Proxies for gathering AI training data

A dataset means reading an enormous number of public pages. Nearly all the cost is traffic, so the best plan is the cheapest one each source will accept.

Which proxy is best for collecting web data for AI?

For gathering AI training data, use rotating residential proxies on sources that filter bots and unlimited datacenter proxies on sources that do not. Residential traffic gets through more places; datacenter traffic costs far less once the volume is large.

Group sources by strictness

Open data, documentation and many big platforms accept datacenter IPs. Sites with bot filters need household ones. Split the work and route each part through the cheapest pool that succeeds.

Pay by time for the bulk

Where a source accepts datacenter IPs, an unlimited plan costs a speed and a duration, not gigabytes. For IPv6-ready sources, the IPv6 plans have the lowest price per GB.

Waste less traffic

Fetch text rather than media, ask for compressed responses and never download the same page twice.

Respect your sources

Read each site's terms and robots.txt, collect only public pages, and follow copyright and data protection law where you and the site are.

Recommended proxy types

Setting it up in four steps

Order the smallest Residential Lite plan (one gigabyte) as a trial. Pay with crypto and it is delivered automatically.
Take the host lite.proxies.boo, port 6969, and your username and password from the plan page.
Set the exit country with a code in the username, like USERNAME-country-us.
Point the job at your real target. Working? Top up the same plan. Blocked? Move to the next proxy type listed above.

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AI data collection: common questions

Which proxy is cheapest for huge datasets?

Unlimited datacenter where the source allows it, since the price does not rise with traffic. For IPv6-ready sources, the IPv6 plans are the cheapest per GB. Keep residential for sources that refuse both.

How can I keep traffic low?

Request plain HTML where possible, skip images and media, accept compressed responses, and keep track of what you already have so nothing gets fetched twice.