Residential Proxy Detection
Residential Proxy Detection
Residential proxies look like real home users, that is the point. Our detection uses network reputation and pool intelligence to flag them anyway.
What is residential proxy detection?
Residential proxies route traffic through real consumer devices and ISP ranges, making automated and fraudulent traffic look like an ordinary home user. Because the IP belongs to a legitimate ISP, simple ASN or datacenter checks miss them. Residential proxy detection identifies IPs that are part of a residential proxy network using behavioural reputation, pool membership and shared-usage patterns rather than ownership alone.
How residential proxy detection works
These proxies hide in ISP space, so detection leans on reputation, not just ASN.
Pool intelligence
Cross-references IPs against known residential proxy provider pools.
Shared-usage patterns
A single home IP serving many unrelated sessions is a red flag.
Reputation history
How the address has behaved across our lookup network over time.
Velocity & rotation
Rapid IP rotation within an ISP range typical of proxy services.
ISP context
Combines ISP ownership with anomaly signals to avoid false positives on real users.
Confidence score
A 0–100 score lets you treat likely vs. certain proxies differently.
Where teams use it
Sneaker & ticket drops
Stop bots that buy in bulk through residential pools.
Account farming
Catch mass account creation disguised as home users.
Price scraping
Detect competitors scraping prices via residential IPs.
Ad verification
Filter residential-proxy traffic from campaign analytics.
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Frequently asked questions
Why Choose IPScanner
Teams use IPScanner to tell real users apart from masked and automated traffic.
Accuracy you can measure
Verdicts come with a 0 to 100 confidence score, so you tune the threshold to your own risk instead of trusting one number.
Built to scale
The API runs on infrastructure sized for production traffic, with a 99.99% uptime target for business-critical use.
Data that stays fresh
We refresh VPN, proxy, and Tor lists continuously, so newly spun-up servers get caught quickly.
Easy to wire in
A plain REST API works with any language or framework. Most teams are live the same afternoon.
Documentation that's honest
Worked examples in curl, JavaScript, and Python, plus straight notes on what each signal does and doesn't mean.
People who know the domain
Support comes from engineers who work on IP detection every day, not a generic help desk.
