Proxies for testing your site from other countries

A product can work perfectly at the office and break abroad: wrong language, a missing payment method, a redirect loop. The only way to catch it is to arrive from there.

Which proxy is best for testing a website from other countries?

For testing a site or app from abroad, residential proxies with country and city targeting are the right fit. Testers and automated tests open the product from a local IP and see the language, prices, payment methods and redirects that real local users get.

Visit as a local

Set the country, and on residential plans the state and city, then use your product as a customer there would.

Plug into your test suite

Playwright, Selenium and Cypress all accept a proxy, so one automated suite can run once per country.

Phone experience on phone networks

Carrier IPs reveal what your site or app backend sends to mobile users.

Heavy downloads

For load tests or big files against your own US servers, a time-based plan with no traffic limit beats paying per gigabyte.

Recommended proxy types

Setting it up in four steps

Order the smallest Residential plan (one gigabyte) as a trial. Pay with crypto and it is delivered automatically.
Take the host resi.proxies.boo, port 8080, 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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Localization testing: common questions

Can I use a proxy to test my own website?

Yes, and it is the easiest case of all, since the target is yours. Open the site from each country you serve and check language, currency, payment options and redirects.

Will it work in automated tests?

Yes. Playwright, Selenium, Cypress and similar tools take a proxy setting, so one test suite can run per country just by changing the country code in the username.