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Stealth comparison

Residential Proxies vs Datacenter Proxies

2
Residential Proxies
vs
3
Datacenter Proxies

Verdict

Residential for sensitive operations. Datacenter for high-volume, low-risk tasks.

Detailed Comparison

CriteriaResidential ProxiesDatacenter ProxiesWinner
Detection RateVery lowHighResidential Proxies
SpeedVariable (50-200ms)Fast (10-50ms)Datacenter Proxies
Cost per GB$5-15/GB$0.50-2/GBDatacenter Proxies
IP Pool SizeMillionsThousandsResidential Proxies
Session StabilityVariableStableDatacenter Proxies
Use CaseSensitive operationsHigh-volume scrapingTie

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