Residential vs Datacenter Proxies: Which Should You Use?
A plain-English guide to choosing between residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies.
The short version\n\nDatacenter proxies are fast and affordable. Residential proxies are harder to detect because they use consumer ISP addresses.\n\n## When datacenter wins\n\nUse datacenter proxies for lenient public data, QA testing, and low-risk browsing.\n\n## When residential wins\n\nUse residential proxies for strict ecommerce sites, search engines, social platforms, and workflows where IP reputation matters.