There are several main types of rotating proxies. You have to choose based on the task: bypassing anti-bots, geotargeting, speed, or price. That is why it is critically important to understand where the IPs come from and how this affects reliability.
Centralized services most often perform proxy rotation: you send requests to a single endpoint, and the provider distributes them across the pool. This relieves you of the worries of IP management, allowing you to concentrate on data and logic.
Rotating Residential Proxies and How to Make Residential Proxies
Resident proxies are IPs that belong to real users. They connect through their home address and the providers they use. Due to this, they appear to be regular user traffic and are less likely to be blocked.
When rotating, the service substitutes different residential IPs from its network, which significantly increases the chance of a successful request with complex anti-bot systems. Proxy IP rotation in residential networks is particularly effective for tasks where the high plausibility of the request source is crucial (for example, advertising testing or parsing local results).
Many people choose resident solutions when the goal is to look as much like a real user as possible. But residential also has disadvantages — price, speed, and sometimes country restrictions.
When working with residential, it is essential to comply with legal and ethical standards. Do not use proxies for illegal operations, and providers like Proxyca publicly indicate a ban on high-risk categories. Such a proxy is worth choosing because the following features and advantages characterize it:
- high IP trust for sites;
- fewer false positives from anti-bots;
- convenience of geotargeting by confirmed addresses;
- suitable for complex SERP parsing and advertising platforms;
- often supports long sessions and cookie compatibility.
These points summarize why residential services serve as the "gold standard" when working with highly secure services. However, it is worth noting that the price and availability of IP in certain countries may limit the scale.
Rotating Datacenter Proxies
Datacenter proxies come from data centers. They are fast enough, relatively inexpensive, and convenient for mass tasks. However, here's the catch: they are easier to identify and block. This feature is because the IPs belong to hosting providers, not home IPs.
A rotating proxy server usually distributes such datacenter IPs by request. In some scenarios (low site protection), they work great, especially when collecting data in bulk. Without going into details and particulars, but highlighting the main points, a data center is cheaper and faster, while residential is more expensive but more reliable.
Rotating Mobile Proxies
Mobile proxies utilize the IP addresses of mobile operators. They are instrumental when services are checking the type of connection (mobile vs. home). By rotating mobile IP, you can simulate connections from a variety of devices and operators, which is helpful for mobile advertising and app testing.