JsonWhois review
Simple WHOIS API
Quick facts
- Category
- WHOIS and RDAP APIs, Domain availability APIs
- Website
- jsonwhois.com
- Pricing starts at
- WHOIS from $0.0085/call after the free allowance
- Free tier
- 250 WHOIS calls/month and 500 availability calls/month
- How usage is billed
- Credits, pages, requests, records, compute units, subscriptions, and browser-time blocks are not interchangeable.
- Enterprise plan
- Published volume rate reaches $0.001/call above 100,000 calls
What JsonWhois is
JsonWhois provides an API for WHOIS lookups with JSON responses.
Compared in: WHOIS and RDAP APIs, Domain availability APIs.
Strengths
- Social media data alongside WHOIS
- Screenshot API bundled with WHOIS
- Simple REST API with JSON responses
- Free allowance of 250 WHOIS calls and 500 availability calls per month
Limitations
- WHOIS calls are metered from $0.0085/call after the free allowance
- The lowest published rate of $0.001/call applies only above 100,000 calls
Key features
WHOIS Lookup
Parsed WHOIS data in JSON format
Screenshot API
Full-page website screenshots
Social Data
Engagement metrics from major social platforms
Historical Screenshots
Archived website screenshots
Pricing summary
Figures come from published JsonWhois sources checked on 2026-07-29, linked under Sources. Plans and limits change, so confirm them with the vendor before you buy.
| Plan | JsonWhois | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 250 WHOIS calls/month and 500 availability calls/month | Free: 10,000 credits/month |
| Entry paid plan | WHOIS from $0.0085/call after the free allowance | Pay-as-you-go from $10 |
| Enterprise | Published volume rate reaches $0.001/call above 100,000 calls | Custom pricing |
- JsonWhois publishes a per-request rate that applies after its free allowance. Credits, pages, requests, records, compute units, subscriptions, and browser-time blocks are not interchangeable.
- One WHOIS lookup: $0.0085 with JsonWhois and $0.0006 with DomScan at published paid rates.
Who JsonWhois suits
Good fit
Budget-conscious developers, projects needing WHOIS and screenshots, social media monitoring
Weaker fit
- Teams that need more than WHOIS, screenshots and social data
JsonWhois vs DomScan
Feature availability for JsonWhois comes from its published product documentation. DomScan credit costs come from its published endpoint pricing.
| Feature | JsonWhois | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Limited | ✓ 10,000/month |
| Domain availability | ✓ | ✓ |
| WHOIS data | ✓ | ✓ |
| DNS lookup | − | ✓ |
| Domain valuation | − | ✓ |
| Brand monitoring | − | ✓ |
| MCP/AI integration | − | ✓ |
| Bulk operations | Limited | ✓ |
DomScan products for the same jobs
These DomScan products cover the categories where JsonWhois competes. Each shows its published credit cost per request.
Credits per request: 3
RDAP Lookup
Instant RDAP lookup for domains. Pull registrar, status, and expiry data in seconds.
Credits per request: 2
Check Domain Availability
Check if a domain name is available across one or more TLDs.
Credits per request: 1
Verdict
JsonWhois pairs WHOIS lookups with screenshot capture and social data. It includes a monthly free allowance of 250 WHOIS calls and 500 availability calls, with metered pricing after that. Teams that need wider domain, DNS or security data in one API may need additional services. If you need several kinds of domain, DNS or web data from one API key, DomScan publishes the credit cost of every endpoint and includes 10,000 free credits each month. One WHOIS lookup: $0.0085 with JsonWhois and $0.0006 with DomScan at published paid rates.
Frequently asked questions
What is JsonWhois?
JsonWhois provides an API for WHOIS lookups with JSON responses.
How much does JsonWhois cost?
Published pricing checked on 2026-07-29. Free tier: 250 WHOIS calls/month and 500 availability calls/month. Entry paid plan: WHOIS from $0.0085/call after the free allowance. Enterprise: Published volume rate reaches $0.001/call above 100,000 calls.
When is JsonWhois the better choice?
Stay with JsonWhois if you only need WHOIS and availability lookups returned as JSON.
How does JsonWhois pricing compare with DomScan?
One WHOIS lookup: $0.0085 with JsonWhois and $0.0006 with DomScan at published paid rates. Free allowances, plan limits and the data each provider returns also differ, so compare them for your own workload.
Sources
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