Sticky session
An option that holds one address for a fixed period, usually between one minute and twenty-four hours, so a sequence of requests arrives from the same place.
Why it costs you money
The maximum duration is the number to check before buying, and providers differ widely on it. If your flow takes longer than the cap, the address changes mid-way and the work is lost, so a cheaper provider with a shorter cap can end up costing more in retries.
See it in the data
Related terms
- Rotating proxyA connection that hands you a different address on each request, or on a timer. The default for scraping at volume.
- ISP proxyA hosted address registered to a consumer internet provider. Residential-looking identity at datacenter speed, and it stays yours.
- BackconnectOne gateway address that fans out to the whole pool behind it, so your code never handles an address list.
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