Frequently Asked Questions About Proxies

Most Commonly Asked Questions

Everything you need to know before using our products. If you can't find the answer to your question, contact our team at [email protected]

A proxy is a server that acts as an intermediary between your computer and the internet. It functions as a bridge between your web browser and internet services, allowing you to access online resources while keeping your identity and location hidden.

You will have access to our proxy pools containing IP addresses located all over the world (except the State of Texas - USA). We maintain this pool on a daily basis. You will use this proxy pool through our proxy gateways. By default, each connection to our proxy gateways will grant you a random proxy from our pool. You are free to choose the location of the IP or even opt to use the same proxy IP repeatedly using our session feature.

Our service supports proxying for HTTP and HTTPS websites using the HTTP or SOCKS5 protocols. Note that we DO NOT support direct HTTPS connections to our proxy server.

Our proxies can be used to access almost all websites, with the exception of a few that are blocked due to being targets of fraudulent attacks.

Our proxy gateways currently support two types of authentication: username:password and IP whitelist.

Yes, we offer a complete API, see the API Swagger File.

The speed mainly depends on the proxy type. Residential Proxies tend to be slower than Datacenter Proxies as they are mostly from wifi connections. The speed also depends on several factors such as the location of the proxy and the internet connection.

Unfortunately, we no longer offer free trials at this time, however we have a cheap test package that lets you test our proxies.

Our proxy servers calculate data usage based on the total volume of individual packets processed by the server. The sum of these bytes, for both incoming and outgoing packets, represents the total data consumed.

Yes, we have special offers for resellers, as well as an API that allows you to manage your Databay account in real-time. Please Contact Us on our LiveChat.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Proxies

Most Commonly Asked Questions

What is a proxy?

What do I get by purchasing your service?

What types of proxies do you support?

Which sites can I access with your proxies?

How proxy authentication works?

Do you have a user API?

What is the speed of your proxies?

Can I get a free trial?

How is data usage calculated by our proxy gateways?

Do you have any reseller offers?

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