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RIPE Atlas
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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RIPE Atlas
Free
Public measurements and data · Custom measurements require credits · Up to 100 simultaneous measurements · Up to 1,000 probes per measurement
Read 15 Oct 2026 · ripe.net
On the record
- API and tooling
- RIPE Atlas provides a REST API, a streaming API, and command-line tools that require Python.atlas.ripe.net · read 30 Sep 2026
- Authentication
- The API supports scoped API keys and session-based authentication, while many read operations work anonymously.beta-ui.atlas.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Built-in measurements
- Connected probes automatically run predefined ping, traceroute, DNS, SSL/TLS and HTTP measurements toward well-known targets.ui.prod.atlas.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Credits
- Probe hosts earn credits while probes remain connected and spend those credits on user-defined measurements.atlas.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Custom measurements
- Users can schedule their own measurements through the portal or API when they have enough credits.atlas.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation includes getting-started guides, how-to procedures, troubleshooting, API manuals, endpoint references, release notes and security disclosures.beta-ui.atlas.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent use case
- Microsoft researchers used more than 8,000 predominantly home-hosted RIPE Atlas probes to investigate anycast CDN performance.microsoft.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent use case: NAT64
- A 2024 RIPE Labs study used RIPE Atlas to measure NAT64 deployment and performance across networks.labs.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: API rate limits
- A January 2025 RIPE Atlas mailing-list report describes errors from too many concurrent WebSocket connections and observations of 100% packet loss or very long RTTs.mailman.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Missing data
- A peer-reviewed study found that regular RIPE Atlas measurements commonly lose data points, including many losses occurring while probes appeared connected.arxiv.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Sampling bias
- Independent analysis reports that RIPE Atlas vantage-point deployment and its probe-selection algorithm can produce substantial measurement bias compared with random sampling.tma.ifip.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Maker founded
- The RIPE NCC began operations in April 1992.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Maker headquarters
- The RIPE NCC Amsterdam office is at Stationsplein 11, Amsterdam, Netherlands.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Maker legal status
- RIPE NCC is a not-for-profit membership organisation under Dutch law, funded by members and governed by an elected board.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Maker size
- The RIPE NCC says it has more than 175 people from over 40 countries.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Measurement types
- Built-in and user-defined tests include ping, traceroute, DNS, SSL/TLS, NTP and HTTP measurements for anchors.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Network scale
- The RIPE NCC states that the network contains more than 14,000 probes.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news: anchor upgrade
- The RIPE NCC announced an RIPE Atlas anchor operating-system upgrade on 28 June 2024.ripe.net · read 15 Oct 2026
