Residential vs Datacenter vs Free Proxies

How do residential, datacenter and free proxies differ — and which one do you actually need?

ResidentialDatacenterFree Proxy
IP sourceReal home devices from consumer ISPsServers in data centersPublic servers from open lists — origin unknown
IP reputationHighest — looks like a real visitorGood — slightly lower than residentialPoor — often already blacklisted
Blocking riskLow, even on strict sitesHigh on strict sitesVery high
IP rotationEvery request or sticky for 30 minutesStatic or manualUnpredictable — IPs die fast
Typical pricingUsually per GB; ours is flat monthly with unlimited bandwidthPer IP or per GB$0, but slow and unstable
Best forWeb scraping, social media, strict websitesSpeed and high volume on lenient sitesLight personal use — try our free proxy list

Our rotating proxy service offers both types in one pool: 11471 proxies in total, including 951 residential IPs.

Best Residential Proxy Providers Compared

How our unlimited-bandwidth plan stacks up against popular residential proxy vendors. Approximate starting prices as of October 2026 — check vendor sites for current pricing.

ProviderStarting priceBillingBandwidth
NetNutfrom ~$8/GBPay per GBMetered
Bright Datafrom ~$5/GBPay per GBMetered
Oxylabsfrom ~$4.5/GBPay per GBMetered
Smartproxy (Decodo)from ~$2.2/GBPay per GBMetered
Free-Proxy-List.net$29.97/monthFlat monthlyUnlimited

What Are Residential Proxies Used For?

Three common scenarios where a real home IP makes the difference

Web Scraping

Strict sites such as Google, Amazon and social networks block datacenter IPs quickly. Residential IPs look like normal visitors, so your scraping scripts meet fewer CAPTCHAs and bans.

Social Media & Ads

Manage multiple social accounts, check ads and verify how campaigns look in different countries. A home IP keeps your accounts from being flagged as bot traffic.

Geo Testing

The country filter lets you pick IPs from the US, UK, Germany and more, so you can test geo-targeted content, prices and local search results from a real user's point of view.

Need more? Learn about our rotating proxy service or browse the free proxy list.

How it works

Gateway proxy redirects requests to new IPs in the proxy pool, then to the target

Rotating Proxy

Guide

How to use our rotating proxy with your software?

Usage

Use it in fast rotating mode, slow rotating mode, or both

Slow Rotating Mode

The real IPs behind the slow rotating ports change every 30 mins. If you want to change IP at once, just use a new port.

Fast Rotating Mode

Rotate IP for every request. You can use it in traffic software or scraping scripts. Here is a quick guide.

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Pricing

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MonthlyYearly 2 Months Free

Rotating 5M
$99.97999.7
per monthyear
High Speed (5X)
100 Threads
Unlimited Bandwidth
11471 Premium IPs
951 Residential IPs
HTTP(S) & SOCKS5
5 Whitelist IPs
Rotating 2M Most Popular
$49.97499.7
per monthyear
Medium Speed (2X)
40 Threads
Unlimited Bandwidth
11471 Premium IPs
951 Residential IPs
HTTP(S) & SOCKS5
2 Whitelist IPs
Rotating 1M
$29.97299.7
per monthyear
Low Speed (1X)
20 Threads
Unlimited Bandwidth
11471 Premium IPs
951 Residential IPs
HTTP(S) & SOCKS5
1 Whitelist IP

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions about our rotating proxy

Our own 11471 premium proxies in 1348 networks in 66 countries, including 951 residential IPs.

Those proxies are stable and always working. Their success rate is 99%. If a website blocks datacenter IPs, you can use our Residential Proxy pool.

Here is the speed of each package.

  • 1M package - 1Mbps = 128 KB/s
  • 2M package - 2Mbps = 256 KB/s
  • 5M package - 5Mbps = 640 KB/s

What is 1Mbps? It is the traffic speed, 1 million bits per second.

We don't meter the traffic you used.

Short answer: "40 threads" means you can use 40 proxies every second.

Detailed answer: Threads mean concurrent connections. One connection usually lasts one second for a web page but a few minutes for a video. So you may need more threads for videos.

Some software only supports HTTP(S) proxy and some only supports Socks proxy.

If your software supports both, HTTP(S) is recommended.

Our rotating proxy service supports two authentication methods.

  • Username/Password: You can use this method if your IP changes from time to time.
  • Whitelist IP: You can use this method if your program doesn't support the user/pass method.

You can choose the authentication method as you like.

1. Whitelist your IP for "IP Authentication" in the client area.
Otherwise, the proxy will deny your requests.

2. Input that proxy to the proxy option of your software.
Proxy IP: (get from the client area)
Proxy Port: 2000 (HTTP) or 3000 (SOCKS5)

3. How to check the real proxy IP behind that proxy?
Use that proxy to surf this show-my-IP page: http://ifconfig.co

Since the proxy rotates IP every second, you will see a new IP every time.

4. Here are more detailed tutorials for you.

We provide 500 slow-rotating ports 2001~2500 that rotate IPs every 30 minutes. You can use one of them for 3 minutes and then change to the next.

If you want to rotate IP every second, please use the fast-rotating port 2000.

No, our proxies don't support mailing. We block SMTP ports 25, 587, and 465. By the way, we are not aware of any proxy vendor that sells mailing proxies.

Rotating Open Proxy uses public proxies that are unstable. Only 60% of your requests to it will succeed. Rotating Premium Proxy is stable. Its success rate is 99%.

Here are more details, including their supported websites. View its Point 9 (Open vs. Premium).

Yes. Our rotating proxy pool now includes 951 residential proxies besides the datacenter ones, at no extra cost. If a website blocks datacenter proxies, you can use our residential proxies.

No, they are shared, not exclusive.

You can buy a 3-day refundable trial to check whether it works for your target website.

We provide a 15-day money-back guarantee. If not satisfied, you can request a full refund.

The backend IPs are in 66 countries. You can filter the proxy country roughly. We support these options.

  • All Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Europe
  • USA & Europe
  • Asia
  • South America
  • Other Countries

If you want to choose IPs for a specific country, please follow this instruction.

No. We only update a small portion of the proxy pool every day. Major updates are made occasionally.

No. Your two licenses will use the same proxy pool as we only have one.

However, you can get more speed and threads with two licenses.

The IPs in A.B.C.0 ~ A.B.C.255 (ex. 11.22.33.0 ~ 11.22.33.255) are in the same subnet.

It's easy for websites to trace or block IPs from the same subnet.

Other vendors usually sell 10K proxies in 50 subnets. Our subnets are much more.

Our service is worth the price.

1. Each datacenter proxy usually charges $1+/month. Residential proxies usually charge $4+/GB.

We provide 11471 proxies (including 951 Residential proxies) at $29.97/month. Each proxy charges less than $0.003, with unlimited bandwidth.

2. Other vendors usually sell 10K proxies in 50 subnets. We sell 11471 proxies in 1348 subnets.

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Statistics

We have 11471 premium proxies in 66 countries

Total 11471 IPs in 1348 Subnets in 66 Countries
Total11471Subnet 1348Google1268Residential951Europe3893Asia4236
LatAm196
US
3177
KR
2639
RU
795
SE
633
IN
597
DE
382
FR
314
NL
259
CA
215
GB
155
TW
155
FI
153
HK
138
AU
121
RO
118
IT
95
ES
93
BR
93
TR
84
SG
84
CH
83
TH
79
PL
78
CN
76
ID
69
AE
69
VN
68
UA
60
JP
60
NO
42
CO
35
MY
27
DK
26
AR
26Others373

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