The HProxy Blog

HProxy vs IPRoyal on price, KYC and billing: a cheaper IPRoyal alternative that keeps the pay-as-you-go, non-expiring model, and where IPRoyal still earns its place.

HProxy vs Oxylabs on price, network and billing: a cheaper Oxylabs alternative for residential proxies, and when the enterprise platform is worth paying up for.

HProxy vs ProxyScrape on price, data expiry and free proxies: a cheaper ProxyScrape alternative for residential proxies, and where ProxyScrape's free list and cheap datacenter proxies genuinely win.

HProxy vs Rayobyte on price and billing model: a cheaper Rayobyte alternative at normal volumes, and the honest point where Rayobyte's per-GB rate undercuts ours at scale.

HProxy vs SOAX on price, billing model and targeting: a cheaper SOAX alternative for residential proxies, and when SOAX's credit plans and granular geo targeting are worth paying for.

HProxy vs Webshare on price, model and free tiers: a cheaper Webshare alternative for residential proxies, and where Webshare's free plan and datacenter IPs genuinely win.

Proxies for AI agents keep autonomous browsing sessions from getting rate-limited, geo-blocked, and bot-walled. Which proxy type fits, sticky vs rotating, and honest sizing.

Proxies for AI training data let you build large, diverse, current datasets when the open corpora fall short. Sizing bandwidth, geo-diversity, dedup, and which proxy type fits.

Proxies for ChatGPT: which type actually works for regional access and automation, why sticky beats rotating, and an honest look at where the terms of service draw the line.

Proxies for Expedia: why point-of-sale pricing sets fares by IP country, which residential setup reads hotel and flight prices, and sticky booking sessions.

Proxies for Glassdoor: why its high block rate and review modal stop scrapers, the residential setup for salaries and reviews, sizing, and free vs paid.

Proxies for Idealista: why Spain, Italy and Portugal listings need in-country residential IPs, how it blocks scrapers, and the free vs paid reality.

Proxies for Indeed: why the public API is gone, the residential setup that scrapes job postings and salaries by market, sizing, and free vs paid.

Proxies for LLM scraping gather web data for training and RAG as the open data commons closes to AI crawlers. Which type, rotation, and honest limits.

Proxies for Redfin: when the free Redfin Data Center is enough, when you need residential IPs for listing-level scraping, plus geo, sizing, and free vs paid.

Proxies for TripAdvisor: why the Content API's 3-review cap pushes you to scraping, which residential setup reads reviews and hotel prices, and geo pricing.

Proxies for Yelp: why the Fusion API's 300-call and 3-review caps push you to scraping, which residential setup reads local listings and reviews, and geo.

Proxies for Zillow: why its Press and Hold challenge blocks datacenter IPs, which residential setup reads listings and Zestimates cleanly, and US geo.

SOCKS4, SOCKS4a, and SOCKS5 compared at the byte level: authentication, IPv6, remote DNS, and UDP. What each version can and cannot do, and why SOCKS5 is the one to use.

Sticky sessions hold one exit IP for a timed window; rotating sessions change the IP every request. How each is implemented, why logins break when the IP moves, and which to use.

What is a rotating proxy? One gateway address that exits through a different IP on a schedule you control. How backconnect rotation works, what it defeats, and when it is the wrong tool.

An ASN identifies the network that owns a block of IP addresses. What an Autonomous System is, how ASNs are assigned, and why anti-bot systems check yours before anything else.

What is an ISP proxy? A static residential IP with a consumer ISP's reputation and a datacenter's speed. How it works, why logins survive on it, and what it costs.

JA3 and JA4 turn your TLS ClientHello into a fingerprint that names the software behind a connection. How the hash is built, why a proxy does not change it, and how to survive it.