# ColdProxy

> ColdProxy provides residential IPv4, residential IPv6, and datacenter IPv6 proxies for public web data collection, monitoring, QA, and geo-targeted testing.

Important notes:
- ColdProxy currently sells four proxy plan families: Premium Residential Geo Target IPv4 (Unmetered), Premium Residential Geo Target IPv4 (GB Based), Residential IPv6, and Datacenter IPv6.
- Public support is through Telegram and support tickets. Support is available in English and Arabic.
- Free trials may be available after individual review; request one through https://coldproxy.com/contact/. There is no self-serve trial. Use the shortest public billing period available for the product you want.
- Residential IPv4 (Unmetered) and Residential IPv6 currently offer hourly buying. Datacenter IPv6 starts at daily billing, and Residential IPv4 (GB Based) uses monthly traffic packs.
- Need a different speed or traffic allowance? Contact us through the channels on our website so we can assess whether a custom plan is possible.
- Headline facts on the homepage: 70M+ Residential IPv4 pool, Residential IPv4 coverage in 195+ countries, USA Residential IPv6, Datacenter IPv6 across 45+ supported locations, 99.9% success rate, up to 0.6s response time on Residential IPv4, and public Trustpilot and G2 review profiles.
- Pricing can change. Use [pricing.md](https://coldproxy.com/pricing.md) and the linked pricing pages for the current pricing summary.

## Primary Pages

- [Homepage](https://coldproxy.com/): ColdProxy's four proxy plans (Residential IPv4 Unmetered and GB Based, USA Residential IPv6, Datacenter IPv6) with starting prices, and links to each plan's pricing page and guide.
- [Pricing](https://coldproxy.com/pricing/): Compare all current proxy plans.
- [pricing.md](https://coldproxy.com/pricing.md): Official machine-readable pricing summary.
- [tools.md](https://coldproxy.com/tools.md): Machine-readable summary of the free diagnostic tool set.
- [FAQ](https://coldproxy.com/faq/): Answers about pricing, support, proxy types, and refunds.
- [Contact](https://coldproxy.com/contact/): Sales, support, and company contact page.
- [Reseller program](https://coldproxy.com/reseller/): Resell ColdProxy proxies under your own brand, with the Reseller API and onboarding support.
- [Affiliate program](https://coldproxy.com/affiliate-program/): Earn 10% recurring commission, with no time limit and no cap per customer, on the proxy plans your referred customers buy and renew.

## Country And Geo-Targeting Pages

- [Country locations](https://coldproxy.com/country-locations/): Main hub for country proxies, proxy locations, country, state, and city targeting, and which plans cover each market.
- [country-locations.md](https://coldproxy.com/country-locations.md): Machine-readable summary of country coverage, directory scope, top markets, and protocol differences.

## Proxy Plans

- [Premium Residential Geo Target IPv4 (Unmetered) product page](https://coldproxy.com/proxy/residential-ipv4-unlimited/): Use this for what Residential IPv4 (Unmetered) includes, its common use cases, and how it compares with the closest alternative plans.
- [Premium Residential Geo Target IPv4 (Unmetered) pricing page](https://coldproxy.com/pricing/residential-ipv4-unlimited/): Use this for current Residential IPv4 (Unmetered) prices by billing period and speed tier, with order links.
- [Premium Residential Geo Target IPv4 (GB Based) product page](https://coldproxy.com/proxy/residential-ipv4-gb/): Use this for what Residential IPv4 (GB Based) includes, its common use cases, and how it compares with the closest alternative plans.
- [Premium Residential Geo Target IPv4 (GB Based) pricing page](https://coldproxy.com/pricing/residential-ipv4-gb/): Use this for current Residential IPv4 (GB Based) prices by monthly traffic pack, with order links.
- [Residential IPv6 product page](https://coldproxy.com/proxy/residential-ipv6/): Use this for what USA Residential IPv6 includes, its common use cases, and how it compares with the closest alternative plans.
- [Residential IPv6 pricing page](https://coldproxy.com/pricing/residential-ipv6/): Use this for current Residential IPv6 prices by billing period and speed tier, with order links.
- [Datacenter IPv6 product page](https://coldproxy.com/proxy/datacenter-ipv6/): Use this for what Datacenter IPv6 includes (all supported locations in one order), its common use cases, and how it compares with the closest alternative plans.
- [Datacenter IPv6 pricing page](https://coldproxy.com/pricing/datacenter-ipv6/): Use this for current Datacenter IPv6 prices by billing period and speed tier, with order links.

## Developer Documentation

- [Developer documentation hub](https://coldproxy.com/docs/): Entry point for connecting to, targeting, and automating ColdProxy proxies.
- [Quickstart](https://coldproxy.com/docs/quickstart/): Connect and make a first proxied request in a few minutes.
- [How to connect](https://coldproxy.com/docs/how-to-connect/): Gateway host, the 30000-34999 port range, and the proxy-string format.
- [Authentication](https://coldproxy.com/docs/authentication/): Username/password and IP authentication (up to 50 IPs), usable together.
- [Protocols](https://coldproxy.com/docs/protocols/): HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5 (SOCKS5 over TCP and UDP) on one gateway.
- [Ports and SuperPorts](https://coldproxy.com/docs/ports-and-superports/): Port ranges and SuperPorts that pin geo and session settings to a port range.
- [Username tag scheme](https://coldproxy.com/docs/username-tag-scheme/): Encode geo-targeting and session control directly in the proxy username.
- [Sticky vs rotating sessions](https://coldproxy.com/docs/sticky-vs-rotating/): Rotating by default; a sticky session needs both a session tag and a time tag.
- [Customer Plan API](https://coldproxy.com/docs/customer-plan-api/): Manage one plan in code — proxy lists, geo, authorized IPs, usage, and service actions.
- [Reseller API](https://coldproxy.com/docs/reseller-api/): Order and manage proxy services programmatically from a prepaid reseller balance.
- [Verify your proxy](https://coldproxy.com/docs/verify-your-proxy/): Confirm reachability, exit IP, and location with the free ColdProxy tools.

## Use Cases And Comparisons

- [Use cases hub](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/): Find the guide for your job among the ColdProxy proxy use cases (scraping and data collection, social and account workflows, marketing, QA and testing), with the rule for choosing a plan.
- [Web Scraping](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/web-scraping/): Use this for public web data collection with residential and datacenter proxies, rotation, geo-targeting, and session control for stable research workflows.
- [AI Training Data](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/ai-training-data/): Use this for collecting fresh public web data for AI and LLM training sets, with unlimited traffic on speed-tier plans, Residential IPv4 Country, State, and City targeting, and IPv6 plans for sources on IPv6 or a supported CDN.
- [Price Monitoring](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/price-monitoring-proxy/): Use this for competitor price monitoring and regional product availability checks across ecommerce markets.
- [Travel Proxies](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/travel/): Use this for airline, hotel, OTA, and fare data collection across regions for travel pricing and market-monitoring workflows.
- [Competitor Analysis](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/competitor-analysis/): Use this for competitor pricing, SERP, ad, and public market-signal tracking across regions.
- [Market Research](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/market-research/): Use this for public pricing, consumer, and competitive data collection from regional markets for research and analytics teams.
- [SEO Monitoring](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/seo-monitoring/): Use this for localized SERP checks, keyword rankings, local packs, and regional SEO signals from target countries and cities.
- [App Testing](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/app-testing/): Use this for localization, ads, checkout flows, compliance banners, and performance testing from region-specific residential IPs.
- [Ad Verification](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/ad-verification/): Use this for ad placement, creative, geo-targeting, and fraud-signal verification across markets.
- [Brand Protection](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/brand-protection/): Use this for marketplace and public web monitoring for counterfeit listings, unauthorized sellers, and trademark misuse.
- [Real Estate Market](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/real-estate-proxies/): Use this for property listings, rental rates, comparable sales, and regional real estate data collection.
- [Sentiment Analysis](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/sentiment-analysis-proxy/): Use this for public reviews, comments, and brand mentions across regions for social listening and NLP workflows.
- [Collecting Stock Market Data](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/collecting-market-proxy/): Use this for public quotes, filings, financial news, and market data from regional sources with reliable proxy routing.
- [Amazon Proxy](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/amazon-proxy/): Use this for Amazon prices, ASINs, availability, reviews, and ad placements across regional storefronts.
- [TikTok Proxy](https://coldproxy.com/use-cases/tiktok-proxy/): Use this for TikTok hashtag monitoring, public creator activity, comments, and ad placements for compliant research workflows.

### Learn and canonical education guides
- [Learn hub](https://coldproxy.com/learn/): Curated entry point for ColdProxy proxy education. The hub links to the full guides on the ColdProxy blog.
- [Glossary](https://coldproxy.com/glossary/): Plain-language definitions of proxy and networking terms, each linking to the canonical ColdProxy guide where one exists.
- [What Is a Proxy Server and How Does It Work?](https://coldproxy.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy-server-and-how-it-works/): The canonical ColdProxy guide for proxy server definitions, request flow, common uses, and safe operating boundaries.
- [Forward Proxy vs Reverse Proxy](https://coldproxy.com/blog/forward-proxy-vs-reverse-proxy/): Compare the two proxy roles and learn which side of the connection each one protects.
- [Datacenter vs Residential Proxies: How to Choose](https://coldproxy.com/blog/datacenter-vs-residential-proxies-how-to-choose/): Pick residential for trust and geo-targeting, or datacenter for speed, scale, and cost-sensitive workloads.
- [Static vs Rotating Proxies](https://coldproxy.com/blog/static-vs-rotating-proxies-which-one-to-choose/): Understand when a stable IP is useful and when rotation is better for independent read-only requests.
- [Proxy Pricing Models Explained](https://coldproxy.com/blog/proxy-pricing-models/): GB, speed, time, and unmetered billing explained with ColdProxy plan mapping and workload examples.
- [What Is an IPv6 Proxy?](https://coldproxy.com/blog/what-is-an-ipv6-proxy/): The cornerstone ColdProxy guide to what IPv6 proxies are, how they work, and when an IPv6 proxy is the right choice — the hub for every IPv6 decision guide below.

### Compare Pages
- [ColdProxy vs 5 Leading Residential Proxy Providers](https://coldproxy.com/compare/): Compare ColdProxy with Bright Data, Oxylabs, Decodo (Smartproxy), IPRoyal and Webshare on unlimited vs per-GB pricing, pool and trials, with a page for each. Each comparison lists its own review date.
- Fact sources: current ColdProxy product and pricing data, plus official public provider pages and documentation.
- [ColdProxy vs IPRoyal](https://coldproxy.com/compare/iproyal/): How ColdProxy's unmetered and GB-based Residential IPv4 plans plus public Residential IPv6 and Datacenter IPv6 plans compare to IPRoyal's residential pricing and broader product lineup spanning mobile proxies, ISP proxies, datacenter proxies, and a Web Unblocker product. Reviewed: September 26, 2026.
- [ColdProxy vs Webshare](https://coldproxy.com/compare/webshare/): How ColdProxy's unmetered and GB-based Residential IPv4 plans plus public Residential IPv6 and Datacenter IPv6 plans compare to Webshare's free Datacenter IPv4 starter tier, rotating residential pricing, and static residential proxy products. Reviewed: September 28, 2026.
- [ColdProxy vs Bright Data](https://coldproxy.com/compare/bright-data/): How ColdProxy's public Residential IPv4 (Unmetered and GB-based), Residential IPv6, and Datacenter IPv6 plans compare to Bright Data's enterprise proxy network and bundled scraping API, browser, dataset, and Proxy Manager tooling. Reviewed: September 26, 2026.
- [ColdProxy vs Oxylabs](https://coldproxy.com/compare/oxylabs/): How ColdProxy's Residential IPv4 (Unmetered and GB-based), Residential IPv6, and Datacenter IPv6 plans compare to Oxylabs' large-pool residential proxies, public HTTP/3 support, and broader scraping product ecosystem. Reviewed: September 26, 2026.
- [ColdProxy vs Decodo (Smartproxy)](https://coldproxy.com/compare/smartproxy/): How ColdProxy's Residential IPv4 (Unmetered and GB-based), Residential IPv6, and Datacenter IPv6 plans compare to Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, on residential pool, billing models, public metrics, and trial paths. Reviewed: September 26, 2026.

## Free Tools

- [Free Online Proxy Tools](https://coldproxy.com/tools/): Compare ColdProxy's three free tools and pick one: the Proxy Checker tests proxies you already have, the IP Address Checker shows the public IP your connection exposes, and the IPv6 Checker looks up a domain's A, AAAA, MX, and NS records.
- [Online Proxy Checker](https://coldproxy.com/tools/proxy-checker/): Bulk checking IPv4 and IPv6 reachability, exit IP, and location before production.
- [IP Address Checker](https://coldproxy.com/tools/my-ip/): Checking your public IPv4 and IPv6 address, ISP and location, and confirming that a VPN or proxy hides your IP.
- [IPv6 Compatibility Checker](https://coldproxy.com/tools/ipv6-checker/): Checking whether a domain, its mail servers, and its nameservers are IPv6-ready, and whether its DNS points to a recognised CDN.

## Trust And Support

- [Trustpilot](https://www.trustpilot.com/review/coldproxy.com): Public review profile.
- [G2 profile](https://www.g2.com/sellers/coldproxy): Public business software profile.
- [Original UK company record](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13036959): ColdProxy was previously operated by COLDPROXY LTD (UK company no. 13036959, incorporated in 2020). It is now operated by Crestlane Systems LLC.
- [Telegram support](https://t.me/VIPv6Proxy): Public support chat.
- [Client tickets](https://members.coldproxy.com/submitticket.php): Support tickets for billing, refunds, custom plans, and technical issues.

## Optional

- [Blog](https://coldproxy.com/blog/): Proxy guides, tutorials, and buying advice.
- [About us](https://coldproxy.com/about-us/): Company background and service summary.