Residential Flex -
Rotating Proxies at $0.55/GB
The budget tier for bulk workloads where country-level targeting is enough. 9M+ rotating residential IPs across 90+ countries, flat $0.55/GB, no monthly commitment. Need city-level targeting? See Premium Residential.
Built for budget. Built for volume.
Flex is sourced from a curated subnetwork of our residential pool - optimised for bulk operations where country-level targeting is enough.
Engineered for budget workloads
Same protocols, same dashboard, same API as Premium Residential - sourced from a leaner pool optimised for high-throughput bulk operations.
- HTTP, HTTPS & SOCKS5 - full protocol support
- Country-level targeting included free
- REST API and dashboard access
- 9M+ IPs sourced from ethical opt-in users
- Protocols
- HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5
- Targeting
- Country (free)
- Interface
- REST API + dashboard
- Pool
- 9M+ opt-in IPs
80% cheaper than Premium Residential PAYG
Premium Residential PAYG runs $2.75/GB. Flex runs a flat $0.55/GB - same dashboard, same billing, same authentication. Switch any time.
- Flat $0.55/GB - no tiers, no toggles
- Same dashboard as Premium - no separate billing
- One account credential, both products
- Switch to Premium any time
Same residential pool. One-fifth the price.
Bulk-friendly pricing
Start at 25 GB ($13.75) and scale to 500 GB ($275) per order. 31-day data validity. Buy more anytime - no subscription, no auto-renewal.
- Start at 25 GB ($13.75)
- Scale up to 500 GB ($275) per order
- 31-day data validity
- Pay-as-you-go, no monthly commitment
- Minimum
- 25 GB · $13.75
- Maximum
- 500 GB · $275
- Validity
- 31 days
- Commitment
- None - PAYG
Where Flex differs from Premium Residential
| Residential Flex | Premium Residential | |
|---|---|---|
| IP pool | 9M+ | 34M+ |
| Country targeting | ||
| City / state / ZIP / ASN targeting | - | |
| Sticky session cap | 30 minutes | 120 minutes |
| Average success rate | ~95% | 99.2% |
| Average latency | ~2s | ~1.1s |
| SLA tier | Best-effort | Enterprise SLA |
If you need city-level targeting or 120-minute sticky sessions, look at Premium Residential. If you're doing bulk data collection where country-level targeting is enough - Flex was built for you.
Flat $0.55/GB. No tiers. No surprises.
Residential Flex
Bulk rotating residential at a flat $0.55/GB. Drag to size your order.
- 90+ countries free
- Rotating + sticky (30 min)
- HTTP, HTTPS & SOCKS5
- Unlimited concurrent connections
Add Flex to any stack in 3 lines
Change one zone parameter on your existing Databay credentials. The rest of your code stays the same.
One zone parameter, four protocols
Append -zone-residential_FLEX to your username to route through the Flex pool. Same gateway, same auth, same docs.
- Complete documentation and samples
- Country targeting via
-countryCode-XX - Sticky sessions up to 30 minutes
- Username or IP whitelist authentication
import requests
username = "USER-zone-residential_FLEX"
password = "PASS"
proxy = "gw.databay.co:8888"
proxies = {
'http': f'http://{username}:{password}@{proxy}',
'https': f'http://{username}:{password}@{proxy}'
}
response = requests.get(
'https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace',
proxies=proxies,
)
# Rotating Flex
curl -x http://USER-zone-residential_FLEX:[email protected]:8888 \
https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace
# Country targeting (US)
curl -x http://USER-zone-residential_FLEX-countryCode-us:[email protected]:8888 \
https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace
# Sticky session (30-min cap)
curl -x http://USER-zone-residential_FLEX-countryCode-us-session-abc123-lifetime-30:[email protected]:8888 \
https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace
const axios = require('axios');
const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require('https-proxy-agent');
const username = 'USER-zone-residential_FLEX';
const password = 'PASS';
const proxyURL = `http://${username}:${password}@gw.databay.co:8888`;
const response = await axios.get('https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace', {
httpsAgent: new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyURL),
});
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
string username = "USER-zone-residential_FLEX";
string password = "PASS";
var handler = new HttpClientHandler
{
Proxy = new WebProxy
{
Address = new Uri("http://gw.databay.co:8888"),
Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password)
},
UseProxy = true
};
using var client = new HttpClient(handler);
var content = await client.GetStringAsync("https://databay.com/cdn-cgi/trace");
Console.WriteLine(content);
Built for bulk operations
Flex shines when you're scraping a lot, country-level is enough, and the per-GB price is doing the heavy lifting.
Bulk Web Scraping
Scale data collection on standard targets where city-level targeting isn't required.
SEO Bulk Checks
Country-level SERP monitoring across 90+ markets at a fraction of premium cost.
Bulk SERP Collection
Volume keyword tracking with country-level rotation. Sticky sessions when you need session persistence.
Price Aggregation Bots
Compare prices across regional storefronts where country-level perspective is enough to detect localised pricing.
Available in 90+ countries
Country-level targeting on every plan. Free.
United States of America
Brazil
Indonesia
India
Mexico
Italy
Spain
Argentina
United Kingdom
Vietnam
Germany
France
South Korea
Pakistan
China
Morocco
Frequently asked questions
What is Residential Flex?
How is Flex different from Premium Residential?
Can I target cities or ZIP codes with Flex?
Why is Flex cheaper than Premium Residential?
How long can I hold the same IP with Flex sticky sessions?
Do I need a subscription?
How do I switch between Premium Residential and Flex?
-zone-residential_FLEX for Flex requests.What payment methods do you accept?
Start Using Rotating Proxies Today
Join 8,000+ users using Databay's rotating proxy infrastructure for web scraping, data collection, and automation. Access 34M+ residential, datacenter, and mobile IPs across 200+ countries with pay-as-you-go pricing from $0.50/GB. No monthly commitment, no connection limits - start collecting data in minutes.
