A static proxy gives you one address that does not change until your rental ends. Every request you send through it arrives from the same IP, with the same location and the same network owner.
When you need one
- Logged-in accounts. Platforms expect a user to log in from a familiar address. A static IP per account looks like one person at home; a rotating one looks like a stolen session.
- Allowlists. A partner, bank or API that allows traffic only from listed addresses needs one that will still be yours next month.
- Consistent measurements. Price or rank checks from the same place every day are comparable; checks from a rotating exit are not.
Check that it holds
Ask an IP echo service a few times, over a few days:
curl -s -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@IP:PORT "https://api.ipify.org?format=json"
The address should never change, and it should match the IP you connect to.
On ProxyHive
ISP and datacenter IPs are static for the term you pick. Each IP is its own endpoint, listed in the dashboard with its own ports and credentials, so there is no session to configure: the address is the session. You can buy a single IP; buying a single static IP explains how to avoid paying for more than you need.
Common confusion
Static is about change over time, not about who else uses the address. A static IP can still be a shared proxy; a dedicated proxy is one nobody else uses. And a sticky session on a rotating pool is not static: it holds an exit for a while and can still lose it. Rotating vs static proxies compares all three.