Residential Proxies

Residential proxy networks contain real residential IP addresses provided by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These IP addresses are attached to physical locations across the globe at a country or a city level. Requests coming from premium residential proxies stand out for their legitimacy, allowing you to gather public data efficiently.

To find out more about what is a residential proxy we recommend to read our blog.

Every new account receives a one-time $5.00 welcome credit on registration, added to your balance immediately – no commitment required to start testing products. During that period, you can access our Residential Proxy pool and use our proxy IP addresses for your web scraping activities. Please note that the free credits offer is only available once.

A residential IP can be acquired from a local ISP with a dedicated device or purchased from a proxy service provider. The latter offers more options regarding IP types, ports, enhanced functionality as well as live support.

We count this number by multiplying the following values: Oxylabs Residential Proxy pool, unique exit node number per day, and days in quarter. Note that the end result varies on a monthly basis.

While you can manually enter specific proxy parameters, we highly recommend using our Endpoint generator. To access it, first, log in to the dashboard, select Residential Proxies, and click on Endpoint Generator. Then, select the following settings:

1. Region: Hong Kong or Beijing if you're connecting from China or Global for the rest of the world. 
2. Authentication method: User authentication or Whitelisted IPs. 
3. Endpoint type: Backconnect Entry or Country. 
4. Location settings: If you choose a Backconnect Entry, you can specify continent, country, state, or city. But if you select a Country, you can choose only a country. 
5. Session type: Sticky or Rotating. 
6. Output format: port or HTTP. 

Once you retrieve a list of endpoints, you can use them in your script. 

Looking for affordable residential proxies? Our plans start from $99 per month with a 11GB traffic allowance. See the Pricing section for more details.

A sticky residential proxy is a reliable online gateway that grants users enduring online security. It operates by establishing the user's internet connection through a residential IP address, making it challenging for malicious entities to trace the user's online activities. The “sticky” part refers to the sticky sessions, meaning you can keep the same residential IP for up to 24 hours.

Yes. Residential Proxies support MASQUE (CONNECT-UDP), the IETF-standardized method for proxying UDP over HTTP/3. Your requests reach HTTP/3 targets natively instead of falling back to TCP, which means fewer round trips at setup, sessions that can survive an exit node changing network, and packet loss affecting only one stream. HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 remain available. See our documentation for setup details.

Residential IPs offer high-speed connections with no speed limitations. However, your monthly plan will define your data transfer limit. Remember, that you can upgrade or top-up your plan at any time and increase your monthly traffic allowance. 

Yes! Our Residential Proxies, as well as Dedicated Datacenter Proxies offer connection via SOCKS5 protocol. 

Generally, the main difference between a residential proxy and VPN is that residential proxy masks the user’s IP address with an IP address assigned by an Internet Service Provider. On the other hand, a VPN creates an encrypted connection between the user’s device and the internet for privacy and security. However, you should note that residential proxies can also fully encrypt your connection if you choose residential proxies with an HTTPS protocol.

To use residential proxies on an iPhone, you can configure proxy settings within your device's network settings. Here's a simple guide to configure iPhone proxy: 

1. Go to your iPhone's "Settings" app.
2. Tap on "Wi-Fi" and select your connected Wi-Fi network.
3. Tap on the "i" icon next to the Wi-Fi network name.
4. Scroll down and locate the "HTTP Proxy" section.
5. Choose the "Manual" option.
6. Enter your proxy server and port information given by your proxy service provider. If your IP isn't whitelisted, you should also turn on the authentication. 
7. Tap "Back," and the proxy settings will be saved.

Typically, our Residential Proxies rotate automatically, but if you want to keep the same proxy IP address for a longer period of time, you can do that by selecting a sticky session parameter. With this parameter, it is possible to keep the same IP address for up to 24 hours.

You're risking using free US proxy servers because free proxy service providers can easily share your data with third parties. Just make sure free US proxies come from a trustworthy source. Often, paid services, including Oxylabs, also offer some free proxies.

It depends on your specific use case because it can vary depending on the scale of your operations, the number of concurrent connections needed, and the target websites you're accessing. Before purchasing residential proxies, we recommend consulting a reputable proxy service provider.

To maintain uninterrupted access to data and improve success rates, we offer advanced filtering options for Residential Proxies, including:

IP version selection (IPv4 or IPv6)

Platform/OS targeting (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux)

MASQUE for native HTTP/3 connections over QUIC

Matching the IP version and device environment to your target platform helps create more realistic web traffic patterns and improves request handling.

Residential Proxies use real IP addresses assigned by ISPs to homeowners, making them well suited for emulating browser behavior, web access management, large-scale public data collection, and accessing geo-specific content – even at ZIP-code level.

Datacenter Proxies provide instant access to the proxy pools of datacenter IPs, hosted on servers in data centers, which are available to multiple users simultaneously. This helps reduce server maintenance costs, making them a more cost-effective solution. 

For a more detailed comparison, check out the article Datacenter Proxies vs. Residential Proxies.