Data Center Agents vs Residential Agents: Feature Comparison Analysis

What exactly are you struggling with when it comes to picking a proxy IP?

The old Zhang, who is engaged in data collection, recently had a big headache, and the IP of the website was always blocked by the ordinary proxy; the old Wang next door said that he would use the residential proxy, and downstairs, Xiao Li recommended the data center proxy. What is the difference between these two? Today, we break up the crumbs to say, to ensure that you know what to choose after reading.

Who the hell are these guys?

Let's start with the data center proxy, which is like thePackaged goods in wholesale markets. The servers are bunched up in the server room and the IP segments are all hyphenated. It's like when you go to the market to buy potatoes and stock up on them sack by sack.

Residential agents are much more elaborate, amounting toCarefully selected farm-grown vegetablesThe IPs are all real home broadband, distributed sporadically but closer to the average Internet user. For example, ipipgo's residential proxies are accurate down to the municipal carrier level.

Real-world scenarios against each other

Pitfalls only old drivers know

If you have used a certain proxy, you must have encountered this situation: obviously changed the IP, the website still recognizes that you are a robot. This time we have to seeIP purity, ipipgo's residential proxy completely resets the browser fingerprint every time and wears three more layers of vest than a regular proxy.

 Sample code with ipipgo proxy (Python version)
import requests

proxy = {
    'http': 'http://user:pass@gateway.ipipgo.io:8080',
    'https': 'https://user:pass@gateway.ipipgo.io:8080'
}

resp = requests.get('target site', proxies=proxy, timeout=10)

How do you choose so you don't spend a fortune?

Remember the mnemonic:Choose a server room for large volume, find a residence for fine. Doing crawling initially with data center proxies to save costs, and then switch to residential proxies when the business stabilizes. Hybrid packages like ipipgo are smarter and automatically switch between the two modes.

QA time

Q: Why are residential agents more expensive?
A: As if the difference between a bed and breakfast and an express hotel, residential agents have to maintain a huge amount of home network equipment, the cost is naturally high. But ipipgo got a smart scheduling system, can press the price to peer 70% discount.

Q: Will the website find out that I'm using a proxy?
A: It depends on the quality of the proxy. ipipgo's proxy pool is updated daily with 20%IP, and also comes with automatic request interval adjustment, which is more like a real person than a manual operation.

Q: Can I use two types of agents for one business?
A: too can! For example, first use the data center proxy to grab the list page, then use the residential proxy to grab the detail page. ipipgo backend can set up smart routing rules to automatically assign proxy types.

Tell the truth.

In fact, many agents do not understand the difference between themselves, blindly recommended. Our ipipgo's technical team specializes in makingFlow Characterization Simulation SystemThis allows data center proxies to masquerade as home networks as well. However, if you really want to pursue the ultimate in stealth, you still have to use a residential agent, after all, the network environment of the real server room can not 100% replica.

Finally, a piece of advice: do not believe those who claim that "universal agent" nonsense. According to their own business scenarios to choose, really can not find ipipgo customer service to test packages, their trial packages to give quite generous, than some of the vendors to hide the real more.