Selection guide · 5 proxy types

Proxy types compared: which proxy should you use?

NexIP offers five proxy IP types: Native Residential, Broadcast Residential, Dynamic Residential, Datacenter and Mobile Device IPs. They differ in where the IP comes from, whether it stays fixed, how much platforms trust it, speed and billing. Start with the use-case picks, then read the key differences so each job gets the right IP.

  • By use case: which IP to use for stores, social media, payments, scraping, ads and testing
  • Key differences: static vs rotating, residential vs datacenter, mobile vs residential, and three billing models
  • Four questions to decide: fixed identity, how strict the platform is, how much traffic, and budget vs trust

Pick a proxy by use case

Find the job closest to yours. The first pick on each card is the recommended type, the second an alternative, with notes on why it fits and what to avoid.

Show use cases by business type

E-commerce

A dedicated IP per Amazon / Shopee store

Log in to each seller account from one fixed IP in its registration country, so the login history stays consistent and every store has its own network environment.

Recommended

WhyNative residential IPs come from real home broadband, fixed and dedicated with no traffic caps, which suits high-revenue stores on strict platforms. Broadcast residential IPs cover new or secondary stores on a tighter budget. Avoid rotating or datacenter IPs for seller logins, never share one IP across stores, and follow each marketplace's multi-account rules.

Static IP pricing

Account sign-ups and email / SMS / login verification

Registration, email or SMS checks and login verification usually finish quickly, but the IP must stay the same throughout and is not needed afterwards.

Recommended

WhyMobile IPs come from real carriers' 4G/5G networks with a low platform risk; a sign-up or verification fits inside one sticky session and uses little traffic. If the flow needs one IP for hours, switch to short-term native residential IPs (each dedicated for 1–24 hours, from $0.17/IP). If the account will run long term, register it on the long-term IP you plan to keep. Not for mass fake sign-ups.

Mobile traffic pricing

Social media

TikTok live and short-video accounts

TikTok reads IP, time zone, language and device together to decide an account's market, so each account should stay in its target country.

Recommended

WhyBind each account to a long-term native residential IP in its target country; billing is per IP with no traffic caps, so live streaming is not charged per GB. Mobile IPs are short-lived rotating IPs, so they cannot serve as an account's long-term fixed IP. Datacenter IPs are easily flagged and not recommended for account work.

Static IP pricing

Forums, communities and standard social accounts

Brands running official accounts on forums, Q&A sites or social platforms with moderate risk checks need one fixed exit per account.

Recommended

WhyBroadcast residential IPs carry residential registration, run fast and cost $4/IP/month, which keeps costs manageable across many accounts. For TikTok, Instagram and other demanding platforms or high-value accounts, switch to native residential IPs.

Static IP pricing

Payments & account security

Logging in to your own PayPal / Stripe accounts

Sellers log in to their own payout and payment accounts over months to check balances, withdrawals and reconciliations; these platforms react to changing environments and datacenter IPs, so the login IP should stay the same.

Recommended

WhyKeep each account on one long-term native residential IP in its usual region (From $5/IP/month) so the login history stays consistent. Mobile IPs are short-lived rotating IPs, so they do not suit payout accounts that need a long-term fixed IP; use them only for a one-off verification the account owner completes in one session. Avoid datacenter and broadcast IPs. Your own or your company's accounts only.

Static IP pricing

Mobile checkout and payment flow testing

After launching a payment method, redesigning checkout or adding a local wallet, run add-to-cart, payment and callback over a real mobile network in the target country.

Recommended

WhyRun each test flow inside one sticky session so it keeps one exit, then rotate to spot-check other mobile exits; run it in a sandbox or with test orders. Mobile latency is usually higher than fixed broadband, so give your scripts longer timeouts.

Mobile traffic pricing

Scraping & monitoring

E-commerce price and stock monitoring

Track competitors' prices, stock and delivery times on Amazon, Shopee and brand sites, where each country or ZIP code may see a different page.

Recommended

WhyMajor marketplace storefronts have strong anti-bot checks, so rotate residential IPs per request with country or city targeting; above roughly 1,225 GB a month, a bandwidth plan costs less. For the few heavily protected pages that still challenge residential exits, rotate mobile IPs per request at a higher price per GB. Supplier sites and regional retailers with light protection can run on datacenter IPs at lower cost.

Residential traffic pricing

Collecting LLM training data

Bulk downloads of multilingual text, images and audio for model training often run to terabytes and for days at a time.

Recommended

WhyDynamic residential bandwidth plans are billed per 30 days with unlimited traffic (fair use) and unlimited threads, so costs are easier to control than per GB. Choose the flagship tier if your targets include markets the basic tier doesn't cover, such as the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan or South Korea. Confirm licensing and copyright for every data source first.

Bandwidth plan pricing

Ads & SEO

SERP rank tracking

Check organic and local rankings in New York, London or Tokyo; search engines challenge frequent queries from the same IP.

Recommended

WhyUse a fresh residential exit per query locked to the target city, and log the time and exit location of each check. For up to a few thousand keywords run daily or weekly, per-GB billing is enough. To see mobile results, or when residential exits keep getting challenged, spot-check with mobile IPs rotated per request. Datacenter IPs suit auditing your own site, not rank tracking at scale.

Residential traffic pricing

Ad verification

Confirm that ads show correctly in target regions and that landing pages are not altered or redirected.

Recommended

WhyUse dynamic residential IPs to sample many countries and cities, with sticky sessions for redirect chains; for daily screenshots from the same regions, broadcast residential IPs keep the exit consistent. For mobile-only campaigns, mobile IPs show what the real audience sees.

Residential traffic pricing

Stable logins for Facebook / Google ad accounts

Logins from new locations or frequently changing IPs trigger extra security checks and interrupt campaigns.

Recommended

WhyGive each BM admin and media buyer a fixed native residential IP in the same region as the advertiser entity and the card's billing address. Do not log in to ad accounts through rotating or datacenter IPs.

Static IP pricing

Testing & dev

Mobile app testing and localization

Route an app's backend calls through a mobile network in the target country to check regional content, language, currency and in-app purchase pages.

Recommended

WhyMobile IPs give a real-carrier view; rotate for regression runs and use sticky sessions for full user journeys. If you only check language, currency and pricing on the web, dynamic residential traffic costs less per GB.

Mobile traffic pricing

API access and allow-listed fixed exits

Calling overseas APIs or reaching SaaS dashboards, SFTP or databases that only accept allow-listed IPs needs one exit that never changes.

Recommended

WhyA dedicated static datacenter IP costs $3/IP/month with no traffic caps, stays fixed for the lease, and gives low latency and high throughput, so the other side allow-lists it once. Keep a primary and a backup and renew early. Rotating IPs cannot be allow-listed.

Static IP pricing

What each proxy type is good at

The role, strengths and limits of each type. The limits matter as much: they tell you which jobs belong to another type.

Native Residential IP

Static IPs assigned by local ISPs to real home broadband, fixed and dedicated for the lease with no traffic caps. Rent long-term by the month or use short-term IP packs.

Per IP per month
From $5/IP/month
Per IP (IP-count pack)
From $0.17/IP

Strengths

  • ASN and WHOIS read as residential / ISP, so platform trust is very high
  • Fixed and dedicated long term: one account, one IP, a consistent login history
  • Country / state / city / ASN targeting, billed per IP with unlimited traffic

Watch out

  • Speed varies with the household line, so it is not built for raw-speed jobs
  • Costs more per IP than broadcast or datacenter IPs; poor value for bulk low-value scraping

Good for

  • Core cross-border stores, one IP per store
  • Long-running TikTok and social accounts, fixed logins for payout and ad accounts
  • Short-term packs for sign-up verification and QA
Product page Static IP pricingShort-term IP pricing

Broadcast Residential IP

Static IP ranges registered as residential and announced via BGP from data centers. Fixed, dedicated and unmetered, balancing trust, speed and price.

Per IP per month
$4/IP/month

Strengths

  • Residential-registered ranges with ISP details; trust suited to e-commerce and general sites
  • Carried on an enterprise backbone: fast, with few disconnects
  • Cheaper per IP than native residential, so bulk deployments are easy to budget

Watch out

  • Shows some data-center network traits; anonymity is moderate
  • Not for banks, payments or TikTok / Instagram account nurturing

Good for

  • Secondary stores, new marketplaces and standard social accounts
  • Fixed exits for e-commerce scraping, ad verification and market research
  • Allow-listed dashboards and localization QA
Product page Static IP pricing

Dynamic Residential IP

A rotating pool of real home broadband IPs worldwide. Change IP per request or hold a sticky session; pay per GB or per bandwidth.

Per GB of traffic
From $0.8/GB
Per Mbps plan, 30 days
From $980/30 days

Strengths

  • 195+ countries and regions with country / city / ASN targeting
  • A huge pool spreads request load; concurrent sessions are unlimited
  • Residential traffic never expires; bandwidth plans are unmetered (fair use)

Watch out

  • Exits change, so it cannot be an account's long-term identity or be allow-listed
  • Speed varies by exit node; a poor fit for live streams and other long connections

Good for

  • Price, stock and SERP monitoring
  • Public web scraping and LLM training data
  • Multi-region ad verification and market research
Product page Residential traffic pricingBandwidth plan pricing

Datacenter IP

IPs from cloud and data-center ASNs: dedicated static IPs billed monthly with unlimited traffic, or datacenter traffic per GB. Fast and low-cost, but easy to identify.

Per IP per month
$3/IP/month
Per GB of traffic
From $0.48/GB

Strengths

  • Low latency and high throughput; 50 Mbps peak per static IP
  • Static, dedicated and fixed for the lease, easy to allow-list
  • Low unit cost, and datacenter traffic never expires

Watch out

  • Public ASNs make it easy to flag as hosting traffic
  • Not for social, seller, ad or payment accounts on high-risk platforms

Good for

  • Scraping low-protection sites and API access
  • Fixed corporate exits and IP allow-lists
  • Uptime monitoring, automated tests and large file transfers
Product page Static IP pricingDatacenter traffic pricing

Mobile Device IP

Real device IPs on real carriers' 4G/5G networks in 200+ countries and regions, with a low risk score. These are short-lived rotating IPs with sticky sessions of up to 60 minutes, suited only to jobs that do not need an IP to last, such as scraping, sign-ups and verification. Billed per GB; packages never expire.

Per GB of traffic
From $1.6/GB

Strengths

  • Carrier-grade NAT puts many real users behind one IP, keeping the risk score low
  • Per-request rotation or sticky sessions up to 60 minutes for scraping and short multi-step flows like sign-ups and verification
  • HTTP / SOCKS5 with country / region targeting

Watch out

  • Short-lived rotating IPs with sticky sessions of up to 60 minutes; not for accounts or stores that need a long-term fixed IP
  • For long-term payout-account logins, store operations, social account nurturing or allow-listing, use native residential IPs
  • Higher price per GB than residential or datacenter traffic, and higher latency than fixed broadband

Good for

  • Heavily protected targets in scraping and data collection
  • Account sign-ups and SMS / email / login verification
  • Mobile app testing, mobile ad and SERP spot checks, one-off payment-flow tests
Product page Mobile traffic pricing

Proxy types side by side

Eight dimensions compared: IP source, fixed or rotating, platform trust, speed, billing, starting price, where each fits and where to avoid it. Prices are official starting prices.

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NexIP's five proxy IP types compared
Feature Native Residential Broadcast Residential Dynamic Residential Datacenter Mobile Device
IP source Real home / mobile broadband assigned by local ISPsResidential-registered ranges announced via BGP from data centersRotating pool of real residential connections worldwideCloud / data-center ASNsReal 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 sessionStatic DC IPs are fixed and exclusive (monthly); DC traffic is used per GBShort-lived rotation; sticky sessions supported
Platform trust Very highHighHighModerate: platforms can identify it as hostingVery high, low platform risk
Speed / latency Good, varies with the household lineFast, enterprise backboneMedium, varies by exit nodeVery fast, low latency and high throughputDepends 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 meteredPer IP per month, traffic not meteredPer GB, or 30-day bandwidth plans with unmetered trafficPer IP per month with unmetered traffic, or data-center traffic per GBPer GB of traffic; packs never expire
Starting price Long-term: From $5/IP/month · Short-term packs: From $0.17/IP$4/IP/monthTraffic: From $0.8/GB · Bandwidth: From $980/30 daysStatic: $3/IP/month · DC traffic: From $0.48/GBFrom $1.6/GB (1,000 GB tier)
Good for TikTok / social account nurturing, cross-border stores, ad accountsStandard account management, e-commerce scraping, ad verification, market researchWeb scraping, price / SERP monitoring, account sign-upsScraping low-protection sites, API access, bandwidth-heavy jobsShort tasks: scraping, sign-ups and verification, one-off checkouts
Avoid for Pure speed jobs, massive low-value scrapingStrict bank / payment risk checksAccounts that need a long-term fixed identitySocial or e-commerce accounts on high-risk platformsStores, ad and payment accounts that need one IP long term

  • Native Residential IP

    IP source
    Real home / mobile broadband assigned by local ISPs
    Fixed IP?
    Fixed and exclusive (long-term monthly; short-term 1–24 hours per IP)
    Platform trust
    Very high
    Speed / latency
    Good, varies with the household line
    Billing
    Long-term per IP per month; short-term in IP packs that never expire; traffic not metered
    Starting price
    Long-term: From $5/IP/month · Short-term packs: From $0.17/IP
    Good for
    TikTok / social account nurturing, cross-border stores, ad accounts
    Avoid for
    Pure speed jobs, massive low-value scraping

  • Broadcast Residential IP

    IP source
    Residential-registered ranges announced via BGP from data centers
    Fixed IP?
    Fixed and exclusive (monthly)
    Platform trust
    High
    Speed / latency
    Fast, enterprise backbone
    Billing
    Per IP per month, traffic not metered
    Starting price
    $4/IP/month
    Good for
    Standard account management, e-commerce scraping, ad verification, market research
    Avoid for
    Strict bank / payment risk checks

  • Dynamic Residential IP

    IP source
    Rotating pool of real residential connections worldwide
    Fixed IP?
    Rotates per request or keeps a sticky session
    Platform trust
    High
    Speed / latency
    Medium, varies by exit node
    Billing
    Per GB, or 30-day bandwidth plans with unmetered traffic
    Starting price
    Traffic: From $0.8/GB · Bandwidth: From $980/30 days
    Good for
    Web scraping, price / SERP monitoring, account sign-ups
    Avoid for
    Accounts that need a long-term fixed identity

  • Datacenter IP

    IP source
    Cloud / data-center ASNs
    Fixed IP?
    Static DC IPs are fixed and exclusive (monthly); DC traffic is used per GB
    Platform trust
    Moderate: platforms can identify it as hosting
    Speed / latency
    Very fast, low latency and high throughput
    Billing
    Per IP per month with unmetered traffic, or data-center traffic per GB
    Starting price
    Static: $3/IP/month · DC traffic: From $0.48/GB
    Good for
    Scraping low-protection sites, API access, bandwidth-heavy jobs
    Avoid for
    Social or e-commerce accounts on high-risk platforms

  • Mobile Device IP

    IP source
    Real devices on real carriers' 4G/5G networks
    Fixed IP?
    Short-lived rotation; sticky sessions supported
    Platform trust
    Very high, low platform risk
    Speed / latency
    Depends on the mobile network; latency usually above fixed broadband
    Billing
    Per GB of traffic; packs never expire
    Starting price
    From $1.6/GB (1,000 GB tier)
    Good for
    Short tasks: scraping, sign-ups and verification, one-off checkouts
    Avoid for
    Stores, ad and payment accounts that need one IP long term

The differences people ask about

Five pairs that are easy to mix up, with what separates them and where each belongs.

Static vs rotating proxies

The difference is whether the exit changes: a static IP is yours for the lease, while a rotating IP is assigned from a pool per request or per session.

  • Static IPs (native residential, broadcast residential, static datacenter) suit accounts, stores and allow-listed exits that need one long-term identity
  • Rotating IPs (dynamic residential, mobile) suit scraping, monitoring and verification that need many different exits
  • A sticky session only holds one exit for a while (shorter still on mobile); it is not a substitute for a fixed IP
  • For accounts you plan to keep, use a fixed IP from sign-up onward

Residential vs datacenter proxies

The difference is ownership: residential IPs are registered to broadband ISPs, datacenter IPs to cloud or hosting ASNs, and a site can tell them apart with one lookup.

  • Residential IPs earn high trust on social, e-commerce and ad platforms that check IP type
  • Datacenter IPs are fast, high-throughput and low-cost for APIs, monitoring, tests and low-protection scraping
  • Broadcast residential sits in between: residential-registered ranges on data-center-grade lines
  • Test the target with a few IPs first; lots of 403s or CAPTCHAs mean it blocks hosting traffic

Mobile vs residential proxies

Both come from real user networks: mobile IPs go through carriers' 4G/5G networks and are short-lived rotating IPs; residential IPs go through home broadband, either rotating (dynamic residential) or fixed long term (native residential).

  • Mobile IPs are shared by many real phone users behind carrier-grade NAT, so platforms rarely block them outright and the risk score stays low
  • Residential traffic costs less (from $0.80/GB vs from $1.60/GB for mobile), better for high request volumes
  • Mobile IPs are short-lived and rotating, so mobile suits only jobs that do not need an IP to last, such as scraping, sign-ups and verification; for accounts and stores that need a long-term fixed IP, choose native residential
  • A common mix: heavily protected scraping requests and sign-up or verification steps on mobile traffic, bulk requests on residential traffic, long-running accounts on native residential IPs

Native or broadcast residential: which one?

Both are fixed, dedicated static IPs registered as residential. The difference is physical: native traffic runs over real household lines, broadcast ranges are hosted in data centers via BGP. The native IP explainer covers the architecture.

  • Native residential earns more trust, for core stores, payout accounts, TikTok and ad accounts (From $5/IP/month)
  • Broadcast residential is faster and cheaper, for secondary stores, scraping and verification ($4/IP/month)
  • Avoid broadcast IPs for banks, payments and other strict risk checks

Per IP, per GB or per bandwidth?

The billing model shapes your costs: per IP follows account count, per GB follows usage, per bandwidth follows whether you run at full load around the clock.

  • Per IP (native, broadcast, static datacenter): unlimited traffic, cost = IPs × monthly rate; for a fixed number of accounts with heavy traffic
  • Per GB (residential, datacenter and mobile traffic): pay for what you use, packages never expire; for fluctuating workloads
  • Per bandwidth (dynamic residential plans): a fixed 30-day price with unlimited traffic (fair use); basic excludes the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea and other markets; flagship covers all countries
  • Break-even guide: 100 Mbps basic at $980/30 days equals about 1,225 GB of residential traffic at $0.80/GB

Native vs broadcast IPs

Four questions to find the right proxy

Answer these in order and most jobs narrow down to one or two types.

  1. Question 1: Does one IP need to represent one account long term?

    • Yes, the account or store logs in for months

      Go static: native residential for core accounts, broadcast residential for standard ones.

    • From one session to a day

      For quick sign-ups and verification, use a mobile sticky session; if one IP must last hours to a day, use a short-term native residential IP pack (each IP lasts 1–24 hours).

    • No, a new IP per request is better

      Go rotating: dynamic residential for bulk requests, mobile for heavily protected targets and short sign-up or verification requests.

  2. Question 2: How strict are the target platform's risk checks?

    • Payments, payouts, financial dashboards

      Use native residential for payout and payment dashboards you log in to long term, keeping a fixed login region; mobile IPs are short-lived rotating IPs, only for one-off verification or payment-flow tests finished in one session. Your own or your company's accounts only.

    • Social, e-commerce, ad platforms

      Stay residential: native for running accounts, dynamic residential for scraping and monitoring.

    • Public pages, open APIs, your own systems

      Datacenter IPs usually do the job; move a target to dynamic residential once CAPTCHAs pile up.

  3. Question 3: How much traffic, and does it run 24/7?

    • Small or fluctuating volumes

      Pay per GB with packages that never expire: residential traffic from $0.80/GB, datacenter traffic from $0.48/GB.

    • Steadily over ~1,225 GB a month, always on

      Take a dynamic residential bandwidth plan from $980/30 days with unlimited traffic (fair use); choose flagship if your targets include markets basic doesn't cover, such as the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan or South Korea.

    • Heavy traffic through a fixed set of exits

      Use per-IP static IPs with unlimited traffic: datacenter $3/IP/month, broadcast residential $4/IP/month.

  4. Question 4: Budget first or trust first?

Starting prices by proxy type

Official starting prices and billing units for each type. Per-IP pricing follows account count, per-GB pricing follows monthly usage, and bandwidth pricing pays off when you run at full load for the 30 days.

Starting prices and billing units of the five proxy IP types
IP type Billing Starting price Validity Pricing page
Native Residential IP Per IP per month From $5/IP/month Billed monthly Static IP pricing
Per IP (IP-count pack) From $0.17/IP Never expires Short-term IP pricing
Broadcast Residential IP Per IP per month $4/IP/month Billed monthly Static IP pricing
Dynamic Residential IP Per GB of traffic From $0.8/GB Never expires Residential traffic pricing
Per Mbps plan, 30 days From $980/30 days Valid 30 days Bandwidth plan pricing
Datacenter IP Per IP per month $3/IP/month Billed monthly Static IP pricing
Per GB of traffic From $0.48/GB Never expires Datacenter traffic pricing
Mobile Device IP Per GB of traffic From $1.6/GB Never expires Mobile traffic pricing

Prices in USD. For per-GB and IP-pack products, the starting price is the per-unit rate of the largest tier; smaller tiers cost more per unit. Traffic packages and IP packs never expire; bandwidth plans last 30 days, and the basic tier excludes the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea and other markets. Validate success rates on your targets with a small tier first, then scale up.

FAQ

Choosing a proxy: FAQ

What is the difference between residential and datacenter proxies?

The source. Residential IPs are assigned by local ISPs to home or mobile broadband, or come from residential-registered ranges, and platforms trust them highly. Datacenter IPs belong to cloud or hosting ASNs: fast and low-cost, but easy to flag as hosting. Choose residential when trust matters, and datacenter when the target accepts hosting traffic and speed and cost matter more.

Static vs rotating proxies: which should I use?

It depends on whether you need one identity over time. Stores, ad accounts, social accounts and allow-listed exits need a fixed IP, so choose native residential, broadcast residential or static datacenter. Scraping, monitoring and ad verification need many different exits, so choose dynamic residential. A sticky session holds an exit only for a while and does not replace a fixed IP.

What is the difference between mobile and residential proxies?

Mobile IPs come from real carriers' 4G/5G networks, where carrier-grade NAT puts many real users behind one IP, so the platform risk is low; but they are short-lived rotating IPs, suited only to jobs that do not need an IP to last, such as scraping, sign-ups and verification. Residential IPs come from home broadband and are also highly trusted: dynamic residential costs less (residential traffic from $0.80/GB, mobile from $1.60/GB) for large-scale scraping and monitoring, while native residential IPs stay fixed long term for accounts and stores.

Which proxy should I use for cross-border e-commerce stores?

Use long-term static IPs, one per store, in the store's registration country: native residential (From $5/IP/month) for high-revenue stores on strict platforms, broadcast residential ($4/IP/month) for new or secondary stores. Do not log in to seller accounts through rotating or datacenter IPs, and follow each marketplace's multi-account rules.

Which proxy should I use for TikTok?

Give each account a long-term native residential IP in its target country and match the device's time zone and language to the IP; test speed before going live and keep a same-city backup IP. Mobile IPs are short-lived rotating IPs, so they are not suitable as an account's long-term IP. Run your own accounts within TikTok's rules; the TikTok solution page covers the full setup.

Which proxy should I use for payment and payout accounts?

For your own PayPal, Payoneer or Stripe accounts, keep each account on one long-term native residential IP in its usual region (From $5/IP/month) so the login history stays consistent. Mobile IPs are short-lived rotating IPs, so they do not suit payout accounts that need a long-term fixed IP; use them only for one-off verification or payment-flow tests completed in one session. Avoid datacenter and broadcast IPs. Follow platform and payment-provider rules; NexIP does not support accessing other people's accounts or evading anti-fraud controls.

Which proxy should I use for web scraping?

For well-protected targets such as major marketplace storefronts and search results, rotate residential IPs per request; above roughly 1,225 GB a month or for 24/7 jobs, a bandwidth plan costs less. For the few heavily protected targets that still challenge residential exits, rotate mobile IPs per request at a higher price per GB. For low-protection targets such as news sites and open APIs, datacenter IPs are fast and cheap per unit. Either way, collect public data only, throttle requests and respect robots rules.

On a tight budget, which proxy type should I choose?

On unit price, datacenter IPs cost less: $3/IP/month static, or datacenter traffic from $0.48/GB, but they are easy to flag and carry moderate trust. Among residential options, broadcast residential at $4/IP/month and residential traffic from $0.80/GB balance cost and trust. Compare the total cost of getting the job done: retries after blocks and restricted accounts often outweigh the unit-price gap.

Native or broadcast residential: which should I choose?

Both are fixed, dedicated static IPs registered as residential. Native IPs carry traffic over real household lines and earn more trust (From $5/IP/month), for core stores, payout and ad accounts; broadcast IPs are hosted in data centers via BGP, faster and cheaper ($4/IP/month), but not for banks, payments or other strict risk checks. The native IP explainer covers the architecture in full.

Still unsure? Run a small test first

Validate with your real workflow and target sites, confirm success rates and speed, then scale. Different jobs can mix different IP types, and our 24/7 support team can help match them to your use cases.

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