Native Residential VPN: Rotating & Sticky IPs

Residential VPNs source the IP addresses and devices from regular households. Once consent is acquired from a regular internet user, their device is used to simply forward network traffic (no access is ever provided to the device itself). Regular VPNs, on the other hand, use business-owned servers, which while often faster, are significantly easier to detect.

A residential VPN simply gives you an IP address from a household device without many additional features. Native residential VPNs provide the option to stick with or rotate IPs freely and have a better IP address reputation.

They can be, but it's much harder than with regular VPNs. Native residential IPs come from real home connections, so websites rarely flag them. Still, no VPN can hide what you do yourself. For example, if you log in to the same social media account, the website will know it's you regardless of your IP.

Streaming services will have lists of known data center IPs, used by popular providers, and block them outright. Additionally, some virtual private network providers use a relatively small pool of IPs, allowing many users to share the same one, making it for streaming services to protect themselves from such connections.

They use similar underlying technology, however, a residential VPN comes with added security and convenience features, while proxies give you more flexibility in how and where you use them — with CometVPN you can now choose either.

Yes, they are almost no different, legally, from a regular VPN. So, if your country allows the usage of VPNs, then residential VPNs will be legal as well.

A free VPN supposedly provides the same features as a paid one, but that is considered impossible. VPNs are expensive to build and maintain, therefore a free VPN provider needs to make their money back. Usually, it’s through data selling, malware, or other shady tactics. You also won’t find a free residential VPN that’s legit as they are even more expensive.

Yes. The Proxy Generator in your CometVPN dashboard creates proxy credentials (host, port, username and password) that work in any software or device that supports proxies, from browsers and automation tools to your own scripts. Country, state, city and ISP targeting work just as they do in our apps, and you can choose between rotating IPs and sticky sessions of up to 24 hours. Usage is drawn from your traffic balance, which never expires.

No. Log in to your CometVPN dashboard, open the Proxy Generator, pick your location and session settings, and use the generated credentials wherever you need them. If you prefer a one-click connection, our apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android are there too. You can switch between the two at any time, since both use the same traffic balance. An active CometVPN subscription is still required.

Anything that supports [HTTP/SOCKS5] proxies with username and password authentication, including browsers and browser extensions, anti-detect browsers, and automation and testing tools. Routers can work too, but most need extra software such as redsocks to send all traffic through a proxy. For most people, setting up the proxy on each device or using our app is simpler.