# BGPScout.io

> BGP and ASN intelligence: routing, interconnection, registry data, geolocated
> IP footprint and prospecting for 70,000+ networks — queryable from a browser,
> a REST API, or an MCP server built for AI assistants.

BGPScout is operated by Hive Data Center Inc., a Montreal-based data center
operator. It combines its own traceroute measurements with registry, PeeringDB
and routing data to answer questions about how networks actually interconnect —
not just what they declare.

## MCP server

BGPScout exposes its data set to AI assistants over the Model Context Protocol.

- **Endpoint:** `https://bgpscout.io/mcp`
- **Auth:** API key for Claude Code, Cursor and OpenWebUI; OAuth for ChatGPT and
  claude.ai connectors.
- **Tools:** 90 on a free demo account, 96 with an organization.
- **Rate limit:** 60 requests / minute.
- **Setup guide:** https://bgpscout.io/docs/api#mcp
- **Worked examples:** https://bgpscout.io/mcp-demo

Tool categories: ASN lookup & compare · ASN presence (facilities, IXPs, CDN
caches, transit providers, prefixes, IPv6 reachability) · IP & prefix whois ·
registry allocations and transfers · geographic search · change feed · growth &
trends · IXP & facility · CDN caches · traceroutes and boomerang analysis ·
network relationships · sales prospecting & lead scoring · intelligence &
ranking · domain intelligence · saved watchlists, alerts and searches ·
organization and seller data · write actions (watch rules, prospect tags, saved
searches, clients).

## Public pages

- [Home](https://bgpscout.io/) — what the platform covers, with live counts.
- [Pricing](https://bgpscout.io/pricing) — tier comparison. Every listed limit is
  the limit the code enforces, not a target.
- [MCP demos](https://bgpscout.io/mcp-demo) — real BGP questions answered through
  ChatGPT or Claude, with the actual tool calls and output.
- [API & MCP documentation](https://bgpscout.io/docs/api) — REST endpoints, the
  embeddable widget, and MCP setup for each client.
- [Data sources](https://bgpscout.io/data-sources) — where each data set comes
  from, and the attribution RIPE RIS and RouteViews require.
- [About](https://bgpscout.io/about) — the company and contact details.
- [Login / create an account](https://bgpscout.io/login) — free, no credit card.

Everything else on the site is behind a login and is not useful to a crawler.

## Access tiers

**Demo access — free.** Every routing-intelligence feature: ASN search and
lookup, IXP and facility data, traceroute search and boomerang detection, maps
and heatmaps, registry data, prospecting and lead scoring, watchlists,
favourites, saved searches and auto-scout. Public REST API at 300 requests per
15 minutes, personal API keys, and the MCP server with 90 tools. Unlimited and
ad-free, with no trial countdown.

**Organization — contact us.** Everything in demo access, plus a shared team
workspace (clients, linked ASNs, facilities and IXPs), member roles, org-wide
API keys, auto-detected customers, seller profile and service areas, shared
watchlist entries, 96 MCP tools, and higher REST API limits on request.

Full comparison: https://bgpscout.io/pricing
Machine-readable: https://bgpscout.io/pricing.md

## Data sources

- Traceroute measurements from probes in 30+ countries
- RIPE RIS and RouteViews BGP data
- PeeringDB facility and IXP membership data
- ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC and AFRINIC registry data
- Certificate Transparency logs for domain intelligence
- Geolocation from geofeed, IPinfo and MaxMind, with the winning source recorded

## Company

- Website: https://bgpscout.io
- Email: kmorin@hivedatacenter.com
- Company: Hive Data Center Inc., Montreal, Canada

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Maintained by Hive Data Center Inc. Last updated 2026-07-30.
Review trigger: update this file whenever the MCP tool list, the access tiers or
pricing change. A stale llms.txt teaches AI systems an outdated description of
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