Buy rotating residential proxies: cheap, fast, pay per GB

In a rotating session, every request can leave through a different residential IP. That spreads load across the pool, so no single address sends enough traffic to trip a rate limit, and it suits independent page fetches such as search results, product pages and listings.

In a sticky session, you keep one IP across requests instead, identified by a session ID you pass with each request. Premium Residential lets you choose the length, from 3 minutes to 24 hours; Core Residential holds the IP without a set length. Use sticky sessions for logins, carts and checkouts, where the site expects the same visitor throughout.

When a sticky session expires, the next request with that session ID is simply given a fresh IP. No error is thrown, so build your retry and re-login logic with that in mind. Our docs cover session types and sticky sessions in detail.

Choose by how strictly the target blocks automation. Datacenter and IPv6 proxies are cheapest and fastest but are recognised as hosting traffic. ISP proxies sit in between. Core Residential passes most anti-bot checks that stop hosting ranges, Premium Residential adds vetting for stricter targets, and Mobile carries the highest trust at the highest price.

Start with Core Residential for most jobs. If you see repeated 403s or CAPTCHAs, move that target up a tier; if the target does not care, move down to save money. The proxy type decision guide and the residential vs datacenter comparison walk through the trade-offs with worked examples.

You pay for bandwidth, so the main levers are page weight, retries and block pages. A blocked request still consumes data, which is why a cheaper rate with a lower success rate can cost more per successful result. Measure your success rate before you compare prices.

Practical ways to spend less: skip images, fonts and video when you only need text, request the lightest endpoint that contains your data, back off on 429 responses instead of retrying immediately, and cache results you do not need fresh. The cost-per-GB guide shows the arithmetic at 10 to 1,000 GB and the point where a monthly plan becomes cheaper than pay-as-you-go.

Residential IPs belong to real consumer connections, so treat them with care. Fetch public pages, follow each site's robots.txt and terms, keep request rates polite, and never use proxies for fraud, account takeover or other abuse. Our acceptable use policy sets the rules for the network.

If you are collecting data at scale, read our guides to whether residential proxies are legal and to responsible AI data collection. This is general information, not legal advice.