Residential vs ISP vs Datacenter Proxies: Which One for Which Job

The three types side by side

Prices in US dollars, 1 PTC = US$1.00. At 100 GB the Budget line is US$1.35/GB and the Premium line US$4.50/GB. On the static ISP page, "Per GB (PTC/GB)" is a separate mode: usage is charged per GB to your wallet and the same IP is not promised long term. For one fixed IP per account, choose "Per IP and term".

• Sources:
• Proxy302 pricing page
• Proxy302 rotating residential proxies page
• Proxy302 static ISP proxies page
• Proxy302 console: product page and Tools & checks page wording
• IPinfo: ASN API (type of the organisation that owns an ASN)
• MaxMind: GeoIP web service responses (user type, connection type, anonymizer flags)
• Oxylabs: ISP vs datacenter proxies

What our own presets pick for each job

Taken from the console presets. They are starting points: you can change the product, country and protocol before you buy.

• Sources:
• Proxy302 console presets (starting configuration per platform)

What "ISP proxy" means — and why it is called static residential

An ISP proxy uses an IP range registered to a consumer internet provider while the server sits in a data centre. The proxy provider Oxylabs describes them as "officially registered with ISPs, even though they are physically hosted in a data center", and notes they are almost always static. That is why the same product is sold as "static residential".

IP databases see the registration, not the building. IPinfo labels the organisation behind each ASN as isp, hosting, business, education or government; MaxMind separates residential, cellular and hosting users. A datacenter IP shows up as hosting; residential and ISP IPs show up as ISPs — although both companies also sell proxy detection, so no type is invisible.

Our rotating residential exits look exactly like that. In the hourly checks on 18 October 2026 they came from Verizon Business (AS701, United States), Virgin Media Limited (AS5089, United Kingdom), Vodafone GmbH (AS3209, Germany), SoftBank Corp. (AS17676, Japan), Starhub Ltd (AS55430, Singapore), V tal (AS7738, Brazil), INDOSAT Internet Network Provider (AS4761, Indonesia).

• Sources:
• Oxylabs: ISP vs datacenter proxies
• IPinfo: ASN API (type of the organisation that owns an ASN)
• MaxMind: GeoIP web service responses (user type, connection type, anonymizer flags)
• Proxy302 hourly connectivity checks (exit networks)

When you want one fixed IP for yourself

If what you need is a fixed IP that only you use, the private proxies page covers it in plain words: how the static ISP line works, what is fixed for the lease and what the price starts at.

• Private proxies: one fixed IP for one buyer

Rotating or sticky: the setting that matters most

On the rotating residential product page you choose an exit mode. "Choose region / sticky IP" creates a sticky session in the country you pick — good for a short login or checkout flow, but not a permanently fixed IP. "Global rotation" lets new connections use a different exit with no fixed country or IP, which the console itself says is not for logins that need a consistent region.

On the Premium line you can also pin a home-broadband ISP. If that ISP has no free exit, generation fails instead of quietly switching to another one.

If an account must look the same for weeks, skip sessions altogether and use a static ISP IP: it stays the same for the whole term.

• Sources:
• Proxy302 console: product page and Tools & checks page wording

Buy the right one in three steps

1. Name the job

   Logging in to accounts or a store: static ISP, one IP each. Many requests to public pages: rotating residential. Server-to-server work on sites that accept server IPs: datacenter.

2. Open the product with a preset

   Most platform pages link to a matching preset, and the product page lets you change the country and protocol (HTTP or SOCKS5), and for static ISP and datacenter the quantity (up to 100 IPs at a time). Rotating residential is sold as GB packages; on lines where wallet billing is enabled you can also pay per GB from the wallet.

3. Check the exit before you use it

   In My assets use Copy all, put the proxy into your tool and open ipinfo.io there: the country should match and the org field should name the ISP you expect.

Common questions

The three products

Rotating residential proxies

Real household IPs in 195+ countries with state and major-city targeting. Rotate on every request or keep sticky sessions. From US$1.50/GB, US$1.35/GB at 100 GB. HTTP and SOCKS5.

View options and pricing

ISP proxies (static residential)

Fixed 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 pricing

Datacenter proxies

Fast datacenter proxies with fixed IPs, low latency and high concurrency — the lowest cost per IP for APIs, testing and bulk jobs. Pick the country; pay per IP and term.

View options and pricing

Pricing

Residential proxies from US$1.50/GB, static ISP IPs US$7.99 and datacenter IPs US$3.99 per month. Pay as you go, no subscription.

Check a proxy's IP, country and ISP

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Setups by task

AI tool connectivity

Static ISP proxies for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot and 5 more AI tools: one fixed IP per person, and each vendor’s country rules.

Social media management

Static ISP proxies for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and 9 more networks: one fixed IP per account, and where each network is blocked.

Cross-border ecommerce

Proxies for Amazon, eBay, Shopify, TikTok Shop and 6 more marketplaces: a fixed IP for every store login, local residential IPs for research.

Ad operations and verification

Check Google, Meta, TikTok, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Reddit ads and landing pages from the countries and cities you target.

Automation and API

Rotating residential IPs for scraping, price checks and rank tracking; fixed datacenter IPs for tests, monitors, API jobs and AI agents.

Web3 development and research

Datacenter IPs for RPC, indexers and testnets; residential IPs for Etherscan, DeFi and NFT research; static ISP for wallets and DAO teams.