Residential proxies
An ordinary connection,
wherever you need one.
Residential proxies explained
A residential proxy sends your request out through an address that belongs to a home internet connection. To the site you visit, it looks like an ordinary visitor in that country. Here is how they work, when they are worth the higher rate, and which tier fits.
From $1.50/GB · country targeting · HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 · credit never expires
What it is
A home address instead of a server address.
Every IP address belongs to a network, and sites can look up which kind. That one fact explains most of the difference between proxy types.
Where the address comes from
A residential IP is assigned by a consumer internet provider to a household. A datacenter IP is assigned to a hosting company. Sites can tell the two apart from public network records.
Why the address changes
Home connections come and go, so residential pools rotate by nature. You get a different exit per request unless you ask for a session, and even a session can move if the connection behind it drops.
Why location is the point
Because the exit sits on a real connection in a real country, you see what a local visitor sees: local prices, search results, adverts and availability.
Tiers
Five residential tiers, one balance.
The password you send picks the tier. Your key and balance stay the same, so you can use a cheaper tier for bulk work and a screened one where it matters.
| Tier | Password | What it adds | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | essential | Country targeting, best-effort sessions | $1.50/GB |
| Standard | standard | Timed sessions you control | $2.50/GB |
| CleanProxy™ | cleanproxy | IPs screened against reputation sources first | $3.50/GB |
| Sticky Clean | sticky_clean | A screened IP held across a sequence of requests | $3.50/GB |
| CleanProxy™ + Geo | cleanproxy_geo | State or city targeting (HTTP only) | $4/GB |
Is it the right type?
Worth the rate when the site looks at the address.
Residential traffic costs more per GB than datacenter traffic. Pay for it where it changes the outcome.
Good for
Sites that screen datacenter traffic. Checking prices, search results or adverts as a local visitor sees them. Multi-step flows that need a timed session.
Choose another type when
The site accepts datacenter traffic: Datacenter Rotating costs far less. You need one address that never changes: see ISP proxies. You need a carrier connection: see mobile proxies.
Honest limits
No tier guarantees one unchanged address. Sessions and narrow locations depend on available IPs. SOCKS5 does not carry UDP or state and city targeting.
Connect
One line to try it.
Replace YOUR_KEY with the key in your dashboard. The password picks the tier, the country and the session.
curl --proxy 'http://YOUR_KEY:[email protected]:3128' https://api.ipify.org # hold one exit for ten minutes with a named session: # standard_country-US_session-checkout1_ttl-10 # screened IPs: swap the tier # cleanproxy_country-GB
Answers
A few things worth knowing.
Are residential proxies better than datacenter proxies?+
They are better at one thing: being accepted by sites that screen datacenter addresses. They cost more per GB and are usually slower. If your target accepts datacenter traffic, use Datacenter Rotating and save the difference.
Can I keep the same residential IP?+
You can request a session, which asks for the same exit across requests for a set time. The connection behind it can still drop, and then the session moves to another IP. For an address that stays yours, see ISP proxies.
What does reputation screening do?+
CleanProxy tiers check each exit against multiple IP-reputation sources before your request uses it, and skip flagged ones. It helps on sites that weigh IP reputation. No tier guarantees that a particular website will accept your requests. Sites also weigh request patterns, account history and other signals.
How is it billed?+
Per GB at your chosen tier's rate, from one shared balance. Traffic in both directions plus a small per-connection overhead is metered. Proxy credit never expires.
Can I pick a city?+
CleanProxy + Geo supports state and city targeting through HTTP proxy headers, subject to available IPs. It is not available over SOCKS5. Every residential tier supports country targeting.
Start on a small balance.
Change tier any time.
Every residential tier uses the same key and the same balance. Change the password and send a request.