What are the best US proxies for web scraping?

Rotating or sticky: which session does a scraper need?

A scraper needs rotation for pages that stand alone, and a sticky session for pages that depend on the previous request. Rotate the IP for independent pages; hold one sticky IP only for as long as one multi-step flow lasts.

Residential or mobile: which IP type fits which target?

Residential IPs fit most US targets: they carry state, city, ZIP and ASN targeting and cost less per GB than mobile. Mobile IPs fit sites built mainly for phones, and pages that look different on a carrier network.

How much does US scraping traffic cost per GB?

US scraping traffic at FiftyStateProxy is $0.75/GB for any tier between 5 and 100 GB, then $0.56/GB at 500 GB and $0.52/GB at 1 TB. The median 1 TB residential price among the 11 providers that showed one on 29 October 2026 was $1.50/GB; $0.52/GB is about 65% below it.

• 1 TB: our price is 25% below the lowest among the 20 US proxy providers we checked on 29 October 2026: Rayobyte, $0.70/GB.
• 500 GB: the gap is smaller; Shifter's 200 GB plan works out to $0.745/GB, against our $0.56/GB.
• Rotating mobile: our 1, 50 and 100 GB plans are 25% below the lowest shown price in the same check. At 5 and 10 GB, DataImpulse's $2.00/GB costs less than our $2.66/GB and $2.62/GB.

How do I point a scraper at the US gateway?

Point the scraper at gw.fiftystateproxy.com on port 7777 for HTTP/HTTPS or 7778 for SOCKS5, and put the targeting in the username. The guide on how do I set up a US proxy for a script covers other tools and a first test.

import requests

GATEWAY = "gw.fiftystateproxy.com:7777"
PASSWORD = "PASSWORD"

def proxies(user):
    url = f"http://{user}:{PASSWORD}@{GATEWAY}"
    return {"http": url, "https": url}

# Rotating: each requests.get opens a new connection, so a new IP
for item in ["https://example.com/item/1", "https://example.com/item/2"]:
    requests.get(item, proxies=proxies("USERNAME-country-us-state-oh"), timeout=30)

# Sticky: one IP for a paginated listing, up to ttl minutes
sticky = proxies("USERNAME-country-us-state-ok-city-oklahoma_city-session-okc2-ttl-15")
with requests.Session() as s:
    for n in range(1, 4):
        s.get(f"https://example.com/search?page={n}", proxies=sticky, timeout=30)

# Public pages only. Respect robots.txt, site terms and a low request rate.

What scraping is allowed on FiftyStateProxy?

Scraping through FiftyStateProxy is limited to public data: pages anyone can open without logging in. Follow robots.txt, each site's terms and a request rate the site can carry.

Not allowed: collecting personal data such as profiles or contact details, reading content behind other people's logins, and creating accounts. Blocked on every plan: Banking, government and payment-portal sites, plus SMTP (email-sending) ports 25, 465 and 587. The policy spells out which scraping uses are allowed.

Which related use cases share this setup?

Price monitoring and SERP checks are scraping jobs with a location attached. See which US proxies suit price monitoring and which US proxies suit local SEO. For a broader comparison, read which US residential proxies are best in 2026.