Proxies for AI data collection
Building a dataset means reading a very large number of public pages. The cost is almost entirely traffic, so the right plan is the cheapest one each source accepts.
Which proxy is best for collecting web data for AI?
For collecting public web data to train or ground AI models, use rotating residential proxies for sites that filter automated visitors and unlimited datacenter proxies for sites that do not. Residential traffic is accepted more widely; datacenter traffic costs far less at volume.
Sort sources by how strict they are
Open data, documentation and many large platforms answer datacenter addresses. Sites with bot filtering need residential ones. Split the job and send each part through the cheapest pool that works.
Pay by time for the heavy part
When a source accepts datacenter addresses, an unlimited plan is priced by speed and duration, not by gigabyte. For sources reachable over IPv6, the IPv6 plans are the lowest price per gigabyte.
Save traffic
Fetch text, not media. Ask for compressed responses and do not fetch the same page twice.
Respect the source
Read each site's terms and its robots.txt, collect public pages only, and follow the law on copyright and personal data where you and the site are.