Dedicated IP VPN vs Shared VPN
A dedicated IP is an internet address assigned to one customer alone, so no one else's traffic comes from it. On a shared VPN, thousands of accounts connect through the same IP address, so you inherit every stranger's behavior on it. To be worth paying for, a dedicated IP also has to be residential and static, because a dedicated data-center address that changes weekly solves only a third of the problem. TOKVPN's is all three, for $9 a month.
- Dedicated: one customer per IP address, never shared.
- Residential: registered to a US consumer internet provider, not a hosting company.
- Static: the same address every day, so your account keeps one history.
- A used address is never resold to another customer; after cancellation it is reserved for 30 days, then retired.
- $9 per month or $69 per year, no data caps, unlimited devices on one key.
- Cancel anytime, 7-day money-back on your first payment.
What sharing costs you
Consumer VPNs are priced on the assumption that one server carries a large number of customers at once. That's the business model, and it works fine for watching video or using public wifi safely. It works badly when a platform is judging your account, because the platform judges the address, and that address is doing a thousand things at once.
Rate limits, blocks and extra verification prompts follow the address, so you can hit them because of what somebody else did from the same place. You have no way to see those people or change what they do, and tomorrow they'll be different people.
The second cost is inconsistency. Most VPN apps move you between servers, so your account appears from a new address regularly. A normal person's home address does not change every session, and that steadiness is itself a signal.
What "dedicated IP" usually means when a VPN sells it
Plenty of VPNs sell a dedicated IP add-on. It is an improvement over the shared pool, because nobody else exits through your address. Read what you're getting, though: it's almost always still an address inside the provider's hosting ranges.
The two problems are separate. Sharing gives you other people's history. A hosting range makes the network type identifiable no matter how few people are on it, so fixing one does not fix the other.
The three properties that have to hold together
Dedicated
One customer behind the address. The only behavior on it is yours, so anything the platform concludes about it is about you. This is also what makes it possible to keep your accounts separate.
Residential
Registered to a consumer internet provider. Ownership of every IP block is public, so anyone can check whether an address belongs to a household network or a rack.
Static
The same address every day. Consistency is what a real home connection looks like, and it lets your account build one continuous history instead of a new one each week.
Miss any of the three and you have a partial fix. All three at once is a static residential IP, which is what TOKVPN sells, and it is the only reason the price is $9 instead of $3. The other ways to get a US address, and what each one gives you, are compared in how to get a US IP address.
Why an address is never reused here
When a customer cancels, we hold their address for 30 days in case they come back, and after that we retire it. We do not hand it to the next customer. The rule exists so nobody inherits an unknown history, which is the thing that makes shared and recycled addresses unreliable.
Running several accounts
One key means one US home address. Accounts sharing a key share a footprint and are visibly connected, and you cannot separate them afterwards. Agencies buy one US home per client account: $9 a month each, added from the dashboard whenever a client starts, cancelled individually when one leaves.
What this does not promise
A dedicated residential static IP removes the connection-side reasons a platform treats an account as suspicious. It does not make an account safe, and it does not undo restrictions an account already has. It also does not touch your device language, your time zone or your content. We do not promise how a platform will decide.
Price and what happens if it does not fit
$9 a month per US home, or $69 a year. No data caps, one key across all your devices, cancel anytime from the dashboard. Email us within 7 days of your first payment and we refund it in full. See the pricing section or the FAQ for the rest.
If you were considering building this yourself, read residential VPN vs your own VPS first.
FAQ
What is a dedicated IP?+
An IP address assigned to one user or account instead of being shared. In web hosting it means one website has its own server address. With a VPN it means your traffic leaves through an address only you use, which is the meaning on this page.
What is a dedicated IP VPN?+
A VPN where the exit IP address is assigned to one customer instead of a shared pool. Only your traffic uses it, so the history on the address is only yours.
Is a dedicated IP better than a shared VPN IP?+
For anything a platform judges account by account, yes, because rate limits and blocks follow the address and on a shared server that address carries thousands of people's behavior. Whether it is enough depends on the address type: a dedicated data-center IP is still in a publicly registered hosting range.
Are dedicated IP add-ons from big VPNs residential?+
Usually not. Most are addresses inside the provider's own hosting ranges, which is an improvement on sharing but does not change how the network type reads. Check whether the provider says residential and static, not just dedicated.
What does static mean and why does it matter?+
Static means the address does not change between sessions. A real home connection keeps the same address for long stretches, and a stable address lets your account build one continuous history instead of appearing somewhere new each week.
Can two of my accounts use the same dedicated IP?+
They can, but they will be visibly linked by the shared address, and that link cannot be undone later. One US home per account is $9 a month or $69 a year.
Does anyone else get my IP after I cancel?+
No. Your address is reserved for 30 days after cancellation in case you come back, and then retired rather than resold to another customer.
Related
$9 a month per US home, or $69 a year. No data caps, cancel anytime, 7-day money-back. Questions first? Read the full FAQ.