Instantly see your public IPv4, IPv6, ISP and location on a map
Built & maintained by Pappu Venkata Subbi Reddy, founder of Clacify · Updated August 2026
What Is My IP instantly shows your public IP address — the one every website, app, and server sees when you connect — along with your Internet Service Provider, approximate city and country, and a live map. Most "what is my IP" tools stop at a bare number; this one races two independent geolocation APIs (whichever responds first) so the lookup stays fast even if one provider is slow, then optionally lets you request your browser's precise GPS location, which swaps the map from the coarser IP-based estimate to your actual position — a clear, direct way to see how much more precise GPS is than IP geolocation for your specific connection. Common reasons people look this up: confirming a VPN actually changed their IP, troubleshooting remote access or port forwarding, whitelisting an IP for a firewall or admin panel, or just being curious what a website can see about them. Everything after the initial IP lookup — the GPS request, the map render — happens in your browser; Clacify's own servers never see or log your IP.
On load, the tool fires requests to two independent IP-geolocation APIs (ipwho.is and ipapi.co) simultaneously, each with a 5-second timeout, and uses whichever responds first (via Promise.any) — this is why the lookup rarely stalls even if one provider is having a slow day. The response gives your public IP, IP version, ISP/organisation, ASN, and an approximate city-level location derived from IP-to-geography mapping databases, which are inherently coarse: they place you somewhere in your ISP's regional infrastructure, not your actual street. If you click "Get Exact Location," the browser's native Geolocation API (GPS/WiFi-positioning, a completely different and far more precise system) requests your device's real coordinates with your explicit permission, and the map re-centres on that instead of the IP estimate — letting you see directly how much more precise GPS is than IP-based estimation for your specific connection. The map itself is an embedded OpenStreetMap tile, which is the one point where coordinates leave your device (to fetch the map image) — everything else stays local.
| Method | Typical accuracy | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| IP geolocation | City-level, sometimes off by 10s-100s of km | Confirming a VPN changed region/country, rough analytics |
| Browser GPS/WiFi | Meters to tens of meters (device-dependent) | Anything needing your actual precise location |
| IPv4 vs IPv6 | N/A | Your public IP is whichever protocol your connection uses — modern mobile/ISP networks increasingly assign IPv6 |
IP geolocation databases map IP address ranges to the ISP infrastructure that serves them, not to individual devices — that's the fundamental reason it can never be as precise as GPS, no matter which provider you use.
Public IP addresses are assigned to your Internet Service Provider's equipment, not to your specific device or address. Geolocation databases work by recording which IP ranges an ISP has allocated to which region — sometimes a whole city, sometimes a wider metro area — so the "location" you see for an IP lookup is really the location of your ISP's nearest routing infrastructure, which can be a meaningful distance from where you're actually sitting. This is normal and not a sign anything is wrong; it's simply a different technology than GPS, which is why this tool offers an optional GPS lookup that swaps in your actual position when you want it.
Load this page before connecting your VPN and note your IP, ISP, and location. Connect your VPN, then reload the page. If the IP address changed and the ISP/location now shows your VPN server's region instead of your own, the VPN is actively routing your traffic. If nothing changed after reconnecting, either the VPN isn't actually connected or it has a leak — worth checking your VPN client's own connection status too before assuming a leak.
Your public IP address is the address your ISP assigns to your internet connection — it's what websites see when you visit them. Open Clacify's What Is My IP to see it instantly. Note: your public IP is different from your private/local IP (like 192.168.x.x) which is only visible within your home network.
Check your IP address before enabling your VPN using Clacify's What Is My IP. Then enable your VPN and refresh the page. If the IP address, ISP, and location have changed to your VPN server's location, the VPN is working correctly. If they're the same, there may be a VPN leak.