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The IP2Proxy Zapier integration gives you 1 action, 0 triggers and 0 searches. That single action runs an IP address through IP2Proxy and tells you whether it hides a proxy, a VPN or a TOR node, so a Zap can sort sign-ups before anyone reads them.

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Overview

What the IP2Proxy Zapier integration actually does

With the IP2Proxy Zapier integration, a Zap hands an IP address to IP2Proxy and gets back a verdict: anonymous proxy, VPN, TOR exit node, residential proxy or search engine crawler. It is one action and no trigger. Another app starts the Zap, IP2Proxy answers.

Three results come out of that single action, Lookup IP Address by Package. A tagged trial sign-up: your SaaS form fires, the lookup runs on the visitor's IP, and the contact reaches your CRM with a proxy verdict attached. A flagged order: a new purchase triggers a check, and payments coming from a TOR exit node land in a review list instead of shipping. A cleaner traffic sheet: each new row of visitor IPs gets checked, and search engine robots are marked so they stop inflating your numbers.

What Zapier does not do here matters just as much. IP2Proxy cannot start a Zap, so IP2Proxy itself never alerts you about anything. There is no search step either. Addresses you collected before the Zap existed stay unchecked. And on the Free plan, the trigger plus the lookup already fill your two steps, so the verdict has nowhere to go until you upgrade.

The same app is covered on Make too: the IP2Proxy Make integration page shows that side, and Make vs Zapier compares the two tools criterion by criterion.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Eight words you will meet in the editor, in plain English. Each one is explained once, here, and used as is after that.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time that trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event that starts a Zap. IP2Proxy has none on Zapier, so here the trigger always comes from another app, like a form.
Action
The step that does the work once the Zap has started. On this page it is the IP2Proxy lookup, which reads an IP and returns a verdict.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action that completes successfully. Your monthly allowance is a count of those, nothing else.
Polling vs instant trigger
A polling trigger is checked on a timer set by your plan. An instant trigger is reported by the app itself the moment the event happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap carry on only when the incoming data meets your condition, and quietly stops it otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something already stored in an app so later steps can reuse it. IP2Proxy offers none on Zapier.
Multi-step Zap
Any Zap beyond one trigger and one action. A second action, a filter or a search turns it into one, and it then needs a paid plan.
Cost

What an IP2Proxy Zap really costs

The trigger costs nothing, and neither does Zapier checking for new data. You pay in tasks: one for each action that goes through.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps
  • Premium appNo, IP2Proxy works on Free
  • Steps allowed on Free2: one trigger, one action
  • Cost of the trigger0 tasks

A lookup that succeeds counts as a task, one that fails does not. The catch sits in the Free plan: it builds two-step Zaps only, and a trigger plus the lookup already use both. Filtering or storing the verdict makes it a multi-step Zap, so a paid plan. The interval grid applies to the polling trigger of the app that starts your Zap. On paid plans, that interval can be changed, and a check can be run by hand from the editor.

Connect

Connect your IP2Proxy account

  1. 01

    Open Apps and add a connection

    A connection is your IP2Proxy account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step that calls IP2Proxy. Open the Apps page of your Zapier account and click + Add connection.

  2. 02

    Pick IP2Proxy in the dialog

    Type IP2Proxy in the search box of the dialog and select it, then confirm with Add connection. A new tab opens on the IP2Proxy side, where you sign in with the account the Zaps should use.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Sign in to IP2Proxy in that tab and grant Zapier access to the account. You need an IP2Proxy account of your own for this. Once access is granted, every IP2Proxy step in your Zaps can pick this connection from its list.

First Zap

Your first IP2Proxy Zap, step by step

GoalCheck the IP of every new form submission, keep only the suspicious ones, and log them in a spreadsheet.

  1. 01

    Build: start on the other app

    Create a new Zap and pick the app that starts it, here a form tool that records the visitor's IP. Its new submission event becomes your trigger, since IP2Proxy has none.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger on a real entry

    Run the trigger test. Zapier brings back the three most recent submissions of the connected account, so you map fields from actual data instead of a guess.

  3. 03

    Add the IP2Proxy action

    Add Lookup IP Address by Package, choose your IP2Proxy connection, map the form's IP field into IP Address, then pick a package. Start low: every extra level costs more credits.

  4. 04

    Filter, then log the verdict

    Add a filter so the Zap goes on only when the lookup flags something, then a spreadsheet step that writes the address and the verdict. Use a text rule on text values, or the filter never passes.

  5. 05

    Test each step, then Publish

    Test every step once and read what came back. When the row lands where you expect, click Publish to switch the Zap on. Four steps means a paid plan.

Actions

The IP2Proxy action on Zapier

IP2Proxy gives you 1 action. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Lookup IP Address by Package

Action

In Zapier“Finds proxy info about an IP address like anonymous proxy, VPN, TOR exit nodes, search engine robots (SES) and residential proxies (RES). Select package for varying levels of information.”

Hand it one IP address and a package, and IP2Proxy tells you what sits behind that address: an anonymous proxy, a VPN, a TOR exit node, a residential proxy or a search engine robot. A richer package brings back more detail.

When to use it
right after a trial sign-up form, to tag the new lead before it reaches your CRM.
Watch out
a higher package spends more IP2Proxy credits on every run, on top of the Zapier task each successful lookup costs.
When it breaks

When an IP2Proxy Zap breaks

Zapier ties no help article to IP2Proxy, and no rate limit specific to the app is documented.

What breaks is the Zap around the lookup, in four ways that apply to any app on Zapier. If a Zap keeps failing for another reason, the Zapier troubleshooting page walks through the usual suspects.

  • Old visitors are never checked

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Submissions already sitting in your form tool stay unchecked; running them through IP2Proxy is a separate job.

  • A loop that drains tasks and credits

    If the last step writes into the very place the trigger watches, the Zap sets itself off again and again. Every round runs a lookup, so tasks and IP2Proxy credits drain fast.

  • A bulk import gets held back

    After a migration or a mass import, the trigger can suddenly return a huge batch. Zapier's flood protection may hold it back rather than fire a lookup for each item.

  • No double check on the same entry

    On a polling trigger, Zapier remembers what it has already seen, so one submission never starts the Zap twice and never costs a second lookup.
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FAQ

IP2Proxy and Zapier: frequent questions

01Is the IP2Proxy Zapier integration free?
Yes on the Zapier side: IP2Proxy is not a premium app, so it works on the Free plan, which gives 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps. The limit sits elsewhere. The Free plan only builds two-step Zaps, one trigger and one action. Since IP2Proxy has no trigger, another app takes the first step and the lookup takes the second, which leaves no room to do anything with the verdict. Filtering it or saving it somewhere means a multi-step Zap, so a paid plan. IP2Proxy credits are a separate bill.
02How many Zapier tasks does an IP2Proxy lookup use?
One task per lookup that goes through. The trigger that starts the Zap costs nothing, and neither do the checks Zapier runs to spot new data. A lookup that fails is not counted against your plan. Every other action you add after it is counted on its own, so a Zap that runs a lookup, writes a spreadsheet row and sends an email uses three tasks per run. A few apps and actions take more than one task each. The package credits you spend on the IP2Proxy side come on top and are billed by IP2Proxy, not Zapier.
03Does an IP2Proxy Zap run in real time?
That depends on the app that starts the Zap, because IP2Proxy has no trigger of its own. If the first app offers an instant trigger, it reports the event to Zapier the moment it happens, on any plan, and the lookup follows. If it relies on a polling trigger, Zapier checks at a fixed interval set by your plan: every 15 minutes on Free, 2 on Professional, 1 on Team and Enterprise. In the editor, a lightning bolt marks a Zap built on an instant trigger.
04What do you need to connect IP2Proxy to Zapier?
An IP2Proxy account of your own, plus a Zapier account. From the Apps page, click + Add connection, pick IP2Proxy in the dialog, confirm, sign in in the tab that opens and grant Zapier access. The connection is then reused by every Zap that calls IP2Proxy. For the lookup itself, keep two things ready, since both fields are required: the IP address to check, which has to come from an earlier step such as a form, and the package you want IP2Proxy to use for the answer.
05Why does a higher IP2Proxy package cost more?
Because each package returns a different depth of information, and IP2Proxy charges more credits for the higher ones. The package is a required field of the lookup, so every run spends credits at the level you picked. Add Zapier on top and you have two meters running at once: one task per successful lookup on Zapier, credits on IP2Proxy. The sensible move is to pick the lowest package that answers your question, test the Zap on a real entry, and only move up when the verdict lacks a detail you rely on.
06What if the IP2Proxy operation you want is not on Zapier?
Then it is not there to be found: Zapier offers exactly one IP2Proxy operation, Lookup IP Address by Package, with no trigger and no search. Being alerted by IP2Proxy, or checking a stored list in one go, falls outside what Zapier covers for this app. The practical route is to start the Zap from an app that already carries the IP, such as a form, a shop or a CRM, and let the lookup run on each new item. If that pattern does not fit, compare how other automation tools handle IP2Proxy before you build anything.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for IP2Proxy?
It comes down to criteria, not to a winner. If the apps that collect your IPs already run on Zapier, the single lookup action is enough to check leads or orders one at a time. If the job is to process a list you already hold, a Zap will not do it, since it only sees what happens after it is published. Budget matters too: on Zapier every successful action is a task, and the Free plan stops at two steps. Make has its own IP2Proxy page on this site, worth reading before you decide.
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