Pay as you go
1 GB+
Any amount, no contract
$2.75
per GB
Data valid 186 days
Access a published pool of 34M+ residential IPs across 200+ locations. Exit selection occurs per connection; sticky routing can last up to 120 minutes subject to availability. Verify current protocol, targeting, and pricing details before purchase.
Pay as you go, no monthly commitment.
Start with flexible PAYG or lock in a lower rate with a fixed allowance.
Pay as you go
Any amount, no contract
$2.75
per GB
Data valid 186 days
Starter
Pilots and light collection
$2.25
per GB
Data valid 31 days
18% less than PAYGBasic
Recurring monitoring
$1.75
per GB
Data valid 31 days
36% less than PAYGIntermediate
Production workloads
$1.40
per GB
Data valid 31 days
49% less than PAYGPro
High-volume collection
$0.95
per GB
Data valid 31 days
65% less than PAYGEnterprise
Best rateLarge-scale operations
$0.90
per GB
Data valid 31 days
67% less than PAYGIncluded with every option
Pay once · No auto-renewal
Custom volume
Custom pricing from $0.65/GB. Dedicated support included.
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A residential proxy sends your request through an ISP-assigned IP supplied by an opt-in network participant. The destination sees the residential exit IP instead of your device's public IP, while Databay's gateway handles authentication, location selection, and rotation.
Residential addresses are less likely than published hosting-network ranges to be challenged only because of their IP origin. They do not make automation invisible: TLS and browser fingerprints, request rate, session behavior, and the target site's rules still matter.
Best fit: lawful workflows that need a regional consumer-network view or encounter IP-origin blocks on hosting ranges. If a target accepts datacenter traffic, datacenter proxies are usually faster and cheaper.
Use residential proxies when a target challenges requests from cloud or hosting ASNs and you need an ISP-assigned exit in a specific location. Use per-request rotation for stateless collection and a sticky session for multi-step workflows that need one consistent IP.
Residential exits reduce one detection signal, network origin, but they cannot fix an unrealistic browser fingerprint, excessive request rate, or prohibited workflow. Read how residential proxies work for the technical walkthrough, or use the residential vs datacenter comparison to choose by target difficulty and cost.
Databay states that residential supply is provided through partner applications with a consent flow, paid bandwidth participation, and revocation by closing or uninstalling the application. Review the current sourcing disclosure, compensation, revocation, and abuse-control model; request diligence materials if the workflow has contractual sourcing requirements.
Request country, state, city, ZIP, coordinate, or ASN targeting where published. Treat each result as a network-origin sample, verify the exit, and record other locale and personalization inputs.
Databay publishes a 99.9%+ uptime target and an ~1.1s network-wide average response time. Actual latency and request success vary by target, exit location, client configuration, and time. Check current network health and test your own workflow before scaling.
Databay publishes first-party research with methods and datasets that readers can inspect and reproduce. Each study answers a specific question: the IP-reputation audit shows how public databases classify sampled exits, while the browser study shows why a residential IP alone does not hide automation. Neither is presented as proof of universal success on every target.
We sampled 1,000 residential IPs across 25 of the world's largest residential ASNs and ran each through six public reputation sources. Full per-ASN results published.
How anti-bot systems actually see your automation stack, measured across 9 libraries.
The complete first-party research archive, including methodology and downloadable data where available.
Verify an exit yourself with the free proxy checker or IP address lookup. For sourcing details, the research-team background, policy links, and unfiltered third-party review profiles, use the Databay Trust Center.
Every self-serve plan includes the same pool access, location controls, session modes, protocols, API, and dashboard. Package size changes the price per GB and data-validity window, not the network features.
Target any region, from major metros to smaller markets, with a single proxy endpoint. Country, city, ZIP, and ASN-level targeting built in.
Request gateway-selected exits or a continuity interval. Persistent connections can reuse a tunnel, so do not infer a different address for every application request. Session settings do not override target-site rate limits or authorize retries after a refusal.
Sticky sessions up to 120 minutes. Hold the same IP for multi-step workflows and checkout flows.
HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 support works with standard proxy-aware clients, including Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium, Scrapy, and supported multi-profile browsers.
Programmatic control of every proxy parameter (location, rotation, and auth) via our documented API.
Real-time bandwidth, request counts, and connections analytics. Manage credentials, set sub-user limits, and monitor spend in one place.
Works with any language or framework. Add residential proxies to your existing code with just a few lines.
Pass your credentials to any HTTP client. Requests automatically route through our rotating or sticky residential proxy network.
import requests
username = "USER-zone-residential"
password = "PASS"
proxy = "gw.databay.co:8888"
proxies = {
'http': f'http://{username}:{password}@{proxy}',
'https': f'http://{username}:{password}@{proxy}'
}
response = requests.request(
'GET',
'https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace',
proxies=proxies,
)
# Rotating residential proxy via cURL
curl -x http://USER-zone-residential:PASS@gw.databay.co:8888 \
https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace
# With country targeting (US)
curl -x http://USER-zone-residential-countryCode-us:PASS@gw.databay.co:8888 \
https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace
# Sticky session (30 minutes)
curl -x http://USER-zone-residential-sessionId-abc123:PASS@gw.databay.co:8888 \
https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace
const axios = require('axios');
const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
const { HttpProxyAgent } = require('http-proxy-agent');
const username = 'USER-zone-residential';
const password = 'PASS';
const proxy = 'gw.databay.co:8888';
const proxyURL = `http://${username}:${password}@${proxy}`;
const httpsAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyURL);
const httpAgent = new HttpProxyAgent(proxyURL);
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace',
httpsAgent,
httpAgent
});
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
string username = "USER-zone-residential";
string password = "PASS";
string proxyUrl = "gw.databay.co:8888";
var handler = new HttpClientHandler
{
Proxy = new WebProxy
{
Address = new Uri($"http://{proxyUrl}"),
Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password)
},
UseProxy = true
};
using var client = new HttpClient(handler);
var response = await client.GetAsync("https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace");
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
}
Applications with compatible HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy support may use Databay credentials. Authentication, DNS, TLS, and connection behavior vary by client; verify the pinned version with a non-sensitive endpoint you control.
Copy-paste setup walkthroughs for the most common automation stacks.
These browser-profile tools advertise proxy configuration. Databay does not guarantee every version or feature; verify current vendor documentation and use profiles only for authorized account separation and QA:
Residential proxies can add an ISP-classified network origin to permitted data collection, ad verification, research, localization, authorized account management, and dataset maintenance. Network origin is only one destination signal and does not guarantee fewer blocks or access. Respect source terms, rate limits, privacy obligations, and Databay's Acceptable Use Policy.
Prefer an official API, feed, export, or license. Where direct collection is permitted and the requirement needs an ISP origin, apply one source-level budget across all exits and stop on access controls. Web scraping guide →
Retrieve sources covered by a license or documented permission for training, embedding, or RAG pipelines. Preserve provenance and deletion obligations, minimize personal data, and never change network class merely to route around a source control.
Add authorized regional network samples when verifying ad placement, content, and landing pages; IP location does not reproduce every user's state. Ad verification guide →
Track competitor pricing, stock levels, and promotions across regions with authentic residential IP perspectives. E-commerce guide →
Keep a consistent sticky IP for accounts you are authorized to manage. Proxy access does not waive a platform's automation, identity, or multi-account rules. Social media guide →
Validate localized pages, redirects, and regional content on properties you control without treating one server region as the whole market. Record the locale, device, account state, and timestamp alongside the route. Website monitoring guide →
Monitor unauthorized brand use, counterfeit products, and trademark violations across global marketplaces and platforms.
Databay residential proxies cost $2.75/GB pay-as-you-go, falling to $0.90/GB on the 1 TB plan, with every plan using the same 34M+ IP pool and including all targeting options, both session modes, and no plan-level connection cap. There is no subscription: you buy a one-time data package and use it until it expires.
No free trial. Under the current published terms, the pay-as-you-go entry starts at 1 GB with 186-day validity, no card on file, and no subscription to cancel; listed location, session, and API features are included in the plan price. Verify the current residential proxy pricing page before purchase. For country-only targeting needs, see Residential Flex.
| Package | Price per GB |
|---|---|
| Pay As You Go (from 1 GB) | $2.75/GB |
| 10 GB | $2.25/GB |
| 50 GB | $1.75/GB |
| 150 GB | $1.40/GB |
| 500 GB | $0.95/GB |
| 1 TB | $0.90/GB |
| 1 TB+ (custom, contact sales) | from $0.65/GB |
Databay publishes residential proxy availability across 200+ countries, territories, and regions and 50,000+ cities, with an IP count for each location. Target by country, state, city, ZIP, coordinates, or ASN at no extra cost. Browse the proxy locations directory for the current pool breakdown.
Six targeting dimensions, included on every plan at no extra cost.
Plus 183 more countries with 14,388,337 additional IPs. Browse the full proxy locations directory.
Residential proxies balance ISP-network classification, pool scale, location precision, and price. Datacenter proxies are faster and cheaper for targets that accept hosting ASNs; mobile proxies provide carrier-network exits for mobile-specific workflows. Choose the least expensive network that reliably fits the authorized job.
| Feature | Residential | Datacenter | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP source | Real ISP devices | Data center servers | Mobile network IPs (5G/4G) |
| IP pool size | 34M+ | 80K+ | 800K+ |
| Network origin | High | Lower | Carrier-network origin; target-specific treatment |
| Published average speed | ~1.1s avg | ~780ms avg | ~1.8s avg |
| Lowest listed price | $0.90/GB (1 TB) | $0.50/GB (1 TB) | $2.50/GB |
| Protocols | HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 | HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 | HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 |
| Geo-targeting | Country → ZIP → ASN | Country / City | Country / Continent |
| Best fit | Scraping, Ad Verification, Social | High-volume collection, site QA | App testing, Mobile-first sites |
Full guides: residential vs datacenter · residential vs mobile
Compare the actual entry cost, volume commitment, location controls, session behavior, data validity, sourcing model, and usage restrictions, not only the lowest headline price. Here is Databay's answer to each pre-purchase question, with a page where you can verify it.
| Buyer question | Databay answer | Verify |
|---|---|---|
| What is the minimum purchase? | 1 GB at $2.75/GB, bought once rather than as a subscription | Pricing and package validity |
| What unlocks the $0.90/GB rate? | The 1 TB self-serve package; custom 1 TB+ pricing starts from $0.65/GB | Full price ladder |
| Which controls are included? | Country, state, city, ZIP, coordinates and ASN targeting; per-request rotation or sticky sessions up to 120 minutes | Included features |
| How are residential IPs sourced? | Opt-in partner applications, paid participation and revocable consent | Sourcing and consent model |
| Which restrictions apply? | Lawful use is required; the refund, acceptable-use and abuse-reporting terms are public before checkout | Acceptable Use and Refund Policy |
| Is there a lower-cost option? | Residential Flex is $0.55/GB with country-level targeting and a smaller pool | Flex pricing |
No residential proxy service is right for every workload. Start with the 1 GB PAYG package, measure valid responses and bandwidth on an authorized source, and scale only if the result justifies it. Databay publishes 8,000+ customers served and 34,000,000+ residential addresses; availability changes and network classification is not a destination-access guarantee. For contractual or very large-volume requirements, contact sales before purchasing.
Spin up residential proxies in minutes: dashboard, API and docs included.
Pricing, order minimums, and traffic validity vary by product.