APIVerve

APIVerve vs Whoxy

Looking for a Whoxy alternative for live WHOIS lookups from your own code? Compare APIVerve's WHOIS, domain age and expiration APIs against Whoxy on fields, pricing and access, including where Whoxy's history database is the better tool.

  • Whoxy alternative
  • RDAP-first
  • Free tier
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Head to head
10APIVerve wins
3Ties
4Whoxy wins

Across 17 compared capabilities · 200 free credits/mo to try.

At a glance

The fundamental difference

Why teams pick APIVerve

Live WHOIS over RDAP, explained

  • RDAP-first lookups with WHOIS fallback
  • EPP codes explained, plus lock, hold and pending-delete flags
  • Registrant country and privacy flag from the registrar's RDAP
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Where Whoxy falls short

WHOIS History & Reverse WHOIS Data

  • Free API credits only for approved students and non-profits
  • No IP address or ASN WHOIS among its products
  • No SDKs, MCP server or automation connectors in its docs
The toolkit

The APIs behind these results

The endpoints behind APIVerve's side of this comparison. One key covers all of them, plus 300+ more.

WHOIS Lookup/v1/whoislookup8 cr→Domain AgeNew/v1/domainage10 cr→Domain Expiration/v1/domainexpiration10 cr→Domain Availability/v1/domainavailability10 cr→
Detailed comparison

Feature by feature

Every capability, side by side. Green marks the winner.

The Current WHOIS Record

What a single live lookup gives you

CapabilityAPIVerveWhoxy
Live lookup from the registryBoth fetch the current record when you call. Whoxy queries WHOIS servers; APIVerve uses RDAP with a WHOIS fallback
EPP status codes explainedEach status comes with its meaning and whether the registrar or the registry set it
Transfer-lock, hold and pending-delete flagsBooleans you can branch on without parsing status strings
Domain age on every lookupAge in days and years worked out from the creation date
Full parsed contacts for each roleName, company, address, email and phone for registrant, admin and tech, where the registry publishes them. APIVerve returns only the registrant country, organisation and a privacy flag

Coverage Beyond One Domain

History, search and other record types

CapabilityAPIVerveWhoxy
WHOIS historyPast versions of a domain's record. Whoxy has recorded them since November 2012; APIVerve reads only the current record
Reverse WHOIS searchFind every domain registered to a name, company or email
IP address and ASN WHOISNetwork owner, allocation range and abuse contacts from the regional registry, on APIVerve's paid plans
Newly-registered flag and trust scorePaid plans add a flag for domains under 90 days old and a 0-100 trust score built from age, expiry runway and DNSSEC

Pricing & Access

What it takes to start and to scale

CapabilityAPIVerveWhoxy
Free credits for any developerAPIVerve's free credits reset every month. Whoxy's free credits are for verified students and 501(c)(3) non-profits
No charge when the registry failsWhoxy doesn't charge for WHOIS server connection failures; APIVerve bills successful calls only
Cheapest price at very high volumeWhoxy's prepaid packs drop to $0.40 per 1,000 lookups at 25 million
API key kept out of the URLAPIVerve takes the key in an x-api-key header. Whoxy passes it as a URL parameter, where it can end up in logs

Built for Developers

Calling it from apps, agents and spreadsheets

CapabilityAPIVerveWhoxy
JSON and XML responsesBoth return JSON by default and XML on request
Native MCP tools for AI agentsWHOIS, domain age and expiration as callable agent tools
Typed SDK librariesFirst-party SDKs with type definitions
One key for 300+ other APIsDNS, SSL, email validation and the rest of the catalog on the same subscription
The bottom line

APIVerve or Whoxy?

Whoxy's real asset is its archive.

Use APIVerve if

  • You need today's record, read from the registry
  • You want EPP codes explained and transfer locks flagged
  • You'd rather pay monthly than buy a pack up front

Use Whoxy if

  • You need a domain's past owners
  • You need reverse WHOIS by name, company or email
  • You buy lookups in large prepaid packs
Read the full verdict

It has recorded WHOIS since November 2012, lets you search for every domain tied to a name, company or email, and its prepaid packs drop to $1.00 per 1,000 lookups at a million. If you need past owners or a reverse WHOIS search, use Whoxy: APIVerve doesn't keep a crawled history, so it can't answer those questions. If what you need is today's record for a domain inside your app, APIVerve reads it from the registry over RDAP, explains each EPP status code, flags transfer locks, holds and privacy redaction, works out the domain's age, and adds IP and ASN lookups on paid plans.

It runs on a monthly plan with free credits to start, so there's no prepaid pack to buy first.

Whoxy questions.

Common questions about switching from Whoxy to APIVerve.

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Is APIVerve a good Whoxy alternative?
For live WHOIS lookups inside an app, yes. APIVerve returns the registrar, dates, nameservers, explained EPP status codes, lock and privacy flags, registrant country and domain age from the registry's current record. If you need WHOIS history or reverse WHOIS search, Whoxy has those and APIVerve doesn't.
Does APIVerve have WHOIS history or reverse WHOIS like Whoxy?
No. Both need a database of past WHOIS records crawled over years, and Whoxy has been recording them since November 2012. APIVerve reads the current record from the registry each time you call, so it answers what a domain's registration looks like today, not who owned it before.
How does APIVerve's pricing compare to Whoxy's WHOIS API?
Whoxy sells prepaid packs: $10 for 5,000 lookups ($2.00 per 1,000), falling to $1.00 per 1,000 at a million and $0.40 per 1,000 at 25 million. An APIVerve WHOIS lookup costs 8 credits, so the $29.99 Starter plan's 200,000 monthly credits cover 25,000 lookups, about $1.20 per 1,000, with every other API on the same plan. At very large volumes Whoxy works out cheaper per lookup.
Does Whoxy have a free WHOIS API?
Only through its Free Whois API Program: 10,000 queries per API for verified students and 50,000 for 501(c)(3) non-profits, credited after your documents are checked. Everyone else starts with a prepaid pack from $10. APIVerve's free plan includes monthly credits for any developer to evaluate the API, with no card required.
Can I get the registrant's contact details?
Mostly not, from either service, because registrars now redact personal data. Whoxy returns full contact fields wherever the record publishes them. APIVerve returns the registrant country, the organisation when it isn't redacted, and an isPrivacyProtected flag, reading the registrar's RDAP record for .com and other thin registries.
Can APIVerve look up IP addresses and ASNs?
Yes, on paid plans. Pass an IP or an ASN instead of a domain and WHOIS Lookup returns the allocation range, network name, the registered organisation and its abuse and technical contacts from the regional internet registry. Whoxy's products cover domain names only.

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One key, 300+ APIs

WHOIS Lookup, Domain Age, Domain Expiration and 300+ other APIs on one key. 200 free credits a month to evaluate; paid plans from $29.99.

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