Free VPN and IP tools

Which tool should I use to check my IP address or my VPN?

Use What is my IP address to see the country sites place you in, and Is my VPN working to check that your VPN changes it. Add the WebRTC leak test if your browser might reveal a second address. Use the VPN IP checker to see whether any address, yours or another, looks like a VPN or data center. Run them on the device you watch on.

Pick the tool by the problem

Match what you see to a row, then open that tool.

Sources: Netflix help pages; MaxMind; browser leak-test sites; X4BNet and the Tor Project. Checked October 2026.

What is my IP address: the country and network sites see

Use it to check your IP address before you connect a VPN, and whenever a catalog looks wrong. It shows the public address of your connection, the country and city that location databases give it, and the network that owns it. Sites use it to place you: BBC iPlayer says it checks the device's IP address, and ESPN says your IP address determines your location for blackouts. Trust the country more than the city: MaxMind estimates its country data at 99.8% accurate, against 66% for US cities within 50 km.

Is my VPN working: whether your VPN changes what sites see

Use it to check if your VPN is working once the app says Connected. Pick the server country you chose, and it runs three tests in your browser: the country of your address, WebRTC and your device clock. The result is Working, Not connected, Leaking, Check or Not sure yet, and only Working means sites see your VPN.

WebRTC leak test: whether your browser shows a second address

WebRTC is the part of your browser that runs video calls, and any web page can ask it for your addresses. With a VPN on, RFC 8828 notes, it can find both the VPN's address and your provider's. Run the WebRTC leak test when the VPN check says Leaking or Check: it lists every address your browser reveals next to the one sites see. A different public address of the same kind is a leak, while private addresses and the ones your browser hides are not.

VPN IP checker: whether any address looks like a VPN

Use it to check if an IP is a VPN. It checks your own address on load, or any IPv4 or IPv6 address you paste, such as one from a log. It finds the network that owns the address, then looks it up in public lists of VPN ranges, data-center ranges and Tor exit relays. The verdict is one of five:

• VPN: on a known VPN list, or on a network that looks like a VPN's.
• Data center: a hosting network, where VPN servers often run. A hint only.
• Tor: an exit relay of the Tor network.
• No VPN signs: on none of the lists, as a home connection normally is.
• Not found: the network data has no entry for it.

A match is a sign, not proof. MaxMind sells similar data to content distributors that want to verify users are not using VPNs, and X4BNet says its list does not include every VPN.

Run the tools in order: your address, your VPN, then your browser

Run the first three in this order, because each one rules out a cause before the next. Use the device you watch on, because a VPN on your phone does not cover a TV you cast to.

1. Turn the VPN off and check your IP address. Note the country.
2. Connect the VPN, run the VPN check on the same device and pick the server country you chose.
3. If the result says Leaking or Check, run the WebRTC leak test in the same browser.
4. If all three look right and a service still blocks you, paste your VPN's address into the VPN IP checker.

Once the checks pass, our VPN guides for streaming and TV show which VPN to pick.

What the tools do not check

The tools check IP addresses, WebRTC and your device clock only. Four things need another check:

• DNS leaks, lookups for site names that go outside the VPN. Proton describes a test: connect the VPN, run a DNS leak test and check that every server shown belongs to the VPN.
• GPS and location services. YouTube TV can verify your playback area with a phone's location, and 7plus can require browser Location Services.
• The country of your account. Netflix says that outside your sign-up country its catalog follows the country you are in. The tools show the country you are in.
• Whether a service accepts your VPN. The services do not describe how they spot VPNs, so no tool can promise it. Our research scores for each VPN and service show where each one works, as of October 2026.

What each tool sends where

The IP address tool, the VPN check and the WebRTC test read your address from the request your browser sends to our server, through Cloudflare. The WebRTC checks also ask your browser to contact Cloudflare's public STUN server, and your browser compares the addresses it finds, so they never reach us.

The VPN IP checker sends our server the address you check and looks it up there, on copies of public lists. That address appears in the page link, so you can share the result. We store none of it apart from the technical logs in our privacy policy.