diff --git a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go
index e52ba4e7..4ebcc55c 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go
@@ -238,15 +238,15 @@ func getKeyFromWallet(w *wallet.Wallet, addrStr string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, erro
 
 // getEndpointAddress returns network address structure that stores multiaddr
 // inside, parsed from global arguments.
-func getEndpointAddress() (*network.Address, error) {
+func getEndpointAddress() (addr network.Address, err error) {
 	endpoint := viper.GetString("rpc")
 
-	addr, err := network.AddressFromString(endpoint)
+	err = addr.FromString(endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errInvalidEndpoint
+		err = errInvalidEndpoint
 	}
 
-	return addr, nil
+	return
 }
 
 // getSDKClient returns default neofs-api-go sdk client. Consider using
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
index 179a1104..ddd3f1cb 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ type cfg struct {
 
 	cfgNodeInfo cfgNodeInfo
 
-	localAddr *network.Address
+	localAddr network.Address
 
 	cfgObject cfgObject
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func initCfg(path string) *cfg {
 	return c
 }
 
-func (c *cfg) LocalAddress() *network.Address {
+func (c *cfg) LocalAddress() network.Address {
 	return c.localAddr
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config.go
index d794ba02..1e1f0bf8 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config.go
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ func Wallet(c *config.Config) *keys.PrivateKey {
 // from "node" section as network.Address.
 //
 // Panics if value is not a valid NeoFS network address
-func BootstrapAddress(c *config.Config) *network.Address {
+func BootstrapAddress(c *config.Config) (addr network.Address) {
 	v := config.StringSafe(c.Sub(subsection), "address")
 	if v == "" {
 		panic(errAddressNotSet)
 	}
 
-	addr, err := network.AddressFromString(v)
+	err := addr.FromString(v)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("could not convert bootstrap address %s to %T: %w", v, addr, err))
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config_test.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config_test.go
index 9c89df7b..d20c1b09 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/node/config_test.go
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ func TestNodeSection(t *testing.T) {
 		relay := Relay(c)
 		wKey := Wallet(c)
 
-		expectedAddr, err := network.AddressFromString("s01.neofs.devenv:8080")
+		var expectedAddr network.Address
+
+		err := expectedAddr.FromString("s01.neofs.devenv:8080")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.Equal(t, "NbUgTSFvPmsRxmGeWpuuGeJUoRoi6PErcM", key.Address())
-		require.Equal(t, true, addr.Equal(*expectedAddr))
+		require.Equal(t, true, addr.Equal(expectedAddr))
 		require.Equal(t, true, relay)
 
 		require.Len(t, attributes, 2)
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/container.go b/cmd/neofs-node/container.go
index 8dd79c58..c44da3dc 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/container.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/container.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ type remoteLoadAnnounceProvider struct {
 	loadAddrSrc network.LocalAddressSource
 
 	clientCache interface {
-		Get(*network.Address) (apiClient.Client, error)
+		Get(network.Address) (apiClient.Client, error)
 	}
 
 	deadEndProvider loadcontroller.WriterProvider
@@ -218,12 +218,14 @@ func (r *remoteLoadAnnounceProvider) InitRemote(srv loadroute.ServerInfo) (loadc
 
 	addr := srv.Address()
 
-	netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(addr)
+	var netAddr network.Address
+
+	err := netAddr.FromString(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not convert address to IP format: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if network.IsLocalAddress(r.loadAddrSrc, *netAddr) {
+	if network.IsLocalAddress(r.loadAddrSrc, netAddr) {
 		// if local => return no-op writer
 		return loadcontroller.SimpleWriterProvider(new(nopLoadWriter)), nil
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/object.go b/cmd/neofs-node/object.go
index 0dbd4647..bd5805d9 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/object.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/object.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ type reputationClientConstructor struct {
 	trustStorage *truststorage.Storage
 
 	basicConstructor interface {
-		Get(*network.Address) (client.Client, error)
+		Get(network.Address) (client.Client, error)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func (c *reputationClient) SearchObject(ctx context.Context, prm *client.SearchO
 	return ids, err
 }
 
-func (c *reputationClientConstructor) Get(addr *network.Address) (client.Client, error) {
+func (c *reputationClientConstructor) Get(addr network.Address) (client.Client, error) {
 	cl, err := c.basicConstructor.Get(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -501,9 +501,11 @@ func (c *reputationClientConstructor) Get(addr *network.Address) (client.Client,
 	nm, err := netmap.GetLatestNetworkMap(c.nmSrc)
 	if err == nil {
 		for i := range nm.Nodes {
-			netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(nm.Nodes[i].Address())
+			var netAddr network.Address
+
+			err := netAddr.FromString(nm.Nodes[i].Address())
 			if err == nil {
-				if netAddr.Equal(*addr) {
+				if netAddr.Equal(addr) {
 					prm := truststorage.UpdatePrm{}
 					prm.SetPeer(reputation.PeerIDFromBytes(nm.Nodes[i].PublicKey()))
 
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/reputation/common/remote.go b/cmd/neofs-node/reputation/common/remote.go
index 7c11da30..5c4c88d5 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/reputation/common/remote.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/reputation/common/remote.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type clientCache interface {
-	Get(*network.Address) (apiClient.Client, error)
+	Get(network.Address) (apiClient.Client, error)
 }
 
 // clientKeyRemoteProvider must provide remote writer and take into account
@@ -72,12 +72,14 @@ func (rtp *remoteTrustProvider) InitRemote(srv reputationcommon.ServerInfo) (rep
 
 	addr := srv.Address()
 
-	netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(addr)
+	var netAddr network.Address
+
+	err := netAddr.FromString(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not convert address to IP format: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if network.IsLocalAddress(rtp.localAddrSrc, *netAddr) {
+	if network.IsLocalAddress(rtp.localAddrSrc, netAddr) {
 		// if local => return no-op writer
 		return trustcontroller.SimpleWriterProvider(new(NopReputationWriter)), nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go
index 44169dfa..c3a78fa7 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/process.go
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ func (ap *Processor) findStorageGroups(cid *cid.ID, shuffled netmap.Nodes) []*ob
 			zap.Int("total_tries", ln),
 		)
 
-		netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(shuffled[i].Address())
+		var netAddr network.Address
+
+		err := netAddr.FromString(shuffled[i].Address())
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Warn("can't parse remote address", zap.String("error", err.Error()))
 
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go
index a5d41b86..23ef5259 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/processors/audit/processor.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type (
 
 	// NeoFSClientCache is an interface for cache of neofs RPC clients
 	NeoFSClientCache interface {
-		Get(address *network.Address) (SDKClient.Client, error)
+		Get(address network.Address) (SDKClient.Client, error)
 	}
 
 	TaskManager interface {
diff --git a/pkg/innerring/rpc.go b/pkg/innerring/rpc.go
index c1dbe82f..ade22dbd 100644
--- a/pkg/innerring/rpc.go
+++ b/pkg/innerring/rpc.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type (
 	ClientCache struct {
 		log   *zap.Logger
 		cache interface {
-			Get(address *network.Address) (client.Client, error)
+			Get(address network.Address) (client.Client, error)
 			CloseAll()
 		}
 		key *ecdsa.PrivateKey
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func newClientCache(p *clientCacheParams) *ClientCache {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *ClientCache) Get(address *network.Address) (client.Client, error) {
+func (c *ClientCache) Get(address network.Address) (client.Client, error) {
 	// Because cache is used by `ClientCache` exclusively,
 	// client will always have valid key.
 	return c.cache.Get(address)
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ func (c *ClientCache) getSG(ctx context.Context, addr *object.Address, nm *netma
 	getParams.WithAddress(addr)
 
 	for _, node := range placement.FlattenNodes(nodes) {
-		netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(node.Address())
+		var netAddr network.Address
+
+		err := netAddr.FromString(node.Address())
 		if err != nil {
 			c.log.Warn("can't parse remote address",
 				zap.String("address", node.Address()),
@@ -137,7 +139,9 @@ func (c *ClientCache) GetHeader(task *audit.Task, node *netmap.Node, id *object.
 	headParams.WithMainFields()
 	headParams.WithAddress(objAddress)
 
-	netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(node.Address())
+	var netAddr network.Address
+
+	err := netAddr.FromString(node.Address())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't parse remote address %s: %w", node.Address(), err)
 	}
@@ -173,7 +177,9 @@ func (c *ClientCache) GetRangeHash(task *audit.Task, node *netmap.Node, id *obje
 	rangeParams.WithRangeList(rng)
 	rangeParams.WithSalt(nil) // it MUST be nil for correct hash concatenation in PDP game
 
-	netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(node.Address())
+	var netAddr network.Address
+
+	err := netAddr.FromString(node.Address())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't parse remote address %s: %w", node.Address(), err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/network/address.go b/pkg/network/address.go
index 8eb8a0ce..b18987ff 100644
--- a/pkg/network/address.go
+++ b/pkg/network/address.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type Address struct {
 // LocalAddressSource is an interface of local
 // network address container with read access.
 type LocalAddressSource interface {
-	LocalAddress() *Address
+	LocalAddress() Address
 }
 
 // String returns multiaddr string.
@@ -57,26 +57,21 @@ func (a Address) HostAddr() string {
 	return host
 }
 
-// AddressFromString restores address from a string representation.
+// FromString restores Address from a string representation.
 //
 // Supports MultiAddr and HostAddr strings.
-func AddressFromString(s string) (*Address, error) {
-	ma, err := multiaddr.NewMultiaddr(s)
+func (a *Address) FromString(s string) error {
+	var err error
+
+	a.ma, err = multiaddr.NewMultiaddr(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		s, err = multiaddrStringFromHostAddr(s)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		ma, err = multiaddr.NewMultiaddr(s) // don't want recursion there
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		if err == nil {
+			a.ma, err = multiaddr.NewMultiaddr(s)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return &Address{
-		ma: ma,
-	}, nil
+	return err
 }
 
 // multiaddrStringFromHostAddr converts "localhost:8080" to "/dns4/localhost/tcp/8080"
diff --git a/pkg/network/address_test.go b/pkg/network/address_test.go
index ee7167f0..91f606a8 100644
--- a/pkg/network/address_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/address_test.go
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ func TestAddressFromString(t *testing.T) {
 			{"[2004:eb1::1]:8080", buildMultiaddr("/ip6/2004:eb1::1/tcp/8080", t)},
 		}
 
+		var addr Address
+
 		for _, testcase := range testcases {
-			addr, err := AddressFromString(testcase.inp)
+			err := addr.FromString(testcase.inp)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Equal(t, testcase.exp, addr.ma, testcase.inp)
 		}
@@ -68,14 +70,18 @@ func buildMultiaddr(s string, t *testing.T) multiaddr.Multiaddr {
 func TestAddress_WriteToNodeInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	a := "127.0.0.1:8080"
 
-	addr, err := AddressFromString(a)
+	var addr Address
+
+	err := addr.FromString(a)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	var ni netmap.NodeInfo
 
 	addr.WriteToNodeInfo(&ni)
 
-	restored, err := AddressFromString(ni.Address())
+	var restored Address
+
+	err = restored.FromString(ni.Address())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, restored.Equal(*addr))
+	require.True(t, restored.Equal(addr))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/network/cache/client.go b/pkg/network/cache/client.go
index bc815289..225f83bb 100644
--- a/pkg/network/cache/client.go
+++ b/pkg/network/cache/client.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func NewSDKClientCache(opts ...client.Option) *ClientCache {
 }
 
 // Get function returns existing client or creates a new one.
-func (c *ClientCache) Get(netAddr *network.Address) (client.Client, error) {
+func (c *ClientCache) Get(netAddr network.Address) (client.Client, error) {
 	// multiaddr is used as a key in client cache since
 	// same host may have different connections(with tls or not),
 	// therefore, host+port pair is not unique
diff --git a/pkg/network/tls_test.go b/pkg/network/tls_test.go
index 2f00dad6..122568b3 100644
--- a/pkg/network/tls_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/tls_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ func TestAddress_AddTLS(t *testing.T) {
 
 		addr.AddTLS()
 
-		netAddr, err := AddressFromString(test.want)
+		var netAddr Address
+
+		err := netAddr.FromString(test.want)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		require.True(t, netAddr.Equal(addr), test.input)
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/get/exec.go b/pkg/services/object/get/exec.go
index bfe1ebb4..6848aa42 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/get/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/get/exec.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func (exec *execCtx) headChild(id *objectSDK.ID) (*object.Object, bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (exec execCtx) remoteClient(node *network.Address) (getClient, bool) {
+func (exec execCtx) remoteClient(node network.Address) (getClient, bool) {
 	log := exec.log.With(zap.Stringer("node", node))
 
 	c, err := exec.svc.clientCache.get(node)
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/get/get_test.go b/pkg/services/object/get/get_test.go
index 5a0c3d90..549afd61 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/get/get_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/get/get_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (p *testPlacementBuilder) BuildPlacement(addr *objectSDK.Address, _ *netmap
 	return vs, nil
 }
 
-func (c *testClientCache) get(mAddr *network.Address) (getClient, error) {
+func (c *testClientCache) get(mAddr network.Address) (getClient, error) {
 	v, ok := c.clients[mAddr.HostAddr()]
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errors.New("could not construct client")
@@ -406,8 +406,9 @@ func testNodeMatrix(t testing.TB, dim []int) ([]netmap.Nodes, [][]string) {
 				strconv.Itoa(60000+j),
 			)
 
-			var err error
-			na, err := network.AddressFromString(a)
+			var na network.Address
+
+			err := na.FromString(a)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			as[j] = na.HostAddr()
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/get/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/get/remote.go
index 9de21b64..acea51f6 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/get/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/get/remote.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-func (exec *execCtx) processNode(ctx context.Context, addr *network.Address) bool {
+func (exec *execCtx) processNode(ctx context.Context, addr network.Address) bool {
 	log := exec.log.With(zap.Stringer("remote node", addr))
 
 	log.Debug("processing node...")
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/get/service.go b/pkg/services/object/get/service.go
index 1244c006..ab8d51e8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/get/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/get/service.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type cfg struct {
 	}
 
 	clientCache interface {
-		get(*network.Address) (getClient, error)
+		get(network.Address) (getClient, error)
 	}
 
 	traverserGenerator interface {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func WithLocalStorageEngine(e *engine.StorageEngine) Option {
 }
 
 type ClientConstructor interface {
-	Get(*network.Address) (client.Client, error)
+	Get(network.Address) (client.Client, error)
 }
 
 // WithClientConstructor returns option to set constructor of remote node clients.
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/get/util.go b/pkg/services/object/get/util.go
index a8dee7f7..72578458 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/get/util.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/get/util.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *SimpleObjectWriter) Object() *object.Object {
 	return s.obj.Object()
 }
 
-func (c *clientCacheWrapper) get(addr *network.Address) (getClient, error) {
+func (c *clientCacheWrapper) get(addr network.Address) (getClient, error) {
 	clt, err := c.cache.Get(addr)
 
 	return &clientWrapper{
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
index 088e4f11..921a35a4 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ClientConstructor interface {
-	Get(*network.Address) (client.Client, error)
+	Get(network.Address) (client.Client, error)
 }
 
 // RemoteHeader represents utility for getting
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type RemoteHeader struct {
 type RemoteHeadPrm struct {
 	commonHeadPrm *Prm
 
-	node *network.Address
+	node network.Address
 }
 
 var ErrNotFound = errors.New("object header not found")
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func NewRemoteHeader(keyStorage *util.KeyStorage, cache ClientConstructor) *Remo
 }
 
 // WithNodeAddress sets network address of the remote node.
-func (p *RemoteHeadPrm) WithNodeAddress(v *network.Address) *RemoteHeadPrm {
+func (p *RemoteHeadPrm) WithNodeAddress(v network.Address) *RemoteHeadPrm {
 	if p != nil {
 		p.node = v
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/put/distributed.go b/pkg/services/object/put/distributed.go
index e302cf1a..eed9c9bd 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/put/distributed.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/put/distributed.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ type distributedTarget struct {
 
 	chunks [][]byte
 
-	nodeTargetInitializer func(*network.Address) transformer.ObjectTarget
+	nodeTargetInitializer func(network.Address) transformer.ObjectTarget
 
-	relay func(*network.Address) error
+	relay func(network.Address) error
 
 	fmt *object.FormatValidator
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (t *distributedTarget) Close() (*transformer.AccessIdentifiers, error) {
 	return t.iteratePlacement(t.sendObject)
 }
 
-func (t *distributedTarget) sendObject(addr *network.Address) error {
+func (t *distributedTarget) sendObject(addr network.Address) error {
 	if t.relay != nil {
 		err := t.relay(addr)
 		if err == nil || !errors.Is(err, errLocalAddress) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (t *distributedTarget) sendObject(addr *network.Address) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (t *distributedTarget) iteratePlacement(f func(*network.Address) error) (*transformer.AccessIdentifiers, error) {
+func (t *distributedTarget) iteratePlacement(f func(network.Address) error) (*transformer.AccessIdentifiers, error) {
 	traverser, err := placement.NewTraverser(
 		append(t.traverseOpts, placement.ForObject(t.obj.ID()))...,
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go
index 2d1a710f..33e790b1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/put/remote.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type remoteTarget struct {
 
 	commonPrm *util.CommonPrm
 
-	addr *network.Address
+	addr network.Address
 
 	obj *object.Object
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type RemoteSender struct {
 
 // RemotePutPrm groups remote put operation parameters.
 type RemotePutPrm struct {
-	node *network.Address
+	node network.Address
 
 	obj *object.Object
 }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func NewRemoteSender(keyStorage *util.KeyStorage, cons ClientConstructor) *Remot
 }
 
 // WithNodeAddress sets network address of the remote node.
-func (p *RemotePutPrm) WithNodeAddress(v *network.Address) *RemotePutPrm {
+func (p *RemotePutPrm) WithNodeAddress(v network.Address) *RemotePutPrm {
 	if p != nil {
 		p.node = v
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/put/service.go b/pkg/services/object/put/service.go
index a34d10d0..d010226d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/put/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/put/service.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type Service struct {
 type Option func(*cfg)
 
 type ClientConstructor interface {
-	Get(*network.Address) (client.Client, error)
+	Get(network.Address) (client.Client, error)
 }
 
 type cfg struct {
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/put/streamer.go b/pkg/services/object/put/streamer.go
index afdbe946..459fdfca 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/put/streamer.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/put/streamer.go
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ func (p *Streamer) preparePrm(prm *PutInitPrm) error {
 var errLocalAddress = errors.New("can't relay to local address")
 
 func (p *Streamer) newCommonTarget(prm *PutInitPrm) transformer.ObjectTarget {
-	var relay func(*network.Address) error
+	var relay func(network.Address) error
 	if p.relay != nil {
-		relay = func(addr *network.Address) error {
-			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, *addr) {
+		relay = func(addr network.Address) error {
+			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, addr) {
 				return errLocalAddress
 			}
 
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ func (p *Streamer) newCommonTarget(prm *PutInitPrm) transformer.ObjectTarget {
 	return &distributedTarget{
 		traverseOpts: prm.traverseOpts,
 		workerPool:   p.workerPool,
-		nodeTargetInitializer: func(addr *network.Address) transformer.ObjectTarget {
-			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, *addr) {
+		nodeTargetInitializer: func(addr network.Address) transformer.ObjectTarget {
+			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, addr) {
 				return &localTarget{
 					storage: p.localStore,
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/search/exec.go b/pkg/services/object/search/exec.go
index 4de46dc8..75fababa 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/search/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/search/exec.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (exec *execCtx) generateTraverser(cid *cid.ID) (*placement.Traverser, bool)
 	}
 }
 
-func (exec execCtx) remoteClient(node *network.Address) (searchClient, bool) {
+func (exec execCtx) remoteClient(node network.Address) (searchClient, bool) {
 	log := exec.log.With(zap.Stringer("node", node))
 
 	c, err := exec.svc.clientConstructor.get(node)
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go
index c5db7bdb..cdf8ed70 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/search/remote.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-func (exec *execCtx) processNode(ctx context.Context, addr *network.Address) {
+func (exec *execCtx) processNode(ctx context.Context, addr network.Address) {
 	log := exec.log.With(zap.Stringer("remote node", addr))
 
 	log.Debug("processing node...")
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/search/search_test.go b/pkg/services/object/search/search_test.go
index 1b2aa94d..827d9899 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/search/search_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/search/search_test.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (p *testPlacementBuilder) BuildPlacement(addr *objectSDK.Address, _ *netmap
 	return res, nil
 }
 
-func (c *testClientCache) get(mAddr *network.Address) (searchClient, error) {
+func (c *testClientCache) get(mAddr network.Address) (searchClient, error) {
 	v, ok := c.clients[mAddr.HostAddr()]
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errors.New("could not construct client")
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ func testNodeMatrix(t testing.TB, dim []int) ([]netmap.Nodes, [][]string) {
 				strconv.Itoa(60000+j),
 			)
 
-			var err error
-			na, err := network.AddressFromString(a)
+			var na network.Address
+
+			err := na.FromString(a)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			as[j] = na.HostAddr()
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/search/service.go b/pkg/services/object/search/service.go
index 7b244261..5b03c105 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/search/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/search/service.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type searchClient interface {
 }
 
 type ClientConstructor interface {
-	Get(*network.Address) (client.Client, error)
+	Get(network.Address) (client.Client, error)
 }
 
 type cfg struct {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type cfg struct {
 	}
 
 	clientConstructor interface {
-		get(*network.Address) (searchClient, error)
+		get(network.Address) (searchClient, error)
 	}
 
 	traverserGenerator interface {
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/search/util.go b/pkg/services/object/search/util.go
index ba8c253a..c1f5c4e9 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/search/util.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/search/util.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (w *uniqueIDWriter) WriteIDs(list []*objectSDK.ID) error {
 	return w.writer.WriteIDs(list)
 }
 
-func (c *clientConstructorWrapper) get(addr *network.Address) (searchClient, error) {
+func (c *clientConstructorWrapper) get(addr network.Address) (searchClient, error) {
 	clt, err := c.constructor.Get(addr)
 
 	return &clientWrapper{
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/util/log.go b/pkg/services/object/util/log.go
index e01503b3..7f90e3be 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/util/log.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/util/log.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // LogServiceError writes debug error message of object service to provided logger.
-func LogServiceError(l *logger.Logger, req string, node *network.Address, err error) {
+func LogServiceError(l *logger.Logger, req string, node network.Address, err error) {
 	l.Debug("object service error",
 		zap.Stringer("node", node),
 		zap.String("request", req),
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/util/placement.go b/pkg/services/object/util/placement.go
index 787e7cf2..e7a9b423 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/util/placement.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/util/placement.go
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ func (p *localPlacement) BuildPlacement(addr *object.Address, policy *netmapSDK.
 
 	for i := range vs {
 		for j := range vs[i] {
-			addr, err := network.AddressFromString(vs[i][j].Address())
+			var addr network.Address
+
+			err := addr.FromString(vs[i][j].Address())
 			if err != nil {
 				// TODO: log error
 				continue
 			}
 
-			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, *addr) {
+			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, addr) {
 				return []netmapSDK.Nodes{{vs[i][j]}}, nil
 			}
 		}
@@ -82,13 +84,15 @@ func (p *remotePlacement) BuildPlacement(addr *object.Address, policy *netmapSDK
 
 	for i := range vs {
 		for j := 0; j < len(vs[i]); j++ {
-			addr, err := network.AddressFromString(vs[i][j].Address())
+			var addr network.Address
+
+			err := addr.FromString(vs[i][j].Address())
 			if err != nil {
 				// TODO: log error
 				continue
 			}
 
-			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, *addr) {
+			if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, addr) {
 				vs[i] = append(vs[i][:j], vs[i][j+1:]...)
 				j--
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go
index 336951fe..23511e89 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func flatNodes(ns []netmap.Nodes) []netmap.Nodes {
 // Next returns next unprocessed address of the object placement.
 //
 // Returns nil if no nodes left or traversal operation succeeded.
-func (t *Traverser) Next() []*network.Address {
+func (t *Traverser) Next() []network.Address {
 	t.mtx.Lock()
 	defer t.mtx.Unlock()
 
@@ -139,16 +139,14 @@ func (t *Traverser) Next() []*network.Address {
 		count = len(t.vectors[0])
 	}
 
-	addrs := make([]*network.Address, 0, count)
+	addrs := make([]network.Address, count)
 
 	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
-		addr, err := network.AddressFromString(t.vectors[0][i].Address())
+		err := addrs[i].FromString(t.vectors[0][i].Address())
 		if err != nil {
 			// TODO: log error
 			return nil
 		}
-
-		addrs = append(addrs, addr)
 	}
 
 	t.vectors[0] = t.vectors[0][count:]
diff --git a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser_test.go b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser_test.go
index a3bb48a8..18206296 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object_manager/placement/traverser_test.go
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ func testPlacement(t *testing.T, ss, rs []int) ([]netmap.Nodes, *container.Conta
 	return nodes, container.New(container.WithPolicy(policy))
 }
 
-func assertSameAddress(t *testing.T, ni *netmap.NodeInfo, addr *network.Address) {
-	netAddr, err := network.AddressFromString(ni.Address())
+func assertSameAddress(t *testing.T, ni *netmap.NodeInfo, addr network.Address) {
+	var netAddr network.Address
+
+	err := netAddr.FromString(ni.Address())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, netAddr.Equal(*addr))
+	require.True(t, netAddr.Equal(addr))
 }
 
 func TestTraverserObjectScenarios(t *testing.T) {
@@ -122,10 +124,12 @@ func TestTraverserObjectScenarios(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NotNil(t, tr.Next())
 		}
 
-		n, err := network.AddressFromString(nodes[1][0].Address())
+		var n network.Address
+
+		err = n.FromString(nodes[1][0].Address())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		require.Equal(t, []*network.Address{n}, tr.Next())
+		require.Equal(t, []network.Address{n}, tr.Next())
 	})
 
 	t.Run("put scenario", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/services/policer/check.go b/pkg/services/policer/check.go
index 6ba2f9cf..800d2845 100644
--- a/pkg/services/policer/check.go
+++ b/pkg/services/policer/check.go
@@ -61,14 +61,16 @@ func (p *Policer) processNodes(ctx context.Context, addr *object.Address, nodes
 
 		log := p.log.With(zap.String("node", netAddr))
 
-		node, err := network.AddressFromString(netAddr)
+		var node network.Address
+
+		err := node.FromString(netAddr)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("could not parse network address")
 
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, *node) {
+		if network.IsLocalAddress(p.localAddrSrc, node) {
 			if shortage == 0 {
 				// we can call the redundant copy callback
 				// here to slightly improve the performance
diff --git a/pkg/services/replicator/process.go b/pkg/services/replicator/process.go
index c68d305f..693f50cc 100644
--- a/pkg/services/replicator/process.go
+++ b/pkg/services/replicator/process.go
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ func (p *Replicator) handleTask(ctx context.Context, task *Task) {
 
 		log := p.log.With(zap.String("node", netAddr))
 
-		node, err := network.AddressFromString(netAddr)
+		var node network.Address
+
+		err := node.FromString(netAddr)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("could not parse network address")