What is IP quality?
“IP quality” is about how trustworthy an IP address looks to websites. Home broadband and mobile IPs usually belong to real people. Data center IPs are often used for bots and mass sign-ups, so sites are more likely to challenge or block them when you sign up, pay or stream.
This tool looks up your IP in several public data sources and runs a few consistency checks in your browser, then sums it up as a score. It's great for a quick self-check; professional risk platforms use larger databases, so their results may differ.
What we check
Network type
Inferred from the network that owns the IP (its ASN): home broadband, mobile, data center, business or education. Data center IPs lose the most points.
Blacklists
Checks public spam and abuse blacklists such as SpamCop, PSBL, UCEPROTECT and DroneBL, plus the list of Tor exit nodes.
Time zone & language
Compares your browser's time zone and language with where the IP is. An IP in the US with a browser set to Beijing time, for example, suggests a proxy.
WebRTC leak
Web pages can learn your device's network addresses through WebRTC. If it reveals a public IP different from your current one, your real IP may be leaking.
IPv6
If you have both IPv4 and IPv6 and they're in different countries, a proxy is often covering only one of them, and the other reveals where you really are.
FAQ
What's the difference between residential and data center IPs?
Residential IPs are assigned to homes by ISPs such as Comcast or China Telecom. Data center IPs belong to cloud and hosting providers such as AWS, Alibaba Cloud or DigitalOcean. Many sites treat them more strictly, because real people rarely browse from a server.
Why is my IP on a blacklist?
Usually someone used the same IP before to send spam or scan ports, or an infected device is sending traffic. Home IPs rotate, so it may be left over from a previous user. Restart your router to get a new IP, or request removal on the blacklist's website.
How accurate is it?
Location and ISP come from public IP databases and are usually accurate to the city. Network type is inferred from the provider's name and can occasionally be wrong. Only a few common public blacklists are checked. Treat the result as a guide.
Do you log my IP?
We don't log or store any results. To look up your IP, your browser contacts ipify, IP.SB, ipwho.is and the public DNS services of Cloudflare, Google and Alibaba directly, and they see your IP as any website would.
How can I get a cleaner IP?
Use home broadband or mobile data where you can. If you use a proxy, match your browser's time zone and language to the IP's location, disable or limit WebRTC, and either turn off IPv6 or make sure the proxy covers it too. Avoid IPs shared by many people.
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