Residential proxies use IPs from home and broadband networks. Compare offers by billing model, geo targeting, session options, and pool size.
Billing models:
By traffic — billed by GB used (most common).
By ports — billed by the number of proxy ports in the plan; each port can be a separate access point for its own session, tool, or worker.
| Subscription | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All countries | $8.40 | $499.00 | 69 | $7.14 | View Website | |
| All countries | $7.00 | $12.00 | 2 | $6.00 | View Website | |
| All countries | $3.00 | $3.00 | 1 | $3.00 | View Website | |
| All countries | $4.00 | $96.00 | 25 | $3.84 | View Website | |
| All countries | — | $69.00 | 8 | $8.63 | View Website | |
| All countries | — | $99.00 | 14 | $7.07 | View Website | |
| All countries | $8.00 | $99.00 | 13 | $7.75 | View Website | |
| All countries | — | $4.99 | 1 | $4.99 | View Website | |
| All countries | $3.50 | $18.00 | 3 | $6.00 | View Website | |
| All countries | — | $5.00 | 1 | $5.00 | View Website | |
Residential proxy services are usually sold in two main ways. The choice is not about private or shared access, but about how the service is billed and how you plan to use it.
Choose By Traffic when your usage is easier to think of in GB. This is now the more common direction in residential proxy pricing and the safer starting point when you want broad access to residential IPs without deciding in advance how many separate ports your setup will need.
Choose By Ports when your setup depends on a fixed number of separate access points. This model still exists, but it is becoming less common as more providers move toward traffic-based pricing.
In practice, By Traffic is now the more standard option for residential proxies, while By Ports makes more sense when the number of simultaneous access points matters just as much as the traffic itself.
Residential proxies make sense when access matters more than raw speed or very large traffic volume. They are a strong choice when a target site reacts badly to datacenter or ISP IPs, when you need broader geo coverage, or when you need more precise location control than just country level.
They also make sense when your setup depends on real household and broadband IP space, long sessions, or a very large and varied IP pool. This is often the case when you want fewer repeated IPs, need city or ASN targeting, or want traffic that looks less tied to server infrastructure.
In short, residential proxies are usually the better choice when the main problem is getting in cleanly, staying flexible with geo, or keeping access stable on targets that do not respond well to server-based proxy ranges.
Residential proxies are often the fallback choice when other proxy types cannot get clean access. But they are not always the most practical choice. If the target does not need household IPs, another proxy type may give you a simpler setup, lower cost, or better speed.