Datacenter addresses are registered to hosting providers and cloud networks. They sit on fast lines, so they carry a lot of data quickly and cost little to run. That is why datacenter proxies can be sold by time with no traffic limit, instead of by the gigabyte.
The drawback is that a website can look the address up and see it belongs to a server, not a person. Sites with strict bot filtering challenge or block these addresses. Datacenter proxies fit targets that accept any visitor: APIs, open data, large downloads. For stricter sites, a residential or mobile proxy is the next step up.
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Questions about datacenter proxy
When is a datacenter proxy enough?
When the target does not filter by the kind of address: public APIs, open data, file downloads, your own servers. Try the cheapest option first, and move to residential if you meet blocks or captchas.
Why do sites block datacenter addresses?
Because very few real visitors browse from a hosting company's network. Traffic from those ranges is mostly automated, so a site that wants only people treats the whole range with suspicion.
Related terms
- Residential proxy
- A residential proxy sends your traffic through an IP address that belongs to a home internet connection, so websites see an ordinary household visitor.
- Unlimited proxy
- An unlimited proxy plan does not count traffic. You pay for a length of time and a speed, and use as much data as that speed carries.
- IP reputation
- IP reputation is the trust a website places in an IP address, based on who owns it and how addresses like it have behaved before.
- ASN
- An ASN, or autonomous system number, identifies the network that owns a block of IP addresses, such as an internet provider or a hosting company.