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Premium vs Budget Residential Line: Which to Choose

One table with price, session length and location choice, then a rule for picking a line for your job.

Premium line and Budget line at a glance

Premium line and Budget line at a glance
ItemBudget linePremium line
Price per GBUS$1.50, any amount from 1 GBUS$5.00
Price per GB in packages50 GB US$1.42, 100 GB US$1.35, 300 GB US$1.20, 500 GB US$1.12450 GB US$4.74, 100 GB US$4.50, 300 GB US$4.25
Session length (when you open a session)1 to 120 minutes: 10, 30, 60, 120 or a custom numberUsually the same IP while in use (80 minutes unchanged in testing, occasional change after that); changes after about 5–10 minutes idle; for long stretches on one IP choose static
Location you can chooseCountryCountry, plus state, city and carrier when you generate the connection
Username tailCountry onlyCountry, state (-state) and city (-city)
New IP per new connection (no session)YesYes
Concurrent connectionsNo capNo cap
ProtocolsHTTP (port 2222) or SOCKS5 (port 3333)HTTP (port 2222) or SOCKS5 (port 3333)
Purchased trafficNo expiryNo expiry

Source: Proxy302 product facts file (prices, protocols, expiry), checked 10 November 2026, and the line measurements of 11 November 2026. Packages are per-GB prices at that package size.

What the price gap means

On a 100 GB package the Budget line is 100 × US$1.35 = US$135 and the Premium line is 100 × US$4.50 = US$450. At custom amounts the gap per GB is US$5 − US$1.50 = US$3.50. So the extra cost of the Premium line is only worth paying when you actually use what it adds: the choice of state, city and carrier.

Neither line comes with a promise of success rate, speed or that a site will accept the IP. Test your own targets with a small purchase before you scale.

Which one fits your job

Budget line: you need exits in a country, you want the lowest price per GB, and you want to choose how long a session lasts (1 to 120 minutes). Typical examples are checking a page as it looks in another country, high-volume collection of public pages where the country is enough, and tests where cost per GB decides.

Premium line: the task depends on being in a particular US state or city, or on a particular carrier, for example checking a local result or an app that behaves differently by region. The IP usually stays the same while it is in use (80 minutes unchanged in testing) but changes after about 5–10 minutes idle, so for one IP over a long stretch choose a static IP instead.

Limits to know before you buy

On the Budget line the country is the only tail that takes effect. On the Premium line the state and city tails work too, for example -country-us-state-ca-city-losangeles; carrier, ZIP and system tails do not take effect, so choose the carrier when you generate the connection.

City targeting covers major cities. There is no city level in Russia or Singapore, and small towns and some connections exit at country level, so a city request is not a guarantee of that exact city.

How to test both lines for a few dollars

  1. Step 1

    Buy 1 GB on the line you think you need. 1 GB costs US$1.50 on the Budget line and US$5 on the Premium line. There is no free trial.

  2. Step 2

    Generate a connection for your country (and state or city, on Premium), copy HOST, PORT, USERNAME and PASSWORD from My assets, and check the exit with a lookup through the proxy.

  3. Step 3

    Run your real task on 20 to 50 requests, note the success rate and the GB used, and compare the two lines on cost per successful request, not on price per GB alone.

FAQ

What is the difference between the Premium and Budget line?

The Premium line costs US$5 per GB and lets you choose state, city and carrier when you generate the connection. The Budget line costs US$1.50 per GB from 1 GB and targets countries only, with session lengths of 10, 30, 60 or 120 minutes.

Can I choose a city on the Budget line?

No. The Budget line targets countries only.

Do both lines rotate the IP?

Without a session, both give a new IP on each new connection. A reused connection keeps its IP.

Does traffic expire on either line?

No. Purchased traffic on both lines has no expiry.

Is there a free trial?

No. The smallest purchase is 1 GB of rotating residential traffic.

Reference links

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  1. Proxy302 product facts and price list

    Product observation · Confirmed on:

    Product facts file of the site, checked 10 November 2026 against the console, the backend and the price table: rotating residential Budget and Premium per-GB prices and packages (1 PTC = US$1), no expiry of purchased traffic, protocols and ports, no free trial.

  2. Proxy302 rotating residential lines

    Product observation · Confirmed on:

    Line behaviour measured on 11 November 2026 and updated on 12 November 2026: Budget line session 1 to 120 minutes (10, 30, 60, 120 or a custom number of minutes), country only; Premium line usually keeps the same IP while in use (unchanged for 80 minutes in testing, occasionally changes after that) and changes after about 5 to 10 minutes idle, with state, city and carrier chosen when the connection is generated; a new IP on every new connection when no session is open; no cap on concurrent connections; username tail: Budget line country only, Premium line country, state and city (-state, -city); carrier, ZIP and system tails do not take effect.

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