Exit node
The exit node is the machine your request finally leaves from. Proxy Compare prices 265 residential plans, read 5 Oct 2026, and no provider publishes a list of its nodes. On a residential plan that machine is somebody's home connection, which is why this site keeps asking where addresses came from.
Why it costs you money
It is the address whose reputation decides whether you are blocked, and it is the one you have least control over. Two providers can sell access to the same underlying exit nodes through different brands, which is why a switch after being blocked sometimes changes nothing at all.
See it in the data
Related terms
- IP reputationHow a target site scores an address before serving it, based on what that address has done elsewhere.
- BackconnectOne gateway address that fans out to the whole pool behind it, so your code never handles an address list.
- Proxy poolThe set of addresses a provider can route you through. The advertised size is a vendor claim nobody outside can verify.
- Residential proxyAn IP address belonging to a real home internet connection, rented by the gigabyte. The hardest type to block and the most expensive.
- Every term we define
Questions
Whose machine does my request actually leave from?
On a residential plan, somebody's home connection. 265 of the 545 plans priced here are residential, read 5 Oct 2026, and no provider publishes a list of the machines that carry the traffic.
Can I choose the exit node?
You choose a country, sometimes a city, rarely a network. 31 of the 42 providers publish a country count, read 5 Oct 2026. Below that level the pool decides and you find out afterwards.
Can whoever runs the exit node read my traffic?
For HTTPS the contents stay encrypted between you and the site. What the operator can see is which host you asked for and when, which is enough to know what you are working on even without the payload.