Use cases
Proxy use cases: pick the proxy type by the job
Six common workloads, what breaks in each, and which proxy type we would put under it. Every one is on the published allowed-use list, so you know the rules before the first request.
Web scraping
Crawl public pages at volume without a few addresses carrying the whole job.
Start with Residential
Price monitoring
Track competitor prices, stock and promotions market by market, every day.
Start with ISP
SERP tracking
Check rankings as a searcher in that country, or that city, sees them.
Start with ISP
Ad verification
See the ad a viewer in the target market is served, where you paid for it to run.
Start with ISP
Market research
Measure public content across markets, at a scale a panel cannot reach.
Start with Residential
Account management
Reach the accounts you run from one fixed address each, bought one IP at a time.
Start with ISP
At a glance
Which proxy type, for which job
The first choice and the fallback for each workload. Prices are the catalogue's own lowest rung, the same figures checkout uses.
| Workload | First choice | Fallback |
|---|---|---|
| Web scraping | Residential | Datacenter |
| Price monitoring | ISP | Residential |
| SERP tracking | ISP | Residential |
| Ad verification | ISP | Datacenter |
| Market research | Residential | Datacenter |
| Account management | ISP | Datacenter |
Rules before purchase
Not on this list?
The allowed-use policy says what is allowed, what is not, and what needs a word with us first. If your workload is on the allowed list, it is welcome here even without a page of its own.
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Try the proxy type before you commit to it
Configure a plan and the price you see is the price at checkout. Traffic you buy never expires, so a slow month does not cost you the balance.