About My IP Help

My IP Help is a free suite of IP address tools for network administrators, security professionals, developers, and anyone who needs to understand where an IP address is located or how it behaves on the internet. We provide over 20 tools covering geolocation, network diagnostics, and security analysis — all without signup or payment.

Why We Built This

Most IP lookup services show you a map pin and basic ISP data. We wanted more. When investigating suspicious traffic, diagnosing network issues, or verifying a VPN connection, you need threat scores, blacklist status, VPN/proxy detection, ASN details, and abuse contacts — not just a city name. My IP Help was built to deliver all of that in one place, for free.

Every lookup cross-references two independent geolocation databases and enriches the result with threat intelligence from 10+ data sources. The result: a comprehensive view of any IP address in under a second.

Our Tools

• What Is My IP — Instantly see your public IP address with full geolocation details, ISP information, and a shareable card.
• IP Lookup — Look up any IPv4 or IPv6 address to get its country, city, ISP, ASN, timezone, coordinates, and 40+ other data points.
• IP Reputation Check — Assess the threat level of any IP with blacklist scanning, VPN/proxy detection, and risk scoring.
• Blacklist Check — Check if an IP address is listed on 12 email and spam blacklists including Spamhaus, Barracuda, and SpamCop.
• Security Header Scanner — Analyze any website’s HTTP security headers and get a letter grade with specific recommendations.
• View all tools — Browse our full collection of 24 free network and security tools.

Security Focus

IP geolocation is just the starting point. Every lookup on My IP Help includes threat intelligence: is the IP on spam blacklists? Is it a known VPN or Tor exit node? Is it from a sanctioned country? Does it originate from a datacenter or a residential network? These signals help security teams, fraud analysts, and system administrators make faster decisions about the traffic they see.

How IP Geolocation Works

Every device connected to the internet has an IP address assigned by its network provider. Regional Internet Registries (ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC, and AFRINIC) allocate IP address blocks to organizations and ISPs within their region. By cross-referencing IP allocations with geolocation databases, it’s possible to determine the approximate location of any IP address.

We query multiple geolocation databases and merge the results to provide the most accurate data possible. Learn more on our Data Sources & Accuracy page.

Privacy

We do not log or store the IP addresses you look up. Your own IP address is used only to display your current location on the homepage and is not retained after the page loads. Lookup results are cached temporarily to improve performance but contain no personally identifiable information.

Read our full Privacy Policy for details.

Data Attribution

IP geolocation data is provided by DB-IP and includes GeoLite2 data created by MaxMind. Both databases are queried and merged for improved accuracy and coverage. Additional data sources are listed on our Data Sources & Accuracy page.

Contact

Found incorrect data? Have a question or suggestion? Reach us at [email protected].