Oxylabs' Datacenter Proxies

Datacenter Proxies are not associated with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). They come from remote servers. These are among the fastest types of proxies and are great for quick response time tasks.

It's in the name shared proxy pool is available for many users simultaneously, while private proxies are available for one user only. Shared proxies tend to be cheaper and are often priced per traffic usage, and dedicated proxies are usually priced per IP address. 

Sharing proxies with other users allows proxies providers to cut the cost of servers' maintenance. In turn, they can offer better pricing for the end-user.

The main difference between datacenter and residential proxies is the source of their IP addresses. 

Residential proxies have an IP address that is provided by an ISP and belong to real users. As a result, residential proxies appear on websites as ordinary internet users, making it less likely that a proxy user will be blocked.

Conversely, datacenter proxies are created in large quantities in data centers and are not associated with an ISP. As a result, the size of the datacenter proxy IP pool is significantly larger. This kind of proxy is less expensive, but it’s also more vulnerable to IP blocks. 

However, if you use a specific type of datacenter proxy, such as a dedicated datacenter proxy, this won’t be the case. You can read our blog for more information about the differences between datacenter and residential proxies.

ISP proxies have characteristics of both residential and datacenter proxies. Just like datacenter proxies, they’re hosted on a server in a data center. Nevertheless, they have residential IPs owned by an ISP.