Does MaxMind have a free tier?

No — MaxMind's minFraud services are pay-per-query from the first request, tiered by feature depth (Score at $0.005/query, Insights at $0.015/query, Factors at $0.020/query). IP Raccoon offers 1,000 free API lookups with no credit card required before any payment is needed.

What's the difference between MaxMind's Score, Insights and Factors tiers?

They're the same underlying minFraud service at increasing levels of returned detail and price per query. This tiered structure means the cost of a single IP check depends on which product tier you've integrated against, which can make budgeting less predictable than a flat per-credit rate that applies uniformly regardless of how much detail is returned.

Is MaxMind mainly a geolocation product?

MaxMind is best known for GeoIP2, its geolocation database, with minFraud as a separate fraud-risk layer built on top. IP Raccoon is built the other way around: risk categorisation — detected bots, anonymizers, reputation and known bots — is the primary product, with location as a supporting signal rather than the core offering.

Does IP Raccoon offer downloadable databases like MaxMind's GeoIP2?

Yes. IP Raccoon publishes four intelligence datasets — Detected Bots, Anonymizers, Reputation, and Known Bots — as subscriptions you can download and load directly into your own infrastructure, the same file-based pattern MaxMind offers with its GeoIP2 databases, but scoped to risk categories rather than location data.

Comparison

IP Raccoon vs MaxMind

MaxMind built its reputation on geolocation, with minFraud as a fraud layer on top. IP Raccoon is built the other way around — risk category first, location as a supporting signal.

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Quick answer

MaxMind's minFraud has no free tier and prices per query across three feature-depth tiers ($0.005–$0.020). IP Raccoon offers 1,000 free lookups and a single flat per-credit rate that drops with volume, regardless of how much detail is returned.

	IP Raccoon	MaxMind (minFraud)
Free tier	1,000 lookups to start, no card required	None — pay-per-query from request one
Pricing model	Flat per-credit rate, volume discounts	Tiered by feature depth: Score $0.005, Insights $0.015, Factors $0.020
Core focus	IP risk categorisation, location as a supporting signal	Geolocation (GeoIP2) with fraud scoring layered on
Downloadable datasets	Detected Bots, Anonymizers, Reputation, Known Bots	GeoIP2 databases
Infrastructure	European infrastructure, GDPR & CCPA compliant	Not specified as EU-based

Competitor pricing and limits as published on Sep 23, 2026; verify them on the provider’s own pricing page before a purchasing decision, as terms change.

Which one fits you

Choose IP Raccoon if…

You want to test the product before committing any budget to it
Your primary need is fraud-risk categorisation, not geolocation accuracy
A flat, predictable per-credit rate is easier to budget than tiered per-query pricing
EU-based infrastructure matters for your compliance posture

Choose MaxMind if…

Geolocation accuracy is your primary requirement, with fraud scoring as a secondary layer
You need the specific depth of minFraud's Factors tier for an existing risk model
You're already standardised on GeoIP2 databases elsewhere in your stack

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