# Residential proxies

<mark style="color:purple;">Residential proxies</mark> are hosted on real home devices. They are ideal for working with many home-ISP IP addresses and support fine-grained targeting down to operator selection.\
You can review product restrictions [here](/our-products/restrictions.md).

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Addresses are issued on real home IPs. A session can change at any moment if the device in the pool leaves the traffic-sharing network. If you need a **static IP**, see [Datacenter](/our-products/datacenter-proxies.md) or [ISP proxies](/our-products/isp-proxies.md).
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## Plans

| Parameter       | [Standard](/our-products/residential-proxies/standard-residential.md) | [Unlimited](/our-products/residential-proxies/unlimited-residential-proxy.md) | [Premium](/our-products/residential-proxies/premium-residential.md) |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Pool size       | 600k — 750k                                                           | 600k — 750k (= Standard)                                                      | 2.8M — 3.2M                                                         |
| Max connections | 35,000                                                                | 5,000                                                                         | —                                                                   |
| Max speed       | 75 Mbps                                                               | 75 Mbps                                                                       | 75 Mbps                                                             |
| UDP support     | ✓ (except USA)                                                        | ✓ (except USA)                                                                | ✗                                                                   |
| Unlimited plan  | ✗                                                                     | ✓                                                                             | ✗                                                                   |
| Billing         | Per GB (Pay as you go)                                                | Day / Half-month / Month                                                      | Per GB (Pay as you go)                                              |
| Price           | **$2 / GB**                                                           | **$30** / day · **$399** / half-month · **$699** / month                      | **$3 / GB**                                                         |

## Available locations

An up-to-date list of countries, regions, cities and operators is on a separate page:

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[Available countries list](/our-products/residential-proxies/available-countries.md)
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## **How to start using them?**

The cost of Residential proxies is calculated based on the number of gigabytes purchased for the order. To access country selection and other parameters, you need to [**purchase** ](https://dashboard.proxyshard.com/residential-main)an order. To do this, go to the page ![](/files/gqwKyqi4nKT4UdcxVoqv) and specify the number of gigabytes.<br>

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## Settings field description

Inside the order, you can find several important items and options. Let's review them.

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<mark style="color:purple;">**Traffic used**</mark> - How much has been used \ How much has been purchased

<mark style="color:purple;">**Country**</mark> - Country selection

<mark style="color:purple;">**Region**</mark> - Country region selection

<mark style="color:purple;">**City**</mark> - Region city selection

<mark style="color:purple;">**ISP**</mark> - Provider type selection (temporarily unavailable)

<mark style="color:purple;">**Session**</mark> - Session type selection. Available options are <mark style="color:purple;">Sticky</mark> and <mark style="color:purple;">Rotate</mark>.

* <mark style="color:purple;">Sticky</mark> allows you to keep one IP address and depends on the selected TTL parameter.
* <mark style="color:purple;">Rotate</mark> changes the IP on every request. The IP range pool for <mark style="color:purple;">Sticky</mark> is smaller than for <mark style="color:purple;">Rotate</mark>.

<mark style="color:purple;">**Protocol**</mark> - HTTP/SOCKS. These are the main protocols for connecting to the proxy server.

<mark style="color:purple;">**TTL**</mark> - Appears when <mark style="color:purple;">Session - Sticky</mark> is selected and controls the IP address lifetime (<mark style="color:purple;">Time to live</mark>). The minimum possible <mark style="color:purple;">TTL</mark> is 60 seconds (1 minute).

<mark style="color:purple;">**Relay**</mark> **-** Set only if there are connection issues.

<mark style="color:purple;">**Username\Password\Host\Port**</mark> - Connection data. It is also generated in the proxy list and supports conditional formatting.

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Proxy ports do not affect the final address you receive. They are simply the port number for the remote proxy server and nothing more!
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<mark style="color:purple;">**Traffic Statistics**</mark> - Per-minute statistics for used traffic. Display may be delayed by 10-20 minutes.

<figure><img src="/files/KMhHn0NwBV0XaBhgEfux" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

At the end of the order, you can find request statistics for your Residential traffic. In rare cases, display delays of up to 20 minutes may occur.

## **Setup guide**

1. Specify the settings: <mark style="color:purple;">Country</mark>, <mark style="color:purple;">Region</mark>, and other parameters if needed.

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2. The <mark style="color:purple;">HTTP</mark> or <mark style="color:purple;">SOCKS5</mark> protocol is set at your discretion <mark style="color:$info;">(as a rule, SOCKS5 is used for UDP)</mark>.

<figure><img src="/files/5iiHDAFNHRCWmLxmw525" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

3. The server (<mark style="color:purple;">Relay</mark>) is specified only if there are connection issues.

<figure><img src="/files/HJdcCV5dS3xFXnglJLUK" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

4. Other parameters are set if needed.

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5. Click the <img src="/files/OFBNbyGtONB5qspZaho2" alt="" data-size="line"> button and copy the proxies from <mark style="color:purple;">Proxy List</mark>.

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Later, if you need another country, specify new settings, click <img src="/files/OFBNbyGtONB5qspZaho2" alt="" data-size="line">, and reinstall the new proxies in the application from which the connection is made.

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Additional information about connection formatting is available at this [link](/our-products/residential-proxies/how-to-use-residential-proxies.md).
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Proxies in "Proxy List" are not saved because this is a dynamic field. You can generate many proxies for different locations: old proxies will not stop working when new proxies are generated.
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## What tasks they fit

Social media and multi-accounting, crypto exchanges (Binance, Bybit and others), Polymarket, web scraping, SEO monitoring, ad verification, e-commerce analytics, price monitoring, geo-targeted website testing.

## Pros and cons of Residential proxies

#### <mark style="color:green;">Pros:</mark>

* **Flexible billing** — Pay as you go or an unlimited subscription (Unlimited)
* **IP rotation** — change addresses on demand or by timer (TTL)
* **Wide geo-targeting** — select country, region, city and operator
* **Home-origin addresses** — IPs are registered to home ISPs
* **UDP support** — available on Standard and Unlimited (except the USA location)

#### <mark style="color:red;">Cons:</mark>

* **Possible speed drops** — depends on the internet quality of the end device; this is a specific of the product
* **Dynamic IP** — the address may change at any moment; if you need a static IP, see [ISP](/our-products/isp-proxies.md) or [Datacenter](/our-products/datacenter-proxies.md)
* **No p0f support** — planned, stay tuned for updates
* **UDP is unavailable in the USA location** on Standard and Unlimited

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No UDP or need a static address? [ISP proxies](/our-products/isp-proxies.md) cover both.
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You can learn how to configure proxies in our [Setup guide](/usage-instructions/getting-started.md) section.
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