Mobile proxies on carrier networks.
Traffic exits through mobile carrier networks, on addresses MaxMind classifies as cellular. It is the tier for platforms that expect a mobile origin.
Sold per GB, with a founding rate held for life. How the volume bands work.
How mobile proxies work
Mobile carriers run out of IPv4 addresses, so they put many subscribers behind one public IP with carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT). At any moment a single carrier address carries traffic from a large number of real handsets.
That is the whole reason mobile proxies work. A platform that blocks a carrier IP blocks its own customers along with you, so the address gets the benefit of the doubt that a datacenter range never does.
Your request enters our gateway and leaves through a device on a mobile carrier network in the location you picked. MaxMind classifies these exits as cellular.
Where mobile proxies fit
- Social platforms and account workflows that check for a mobile origin
- Mobile ad verification: seeing the creative a carrier user sees, in their market
- App QA against real carrier routing
- Apps and services built for phones, where a mobile origin is the expected one
Where they do not
- Price monitoring and catalog scraping. Residential or datacenter does this job.
- Bulk throughput jobs. Datacenter is built for volume.
- Anything that needs a fixed address for weeks. Carrier IPs move; that is a feature here, not a bug.
What you control
- Country, region, city
- Picked from locations with devices online at the moment you order, not from a static list.
- Rotation
- A new IP on every request, a timer from 5 to 60 minutes, or sticky for as long as the device stays online.
- Authentication
- Username and password.
- Billing
- Per GB, one-off package, no renewal. You pay for the traffic you move.
Mobile proxies pricing
The rate drops at each volume band, and founding members hold a further 5% for the life of the account. Rates for every band go to waitlist members with their invite.
| Volume band | Rate |
|---|---|
| 1 to 50 GB | Starting rate |
| 51 to 250 GB | Lower rate |
| 251 to 500 GB | Lower rate |
| 501 to 1,000 GB | Lower rate |
| 1,001 to 2,000 GB | Lower rate |
| 2,001+ GB | Custom - talk to us |
Checkout shows the full amount, card processing included, before you pay. The pricing page has every volume band and the fair-use terms.
Setup in one request
Your dashboard generates the endpoint and credentials after purchase. A request through it looks like this:
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT https://ipinfo.io/jsonThe response should show a mobile carrier as the organisation. If it shows a hosting company, stop and write to support before you spend traffic.
Questions about mobile proxies
What is a mobile proxy?
A proxy whose exit IP belongs to a mobile carrier network. Requests leave through a device on that network, so the target sees a carrier network rather than a hosting range.
Mobile or residential proxies?
Mobile when the platform expects a mobile origin: social apps, app QA and mobile ad verification. Residential for everything else; it is the wider pool and the default for collecting public pages.
Can I keep the same mobile IP?
Yes, within limits. Sticky rotation holds the IP while the device stays online, and timed rotation holds it for 5 to 60 minutes. Carriers reassign addresses on their own schedule, so no mobile IP is permanent.
Can I choose the carrier?
No. You choose the country, region and city; the carrier is whichever network serves the exit device. Carrier selection is not part of the order.
How is mobile billed?
Per GB, as a one-off package with no renewal. The rate drops as the package grows; every band is on the pricing page.
Guides on mobile proxies
- Mobile proxies in 2026: what platforms actually checkMobile proxy detection runs in layers: carrier ASN, CGNAT, TCP stack, TLS and behaviour. What a real carrier pool changes, what the client owns, how to check.
- What are mobile proxies? Carrier IPs, CGNAT and rotationWhat are mobile proxies? Carrier IPs behind CGNAT, how rotation works, when they are worth it, when they are not, detection limits and per-GB billing.
- 4G vs 5G proxies: what the generation actually changes4G proxies and 5G proxies clear the same trust checks. The generation changes throughput and latency; the carrier address sets the trust score.
- CGNAT explained for proxy buyers: why shared carrier IPs are the pointA CGNAT proxy exits from a carrier IPv4 shared by hundreds of subscribers. How the sharing works, how to check for it, and why it makes blocks costly.
- Pay as you go proxies: per-GB billing, no subscriptionPay as you go proxies bill per GB with no renewal. How to estimate GB, how per-GB rates scale, whether GB expire, and when a per-IP subscription fits better.
- How do websites detect proxies? Every layer, in orderWebsites detect proxies by IP and ASN, TCP stack, TLS, headers, browser leaks and behaviour: what each layer sees, and a self-test you can run.
- proxymint Lab #1: DNS, headers and redirects on our gatewayProxy leak test results from our residential and mobile gateway: where DNS resolves per scheme, which forwarding headers arrive, and what plain HTTP gets.
- Types of proxies: datacenter, residential, ISP and mobile comparedTypes of proxies sorted by what the target sees: datacenter, residential, ISP and mobile, then by protocol, anonymity, rotation, access and billing.
Other proxy types
- Static ISP proxiesAn ISP proxy is one ISP-registered address, assigned to your order for the whole billing term, on the stability of a server.
- Rotating residential proxiesRequests leave through real home connections on consumer ISPs, across a pool large enough to rotate on every request.
- Datacenter proxiesThe fastest tier, built for volume.
Not sure which tier the job needs? Compare all four proxy types.