Searching for the best residential proxies turns up many ranked lists, and none of them knows your target. This guide gives you the questions to ask any service and the tests to run yourself before you spend much.
A residential proxy sends your traffic out through an IP address that a consumer internet provider assigned, so websites see the address of an ordinary home network instead of a hosting company. The IP only changes the network address a site sees. It does not change a site's rules, and it does not lift a restriction or undo a ban.
This choice decides most of the rest. A rotating residential proxy gives you an exit from a large pool, usually a different one each time you generate or request one, and suits many independent requests. A fixed IP, such as a static ISP IP, stays fixed for the whole lease term and suits work that must keep one address, such as a long login session. Some services also offer sticky sessions, which hold one exit for a limited time; ask how long and what ends the session.
Compare like with like: rotating traffic and fixed IPs are priced differently, so compare each type only with the same type. For the difference between the types, see the residential, ISP and datacenter guide; for choosing by use case, see how to choose a residential IP.
Per GB means you pay for the traffic you use. It suits scraping, checking pages and tasks where the amount of data varies; the per-GB proxies guide explains the model. Per IP means you pay for an address and a term, whatever traffic passes through it, which suits steady jobs on one address. Check three things on every pricing page: the unit (GB, IP, days), the smallest purchase, and whether unused traffic or time expires.
Country targeting is the baseline. State and city targeting is not offered on every line, and a requested city is a request, not a guarantee, because lookup databases disagree about cities. If your work depends on a city, ask which lines support it and verify with the city-level targeting guide.
Check that the plan offers the protocol your tool uses, HTTP or SOCKS5, and whether it is chosen per account, per proxy or per IP. If your tool needs SOCKS5 with a login, see the SOCKS5 buyer's guide.
Make the first purchase the smallest one on offer and run the same checks every time.
Generate one proxy and request https://ipinfo.io/json through it. Read ip, country and org.
Check that the country is the one you chose and that the org is a consumer internet provider, not a hosting company. The proxy location guide explains each field.
Repeat several times. A rotating proxy should give different exits; a fixed IP should show the same address throughout the lease term.
Run a small version of your real task against your real target and note errors and response times.
Only then buy more.
Look for the unit, the smallest purchase, whether the per-GB price falls with larger packages, whether purchased traffic expires, and whether you can try the service before paying. If any of these is missing from a page, ask before you pay.
Residential is one of three IP types. The providers page starts from the job, picks the type, and then checks billing, minimum order, protocols and authentication in one checklist.
For per-GB pricing checked line by line, see the cheap residential proxies page: the price tiers, the 1 GB minimum, traffic that does not expire, and competitor prices linked to their own pricing pages.
Pool size, success rate, speed and uptime figures on any pricing page are the provider's own numbers, and they depend on your target and your location. Treat them as a reason to test, not as a result. A ranking of providers has the same limit: it does not know your target.
Rotating residential covers 195+ countries and regions, with state and major-city targeting on the lines that support it, and Proxy302 states a network of 65M+ residential IPs. It is billed per GB from 1 GB. The Budget line costs US$1.50 per GB, with package prices of US$1.42 at 50 GB, US$1.35 at 100 GB, US$1.20 at 300 GB and US$1.124 at 500 GB; the Premium line costs US$5 per GB, with US$4.74 at 50 GB, US$4.50 at 100 GB and US$4.25 at 300 GB. Purchased traffic has no expiry. HTTP or SOCKS5 is chosen when you generate the proxy.
For a fixed address, a static ISP IP costs US$0.50 for one day and US$7.99 for 30 days, the same in every country, and stays fixed for the whole lease term without rotating. Auto-renew is optional and set per IP: switch it on in My assets (new purchases start with it off), or renew by hand there before the end date. There is no free trial; the smallest purchases are 1 GB of rotating residential traffic or one IP for one day.
Rotating residential traffic is billed per GB, and a static ISP IP is the option when one address must stay fixed for the lease term. The table shows where exits in 7 countries landed in our latest hourly check; the probe sends its request to ChatGPT, which is only an example target of a network check. A proxy does not change ChatGPT's terms, and OpenAI's list of supported countries still applies. Setup is on the rotating residential page, the static ISP page and the pricing page.
| Item | City | Network (ISP) | ASN |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Neenah, Wisconsin | Charter Communications Inc | AS10796 |
| United Kingdom | Cowplain, England | TalkTalk Communications Limited | AS13285 |
| Germany | Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia | NetCologne Gesellschaft fur Telekommunikation mbH | AS8422 |
| Japan | Tokyo, Tokyo | KDDI CORPORATION | AS2516 |
| Singapore | Singapore, Singapore | Singtel Fibre Broadband | AS9506 |
| Brazil | Mauá, São Paulo | TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A | AS27699 |
| Indonesia | Bogor, West Java | PT Mora Telematika Indonesia | AS131111 |
Hourly check of the Proxy302 probe, 25 October 2026, 08:29 UTC: one request to ChatGPT per country through a dynamic residential exit, using the public Proxy302 entry. Only the first three octets of an IP are public. One sample per country, not an average; later checks will differ.
Open the rotating residential page, choose the line, and keep Protocol on HTTP or choose SOCKS5, then click Review cost and generate.
Open My assets (the console page that holds everything you bought) and copy HOST, PORT, USERNAME and PASSWORD. The Tools & checks page shows a ready example with your own endpoint.
Enter the details in the browser or tool you are setting up.
Confirm the exit with https://ipinfo.io/json through the proxy.
From mainland China, open Proxy302 Fast Connect from the Tools & checks page, click 「一键加速」 (One-click boost) and keep it open while you use the proxy.
The Budget line costs US$1.50 per GB, US$1.35 per GB in a 100 GB package and US$1.20 per GB at 300 GB. There is no free trial, and the smallest purchase is 1 GB. Which exit locations are available changes daily.
Neither is better in general. Rotating suits many independent requests; a fixed static ISP IP suits work that must keep one address for a lease term.
Buy the smallest amount, request https://ipinfo.io/json through it, check the country and network name, then run a small version of your real task.
No. It changes only the network address the site sees. The site's rules and any account restrictions stay the same.
No. The smallest purchases are 1 GB of rotating residential traffic or one static IP for one day.
Real household IPs in 195+ countries; the Premium line adds state and major-city targeting. A new IP on every new connection, or keep sticky sessions. From US$1.50/GB, US$1.35/GB at 100 GB. HTTP and SOCKS5.
View options and pricingFixed static ISP proxies: a residential-grade IP that stays the same for the whole term. For social accounts, stores and AI tools. HTTP and SOCKS5.
View options and pricingWhat separates rotating residential, static ISP and datacenter proxies — who owns the IP, whether it changes, how you pay — and which one Proxy302's own presets pick for each job.
How gigabytes are counted when you pay per GB, the 低价线路 and 优质线路 prices, how to estimate your volume and when leasing an IP costs less.
Which residential IP type fits which job: rotating residential, a static ISP IP or a datacenter IP.
Product observation · Confirmed on:
Product facts file of the site (values checked against the console, the backend and the price table on 18-19 October 2026; the auto-renew rules on 25 October 2026): products, prices in US$ (1 PTC = US$1), lease terms, protocols and ports, countries, quantity limits, no free trial.
Product observation · Confirmed on:
Public JSON of the probe at proxy302.com/live/connectivity/chatgpt.json, read 25 October 2026, 08:29 UTC: one request per exit country through a dynamic residential exit; exit city, ASN, network and response time.
Create an account, top up once, then pick rotating residential, static ISP or datacenter IPs and have one running in your browser within minutes.
