Private Residential Proxies

Frequently Asked Questions

• How to use private proxies and a VPN at the same time?

  Private proxy servers and virtual private networks (VPNs) function similarly, so you can just run them simultaneously. In some cases, their traffic routing capabilities may conflict with each other – to address this problem, try changing your VPN’s protocol from WireGuard to OpenVPN (or vice versa.) Even if you have a VPN, supplementing it with a proxy can be beneficial – a SOCKS5 proxy, for instance, can decrease your CAPTCHA rate.

• How to configure private proxies?

  Setting up a private proxy list is easy: Navigate to your personal account and open your proxy plan details from the Services area. There, you can copy your proxy login details – either the address-port combination or the login-password one. Then, open your system’s proxy settings and input the login details.

• Where to buy private proxies?

  To order private proxies, start with a proxy provider which upholds it's ethical code: This ensures that your web traffic isn’t sold to ad agencies or malicious third parties. Unfortunately, this is sometimes the case with free proxy providers, which break the law to monetize their users. If you need a dedicated proxy and don’t want to worry about your online safety, try Infatica.

• How are proxy servers, private proxies, and dedicated proxies different?

  There isn’t a much difference between these terms:

  • Proxy server is a general term for proxy as a technology.
  • Both private proxy and dedicated proxy provide exclusive access to their IP addresses to the given user – their different sharing model would be a shared proxy, whose IP addresses are shared between several users.

• Which payment methods does Infatica accept?

  We accept credit and debit cards from payment card network processors like Visa and Mastercard. Additionally, we accept PayPal.

• Should I choose a private or shared proxy?

  Further reading: our guide on shared vs. private proxies.

  Private proxies feature exclusive IP addresses, which is handy for social media management, web scraping, and other tasks. Dedicated residential proxies are also fast.

  Shared proxies are cheaper, but they frequently force their users to share IP addresses with each other.

• What happens to proxies when they get blocked?

  In most cases, only the given IP address is blocked and not the entire proxy server. When this happens, a powerful feature of dedicated proxies called proxy rotation can help us: Detecting an IP address ban, it automatically assigns a new IP as a replacement.

• How quick is proxy activation?

  Proxy activation is momentaneous: Upon ordering a proxy plan, you can use the proxy’s login details (e.g. address and port) to connect to your destination server.

• Does Infatica own its proxy servers?

  Yes: To provide reliable connection to all Infatica users across the globe, we own a wide set of proxy servers in the US, Europe, and other locations. Owning the proxy server is also beneficial for the proxy network itself, allowing us to add custom features like IP address rotation.

• Are private proxies good for web scraping?

  Yes: Private dedicated proxies are typically used to circumvent anti-bot systems like reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare, which use IP addresses to tell human users and bots apart. A private proxy supplies you with a local IP address from the given geolocation, helping you to keep your web scraper unnoticed.

• Which locations can Infatica’s dedicated residential proxies support?

  Infatica’s proxy list features a set of major cities from different countries. The most popular geolocations include: the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Russia, Ukraine, India, Turkey, Poland, China, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Vietnam – and the full location list is much bigger.