When choosing a residential proxy service, you should not just look at the number of IPs or the lowest price advertised. A more reliable method is to do small-scale testing around actual business and record success rate, response time and cost.

Core evaluation dimensions

• Regional coverage and actual available inventory.
• Whether dynamic rotation and sticky sessions meet the needs of the business.
• HTTP, SOCKS5 protocol and account password authentication compatibility.
• Billing methods, traffic statistics, renewal and after-sales response.

Test method

• Purchase a small package first and select the real target area.
• Use cURL to do a basic connectivity test, and then connect to the official tool.
• Record short requests, long sessions and peak hour performance respectively.
• Check background traffic statistics and your own request logs.

Avoid just looking at promotional numbers

IP pool size, success rate, latency, and availability must be understood in conjunction with test time, region, target site, and request method. Figures that cannot be reproduced or have no test conditions should not be used as the sole basis for purchasing.

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