Mobile, residential or datacentre: choosing IPs
Most operators overpay for the wrong IP type. Here is the decision tree.
IPs that resolve to a phone company.
The IP is half the fingerprint. Ours come from real SIMs in real modems on real carrier networks — with the right ASN, the right rDNS and the right latency profile.
38M+Mobile IP pool
240+Carriers
187Countries
0Leaks in 2026 audits
Types
Four IP products, one decision
Mobile for apps, residential for the web. Everything else is a compromise.
4G mobile IP — $8.90/mo
A real SIM in a real modem on a real carrier. Included from Growth.
Pool size: 38M+ · Countries: 187 · sticky 60 min or on-demand
5G mobile IP — $14.90/mo
Carrier-locked 5G with 24-hour sticky sessions. Included on Scale.
Pool size: 11M+ · Countries: 94 · sticky 24 h, carrier-locked
Static residential — $6.50/mo
A consumer ISP address that never changes. For web and marketplace work.
Pool size: 72M+ · Countries: 152 · static ISP
Rotating residential — $3.20/GB
Per-request rotation across 195 countries, billed per gigabyte.
Pool size: 72M+ · Countries: 195 · per request
Comparison
What each type actually looks like
| Type | ASN reads as | Best for | Snapchat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datacentre | Hosting provider | Nothing social | ✕ |
| Static residential | Consumer ISP | Marketplaces, ad platforms | ~ |
| Shared mobile proxy | Mobile carrier (shared) | TikTok, Instagram | ~ |
| Bound carrier IP | Mobile carrier (exclusive) | Snapchat, WhatsApp, anything hard | ✓ |
Further reading
The evidence behind these claims
The 14 signals that get cloud phones banned
Every cloud phone ban traces back to one of fourteen signals. Nine of them are patchable. Five are not, and those five are why architecture beats spoofing.
How Meta links your accounts — and how to break it
Losing one account is annoying. Losing twenty because they shared a device signature is a business problem. Here is the mechanism.
The IP is half the fingerprint.
Get one that resolves to a phone company, bound to a device nobody else uses.