IP Reputation Check

IP Reputation Check

Look up the reputation of any IP address, VPN, proxy, Tor, hosting and abuse signals combined into one clear picture.

Overview

What is IP reputation?

IP reputation is a summary of how trustworthy an IP address is, based on what it is and how it has behaved. An address that belongs to a VPN, proxy or hosting provider, or that has a history of abuse, carries more risk than a stable residential connection. An IP reputation check pulls these signals together so you can score an address quickly instead of investigating each factor by hand.

Signals

What goes into IP reputation

Reputation is the sum of several independent indicators.

Anonymiser signals

VPN, proxy and Tor association all lower reputation.

Hosting vs. residential

Datacenter origin is riskier than a consumer ISP.

Abuse history

Past spam, fraud or attack activity from the range.

Geolocation context

Location consistency across signals.

ASN ownership

Who owns the range and how it is typically used.

Combined risk score

A single 0–100 value summarising overall risk.

Use cases

Where teams use it

Risk scoring

Feed IP reputation into signup, login and checkout decisions.

Triage

Quickly judge a suspicious IP in an alert or log.

Allow/deny lists

Build dynamic lists from reputation thresholds.

Enrichment

Augment SIEM and analytics data with reputation context.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Association with VPNs, proxies, Tor or hosting networks, plus any history of abuse, all reduce an IP’s reputation. We combine these into a single risk score.

Why Choose IPScanner

Teams use IPScanner to tell real users apart from masked and automated traffic.

Accuracy you can measure

Verdicts come with a 0 to 100 confidence score, so you tune the threshold to your own risk instead of trusting one number.

Built to scale

The API runs on infrastructure sized for production traffic, with a 99.99% uptime target for business-critical use.

Data that stays fresh

We refresh VPN, proxy, and Tor lists continuously, so newly spun-up servers get caught quickly.

Easy to wire in

A plain REST API works with any language or framework. Most teams are live the same afternoon.

Documentation that's honest

Worked examples in curl, JavaScript, and Python, plus straight notes on what each signal does and doesn't mean.

People who know the domain

Support comes from engineers who work on IP detection every day, not a generic help desk.

Trusted By
Dartmouth College
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DigitalOcean
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