Rotating vs Sticky Proxies: Which Should You Use?
Updated 2026-10-28
Rotate (a new IP on every connection) for scraping and anything that sends many independent requests. Use a sticky session (the same IP for a set time) for logins, accounts, checkouts and browsing, where changing IP mid-session looks suspicious.
Rotating proxies
Each new connection goes out from a different IP. Requests spread over many addresses, so rate limits per IP rarely bite. That's the default at ProxyFall: a login with no session rotates.
Sticky sessions
A session name in the username keeps the same IP for the lifetime you choose. At ProxyFall: -session-NAME-lifetime-30 keeps it for 30 minutes, and lifetimes go up to 24 hours (-lifetime-1440). The same session name returns the same IP while it lasts, across separate connections and over both HTTP and SOCKS5.
Residential IPs are real home connections, so one can occasionally go offline before its lifetime ends. Check the IP before steps that must not change.
Switching between them
Nothing to configure: it's all in the username. YOUR_LOGIN-country-us rotates; YOUR_LOGIN-country-us-session-acc1-lifetime-1440 keeps one US IP for a day. Host gw.proxyfall.com, port 59731.
| Rotating | Sticky | |
|---|---|---|
| IP changes | Every connection | When the lifetime ends (up to 24 h) |
| Best for | Scraping, bulk requests | Accounts, logins, checkouts, browsing |
| Username at ProxyFall | YOUR_LOGIN-country-us | YOUR_LOGIN-country-us-session-acc1-lifetime-60 |
See also: prices, providers compared and setup in your tools.