Datacenter proxy
A datacenter proxy is an address belonging to a hosting company. Proxy Compare prices 114 datacenter plans, read 5 Oct 2026: the cheapest addresses on the table and the easiest to detect, because a site checking ownership sees a server farm. Cheap holds until the block rate makes it expensive.
Why it costs you money
It is the cheapest bandwidth in this market by a wide margin, which makes it the right thing to test first. Where a target accepts it you have saved most of your budget; where it does not, you find out in an hour for about a dollar rather than by committing to a residential plan.
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Related terms
- ISP proxyA hosted address registered to a consumer internet provider. Residential-looking identity at datacenter speed, and it stays yours.
- Residential proxyAn IP address belonging to a real home internet connection, rented by the gigabyte. The hardest type to block and the most expensive.
- ASNThe number identifying who owns a block of IP addresses. It is the first thing bot detection checks about you.
- Success rateThe share of requests that get through. The number that decides everything, and the one no comparison table can give you.
- Per-IP pricingBilling per address rented per month, with traffic uncounted. It cannot be honestly converted to a per-GB rate.
- IP reputationHow a target site scores an address before serving it, based on what that address has done elsewhere.
- SOCKS5A proxy protocol that forwards any TCP traffic rather than only HTTP, and the one some providers charge extra for.
- Every term we define
Questions
Why are datacenter addresses so much cheaper?
Because nothing has to be paid to a household. They sit on server hardware the provider already runs, and 114 of the 545 plans priced here are datacenter, read 5 Oct 2026.
When will they stop working?
When the target checks who owns the address. A datacenter range resolves to a hosting company, which is cheap to detect and widely blocked, so the failure is sudden rather than gradual.
Should I try datacenter first anyway?
Usually yes, on your own target and inside a refund window. Cheap holds until the block rate makes it expensive, and only your target tells you where that line falls.