DAILY ACCURACY BENCHMARK
IPv4 Geolocation Accuracy Report
The industry's only public accuracy benchmark. Updated daily with real ground-truth GPS data tested against multiple providers.
Country view: Colombia
← Switch to continent viewCONFIDENCE AREA ACCURACY
Does the real location fall within the predicted area?
All network types shown · 28,944 total distinct IPv4 addresses
What is this?
BigDataCloud's patented technology predicts a geographic area where an IP is most likely located. MaxMind uses an accuracy radius for a similar purpose. This chart shows what percentage of test samples had their actual GPS location fall within the provider's predicted area.
Why only two providers?
Only BigDataCloud and MaxMind publish geographic area estimates. Other providers report only a point coordinate without an area boundary.
Why it matters
A higher hit ratio means fewer false positives in your application — the predicted area reliably contains the real location.
POINT ACCURACY
How close is the estimated location to reality?
28,944 distinct IPv4 addresses
All networks combined
Point accuracy measures the straight-line distance between the provider's estimated location and the actual GPS coordinates. This view combines all network types — wired, cellular, and hosting — for an overall picture. Results are based on distinct IP addresses regardless of the number of location samples received.
How to read this chart
Each line shows the cumulative percentage of IPs geolocated within a given distance of the actual GPS location. Higher lines at every distance threshold mean better accuracy. The gap at close range (5–50km) matters most for city-level use cases.
COUNTRY ACCURACY
Correct country identification rate
All network types shown · 28,944 total distinct IPv4 addresses
What is this?
The most basic geolocation test — did the provider identify the correct country? Country detection is relatively easy for wired networks. Real differences emerge with hosting and mixed infrastructure.
Why the scores are similar
All major providers get country right most of the time for wired networks. The gap matters most in hosting/CDN traffic where shared infrastructure crosses borders.
INCLUDED PROVIDERS
Tested datasets — Colombia
We are aiming to include as many IP geolocation original data vendors as possible. We guarantee that we make absolutely no use of another provider's data beyond the scope of this report.
If you are an IP geolocation provider, please get in touch with us and let us access your data — API access is preferred. We will happily include you in our automated report and promise to handle your data with great respect and confidentiality.
| Provider | Product | IP Blocks* | Distinct Locations | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDC | BigDataCloud API | 1,898,680 | 11,836 | Apr 7, 2026 |
| IP2Location | DB5 IP2Location IP-Country-Region-City-Latitude-Longitude Database | 46,383 | 797 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| MaxMind GeoLite2 | MaxMind GeoLite2 Free Geolocation Data | 9,649 | 388 | Apr 7, 2026 |
| db-ip | DbIp IP to Location with Monthly updates | 375,412 | 12,003 | Apr 1, 2026 |
| WhoisXmlApi | WhoisXmlApi IP Geolocation Data Feed | 41,490 | 1,349 | Apr 7, 2026 |
* The blocks count field represents the total number of unique records in each dataset. This value is generally applicable to flat data sources. However, the BigDataCloud database does not have such a metric available as we resolve down to a single IP address. We therefore provide the total number of network segments detected by the likelihood of serving the same territory and purpose.
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