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# Choose Between Mobile and Residential Proxies

Proxidize offers two managed proxy products: **Mobile Proxies** and **Residential Proxies**. This guide helps you pick the right one based on where you need IPs, how hard they need to be to detect, and how you plan to use them.

If you're still learning the basics, start with [What are Proxidize Proxies?](/getting-started/what-are-proxidize-proxies.md)

### Quick answer

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* **Choose Mobile Proxies** for the most authentic, hardest-to-block IPs: Ideal for account management, social media, and ad verification. Available in the **United States only**.
* **Choose Residential Proxies** for broad global coverage across **190+ countries** with city and ISP targeting, ideal for scraping, monitoring, and geo-targeted work, especially outside the US.

### At a glance

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<table data-search="false"><thead><tr><th></th><th>Mobile Proxies</th><th>Residential Proxies</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>IP source</strong></td><td>Real 4G/5G mobile carrier IPs</td><td>Real home-ISP IPs</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Coverage</strong></td><td>United States only, city-level</td><td>190+ countries, city + ISP level</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Plans</strong></td><td>Per Proxy or Per GB</td><td>Per GB</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Protocols</strong></td><td>HTTP, SOCKS5 (UDP over SOCKS5 supported)</td><td>HTTP, SOCKS5</td></tr><tr><td><strong>IP behavior</strong></td><td>Carrier-controlled; a sticky IP typically holds ~1–4 hours</td><td>ISP-controlled; a sticky IP typically holds ~1–3 hours</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Data</strong></td><td><ul><li>Per Proxy: unlimited with a 50 GB fair-use threshold</li><li>Per GB: pay per GB, no rollover</li></ul></td><td>Pay per GB, unused data rolls over and never expires</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Best for</strong></td><td>Account management, social media, ad verification</td><td>Global scraping, market research, geo-targeting</td></tr></tbody></table>

### When to choose Mobile Proxies

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Mobile proxies route traffic through real devices on U.S. carrier networks. Because carriers share IPs across many real users (CGNAT), mobile IPs are very hard for platforms to block, which makes them the strongest choice for account management, social media, and any workflow that benefits from a genuine mobile identity.

They come in two plans:

* **Per Proxy:** a dedicated proxy with its own controls and rotation options (rotate button, scheduled interval, or rotation URL). Best for long-running, per-account workflows.
* **Per GB:** usage-based access to the shared mobile pool through Access Points. Best for variable or large-scale mobile workloads.

Mobile proxies are U.S.-only. For any other country, use Residential. To compare the two plans in depth, see [Per Proxy vs Per GB](/proxidize-proxies/perproxy-vs-pergb.md).

### When to choose Residential Proxies

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Residential proxies use real home-ISP IPs from a pool spanning 190+ countries, with city-level and ISP-level targeting. They're the right choice for:

* [Web scraping](https://proxidize.com/use-cases/web-scraping/) and large-scale data collection
* [Price monitoring](https://proxidize.com/use-cases/price-monitoring/) and [SEO monitoring](https://proxidize.com/use-cases/seo-monitoring/)
* [Market research](https://proxidize.com/use-cases/market-research/) and [AI/LLM data collection](https://proxidize.com/use-cases/ai-llm-training/)
* [Brand Protection Monitoring](https://proxidize.com/use-cases/brand-protection-monitoring/)
* Any work that needs coverage outside the United States

Residential is Per GB only, and unused data rolls over, it never expires.

### Still not sure?

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* Need U.S. mobile IPs or account-safe identities → **Mobile**
* Need a specific country outside the U.S., or the widest coverage → **Residential**
* Want the lowest entry price → **Residential Per GB**, our lowest perGB rate

Both products work with any proxy-compatible tool and are managed from your dashboard at [app.proxidize.com](https://app.proxidize.com). When you're ready, follow the [Quick Start](/getting-started/quick-start-with-proxidize-proxies.md).

### Related

* [What are Proxidize Proxies?](/getting-started/what-are-proxidize-proxies.md)
* [Quick Start with Proxidize Proxies](/getting-started/quick-start-with-proxidize-proxies.md)
* [Setting Up Your Proxidize Proxies](/getting-started/setting-up-your-proxidize-proxies.md)


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