DomScan vs WhoAPI: API comparison

DomScan vs WhoAPI

Domain API comparison

Overview

Choose between one multi-purpose domain intelligence catalog and separate WhoAPI products for availability, WHOIS, SSL, and other checks.

DomScan

Modern domain intelligence API

DomScan is a developer-first domain intelligence platform offering real-time availability checks, RDAP data, domain valuation, and AI integration via MCP.

Free: 10,000 credits/month

WhoAPI

Domain availability and WHOIS API

WhoAPI provides domain availability checking and WHOIS lookup APIs, including bulk availability checks.

10,000 requests for new clients

Pricing comparison

Watch out for: DomScan publishes credits per operation. WhoAPI subscriptions are product-specific: availability starts at $23/month, while cached WHOIS starts at $52/month.

Pricing	DomScan	WhoAPI
Free tier	Free: 10,000 credits/month	10,000 requests for new clients
Paid plans	Pay-as-you-go from $10	$52/month for 40,000 requests
Enterprise	Custom pricing	$499/month for 100,000 requests; enterprise custom
How usage is billed	Credits are charged per operation or item, and every endpoint publishes its credit cost.	Availability, WHOIS, SSL, and other WhoAPI products have separate subscriptions and request allowances.

Feature comparison

Feature	DomScan	WhoAPI
Free tier	Included	Limited
API access	Included	Included
Bulk operations	Included	Included
Real-time data	Included	Included
WHOIS data	Included	Included
DNS lookup	Included	Limited
Domain valuation	Included	Not included
Brand monitoring	Included	Not included
MCP/AI integration	Included	Not included