TENSOR PROXIES

Proxies for Web Scraping

Scraping from a single IP address gets rate-limited or banned within minutes on most modern targets. A proxy pool spreads your requests across many IP addresses so each one stays under the target site's per-IP thresholds.

Tensor Proxies supplies datacenter and static residential ISP proxies with unlimited bandwidth and both HTTP and SOCKS5 support, delivered in IP:PORT:USERNAME:PASSWORD format that plugs directly into Scrapy, Playwright, Puppeteer, or plain requests sessions.

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How It Works

Why do scrapers need proxies at all?

Target sites track request volume per IP address. Once a single IP crosses a threshold — often just a few hundred requests per hour — it gets CAPTCHA-challenged, rate-limited, or banned outright. Proxies distribute your traffic so no single IP crosses that line.

Beyond volume limits, many sites serve different content by geography. A proxy pool with multi-country coverage lets you collect localized pricing, listings, and search results that a single-location server can never see.

Datacenter or residential proxies for scraping?

Start with datacenter proxies: they are the fastest and cheapest per request, and most targets — directories, e-commerce catalogs, real-estate listings, public APIs — accept them fine. Move the hard targets that fingerprint datacenter IP ranges onto static residential ISP proxies.

A common production split is 80/20: the bulk of the crawl runs on datacenter IPs at $0.32 per proxy or less, and the minority of ban-prone targets runs on residential ISP IPs at $0.60 per proxy. That keeps blended cost low without sacrificing success rate where it matters.

Does unlimited bandwidth actually matter for scraping?

Yes — it changes the cost model. Per-GB residential pricing punishes exactly what scrapers do: high request volume. Tensor Proxies prices per proxy, not per gigabyte, so a heavy crawl costs the same as a light one.

Teams pulling tens of gigabytes a month routinely pay more in bandwidth overage on metered providers than the entire flat-rate package costs here.

How do I plug the proxies into my scraper?

Credentials arrive by email as IP:PORT:USERNAME:PASSWORD lines right after payment. Every mainstream HTTP client accepts that format directly — set it as the proxy URL (http://user:pass@ip:port) in requests, Scrapy middleware, Playwright's launch options, or your queue workers.

Recommended Package

Recommended: start with the Datacenter package

At $8 per 25 proxies ($0.32/proxy, dropping to $0.14/proxy at 5,000+), datacenter is the right default for crawl volume. Unlimited bandwidth means your per-request cost falls the harder you run it.

Targets that block datacenter ranges (sneaker retail, social platforms, some travel sites) run better on the Static Residential ISP package at $15 per 25 proxies.

Open Purchase Flowfrom $8.00 / 25 proxies
Common Questions

How many proxies do I need for web scraping?

A useful starting rule: one proxy per 500–1,000 requests per hour against a normal target. A crawl doing 50,000 requests/hour across tolerant targets runs comfortably on 50–100 datacenter proxies; ban-heavy targets need more headroom.

Do these proxies work with Scrapy, Playwright, and Puppeteer?

Yes. Delivery is standard IP:PORT:USERNAME:PASSWORD over HTTP or SOCKS5, which all three frameworks support natively — no custom gateway or SDK required.

Is there a bandwidth cap or per-GB charge?

No. All Tensor Proxies packages include unlimited traffic and bandwidth. Pricing is per proxy per 30 days, so scraping volume never changes your bill.

Can I choose which countries my scraping proxies are in?

Yes. During checkout you allocate your quantity across supported countries — the US, Canada, most of Europe, Japan, Singapore, and Australia — and the order is delivered to match that split.

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