head to head/Developer Tools

Plain vs The IP API

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Plain

Support built for B2B and developer tools

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Paid

what it is

Plain is a lean, API-first support platform designed for technical products: shared inbox, Slack-native workflows and customer context pulled from your own systems. Support tooling that feels like an engineering tool.

The IP API

TheIpAPI.com: IP Address API and Geolocation API

community boosts

⚡ 0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Fast and accurate IP geolocation API for developers. Look up country, city, coordinates, timezone, ASN, company, and VPN/datacenter detection for any IPv4 or IPv6 address. Free tier: 1,000 requests per day.