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Rotating residential proxies, by the gigabyte

Rotating IPs on consumer home connections. Pay per gigabyte and keep whatever you do not use.

The popular order, as checkout prints it

ProxyHive · ResidentialSame at checkout
Quantity10 GB
Rate$3.95/GB

Configured$39.50
At checkout$39.50

Same number on both lines. Rate locked for 12 months from purchase. Unused balance is refundable at any time; an order we fail to deliver is refundable within 14 days.

$5.50 to $1.75/GB · rate locked 12 months

What it is

The jobs residential proxies are for

Each request leaves from an address a consumer ISP assigned to a home connection. The gateway picks the exit, and you decide whether it changes on every request or holds for a session you name.

Right tool for

  • Catalogue and marketplace collection at volume
  • Search results that challenge datacenter ranges
  • Crawls that want a fresh exit on every request
  • Bursty work, since bought traffic never expires

Wrong tool for

  • Jobs that must leave from a named country, city or ASN: residential has no location selection
  • Bulk file transfer, where per-gigabyte billing adds up fast
  • Logins that expect the same address for weeks: use ISP

Pricing

Buy residential proxies by the gigabyte

The total here is the total at checkout. Nothing is added at the payment step for location, session type or protocol.

GB

Volume tiers

All 10 rungs
  • 1 GB+$5.50/GB
  • 2 GB+$5.20/GB
  • 5 GB+$4.60/GB
  • 10 GB+$3.95/GB
  • 25 GB+$3.40/GB
  • 50 GB+$3.00/GB
  • 100 GB+$2.65/GB
  • 250 GB+$2.30/GB
  • 500 GB+$2.00/GB
  • 1,000 GB+$1.75/GB
ProxyHive · ResidentialSame at checkout
Quantity10 GB
Rate$3.95/GB

Configured$39.50
At checkout$39.50

Same number on both lines. Rate locked for 12 months from purchase. Unused balance is refundable at any time; an order we fail to deliver is refundable within 14 days.

Buy 10 GB for $39.50

or start free with 1 GB, no card

Pay by card, PayPal or cryptocurrency · a crypto refund goes back to the paying wallet, in the same coin

Every rung is on the Residential pricing page.

The same order elsewhere, checked

10 GB at ProxyHive, Webshare, Decodo and Bright Data
ProviderRate10 GBConditions
ProxyHive, same at checkout$3.95/GB$39.50 for 10 GB
Webshare$2.75/GB$27.50 for 10 GB
  • $1.40/GB is the 3,000 GB plan, $4,200 a month
  • A monthly plan, billed each month
  • Shown as 60% off a $7.00/GB list price

Read from Webshare’s pricing pageWhere Webshare wins

Decodo$4.00/GB$40.00 for 10 GB
  • $2/GB is the 1 TB Enterprise plan
  • Pay As You Go is a flat $4/GB

Read from Decodo’s pricing pageWhere Decodo wins

Bright Data$4.00/GB$40.00 for 10 GB
  • $2.50/GB is the $1,999 a month plan
  • $4/GB needs code RESIGB50; list is $8/GB
  • The code runs for 3 months

Read from Bright Data’s pricing pageWhere Bright Data wins

Specification

Residential proxies, specified

Network
RotationPer request, or a sticky session you name
Location selectionNone: exits come from the whole pool
ProtocolsHTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
AuthUsername and password
Order details
Order
BillingPer GB of traffic
Minimum order1 GB
Smallest top-up$10
Rate lock12 months from purchase
Traffic expiryNever
Free trial1 GB, no card
RefundsUnused balance at any time; a failed order within 14 days
Without a session name, each request from the client leaves the gateway through a different exit in the pool. With a session name, every request leaves through the same exit.No session named: new exit per requestClientgateway1234Session named: the exit holdsClientgateway1–3
Schematic. Each hex is one exit in the pool.

Coverage

Where residential proxies leave from

Residential has no location selection: exits come from the whole pool. For a named country, ISP is ordered by country in 75 countries and datacenter in 71.

List checked 21 September 2026. Live stock decides the order form.

Connect

Residential proxies in any client

Copy the host, port and credentials from your order in the dashboard. Every request gets a fresh exit unless you name a session in your credentials; the dashboard shows the exact format for your account.

Example request and response
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT https://api.ipify.org?format=json

What comes back

{"ip":"203.0.113.7"}

More in the docs.

Trust

Before you pay, you can check

Compare

Residential proxies next to ISP and datacenter

Compare them row by row
Every ProxyHive proxy type side by side
AttributeResidentialISPDatacenter
Price$5.50/GB$3.20/IP/moDedicated plan$1.90/IP/moDedicated plan
BillingPer GB of trafficPer IP, per monthPer IP, per month
Minimum order1 GB1 IP1 IP
Where the IP comes fromConsumer home connectionsRegistered to consumer ISPs, hosted on serversHosting networks, served from racks
AssignmentRotating, or sticky per sessionStatic for the termStatic for the term
Location choiceWhole pool, no selectionProvider and country; region and city where stock allowsCountry; region and city where stock allows
Best forWide collection at volumeAccounts, allowlists, long sessionsMonitoring, allowlists, tolerant targets

Choose residential when

  • You want a different exit on every request
  • Volume matters more than any one address
  • Your usage comes in bursts and should not expire

Choose ISP when

  • An account or allowlist needs the same address every time
  • The job has to leave from a named country, city or provider
  • You would rather pay per address than watch a traffic meter

Questions

Residential proxies, answered

Can I choose the country my requests leave from?

No. Residential is sold as a rotating pool with no country, city or ASN selection, and this page says so before you pay. ISP and datacenter are both ordered by country, with region and city where stock allows.

ISP proxies
How do sticky sessions work?

Add a session name to your credentials and the gateway keeps routing you through the same exit while it stays available. Change the name for a new exit, or drop it to rotate on every request.

Where do the addresses come from?

From consumer home connections. What we publish about sourcing, and what a buyer can check today, is on the trust page.

What you can check
Is there a free trial?

Yes. New accounts start with 1 GB free, and the smallest top-up after that is $10. There is no minimum order.

Does unused traffic expire?

No. Bandwidth stays on your balance until you use it, across every order you place.