SOCKS5 Residential Proxies

SOCKS5 connections with your location settings

Proxyca residential proxies let you choose SOCKS5 when generating connection details. Start by buying a traffic package. With gigabytes on your balance, open My proxies, choose Generate and set the location and connection options for your workflow. You can generate multiple connection entries from the same traffic balance.

Country and city settings help you organize location-specific browser profiles and compare pages from selected locations. Coverage spans 195+ countries; available cities depend on the selected geography. Save the generated host, port and credentials in the matching profile so you can identify the connection later.

Rotating or sticky residential sessions

Choose rotation when your workflow needs IP changes between connections. Choose a sticky session when you want to keep a consistent connection for a sequence of browser actions. Set the session option while generating your proxy, rather than changing unrelated browser settings.

Sticky session options range from 1 hour up to 2 months depending on geography. These are real residential connections, so long session availability varies by location. For a workflow that specifically requires rented static IPs, compare datacenter rental with residential traffic instead of treating the two products as interchangeable.

SOCKS5 proxy pricing

Residential SOCKS5 uses the same traffic packages as the residential product. Start with 1 GB for $8, choose 10 GB for $75 or 100 GB for $600. A 250 GB package costs $1,250, bringing the effective price down to $5 per GB. Purchased traffic never expires.

You buy gigabytes first, then generate connection details with your chosen protocol and location. The number of entries you generate is separate from the number of gigabytes purchased: the traffic balance is what you use as your applications transfer data. See every residential package →

Connect an antidetect browser

Open the proxy settings in your browser profile. Select SOCKS5, paste the generated host and port, then add the username and password where required. Use separate fields when the application provides them; if it accepts a combined string, choose the matching export format in the bot.

Run the browser's proxy check before launching the profile. Then open the profile and confirm its public IP. Our setup guides show the steps for Dolphin Anty, Octo Browser, GoLogin, Multilogin and other browsers. AdsPower users can follow the AdsPower proxy guide.

Test SOCKS5 separately from your browser

If a profile cannot connect, test the endpoint in the online Proxy Checker. Enter the host, port and credentials, select SOCKS5 and run a connection test. A successful result shows the exit IP and elapsed HTTPS request time. This makes it easier to separate a connection problem from a browser-profile setting.

Check copied credentials for extra spaces and make sure the port belongs to the selected protocol. If you changed the generated connection, update all the fields in the application together. The step-by-step testing guide explains connection errors and additional checks.

SOCKS5 or HTTP/HTTPS?

Choose the protocol your application supports and the connection details were generated for. Proxyca residential connections also offer HTTP/HTTPS options. A browser setting labelled HTTPS can describe a different part of the connection from a SOCKS5 setting, so follow the application's instructions rather than choosing by name alone.

For a practical comparison, read HTTP, HTTPS and proxy protocols and SOCKS4 vs SOCKS5. You can buy and manage residential traffic in Telegram without creating a separate website account, with USDT payment and Telegram support.

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