data is 100% correct. That is why we use and show results from several different geolocation providers.
Assuming that there is no 100% accurate IP-to-geolocation service, we query each IP address against three different geolocation databases (IP2Location LITE, MaxMind GeoLite2, DB-IP Lite), analyze the results, and choose the most common one to show on the map.
For example, if two of three geolocation providers report that some IP resides in the United States, and one reports that it is from Greece, we'll show you the US location on the map.
Why can it be useful? At first, it could give better accuracy. Also, having several results, you have the opportunity to decide on your own how to interpret them.
Here are several examples:
Example 1. Colombia or Switzerland?
Let's look at the geolocation results for the IP address 45.178.7.246:
We have two detections of Colombia and one of Switzerland. We can also see the organization name "SWISS GLOBAL SERVICES S.A.S" in the "IP data" section. Doing a simple Google search we can find the company website and read:
Our offer:
Private data center in Switzerland, which provides more than 94,000 square feet of placement space with access to major local and global markets.
So, theoretically, this IP address can belong to a Colombian hosting company that provides network facilities from Switzerland.
Let's do another check. Go down the page, to the "Useful resources" section, and click the "Visual traceroute" link.
Now we clearly see that traffic goes from Europe to Colombia via North America, which means that IP2Location was wrong in this case:
Example 2. United Kingdom or Cyprus?
Let's check another IP address that has different geolocation results:
MaxMind locates it in Cyprus, IP2Location and DB-IP both think it's in the UK.
