Lease vs. Buy: What’s Best for Your Operation?
The question of whether to buy IPv4 address blocks or lease them is not always black and white. Purchasing IPs may seem like a one-time investment, but given the inflated market value and rapid technological evolution, locking capital into an asset like IPv4 may not be strategic unless your long-term use is guaranteed.
On the flip side, a static IP lease allows businesses to maintain consistent IP allocations for services that require reliability—like VoIP, VPNs, or secure backend systems—without owning the underlying resource. For instance, if you're running an email infrastructure, the ability to rent IP for mail server usage with clean reputational history is crucial. Leased IPs can offer this benefit at a lower entry cost.