Bright Data has four types of IP networks: Data-Center, Static Residential, Residential, and Mobile.
- Datacenter: offers a machine-generated IP it is the most cost-effective and is commonly used for mass crawling of non-sophisticated target websites. Constructed of 700k unique IPs.
- Static residential Network: offers real residential IPs provided directly through ISP's. These IPs are most suitable for use cases that require permanent, non-rotating IPs, or for whoever needs a small amount of residential IPs. Constructed 100k unique IPs.
- Residential Network: provides a real, rotating, user IP, used for access to sophisticated target websites when you need to crawl, see, and be seen as a real user. Constructed 72+ million unique IPs.
- Mobile Network: connects through a real, rotating, mobile connection of 3G/4G, used for targeting highly sophisticated websites and collecting mobile-specific web data. constructed of 7+ million unique IPs
Create a zone in the Bright Data control panel, and define the network type you want to use.