Are residential proxies in Spain better than datacenter proxies?

[startyz]

I switched one of my scraping tasks from datacenter proxies to residential ones because a few websites suddenly started blocking me. It worked much better, but now I'm wondering if that's always the case. Has anyone here compared residential proxies in Spain with datacenter proxies for regular browsing or automation? I'd love to hear what actually worked for you.

[nikki800]

I started with datacenter proxies for some basic testing since they were cheaper, and honestly they handled simple tasks just fine. Later I moved to residential proxies when I needed more stable sessions on websites that were getting stricter. In Spain I noticed residential IPs were less likely to trigger extra verification, although the speed difference wasn't huge for what I was doing. I think it really depends on the project. If you're just checking websites or doing lightweight automation, datacenter proxies can still be perfectly reasonable. Once I needed to keep the same identity across longer sessions, residential proxies definitely felt more reliable. So for me it wasn't about one being universally better, but choosing the right option for the specific job.