Proxy Review 2025: Cut Risks, Pick Reliable Proxies

I believe that all cross-border players must be familiar with "overseas IP agents". In projects such as account registration, live streaming, store operation, website SEO, etc., "overseas IP agents" must be indispensable tools. But in the face of so many overseas IP agents at home and abroad, how should we choose a safe and reliable agent that suits us? And from what dimensions should we measure these overseas IP agents? This article will provide you with some references to help you choose a reliable overseas IP agent.

When choosing a reliable overseas IP agent, we generally consider the following dimensions:

1. Overseas Proxy IP Types

(1) Residential proxy IP: Suitable for data collection, advertising verification, e-commerce monitoring, social media management and privacy protection. It simulates user behavior through real IP to bypass anti-crawl mechanisms.

(2) Data center proxy: generally used for high-frequency data collection, multi-account management, advertising verification, market research, SEO optimization, and bypassing geographic restrictions and IP bans.

(3) Shared proxy: Multiple users share a group of proxy servers, which has the characteristics of low cost and resource sharing, but the speed and stability may be affected by other users.

(4) Exclusive proxy: Suitable for scenarios with high security requirements such as data collection and advertisement verification, such as financial data access or sensitive information transmission.

2. Overseas Agent IP Quality and Performance

(1) IP purity

Give priority to service providers that can provide high-purity IPs, and avoid using IP addresses that are frequently abused or marked to reduce the risk of your account being banned or restricted. You can use blacklist detection tools to check whether the IP is marked as a risk, and combine historical usage records to determine whether it has been abused. Give priority to service providers that provide exclusive residential IPs (such as IPFoxy, IPFly)

(2) IP pool size

The larger the IP pool, the better. A large IP pool can provide more IP options, reduce the probability of IP reuse, and better meet the diverse needs of different users. When choosing an overseas IP agent, you need to pay attention to whether the service provider regularly updates the IP pool to avoid triggering risk control due to outdated IPs.

(3) IP speed

You can choose a service provider with a suitable IP speed according to your business needs. Determine the speed by testing the latency and response time. Give priority to service providers that support intelligent routing optimization (such as geolocation caching) and multi-protocol switching (such as HTTP/SOCKS5).

(4) IP coverage area

You should clearly define your business target area and choose a service provider with a wide range of servers and good network coverage in the area. The better the service provider, the more local server resources it should have and the more localized professional services it can provide.

(5) IP stability

Choosing a service provider with high IP stability can ensure the continuous stability of network connection and reduce the impact of disconnection or fluctuation on business. When choosing an overseas IP agent, you can refer to the evaluation of other users or conduct long-term trial tests to observe the stability performance of its proxy IP in different time periods and different network environments.

3. Overseas agent IP evaluation results (personal)

The key to choosing an overseas IP agent service provider is to balance price and performance. You can choose an overseas IP agent that suits you based on your business type, budget constraints, and the performance of each agent. The following are four agents that I have selected from a large number of overseas IP agents at home and abroad that have excellent performance in all aspects for your reference:

1. Bright Data:

2. Oxylabs:

3. IPFoxy:

The above are some important reference dimensions and evaluation results for the selection of overseas IP agents. The results only represent personal thoughts. Thank you for watching. Cross-border players are welcome to share more in the comment area.