# Cloud / Hosting Provider Detector

> Cloud / Hosting Provider Detector is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Detects which cloud or hosting provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloudflare, etc.) is behind an IP address or hostname, using ASN data, plus a CDN flag.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://intel.rallylive.ca/ip/cloud
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cloud-hosting-provider-detector-1af7e423
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_n492teJAvpaxciLv1hJVd

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability cloud-hosting-provider-detector-1af7e423
```

Example prompt: Can you tell me which cloud provider is hosting 104.21.45.12 — like whether it's AWS, Cloudflare, or something else, and if it's behind a CDN?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need fast, cheap ($0.01) per-IP cloud provider attribution from ASN data, with a CDN flag included. It covers a wide range of major and secondary cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, OVH, Akamai/Linode, Fastly, Oracle, Alibaba, Vultr, Fly.io, Render). Prefer this over manual WHOIS or ASN lookups when you want a structured, agent-friendly response. Not ideal if you need deep geolocation, abuse contact data, or raw WHOIS records.

## Known failure modes

- IP or hostname not found in any known ASN range — returns unknown or null provider
- Invalid IP format or unresolvable hostname causes a 400 or error response
- IP is in a private/reserved range and cannot be attributed to a public cloud provider
- Very new or obscure ASN not yet mapped to a known provider — may return generic or unknown result
- Payment not received — returns 402 Payment Required

## How this service works

Cloud / hosting provider detection for an IP or hostname: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, OVH, Akamai/Linode, Fastly, Oracle, Alibaba, Vultr, Fly.io, Render and others, from the announcing ASN, plus a CDN flag. Where is this service hosted? $0.01 per lookup.

## Output

Returns the detected cloud or hosting provider (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, OVH, Akamai/Linode, Fastly, Oracle, Alibaba, Vultr, Fly.io, Render), derived from the announcing ASN, along with a boolean CDN flag indicating whether the IP/hostname is behind a content delivery network.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/cloud-hosting-provider-detector-1af7e423/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from intel.rallylive.ca](https://www.zero.xyz/host/intel.rallylive.ca/llms.txt)