Web Unblockers vs Residential Proxies: How to Choose the Right Solution?

As anti-crawling technology is upgraded again and again, do you find it difficult to collect network data? Traditional proxy solutions cannot meet the current complex scenario requirements, which requires a new solution to help you complete your business.

LunaProxy has launched a new web unblocker, combined with our residential proxy service, to provide you with a variety of solutions. This article will explain to you how web unblockers work, compare the functions and features of residential proxies, and analyze the differences between the two.

What is a web unblocker?

Web Unlocker is an essential tool for unblocking web pages, which can access web content restricted by regions or networks. Web unblocker is based on dynamic IP rotation and browser fingerprint disguise technology, which allows users to fully access restricted content by bypassing Internet restrictions.

Technical principle

Multi-layer proxy architecture : Web unblocker dynamically manages the proxy pool and automatically selects the best proxy IP to send requests. These proxy IPs usually include residential proxies and data center proxies, which can simulate user access behaviors from different geographical locations. At the same time, the IP rotation function is used to prevent a single IP from being banned by the website, thereby increasing the success rate of the request.

Browser fingerprint simulation : Browser fingerprint is a unique identifier generated by collecting hardware and software information of the user's device. Web unblockers simulate the browser behavior of real users by dynamically modifying these parameters, thereby circumventing the fingerprint detection mechanism of the target website.

Multi-layer anti-detection mechanism : 

1. Simulate real TLS handshake and HTTP protocol behavior

2. Dynamically generate HTTP headers to simulate real traffic

3. Manage cookies, simulate fonts and audio fingerprints, etc. to further reduce the risk of detection .

Automatic retry : Web unblocker has a built-in verification code cracking function that can automatically analyze and crack common verification code types. If the request fails, the system will automatically retry and continue to send the request after adjusting the parameters.

JavaScript execution : The web unblocker has a built-in browser engine that can execute JavaScript code and render the page, thereby obtaining complete dynamic content.

What is a residential proxy?

A residential proxy is an intermediate server that protects user information when a user visits a target website. Since its IP address is assigned by the ISP and comes from a real home network device, it is highly similar to the network behavior of ordinary users and can effectively circumvent the anti-crawler mechanism of the target website.

Technical principle

Large IP pool : The IP addresses of residential proxies are derived from real home network devices. These devices share their network resources through the proxy service provider, forming a large IP pool. When a user initiates a request, the proxy service provider dynamically allocates a residential IP from the IP pool and forwards the user's request to the target website through the IP.

Dynamic IP rotation : Residential proxies usually support dynamic IP rotation, which means automatically changing the IP address after each request or after a certain period of time. This ensures that each IP address in the IP pool can be used efficiently and avoids overuse of a single IP.

Web Unlocker vs Residential Proxy: LunaProxy Feature Comparison

Core Features

Web Unlocker :

• Combined with the hybrid scheduling strategy of residential proxy and data center proxy, the optimal IP type is automatically selected according to the anti-crawling strength of the target website, balancing anonymity and access speed;

• Support automatic IP change according to the number of requests or time interval to avoid a single IP being blocked ;

• By simulating human click frequency, mouse movement trajectory, page dwell time and other interactive behaviors, the probability of being recognized as a real human being by the website is increased;

• Perform real-time verification of the crawling results to ensure that the response content is complete and conforms to the expected format, avoiding data loss due to incomplete page loading .

Residential Agents :

• Residential IP addresses come from real home networks, which are highly consistent with the network behavior of ordinary users. They are highly anonymous and effectively avoid IP blocking and crawler mechanisms.

• LunaProxy has an IP pool covering 195+ countries around the world, with more than 200 million ethical IPs;

• Supports HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 protocols, and can be seamlessly integrated with various crawler tools, browsers, and applications;

• You can choose dynamic residential proxy or static residential proxy to meet different business scenarios.

Web Unlocker and Residential Proxy Comparison

Conclusion

The choice of web unblocker and residential proxy requires specific analysis, which depends on what kind of business scenario you want to use it in, and comprehensively considers stability, cost, etc. No matter which tool you choose, the most important thing is to use it legally and compliantly.

LunaProxy provides you with both web unblocker and residential proxy services to achieve your best web scraping practices. If you have any other questions about web unblocker or residential proxy, you can contact us. If you are interested in this, register and log in now to get a free trial.