I Replaced 5 Paid APIs with Free Alternatives — Here's the Code

Most developer API services hook you with a free tier, then charge $50-200/month once you're locked in. I went looking for genuinely free alternatives — and found them. Here are 5 paid APIs I replaced with free alternatives, with working code for each migration. 1. IP Geolocation: ipinfo.io ($99/mo) → Frostbyte Geo (free) ipinfo.io charges $99/month for 150K lookups. For most projects, you don't need that volume. Before (ipinfo.io): const res = await fetch ( ' https://ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8?token=YOUR_TOKEN ' ); const data = await res . json (); // { ip, city, region, country, loc, org, postal, timezone } After (free): const res = await fetch ( ' https://agent-gateway-kappa.vercel.app/api/geo/8.8.8.8 ' , { headers : { ' X-API-Key ' : ' YOUR_FREE_KEY ' } }); const data = await res . json (); // { ip, city, region, country, latitude, longitude, timezone, isp, org } What you get for free: 200 API credits, same data fields (city, region, country, coordinates, ISP, timezone). No credit card requ