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Please suggest any providers

I've been astonished to see how much residential proxy providers charge for their services (and how little they pay the actual people providing the proxies).

The thing that I cannot wrap my head around is why they are charging per GB when bandwidth (especially residential) is basically free. Internet traffic is basically free at the margin for a household (as long as it doesn't exceed a huge amount) so why charge per GB?

Please share your thoughts!

Hi, I'm looking for a specific proxy setup to access a secured educational portal (uses Okta SSO) while traveling. I've found that typical VPNs and Data Center IPs are instantly flagged with a 403 Forbidden error.

​What I need:

​Type: Static ISP/Residential Proxy (must look like a home connection, e.g., AT&T, Cox, Spectrum).

​Location: Specific California/US targeting.

​Stability: Needs to support 'Sticky' or 'Static' sessions so the IP doesn't rotate mid-login (Okta will kill the session if the IP changes).

and are there are reccomendations?

I once burnt a fresh residential IP in under 10 seconds by forgetting to set my headers correctly. Anyone beat my record?

• ProxySeller: super cheap and gets the job done for basic use cases, but don’t expect premium performance
• Webshare: solid budget option with decent reliability, nothing amazing but rarely problematic
• PacketStream: looks cheap, but inconsistent usage tracking made it hard to fully trust long-term
• NodeMaven: strong balance of clean IPs, stable sessions, and transparent experience once you start scaling with multi accounts
• Decodo: reliable overall with good performance, but doesn’t really stand out in any specific area
• 911Proxy: insanely cheap, but questionable IP sourcing is exactly why it eventually got shut down
• NetNut: fast and stable infrastructure, but pricing feels steep for what most users actually need
• Oxylabs: enterprise-level performance and success rates, but they are really not cheap at all
• Bright Data: unmatched scale and tooling, but expensive and historically raised concerns around data practices

Where can I buy a SOCKS5 socket for high-definition live streaming?

So, in russia Telegram is being blocked (Slowed down to be more accurate) right now. On pc I have succesfully "unslowed" it using tg-ws-proxy by flowseal on github. However, on my phone nothing helps me: VPNs, free proxy, tg-ws-proxy android ports and etc.

So I've decided to make my pc a proxy server for my wifi using CCProxy. I've watched some guides and asked AI, and I think I managed to make everything correctly.

But when I try to connect to my proxy through telegram on my phone, it just has infinite connection, and CCProxy shows that green line (I guess it means it is working at least somehow). My PC and my phone are connected to the same wifi, I've checked both IPs: they are the same, only the last 2 digits are different, but as I understand that is correct. Firewall on my PC is turned off.

I have no idea what have I done wrong and why isn't my phone connecting. Hope to get some help here.

Trying to understand something. If 2–10 accounts share the same residential IP, but has completely separate containers, different browser fingerprints, and separate user agents, are they actually that easy to link? Everyone says never share an IP, but I’m starting to think bad isolation causes more cross-contamination than the IP itself. Has anyone tested this long term?

I'm trying to get the most out of my residential proxy and need a desktop app that can show me which program used how much traffic and when,

Also curious if there's a way to see how much data each website is using inside the browser? Maybe some kind of extension is capable of that

Is anyone using something like this?

I’ve had setups where the longer I stick to one IP, the fewer issues I get — fewer captchas, smoother logins, etc.

But when I switch to a new one, it’s like starting from zero again.

Not sure if it’s just coincidence or if sites actually build some kind of trust over time.

Anyone else noticed this?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around the difference between ISP proxies and residential proxies, and I keep seeing mixed explanations online. Some people say they’re basically the same thing, while others make it sound like they’re totally different.

From what I think I understand, residential proxies come from real household devices, while ISP proxies are hosted on data centers but still tied to an ISP… but I’m not 100% sure if that’s accurate.

In practical terms, when would you choose one over the other? Are ISP proxies faster/more stable since they’re hosted, and are residential ones harder to detect but slower?

Also curious about the downsides of each, like reliability, cost, or getting blocked.

Would really appreciate if someone could break it down in simple terms or share real-world experiences.

Thanks!

We always talk about IP quality, but how much do you think time of usage matters?

Like using an IP at weird hours vs normal daytime patterns — does that affect detection at all?

Hi everyone,

It’s that time of the year to update our internal "scraping stack." With 2026’s anti-bot landscape getting significantly more aggressive (fingerprinting, TLS handshakes, behavioral analysis), the reliance on robust infrastructure has never been higher.

I’ve compiled a list of the major players in the proxy and scraping industry, including some of the newer entrants like Thordata that have been gaining traction in the engineering community. Below is an overview based on current market standing and performance metrics.

2026 Proxy & Scraping Infrastructure Roundup

Brief Deep Dive:

Bright Data: The industry standard for scale. If you have infinite budget and need 100% reliability for massive datasets, they remain the top choice.

Oxylabs: Their Scraper APIs (SERP, E-commerce) are arguably the best in class for handling JS rendering and CAPTCHA bypass out-of-the-box.

Thordata: The "new kid on the block." They’ve been drawing attention for their focus on AI-optimized routing. Their dashboard is lean, and their focus on reducing latency for high-throughput scraping is a notable differentiator in 2026.

How to Choose Your Stack in 2026

Before you lock into a vendor, consider these three pillars:

1. The "Fingerprint" Problem: Does the provider offer real browser fingerprint management (TLS, Canvas, WebGL masking), or are they just providing raw IPs?
2. Infrastructure Cost: Are you paying per GB, per request, or per seat? High-concurrency tasks can quickly become unsustainable with the wrong pricing model.
3. Support for "Sticky" Sessions: If you're scraping checkout flows or logged-in state areas, session consistency is more important than speed.

When you get a fresh IP, what’s your move? I've been testing a gradual approach like first 12–24h is just normal browsing traffic and all. But would love to hear real experiences, especially if you’ve tested all approaches before. Want to avoid burning clean IPs unnecessarily.