VPN & Proxy Detection Solution
VPN and proxy detection.
Protect accounts and revenue.
VPNs and proxies can hide abusive sign-ins, repeated claims and bad traffic. ShieldLabs detects masked connections with a ready-made risk assessment, helping you protect accounts, offers and acquisition spend.
Start FreeProtect customer accounts
Detect risky masked sign-ins around sensitive account actions.
Keep benefits for eligible users
Detect linked users abusing trials, bonuses or discounts behind masked connections.
Spend on better traffic
Identify the channels and campaigns bringing risky masked traffic before increasing spend.
Welcome legitimate users
Assess private connections with context to avoid unnecessary customer friction.
Network masking
Welcome legitimate visitors.
Catch masked abuse.
ShieldLabs detects VPNs, proxies and other masked connections. Get named detections, available IP details and the identification’s risk assessment in one result.
VPN
Detect traffic using VPN connections.
Proxy
Detect proxy connections around incoming visits.
Residential proxy
Detect traffic routed through residential proxies.
Mobile proxy
Detect proxy connections using mobile networks.
Datacenter proxy
Detect proxy traffic from datacenter infrastructure.
Browser VPN/proxy
Detect network masking within the browser.
Tor
Detect traffic arriving through the Tor network.
Privacy relay
Detect connections using privacy relays.
Identity and account context
Detect account abuse.
Behind masked connections.
ShieldLabs detects account abuse and fraud alongside VPNs and proxies. Protect customer accounts, paid access and signup incentives with ready-made detections.
Multi-accounting
Stop repeated claims.
Protect trials and bonuses.
Changing connections can accompany registrations that claim the same benefit. ShieldLabs detects multi-accounting to help protect trials, credits and promotions.
Account sharing
Detect shared accounts.
Protect licensed access.
Shared account use can arrive through different connections. ShieldLabs detects account sharing to help protect paid subscriptions and licensed access.
Impossible travel
Catch impossible travel.
Secure customer access.
Get impossible travel detections alongside network masking results. ShieldLabs detects risky account activity to help protect sensitive access without a custom fraud model.
Account takeover
Stop account takeovers.
Protect sensitive actions.
Risky account access can include VPN or proxy use. ShieldLabs detects account takeover to help protect customer accounts and sensitive actions.
The ShieldLabs platform
More than a masked IP.
A view of the visit behind it.
Bring network masking into a platform that identifies visitors, detects account abuse and bots, returns risk assessments and measures traffic quality.
Enterprise-level functionality. Without enterprise pricing.
Accurate identification
Recognize returning visitors even when they clear cookies, use incognito mode or change their IP address. Detect linked users with different email addresses.
Identification accuracy
High-Risk Event detection
Detect account abuse out of the box by automatically identifying linked users. No fraud model training is required.
Risk signals
Get ready-made detections of automation, masking and spoofing, with named risk signals behind each result.
Bot & AI traffic detection
Detect bot activity from browser automation signals. Recognize useful crawler and AI traffic alongside abuse detections.
Risk scoring
Score every visit from 0 to 100 and classify it as trusted, suspicious or dangerous. See the signals behind each score.
Device fingerprinting
Recognize devices by their fingerprints. Identify the browser, operating system and device type. Detect headless browsers and tampering.
IP & Network Intelligence
Reveal the real IP address and geolocation behind masking. Detect VPNs, proxies and private relays.
203.0.113.42198.51.100.23Traffic quality scoring and risk analytics
Get one score for all your traffic and ready-made quality results by source, channel, referrer and UTM campaign.
Analytics dashboard
Explore masked traffic.
Trace its source and history.
Find detected VPNs and proxies, the associated users and devices, and the sources bringing risky traffic. Traffic quality results are available by channel, referrer and campaign.
How it works
Start protecting your product.
Connect once and start receiving ready-made fraud and abuse detections.
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Add the snippet or SDK
Connect your product and start identifying visitors and users.
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Receive ready-made detections
Get detected fraud and account abuse in the dashboard or through API integrations.
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Prevent fraud and abuse
Protect customer accounts, paid access and signup incentives in your product.
Developers
Integrate in
5 minutes.
A single API to identify, detect and score. Receive risk data through API responses and webhooks. Integrate selected data points into your business logic to prevent fraud and abuse.
Ready to put the evidence to work?
Make risk visible.
Stop abuse of your product.
Start Free FAQ
Understand the detection.
Use the evidence.
What is VPN and proxy detection?
VPN detection and proxy detection identify masked connection types around a visit, including browser-level masking and other anonymized connectivity.
How does ShieldLabs VPN and proxy detection help prevent fraud?
ShieldLabs detects network masking, including residential and mobile proxy activity, with identification risk and account abuse detections. Help protect account access, incentives and traffic quality.
Does anonymous proxy detection cover residential and mobile exits?
ShieldLabs detects proxy masking, including browser-level VPN or proxy use, Tor and privacy relays. Residential or mobile exit context may be available. A separate residential proxy detection or mobile proxy detection flag is not guaranteed for every visit.
Does a masked connection always mean fraud?
No. A VPN or proxy detection identifies network masking. ShieldLabs also provides a ready-made trusted, suspicious or dangerous risk assessment for the identification.
Can ShieldLabs reveal an additional IP address?
An additional IP address is included when it is available. Returned network results show the addresses and masking detections available for that visit.
How do I use the results?
Receive available network and risk data through API responses and webhooks, and integrate selected data points with your signup, sign-in and access workflows.
Does VPN and proxy detection have uses beyond regional pricing?
Yes. Use it around account access, signup incentives, checkout, content access and acquisition traffic. Ready-made account abuse and risk detections help protect these workflows behind masked connections.