Side-by-side
| Product | Best for | Speed | Cost | Detection risk | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | Scraping, account work, general use | Medium | $$ | Low | User:pass or IP whitelist |
| ISP | Per-account dedicated IPs, sneakers, ticketing, social media | Fast | $4.50/IP/mo | Lowest (per category) | User:pass only |
| Datacenter | Bulk scraping where stealth isn’t critical | Fastest | $ | High on protected sites | User:pass only |
| Mobile | Hardest anti-bot targets | Medium | $$$$ | Lowest | User:pass |
Decision tree
Logging into / managing social or commerce accounts → Residential or Mobile for general use. ISP (Social Media category) if you want the same IP per account over time. Datacenter usually gets flagged. Web scraping at scale, cheaply → Start with Datacenter IPv4 or IPv6: cheapest and fastest. If your target blocks them, step up to Residential. Testing site / ad / app from another country → Any product. Residential is the most realistic. Pick by country. Cloudflare-protected, anti-bot-heavy targets → Residential or Mobile. Datacenter and most ISP categories get blocked. CPA, surveys, self-signup offers → Residential with country/state targeting. Mobile when extra trust is needed. Sneaker bots, ticketing → ISP: pick the category that matches (Sneakers & Retail, Premium Tickets, Retail Plus, or Retail Advanced). Multi-account browsers (Dolphin, AdsPower, Octo, MoreLogin) → ISP (Social Media category): one dedicated IP per profile. Or Mobile for highest trust. UDP / gaming / VoIP / custom UDP protocols → ISP is the only product that supports UDP. Port 65535.Common use cases mapped to products
| Use case | Recommended |
|---|---|
| TikTok / Instagram / X automation | Residential or Mobile |
| Multi-account browsers (Dolphin, AdsPower) | ISP Social Media or Mobile |
| Google / Bing search scraping | Residential rotating |
| Generic e-commerce / news scraping | Datacenter, fallback to Residential |
| Account creation / verification | Residential or Mobile |
| Sneaker bots | ISP Sneakers & Retail / Retail Plus / Retail Advanced |
| Ticketing (Ticketmaster, AXS) | ISP Premium Tickets |
| Ad verification / brand monitoring | Residential by country |
| SEO rank tracking | Datacenter (if your tracker tolerates) or Residential |
| YouTube / Twitch parsing at scale | Datacenter IPv6 or ISP IPv6 |
| Gaming / VoIP / UDP | ISP |