The short answer to "which proxy to use" depends on the job. For accounts you log into every day, use Static ISP. For one-day tasks in a specific city, use sticky residential. For many pages in one go, use rotating.
Mobile, hosting and UDP-capable proxies cover the rest. Mobile fits mobile-first platforms, hosting fits speed and volume on sites that don't care about home IPs, and UDP fits calls and games.
Below you'll find each job with the proxy that fits it and why. Pick your job, skip the rest.
Key takeaways
- Logging into the same accounts for weeks → Static ISP, one fixed IP for 7, 30 or 90 days.
- One-day tasks and local checks → sticky residential, up to 24 hours, with filters down to city and ZIP code.
- Many pages, prices or countries and no logins → rotating, billed per GB.
- Real-time apps need a proxy flagged with UDP support. Filter for it, because not every proxy has it.
- A proxy doesn't make anything against a platform's rules OK. Follow each platform's terms.
How the proxy types differ
Three things set the types apart: where the IP comes from, how long it stays, and how you pay.
Residential IPs belong to real home internet connections. Sites usually see an ordinary household visitor. Mobile IPs are 4G/5G carrier addresses. Hosting IPs come from datacenters. They are the fastest and cheapest, and have the lowest trust on consumer platforms.
On how long the IP stays:
- Static ISP keeps one fixed IP for the whole term, 7, 30 or 90 days. You can extend the term without getting new credentials.
- Sticky proxies keep their IP up to 24 hours. You pick them one by one from the catalog and rent them per proxy, with no bandwidth cap.
- Rotating gives you a new IP on every request. You pay per GB, and GB never expire. You can target a country, but not a city, and there are no sticky sessions.
All of them are SOCKS5 with a username and password, delivered as HOST:PORT:USER:PASS. In your antidetect browser profile you choose SOCKS5 and fill in host, port, login and password.
Three questions to ask before buying
- Do I log into accounts? If yes, you need an IP that stays put. That means Static ISP or sticky. Never rotating.
- How long must the IP stay the same? Weeks → Static ISP. A day or less → sticky. Not at all → rotating.
- How many pages or locations do I need? A few locations, checked by hand → sticky. Hundreds of pages or many countries → rotating.
Answer these three and the job sections below will point you to one proxy.
Which proxy for which job
Logging into the same accounts every day for weeks
Use Static ISP. You get one fixed IP for 7, 30 or 90 days, and you can extend the term without new credentials. Your profile keeps the same address, so the account always logs in from the same place.
Static ISP is for logins you keep, not for creating new sign-ups or for sites with strict anti-bot checks. That steady location is the point. Platforms may ask you to verify a login from a new country, and an IP that changes all the time invites that. This is the right choice for store owners and agencies who work in the same accounts daily. If you run a store, see the guides on Shopify proxies and eBay proxies. Selling on TikTok? There's a guide on TikTok Shop proxies.
Agencies managing creator accounts for clients should read the guide on proxies for creator management agencies. Use each platform's own team tools where they exist.
One-day tasks and local checks by country, city or ZIP
Use sticky residential. It keeps its IP up to 24 hours, which is plenty for a day of work. In the catalog you can filter by country, region, city and ISP. In the US you can also search by ZIP code within a radius.
This suits checking how ads, search results, prices or listings look from a certain place. For Google Ads and local search checks, read the guide on Google Ads proxies. For Meta ads, read the guide on Facebook ads proxies.
Mobile-first apps, or when a carrier IP fits better
Use sticky mobile. These are 4G/5G carrier IPs and they work the same way as sticky residential: pick one from the live catalog, rent it, use it up to 24 hours.
Choose mobile when the platform is mostly used on phones, or when a carrier address looks more natural for what you do. Carrier IPs are often shared by many phones at once, which is why sites tend to be cautious about blocking them. If your normal visitors browse on their phones, a mobile IP matches them.
Speed and volume on sites that don't care about home IPs
Use hosting. These are datacenter IPs. They're the fastest and cheapest option, with no bandwidth cap on each sticky proxy.
They fit your own tools, public data, and testing. They don't fit consumer platforms, where datacenter IPs have the lowest trust. If the site expects ordinary people, pick residential or mobile instead.
Checking many pages, prices or countries in one go
Use rotating. You get a residential pool with a new IP on every request, country targeting only (no city, no sticky sessions), and billing per GB. GB never expire, so what you don't use today is still there next month. Rotating purchases are not refundable.
It's built for market and price research, ad verification and wide page checks. It's not for logging in. An account that sees a different IP on every request may keep running into verification.
Calls, games and other real-time apps
Use a proxy flagged with UDP support. Real-time apps send traffic over UDP, and not every proxy handles it. In the catalog, turn on the UDP filter and pick a proxy from the results. You can combine it with the type, country and online status filters.
Common mistakes
- Rotating proxies for logins. The IP changes on every request, so the account never sees the same location twice.
- One IP shared across accounts. Give each account or client its own steady location.
- Datacenter proxies on consumer platforms. Hosting is great for tools and data. On platforms built for ordinary people, use residential or mobile.
- Wrong location for the account. If the account was set up in one country, don't suddenly log in from another without a reason.
- Skipping a leak check. A new setup can leak your real DNS. Run the DNS leak check once for every new profile.
Honest limits
Sticky residential runs on real home devices. A device can be switched off or restarted, and the ISP can change its IP, so a sticky IP can drop before 24 hours. That's why it's "up to 24 hours".
A sticky proxy can be refunded to your balance only within its first hour, and only if a live test fails. Rotating has no refunds, and neither does Static ISP once delivered, so check the country and your plan before you order. Static ISP is also available in fewer countries than sticky residential.
A proxy gives each account a steady, matching location. It does not make anything against a platform's terms acceptable. Follow each platform's rules.
You can see what's on offer and compare the types on the pricing section. Payment is crypto only, and real people answer on Telegram if you need help choosing.
FAQ
Which proxy is best for social media accounts?
For accounts you log into for weeks, Static ISP is the usual pick because the IP stays the same. For short tasks, sticky residential or sticky mobile works too.
Static or rotating proxy: which one do I need?
Static if you log into accounts, because it keeps one IP for the whole term. Rotating if you check many pages or locations without logging in, because it gives a new IP on every request.
Residential vs mobile vs datacenter proxy: what's the difference?
Residential IPs come from home connections, mobile IPs from 4G/5G carriers, and datacenter (hosting) IPs from datacenters. Datacenter is fastest and cheapest but has the lowest trust on consumer platforms.
What is a sticky proxy?
A sticky proxy keeps the same IP for a set time, up to 24 hours here. You pick it from the catalog, rent it per proxy, and use it for the day without the IP changing, unless the home device goes offline.