How to Score IPs in Real Time Without Slowing Down Your App

If you're building a real-time platform—whether it's a SaaS tool, a fraud detection system, or an ad-tech pipeline—speed isn't optional. Every millisecond counts. But when you're adding risk checks to every incoming request, the big question becomes: how do you score IPs in real time without slowing down your app?

Most solutions out there either give you outdated data from bulk-processed feeds, or they introduce latency through bloated APIs and heavyweight payloads. That’s where CandycornDB comes in.

Real-Time IP Scoring That Moves at the Speed of Your Stack

CandycornDB was built for developers who need answers now, not 300ms later. Our API is optimized for low-latency queries that return real-time threat intelligence with just the data you need—no fluff, no delay.

Each IP lookup taps into our continuously updated intelligence engine, scoring requests against live subnet behavior, ASN risk, proxy fingerprints, and anomaly patterns. And the best part? The average response time is under 150ms.

Why Most IP APIs Slow You Down

Let’s be blunt: most legacy solutions were never designed for speed.

• Bulk-oriented design: Their systems are meant to be downloaded and batch-processed, not hit on-demand.
• Heavy payloads: You get a bloated JSON response stuffed with unnecessary data, adding bandwidth and parse time.
• High cold-start latency: They rely on static databases with poor indexing or on external lookups to third-party services.

That adds up fast—especially when you’re scoring IPs on every API call, login attempt, or checkout flow.

How CandycornDB Keeps You Fast

Here’s how we do it differently:

⚡ Lean, Dev-First JSON API

We built CandycornDB’s API from scratch to return only the essentials: a simple risk score, relevant flags (e.g. Tor, VPN, risky ASN), and metadata that helps you act—fast.

You get a clean, structured response you can pipe directly into your decisioning logic. No post-processing, no slow joins, no wasted time.

🧠 Real-Time Intelligence That Improves Itself

Behind the scenes, CandycornDB continuously collects and scores traffic. It doesn’t rely on stale blocklists or static reputation scores.

As our system observes more behavior—across subnets, ASNs, and IP clusters—it self-improves. Risk scores get sharper. Anomalies get detected earlier. And your results get more accurate without you doing anything.

🚀 Fast Response, Even at Scale

We’ve optimized our infrastructure to scale with you. Whether you're making 1,000 calls a day or 1,000 per second, we maintain consistent speed and reliability. You don’t need to provision anything extra—our systems adapt to your load.

Add IP Scoring Without Killing Your UX

Your users don’t care how secure your app is if it feels slow or glitchy. CandycornDB helps you add real-time fraud protection without compromising user experience.

That means:

• Scoring every login without delaying the form
• Filtering bad traffic before it hits your sensitive endpoints
• Logging every session’s network trustworthiness for post-analysis

All without breaking flow—or burning through your server budget.

Start in Minutes with a Single API Call

You don’t need SDKs, heavy integrations, or complicated workflows. Sign up, grab your API key, and send a simple GET request to:

GET /api/public/check?ip=1.2.3.4

You’ll get an instant response like:

{
  "risk_score": 87,
  "flags": ["VPN", "HighRiskASN"],
  "asn": "AS12345",
  "tor_exit_node": false
}

Final Thoughts

If you’re trying to secure your app without slowing it down, you don’t need to choose between speed and intelligence. CandycornDB gives you both.

Real-time IP scoring. Developer-first design. Fast, actionable insights.

👉 Start scoring IPs free or explore the API docs to get started.