Buy residential proxies by the gigabyte
The residential order form asks one thing: how many GB. A single GB costs $5.50, and the rate steps down at each volume rung to $1.75 per GB at 1,000 GB. Requests leave through a rotating pool, and there is no country to pick.
| Order size | Per GB | Order total | Saving vs 1 GB rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | $5.50 | $5.50 | 0% |
| 2 GB | $5.20 | $10.40 | 5% |
| 5 GB | $4.60 | $23.00 | 16% |
| 10 GB | $3.95 | $39.50 | 28% |
| 25 GB | $3.40 | $85.00 | 38% |
| 50 GB | $3.00 | $150.00 | 45% |
| 100 GB | $2.65 | $265.00 | 52% |
| 250 GB | $2.30 | $575.00 | 58% |
| 500 GB | $2.00 | $1,000.00 | 64% |
| 1,000 GB | $1.75 | $1,750.00 | 68% |
What goes on the order form
A residential order is an amount of traffic and nothing more. There is no plan to choose, no term and no location field. You enter the gigabytes, pay, and the pool supplies the exit addresses as you go.
It is pay as you go by the GB, which keeps the decision small: the only question is how much traffic the job will use. If the job also needs a fixed address or a named country, you are on the wrong form, and the per-IP lines are where to look.
How the rate per GB is set
The order size sets the rate. One GB is $5.50, 50 GB comes to $3.00 per GB, and 1,000 GB reaches $1.75 per GB. Every rung and its order total is in the table above.
Renewals are charged at $5.50 per GB, the one-GB rate, not the rung your first order reached. If you will keep buying residential traffic, one larger first order costs less per GB than a small one renewed.
A single GB costs more than the $5 minimum top-up, so the smallest residential order needs a balance of at least $5.50. How the top-up works is on buy proxies with a card.
Measure before you size the order
Because the meter is traffic, the useful number is the weight of one job. Load a sample of the pages you plan to fetch, note the bytes transferred, and multiply by the page count. Pages with images and video weigh far more than their text, so measure the real page rather than guess.
The residential traffic guide turns a sample into a GB figure, and what to check before you pay covers the rest of the list.
When another line fits better
Residential is the wrong order in three situations.
- The address must stay the same for days, for a login or an allowlist entry. Order static residential proxies, billed per IP for a term.
- The job needs a particular country. Residential has no country field; the per-IP lines do, and the country pages show where each one sells.
- The target accepts hosting addresses. Datacenter proxies start at $1.25 per IP for 30 days on the shared plan.
After the order goes through
The dashboard hands you the proxy list. Your client authenticates with the username and password shown there; for a client that cannot send credentials, allowlist the IP address it runs from instead.
Run a small batch against the real target before the full job, using the proxy test guide.
Frequently asked questions
Can I pick a country on a residential order?
No. The residential line is a single rotating pool with no country field. For a named country, order from the ISP or datacenter line, which both take one on the form.
Does my rate change when I renew?
A renewal pays $5.50 per GB regardless of the rung your first order reached. Buying the larger amount up front is how to pay the lower rate.
How much traffic should my first order be?
Enough for the measured job plus a margin for retries, and no more. The traffic sizing guide shows the arithmetic.
Is residential the same as rotating?
Here, yes. Rotating proxies and this page lead to the same order form and the same price ladder.
Start with $5
Minimum top-up is $5. Run your own target through it before you scale.