Choosing a proxy type
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Pick the line by how the target treats the address, not by price. Four proxy lines differ in where the address comes from, how it is billed, and whether it changes. Today ISP and datacenter can be ordered; residential and mobile are coming soon and cannot be ordered yet.
| Line | Address | Billed by | Changes? | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Residential (coming soon) |
Consumer ISP addresses of opted-in peers |
Traffic, per GB |
Can change with each connection |
Sites that score address reputation or vary by visitor |
Mobile (coming soon) |
Carrier-assigned addresses on mobile networks |
Traffic, per GB |
Can change with each connection |
Targets that treat mobile carriers differently |
ISP |
Static addresses belonging to consumer ISPs |
Address, per term |
No |
Long sessions, logins, allowlisted origins |
Datacenter |
Static addresses hosted in data centres |
Address, per term |
No |
High volume on targets that accept datacenter traffic |
Decision steps
- If a third party must allowlist your origin, or a workflow must keep one address for hours or days, choose ISP or datacenter.
- Between those two, choose ISP when the target expects consumer traffic, and datacenter when it accepts datacenter addresses.
- If the target varies by visitor or blocks static ranges, residential is the fit once it is available.
- Mobile fits only when the target behaves differently for mobile carrier traffic, once it is available.
Before committing
- ISP and datacenter can be ordered for a single month and a single address. Auto-buy is off on a new proxy, so it ends at the end of its term unless you switch auto-buy on. See Ordering ISP or datacenter proxies.
- Residential and mobile are billed by the GB with no monthly minimum.
Current rates are on the pricing page.