| IP source | Real home / mobile broadband assigned by local ISPs | Residential-registered ranges announced via BGP from data centers | Rotating pool of real residential connections worldwide | Cloud / data-center ASNs | Real devices on real carriers' 4G/5G networks |
| Fixed IP? | Fixed and exclusive (long-term monthly; short-term 1–24 hours per IP) | Fixed and exclusive (monthly) | Rotates per request or keeps a sticky session | Static DC IPs are fixed and exclusive (monthly); DC traffic is used per GB | Short-lived rotation; sticky sessions supported |
| Platform trust | Very high | High | High | Moderate: platforms can identify it as hosting | Very high, low platform risk |
| Speed / latency | Good, varies with the household line | Fast, enterprise backbone | Medium, varies by exit node | Very fast, low latency and high throughput | Depends on the mobile network; latency usually above fixed broadband |
| Billing | Long-term per IP per month; short-term in IP packs that never expire; traffic not metered | Per IP per month, traffic not metered | Per GB, or 30-day bandwidth plans with unmetered traffic | Per IP per month with unmetered traffic, or data-center traffic per GB | Per GB of traffic; packs never expire |
| Starting price | Long-term: From $5/IP/month · Short-term packs: From $0.17/IP | $4/IP/month | Traffic: From $0.8/GB · Bandwidth: From $980/30 days | Static: $3/IP/month · DC traffic: From $0.48/GB | From $1.6/GB (1,000 GB tier) |
| Good for | TikTok / social account nurturing, cross-border stores, ad accounts | Standard account management, e-commerce scraping, ad verification, market research | Web scraping, price / SERP monitoring, account sign-ups | Scraping low-protection sites, API access, bandwidth-heavy jobs | Short tasks: scraping, sign-ups and verification, one-off checkouts |
| Avoid for | Pure speed jobs, massive low-value scraping | Strict bank / payment risk checks | Accounts that need a long-term fixed identity | Social or e-commerce accounts on high-risk platforms | Stores, ad and payment accounts that need one IP long term |