As we step into the digital age, online data privacy has attracted more and more public attention. Proxy servers are one of the common tools for companies to protect privacy. They are like a network filter. When executing network request transactions, they only display the proxy IP address, while the real IP address is hidden.
Due to different classification methods, different types of proxies are derived, among which data center proxies and residential proxies are very common. So, what are residential proxies and data center proxies? What is the difference between the two?
1. What is a residential agent?
In recent years, residential proxy IPs have become increasingly popular and can be found everywhere in daily life and work places. A residential proxy is actually a real IP address provided to the homeowner by an Internet Service Provider (ISP). This type of proxy can simulate user behavior and is widely used in data capture. Users can also select a specific location (such as a country, city, or mobile operator) to access websites through a residential proxy, thereby reducing the chance of being blocked by the website, and hiding the real IP address makes web browsing safer.
2. What is a data center proxy
Data center proxies use IP addresses owned and managed by data centers. They are not affiliated with ISPs, but come from secondary companies such as data centers. Unlike residential proxies, data center proxies use their own IP addresses directly. However, these IPs are usually developed by cloud service providers and may be used by multiple people at the same time. And because these IPs are not registered with ISPs, some websites or services may mark or block these IPs.
3. How to choose
In terms of price and speed, data center proxies have advantages over residential proxies; however, from a security perspective, residential proxies are usually more trusted by network servers and are therefore less likely to be noticed and blocked. Therefore, when choosing between data center proxies and residential proxies, you need to clarify your needs, whether you value high security and compliance more, or whether you need a faster proxy service to protect your IP address.
In most cases, residential proxies are preferred because they can hide user traces and will not trigger any security alerts, especially for large-scale crawling data operations. But if you need to use a web proxy every day, data center proxies are more advantageous in price, faster, and can ensure high anonymity.
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