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Managed static IPs and encrypted proxies, $71K a month, self-reported in 2023: built for APIs

QuotaGuard provides managed static IP and encrypted proxy services for cloud applications, APIs, databases, AI agents, and automation platforms. Its $71K a month was founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of March 2023.

What it actually sells

QuotaGuard sells managed static IP and encrypted proxy services for cloud applications, AI agents, APIs, databases, and automation platforms. Its service provides fixed inbound and outbound IP addresses for applications, APIs, databases, payments, and customer firewalls.

The service supports HTTP, HTTPS CONNECT, and SOCKS5 proxy protocols. It offers load-balanced IP pairs, health checks, automatic failover, US-only and EU-only data-residency routing, and integrations with Heroku, AWS, Azure, GCP, Render, n8n, and Zapier.

How it charges

QuotaGuard shows static plans starting at $19 per month, billed monthly. The site also offers free trials on its plans, with the message: "Free trial, no contract, cancel anytime."

Where customers come from

The site publishes a QuotaGuard Static IP Blog with security, compliance, engineering, tutorial, and integration content. It documents integrations with Heroku, AWS, Azure, GCP, Render, n8n, and Zapier, publishes current service-status information, and offers free trials on its plans.

What stands out

QuotaGuard says it has been trusted by thousands of engineers since 2013. It claims 99.95% historic uptime, no forced IP changes in 12 years, and billions of requests processed.

The service is presented for apps in production handling daily API calls and database connections. It combines static IPs, multiple proxy protocols, load-balanced pairs, health checks, automatic failover, and US-only or EU-only routing.

From the official site

For apps in production handling daily API calls and database connections
Give your application stable outbound IPs for APIs, databases, payments, and customer firewalls.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

QuotaGuard's $71K a month is higher than 85% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

My view is that this needs real work. The buyer is an engineering team running production cloud apps, AI workflows, regulated workloads, or automation platforms that depend on stable inbound and outbound IP addresses. Demand would come from teams managing recurring API calls and database connections, while distribution would need to reach developers through technical content, integration documentation, platform ecosystems, and trials.

The difficult parts are operational reliability, IP management, proxy compatibility, data-residency routing, security, and support for production workloads. A new entrant would also face competition from established infrastructure and proxy providers. My view is that regulation and support load would need careful attention for regulated workloads and teams relying on the service in production.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

The clearest takeaway is to look at the infrastructure a specific technical workflow depends on. QuotaGuard is aimed at production applications that need stable IP addresses, documented integrations, routing options, health checks, failover, and visible service status.

Sources

  1. QuotaGuard official website, fetched October 1, 2026
  2. QuotaGuard pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
  3. QuotaGuard about page, fetched October 1, 2026
  4. Indie Hackers product page: revenue founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of March 2023

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure

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