About BigDataCloud

BigDataCloud is an Australian IP geolocation and network intelligence provider. Our patented technology locates IP addresses from network routing infrastructure, not WHOIS, and is available as APIs and as downloadable databases (Flat Data). We also offer reverse geocoding, and phone and email verification.

We're a small, independent software company based in Adelaide, South Australia. We help developers and businesses understand where their users are, validate contact data, and make smarter decisions in real time.

The idea came together in 2016, when our founders — with backgrounds in network engineering, e-commerce, and fraud prevention — got frustrated with the IP geolocation services available at the time. They were inaccurate, expensive, and treated as a commodity. We thought we could do better.

BigDataCloud was formally established in 2018, but the research and development has never stopped. We continuously refine our geolocation algorithms, expand our data sources, and improve accuracy across all network types. That ongoing work earned a granted US patent (No. 11,792,110 B2) and underpins everything we ship.

Today we offer four API packages covering IP geolocation, reverse geocoding, phone and email verification, and network engineering, plus downloadable IP databases (Flat Data) you host yourself. We're bootstrapped, which means we answer to our customers rather than investors. Growth has been entirely organic, and we're proud of that.

If you have a question or want to talk through a use case, you can reach us on our contact page.