Current IPv4 Lease Rates: What to Expect in 2026

Your next customer should bring revenue, not another search for IPv4 capacity. When you compare IPv4 lease rates in 2026, start with the price for the capacity you need today, then look at what keeps that capacity working as your network grows.

For current LARUS rates, use the live IPv4 pricing and market statistics page. Choose your block size and service level to build a budget around your deployment. A live quote is more useful than a market average frozen into an article.

In this guide

• What your IPv4 budget should deliver
• How to calculate the current lease cost
• What changes the price
• Leasing versus buying
• Look beyond the broker's price
• Plan for growth with LARUS
• Questions about IPv4 lease rates

What your IPv4 budget should deliver

For an ISP, hosting provider or cloud platform, addresses earn their place in the budget by helping you connect customers and launch services. The useful comparison is the cost of deployable, supported capacity over the time you expect to use it.

Bring the address count, deployment location, ASN and intended use into the same conversation. That makes it easier to compare offers for the same customer outcome, instead of a headline price that leaves you assembling the operational pieces yourself.

How to calculate the current IPv4 lease cost

Start with address count × current monthly rate per address × number of months. If capacity and Continuity appear as separate price components, include both for the service level you select. Check any setup or other charges in the quote so your budget covers the complete deployment.

Address counts for common IPv4 block sizes

Block	Addresses	Monthly capacity calculation
/24	256	256 × current per-address rate
/23	512	512 × current per-address rate
/22	1,024	1,024 × current per-address rate

For example, compare a /22 with four /24 blocks using the same term and service level. Both contain 1,024 addresses; routing arrangements and delivery needs may differ. The current pricing view lets you work from today's inputs rather than guess a 2026 market average.

What changes IPv4 lease pricing?

• Capacity and term: compare the same address quantity and rental period. Your initial rollout and next expansion need not be the same size.
• Delivery: identify the network, location and routing setup you need. LOA, IRR and RPKI arrangements matter because your customers need reachable services.
• Reputation and use: review address history against your workload. Email delivery, hosting and subscriber access have different operational needs.
• Support and continuity: compare response priorities, renewal arrangements and the help available when an upstream issue threatens service.

A lower unit price is valuable when the offer still delivers what your business needs. Comparing the complete service helps you avoid moving that apparent saving into engineering time or customer disruption.

Lease or buy: keep capital working for your business

Leasing turns a large acquisition outlay into a recurring capacity expense. That leaves more capital for servers, connectivity and customer growth. Buying deserves a full comparison too: acquisition cost, registry fees, administration and the cost of handling changes over the life of the deployment.

Paying a purchase price does not remove dependence on the registry layer. Holding addresses directly leaves your business facing that interface itself. With LARUS, the commercial argument goes further than spreading the payment: choose a first-party operator built to carry the upstream continuity burden while you serve your customers.

Look beyond the broker's price

A broker can arrange a transaction. Your customers need the network to keep running afterwards. Ask who actually supplies the addresses, who handles routing support and who stands behind renewal and continuity.

LARUS is a first-party IPv4 lessor. Its Continuity proposition is backed by Cloud Innovation's court-ordered statutory shareholder position in AFRINIC and the authorization supporting LARUS. The shareholder judgment and supporting documents explain that foundation. This is the distinction to bring into a price comparison: the operating structure behind your capacity, as well as the monthly rate.

Plan your next deployment with Unlimited IPv4

Use Unlimited IPv4 to plan around customer growth. Start with the capacity your rollout needs and choose the LARUS Continuity level that fits the importance of those services. Your team can focus on delivery while LARUS brings address supply, routing coordination and continuity into one relationship.

Keep IPv6 on your own service roadmap. Deploy it where it improves your network and customer experience; retain the IPv4 reach your services need. A lease decision can support both without an invented migration deadline.

Questions about IPv4 lease rates

What is the current price to lease an IPv4 address?

Use the live pricing page for your block size and chosen service level. Multiply the current per-address rate by the number of addresses and months, then include the selected Continuity component and any other quoted charges.

Is a larger block always cheaper per address?

Compare the actual quotes for your required quantity and term. A larger commitment only helps if it fits your rollout; include the cost of unused capacity when choosing the block size.

What should I prepare before choosing a plan?

Have your address count, deployment date, location and ASN ready. Add the services you want to run and the continuity level they need. That turns a price enquiry into a practical deployment conversation.