What Is a Datacenter Proxy?
Datacenter Proxies
Datacenter proxies, like any other type, act as an intermediary between your computer and a destination server. Datacenter proxies are acquired from other businesses, which are running large clusters of servers. These servers are used to create many datacenter IP addresses.
Advantages of Datacenter Proxies
While datacenter proxies are easier to detect than residential proxies, they are significantly faster and more stable. Data centers will usually have a better internet connection than any household while also being less prone to being turned off when compared to a regular internet user’s device.
Shared vs Dedicated Datacenter Proxies
Additionally, some datacenter proxy providers sell shared and dedicated datacenter proxies. Shared datacenter proxies allow many different users to use the same IP address. We believe that dedicated datacenter IPs are best as they allow you to take full advantage
Datacenter Proxy Advantages
Private datacenter proxies are incredible at three things—speed, reliability, and price.
Speed
Each datacenter proxy comes from a dedicated server with a top notch internet connection and hardware. They beat out every other proxy server in speed by a large margin.
Reliability
Since datacenter IPs are created in servers, which are nearly never shutdown, they easily achieve 99.9% uptime. Coupled with unlimited bandwidth, datacenter proxies are a perfect candidate for long-term projects
Price
Datacenter proxy IP addresses are often the cheapest due to them being easy to procure and manage. You can even split your IP addresses across multiple users and save even more.
Datacenter Proxy Use Cases
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Price Monitoring
Collecting ecommerce data through datacenter proxies is quick and efficient. Stability and speed of datacenter proxies is perfect for a stable flow of data.
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Social Networks
High speeds and reliability make datacenter proxies a great option for collecting large volumes of data from many social networks at once.
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Account Creation
Dedicated datacenter proxies provide a constant IP address that’s perfect for creating accounts on various websites and maintaining a single identity.
Datacenter vs. Residential Proxies: Which Should You Choose?
Neither residential nor datacenter proxies are strictly better, but bring in different features that may be valuable to your use case.
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Datacenter Proxies
- More affordable
- More reliable
- Higher speeds
- Easily detectable
- Potential reputation problems
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Residential Proxies
- Nearly undetectable
- Better reputation scores
- Variable speed
- More expensive
- Slightly less reliable
Datacenter Proxies Pricing
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30 days
Starting from$1.75 /proxy-
195 Countries Available
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Traffic never expires
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SOCKS5 Supported
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City/State Targeting
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Flexible Rotation/Sticky Options
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60 days
Starting from$2.40 /proxy-
Unlimited Traffic
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99.9% Uptime
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Premium ISP Providers
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Not Shared
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SOCKS5 Supported
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90 days
Starting from$1.39 /proxy-
Unlimited Traffic
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99.9% Uptime
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Not Shared
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Carefully Selected And Tested
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SOCKS5 Supported
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Datacenter Proxy Locations
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United States
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United Kingdom
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Germany
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Netherlands
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Italy
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France
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Poland
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Spain
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Czech Republic
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Austria
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Portugal
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Switzerland
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Australia
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Belgium
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Canada
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Greece
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Japan
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Brazil
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Hungary
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Philippines
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Malaysia
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Singapore
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India
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Lithuania
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Sweden
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Argentina
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Latvia
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Turkey
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New Zealand
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Norway
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Luxembourg
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克罗地亚
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Serbia
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Romania
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保加利亚
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Albania
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Ireland
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Vietnam
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South Korea
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Finland
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Frequently asked questions
Should I use free datacenter proxies?
Free datacenter proxies can be tempting, however, most of them will be shared, at the very least. Performance will definitely take a hit and you’ll likely be missing many vital features such as the selection of datacenter proxy network locations or static IP addresses.
That’s the best case scenario. With free datacenter proxies you’ll also likely leak data to the provider who might decide to sell that information to third parties. So, you’ll be paying with your data instead of money. So, the best datacenter proxies are those that you pay for directly as they’ll give you better performance, reliability, and security.
How do I get started with proxies?
Setting up our datacenter proxies is extremely simple and quick. We’ve created a few quick resources to help you get started such as our step-by-step datacenter proxy quick-start guide .
If you’re still having troubles when setting up your datacenter proxies, don’t hesitate to contact our support by using the “Chat” button at the bottom right of the screen!
What is the difference between ISP and datacenter proxies?
ISP proxies are stored in data centers, but have an IP address that’s registered to an Internet Service Provider. They combine the benefits of residential and datacenter proxies into one package, providing speed, reliability, and low detection rates. Additionally, they’ll also usually be dedicated proxies, allowing you to take advantage of all these features according to your own needs.
Are datacenter proxies detectable?
Detection capabilities will depend upon the website, but, in general, datacenter proxies can be detected more easily than residential IPs. Datacenter proxy servers have IPs that originated from business-owned machines, which makes them seem a little more suspicious. As such, some websites may choose to ban datacenter proxy IPs earlier than those of residential proxies.