Blog: Proxy Types, Explained Without the Sales Pitch
In short: Four articles for people choosing which kind of proxy a job needs. Each answers one question buyers ask before paying: what an ISP proxy is, or how it compares with rotating residential, datacenter and mobile addresses. The articles are written to be useful even if you buy nothing.
These four articles are for people deciding which proxy type to buy. ProxyJam sells one product, static residential (ISP) proxies, and publishes these articles. The blog carries no industry news, no roundups and no rankings of the vendors we compete with.
Which article answers your question?
- What is an ISP proxy, and why does it have two names? The definition of ISP proxies explains what an address registered to an internet provider and served from server hardware is good and bad at.
- Should the address hold still, or rotate? ISP vs residential proxies compares holding one address with drawing from a pool, and shows which jobs break on each.
- Will a datacenter address do? Residential vs datacenter proxies walks through the public registration record of who holds an address and what it says about each type.
- Is a mobile address worth the premium? Mobile vs residential proxies traces the mobile premium to carrier-grade NAT, which puts many subscribers behind one address.
How are the articles chosen and kept up to date?
Each article answers a definition or comparison question people search for before they pick a proxy type, and a new one is added when a question comes up that none of these answers. Every article shows the date it last changed, cites the public standards and registries its argument rests on, and says, under its table, how the verdicts were reached. Sourcing and corrections are covered by our editorial policy, which also explains how to report a mistake.
If you already know what you need, the ISP proxies page has the catalogue: static addresses in 73 countries, each on a named carrier. Otherwise, start with the definition article, whose links lead to the three comparisons in reading order.
