Proxies by task
Short answer, November 2026: scraping, price monitoring, ad checks and rank tracking need residential proxies priced per GB; running several stores needs static ISP proxies priced per IP; testing your own site needs only datacenter proxies
Proxies for web scraping
Residential proxies. Rotating residential IPs give the highest success rate on large public sites. If you scrape fewer than a few million pages a month, a ready scraping API can cost less than your own proxies plus a parser
From $192/month for 50 GB of residential proxies at Infatica
Proxies for price monitoring
Residential proxies. Retail sites show prices by region, so pick a provider with city or country targeting in the markets you track
From $96.00/month for 25 GB of residential proxies at Infatica
Proxies for ad verification
Residential proxies. You need IPs in the exact country and city where the campaign runs. Volume is usually small, so pay-as-you-go plans often win
From $40.00/month for 10 GB of residential proxies at Infatica
Proxies for agencies managing client social media accounts
Mobile proxies. Agencies keep each client account on its own clean IP. Mobile IPs suit mobile-first platforms; pair them with an antidetect browser profile per account
From $75.00/month for 10 GB of mobile proxies at Infatica
Proxies for running several marketplace stores
ISP (static residential) proxies. One stable static IP per store keeps logins consistent. ISP proxies are billed per IP with unlimited traffic
From $6.00/month for 5 IPs of ISP proxies at Webshare
Proxies for SEO rank tracking
Residential proxies. Search results differ by location; residential IPs return the results a real user in that country sees
From $80.00/month for 20 GB of residential proxies at Infatica
Proxies for collecting AI training data
Residential proxies. Large public-web datasets mean high volume, so the price per GB on big plans matters more than the entry price
From $699/month for 200 GB of residential proxies at Infatica
Proxies for QA and website testing
Datacenter proxies. Checking your own site from many IPs does not need residential addresses; datacenter proxies are fast and cost cents per IP
From $2.99/month for 100 IPs of datacenter proxies at Webshare