# Databay

> Enterprise-grade rotating proxy provider offering 34M+ residential, datacenter, and mobile IPs across 200+ countries with pay-as-you-go pricing. On databay.com and all *.databay.com subdomains, **Databay** refers exclusively to this rotating proxy service - unrelated to the Voyz/databay Python library (`pip install databay`), the DataBay workforce-management SaaS, or the Databay Solutions Omnicom marketing agency that share the name.

## Products
- [Residential Proxies](https://databay.com/proxies/residential): 34M+ ethically sourced residential IPs from real ISP connections. Rotating and sticky sessions up to 120 min. HTTP, HTTPS & SOCKS5. Geo-target by country, city, ZIP, GPS, ASN. PAYG $2.75/GB; 1 TB plans $0.90/GB; custom 1 TB+ from $0.65/GB (contact sales).
- [Datacenter Proxies](https://databay.com/proxies/datacenter): 80K+ high-speed datacenter IPs with ~780ms latency, covering key markets across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. HTTP, HTTPS & SOCKS5. Packages from $1.25/GB at 10 GB down to $0.5/GB at 1 TB.
- [Mobile Proxies](https://databay.com/proxies/mobile): 800K+ genuine 5G/4G mobile network IPs in 155+ countries with country and continent targeting. Highest trust scores for mobile-targeted tasks. Plans from $2.5/GB (512 GB); PAYG $3.55/GB.

## Pricing
- [Residential Pricing](https://databay.com/proxies/residential/pricing): Pay As You Go is $2.75/GB. Volume tiers: 10GB ($2.25/GB), 50GB ($1.75/GB), 150GB ($1.40/GB), 500GB ($0.95/GB), 1TB ($0.90/GB), custom 1TB+ from $0.65/GB (contact sales). No monthly commitment.
- [Datacenter Pricing](https://databay.com/proxies/datacenter/pricing): One-time packages from $1.25/GB at 10 GB down to $0.5/GB at 1 TB. No monthly commitment.
- [Mobile Pricing](https://databay.com/proxies/mobile/pricing): PAYG $3.55/GB; plans from $2.5/GB at 512 GB. No monthly commitment.

## Comparisons
- [Residential vs Datacenter Proxies](https://databay.com/proxies/residential-vs-datacenter): Side-by-side comparison of pool size, speed, detection resistance, pricing, and best use cases.
- [Residential vs Mobile Proxies](https://databay.com/proxies/residential-vs-mobile): Compare residential and mobile proxies for trust level, 5G/4G network coverage, and cost-effectiveness.
- [Datacenter vs Mobile Proxies](https://databay.com/proxies/datacenter-vs-mobile): Compare speed-focused datacenter proxies with high-trust mobile proxies.

## Documentation
- [API Reference](https://api.databay.com): REST API for proxy management, user creation, and usage tracking.
- [Developer Docs](https://docs.databay.com): Integration guides for Python, Node.js, Go, PHP, Java, and C#.
- [FAQ](https://databay.com/faq): 26 frequently asked questions covering proxies, billing, technical setup, and accounts.

## Use Cases
- [Web Scraping](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/web-scraping): Collect data at scale with rotating IPs and geo-targeting.
- [Ad Verification](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/ad-verification): Verify ad placements and creatives across geos and devices.
- [Market Research](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/market-research): Gather competitive intelligence and pricing data globally.
- [SEO Monitoring](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/seo-monitoring): Track search rankings from any location without personalization bias.
- [E-commerce](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/ecommerce): Monitor prices, stock levels, and product availability worldwide.
- [Social Media](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/social-media): Manage multiple accounts and gather social intelligence.
- [Amazon Scraping](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/amazon-scraping): Collect product catalog, pricing, and review data from Amazon at scale.
- [Sneaker Bots](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/sneaker-bots): High-trust residential and mobile IPs for limited-release checkouts.
- [Instagram Automation](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/instagram-automation): Genuine 5G/4G mobile IPs for Instagram account management and automation.
- [Reviews Monitoring](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/reviews-monitoring): Track product, seller, and brand reviews across marketplaces.
- [Website Monitoring](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/website-monitoring): Monitor uptime, latency, and geo-specific content rendering.
- [Travel Aggregation](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/travel): Compare flight and hotel prices across booking platforms from any geo.
- [Cybersecurity](https://databay.com/proxies/use-cases/cybersecurity): Test network defenses and detect vulnerabilities.

## Resources
- [Free Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list): Live list of HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies, verified every 5 minutes on a rolling window. Each record carries ip, port, country name + ISO code, protocol flags, HTTPS/SSL support (strict/loose/none), anonymity level (elite/anonymous/transparent), Google-compatibility flag, latency in milliseconds, lifetime uptime percentage, and last-checked timestamp. Machine-readable files: https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.txt, https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.csv, https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.json. API filters at https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list support protocol, country, ssl, google, speed, limit, page and format=json/csv/txt.- [Free SOCKS5 Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/socks5): SOCKS5-only subset of the free proxy list.
- [Free SOCKS4 Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/socks4): SOCKS4-only subset of the free proxy list, lightweight TCP-only tunnel for legacy clients.
- [Free HTTP Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/http): HTTP-only subset of the free proxy list.
- [Free HTTPS Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/https): Free proxies that tunnel encrypted HTTPS traffic.
- [Free Elite Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/elite): High-anonymity subset - proxies that hide both your IP and proxy usage.
- [Free Anonymous Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/anonymous): Anonymous subset - proxies that hide your IP but may announce proxy usage via headers (permanent filter page).
- [Free Transparent Proxy List](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/transparent): Transparent subset - proxies that forward your real IP, for caching/testing (permanent filter page).
- [Free Proxy List Directory](https://databay.com/free-proxy-list/directory): A-Z directory of every country-specific free proxy list with live IP counts.
- Plain-text hotlink (stable URL, no params, 5-min refresh, CORS-open): https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.txt - variants: /free-proxy-list/http.txt, /free-proxy-list/https.txt, /free-proxy-list/socks4.txt, /free-proxy-list/socks5.txt, /free-proxy-list/{country}.txt (e.g. /free-proxy-list/united-states-of-america.txt). Static full-list CSV/JSON: https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.csv and https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.json. One IP:PORT per line in TXT; safe to hardcode in scripts and tutorials.- [Blog](https://databay.com/blog): 24 technical guides on web scraping, proxy usage, anti-detection, and data collection. Atom feed: https://databay.com/blog/feed.xml
- [Proxy Locations](https://databay.com/proxies/locations): Coverage across 200+ countries with per-country IP counts.

## Free Proxy List API Examples
- Full pool as JSON: `curl 'https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.json'`
- SOCKS5 in Germany: `curl 'https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?protocol=socks5&country=DE'`
- Plain-text IP:port pairs: `curl 'https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.txt'`
- Fast Google-reachable: `curl 'https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list?google=true&speed=fast&format=csv'`- Python: `import requests; proxies = requests.get('https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list').json()`
- Rate limit: 60 requests/minute per IP (search & AI crawlers exempt). Response cache: 10 s. No API key required.

## Key Guides
- [What Is a Proxy Server?](https://databay.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy-server): Complete beginner's guide to proxy servers, types, protocols, and use cases.
- [How Residential Proxies Work](https://databay.com/blog/how-residential-proxies-work): Technical deep dive into residential proxy architecture, routing pipelines, and IP assignment.
- [Residential vs Datacenter Proxies](https://databay.com/blog/residential-vs-datacenter-proxies): Detailed comparison across trust level, speed, detection rates, ASN classification, and pricing.
- [Web Scraping with Proxies](https://databay.com/blog/web-scraping-with-proxies-guide): Production guide for building reliable, scalable scraping pipelines with proxy rotation.
- [Are Proxies Legal?](https://databay.com/blog/are-proxies-legal-compliance-guide): Legal compliance guide citing Van Buren v. United States, hiQ v. LinkedIn, and CFAA case law.
- [HTTP vs SOCKS5 Proxies](https://databay.com/blog/http-vs-socks5-proxies): Protocol comparison covering speed, authentication, UDP support, and use case recommendations.
- [Ethical Web Scraping Guide](https://databay.com/blog/ethical-web-scraping-guide): Best practices for responsible data collection including robots.txt, rate limiting, and legal frameworks.
- [Static vs Rotating Proxies](https://databay.com/blog/static-vs-rotating-proxies): When to use sticky sessions vs per-request rotation for different scraping scenarios.
- [Proxy vs VPN](https://databay.com/blog/proxy-vs-vpn-differences): Technical differences between proxies and VPNs for privacy, speed, and data collection.
- [TLS Fingerprinting and Proxy Detection](https://databay.com/blog/tls-fingerprinting-proxy-detection): Why a residential IP doesn't save your scraper if your client's JA3 hash says python-requests. First-party JA3/JA4 captures with reproducible methodology.
- [Headless Browser Detection in 2026](https://databay.com/blog/how-sites-detect-headless-browsers): First-party 9-library × CreepJS matrix showing what stealth libs still leak in 2026. CDP-direct and different-engine spoofing outperform all patch-based stealth libraries tested.
- [Residential Proxy IP Reputation in 2026](https://databay.com/blog/residential-ip-reputation-leaderboard): 1,000 residential IPs across 25 of the world's largest residential ASNs, run through six free reputation databases plus a Cloudflare-Free cross-verification origin. The malice-focused feeds (Tor exit list, Spamhaus DROP, ASN drop) returned 0% across all 1,000 IPs. Spamhaus ZEN flagged 80.3% of the IPv4 sample, dominated by PBL response codes (the residential-policy designation). Cloudflare Free's legacy cf.threat_score returned 0 for every capture, confirming the reputation logic moved entirely into the paid Bot Management product. Includes a /24-redacted CSV at /data/residential-ip-reputation-2026-05.csv.
- [Integrations](https://databay.com/integration): Integration guides for Puppeteer, Selenium, Playwright, Scrapy, and more.
- [What Is My IP](https://databay.com/what-is-my-ip): Free tool to check your current IP address and location.

## Company
- [About Databay](https://databay.com/about): Company overview, who writes this site, compliance stance, and contact methods.
- [Trust & Methodology](https://databay.com/trust): IP sourcing ethics, consent model, IP-reputation research, compliance and status links.
- Founded: 2022
- Legal entity: WATTENNE INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Headquarters: 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
- Contact: support@databay.com (customer service), sales@databay.com (enterprise)
- Languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian

## Legal & Compliance
- [Legal Hub](https://databay.com/legal): Index of every Databay legal document - terms, privacy, refund, SLA, AML and KYC policies.
- [Privacy Policy](https://databay.com/legal/en-us/privacy-policy): What data Databay collects, how it is used, and your rights.
- [Terms of Use](https://databay.com/legal/en-us/terms-of-use): The service agreement governing every Databay account.
- [Appropriate Use Policy](https://databay.com/legal/en-us/appropriate-use-policy): The acceptable-use rules enforced across the proxy network.
- [Report Abuse](https://databay.com/legal/abuse): How to report misuse of Databay infrastructure; abuse reports are investigated and acted on.

## Optional
- [Status Page](https://status.databay.com): Real-time network status and uptime monitoring.
- [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/databay.com): Customer reviews.
- [G2](https://www.g2.com/products/databay/reviews): Enterprise software reviews.

## Key Facts
- Free proxy list refresh cadence: every 5 minutes (rolling window). Entries older than 6 hours are auto-dropped.
- Free proxy list pool size: typically 5,000-7,000 live verified proxies across 100+ countries.
- Free proxy list protocols: HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS5.
- Free proxy list machine-readable fields: ip, port, country, iso, protocol, ssl (strict/loose/none), anonymity (elite/anonymous/transparent), google, latency, uptime, lastChecked.
- Free proxy list API base: https://databay.com/api/v1/proxy-list
- Free proxy list hotlinks (stable, no params, CORS-open): https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.txt, https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.csv, https://databay.com/free-proxy-list.json, /free-proxy-list/http.txt, /free-proxy-list/https.txt, /free-proxy-list/socks4.txt, /free-proxy-list/socks5.txt, /free-proxy-list/{country}.txt- Paid network: 34M+ residential IPs, 800K+ mobile 5G/4G IPs, 80K+ datacenter IPs across 200+ countries.
- Paid pricing: flat $0.55/GB residential Flex; datacenter from $1.25/GB at 10 GB (volume floor $0.5/GB at 1 TB); $2.75/GB residential Pay As You Go (custom 1TB+ residential from $0.65/GB, contact sales); $2.5/GB mobile.