GeoSurf vs. WhoisXML API IP Geolocation API

• Well-suited for testing and demonstrating any product on any device for worldwide compliance.
• Can be used for latency testing, but there are probably better solutions available.
• Probably not as well suited for privacy; could be used like Private Internet Access, but I haven't seen general adoption of GeoSurf for that purpose. This would not help with my role at Disney though.

Incentivized

On our end, we've mostly used IP Geolocation API for cybersecurity purposes. A particular scenario that comes to mind is when suspicious IP addresses make it to our site from locations we wouldn't expect. In this context, the API integrated into our existing infosec solutions helps us spot those IP addresses so we can decide how to sort them. Also, say that one of our employees receive a phishing email or one that contains a possible malware file. We can use IP Geolocation API to enrich what we know about a sender and add the related IP address to our blocklist if necessary.

• Simulate network requests from different parts of the world in order to see how our tech performs from different regions.
• Test how our system behaves with when operated from client devices that identify as from different world regions.
• Test security and fraud prevention systems that handle global IP ranges differently.
• Operate web crawlers anonymously and legally.

Incentivized

• Aside from identifying the physical location of an IP address owner, the API also provides users with its Internet service provider and connection type. That is handy information if website owners wish to customize their site loading to match the connection speed of the majority of their visitors.
• It doesn’t matter whether website visitors use an IPv4 or IPv6 address in that the API works for both spaces. The records in the API’s database are also updated weekly, so users always get the latest results.

• There is no iOS app which is a big gap and we need an alternative product for such devices.
• Our subscriptions is with shared and limited bandwidth, some users forget to turn off GeoSurf when they are done with the proxy thus incurring unnecessary costs. Would be good to have some reality checks implemented to avoid unintended long session.
• The Android interface is little outdated, although it's still simple and quick to use. I'd prefer slightly more modern design, including usage statistics.

Incentivized

• Like most, if not all, IP geolocation services, it does not provide very accurate information down to the street level address. But since we do most of our business transactions online, that doesn’t pose much of a problem for us.

It has become critical to my business.

Easy to use and has a browser add-on

Incentivized

Never had a problem.

Excellent speed on all of the proxies I have used.

They are super responsive and helpful.

Incentivized

We had a few questions regarding API set up when we started using IP Geolocation API so we reached out to the support team and they promptly helped us out. We have not experienced any glitch with the product and the data sent to us has always been reliable so far.

The program is simple to understand.

I have not had occasion to use any other products similar to GeoSurf, but have been very satisfied with the power, speed, and reliability that GeoSurf offers, and based on that experience would tend to return to GeoSurf should the need come up to rely on similar features in the future

Incentivized

• Easy to find mistakes that would have cost a lot had they gone unnoticed.

• Early detection of malicious IP addresses that could result in a data breach.
• Faster investigation of malicious IP addresses.