Choosing a proxy network
Which proxy type fits which workload, how pricing models compare, and how to switch providers safely.
Buying guides
Dedicated vs shared proxies: what you actually get
Dedicated vs shared proxies compared: reputation from co-tenants, shared rate limits, allowlisting, cost, and questions that show whether dedicated is real.
· 7 min read
Buying guides
Proxy redundancy: running more than one provider
How to build proxy redundancy with two providers: active-active or active-passive, routing, warm standby, health checks, failover code and due diligence.
· 8 min read
Buying guides
Proxy SLAs: what to negotiate and what credits are worth
What a proxy SLA should measure, where and over what window, which exclusions to push back on, what service credits are worth, and how to verify it yourself.
· 7 min read
Buying guides
Static residential proxies (ISP proxies) explained
Static residential proxies explained: how ISP addresses are sourced, when they beat rotating residential, how to check subnet spread, and how to verify them.
· 8 min read
Buying guides
When mobile proxies are worth the cost
When mobile proxies are worth their per-GB premium: how carrier NAT shapes blocking, the use cases that need them, session limits, and sourcing questions.
· 7 min read
Buying guides
How to benchmark proxy providers before you buy
How to benchmark proxy providers fairly: representative targets, content validation, block detection, latency percentiles, geo checks and a Python harness.
· 6 min read
Buying guides
Proxy pricing explained: per GB vs per IP
How proxy pricing works per GB and per IP, how to estimate monthly usage, where costs hide, how to cut bandwidth, and when to move a workload to per-IP.
· 6 min read
Buying guides
Your proxy provider shut down: a 72-hour recovery playbook
What to do in the 72 hours after your proxy provider shut down: triage, credential hygiene, restoring critical jobs, backfill and hardening.
· 8 min read
Buying guides
Residential vs ISP vs datacenter proxies (and mobile): a buyer's guide
Residential vs ISP vs datacenter proxies, plus mobile: how each is sourced, billed and treated by targets, with a comparison table and a decision procedure.
· 7 min read
Buying guides
How to switch proxy providers without downtime
A step-by-step plan to switch proxy providers without downtime: inventory, parameter mapping, a parallel run with traffic splitting, cutover and rollback.
· 9 min read
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