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TrustpilotA reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of one or more web servers and receives requests on their behalf. Visitors connect to the reverse proxy, which passes requests to the origin servers and returns their responses.
The website's DNS points to the reverse proxy, not to the origin servers, so visitors need no configuration and usually cannot tell it is there. The reverse proxy accepts the connection, terminates TLS, decides which backend should handle the request and forwards it, often adding X-Forwarded-For or Forwarded so the application still knows the visitor's IP. Typical jobs:
Common software includes nginx, HAProxy, Envoy and Caddy. Content delivery networks fill the same role at global scale. A forward proxy is the opposite: it acts for the client.
When you send a request through a proxy to a large website, the first server it meets is usually the site's reverse proxy or CDN edge. That layer makes most of the decisions proxy users care about.
Reasonable request rates and clean consumer-network IPs, such as CleanProxies static ISP proxies on US carrier ASNs, give that edge layer fewer reasons to throttle your price monitoring or SERP tracking jobs.
The CleanProxies proxy that fits best here, with a $4.99 trial to test it first.
Dedicated IPs on US carrier ASNs with unlimited bandwidth and threads, never shared.
Dedicated static IPs registered to US and Canadian ISPs. The address stays the same for as long as you hold it, with unlimited bandwidth and HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 access.
Setup guides and best practices from the CleanProxies blog.
Shared vs dedicated ISP proxies explained: what each model means, what providers publish about sharing, when shared is enough, cost per successful request, and a tested Python script to audit your proxy list.
A step-by-step guide to testing proxy quality before you use it: connectivity, exit IP, ASN, blacklists, fraud score, speed and WebRTC/DNS leaks, with free tools, cURL commands and what good results look like.
Oxylabs' best rates need a $2,500/month enterprise plan. We priced five workloads on Oxylabs and five alternatives on 1 November 2026, with screenshots. CleanProxies ranks #1: dedicated US ISP proxies as low as $0.75/IP, residential from $0.63/GB that never expires.
Smartproxy is now Decodo. We priced the same workloads on Decodo and six alternatives on 1 November 2026, with screenshots. CleanProxies ranks #1: residential as low as $0.63/GB that never expires, US ISP proxies as low as $0.75/IP, mobile from $0.79/GB.
The best IPRoyal alternatives in 2026, compared on prices read from each provider's pricing page on 31 October with screenshots. CleanProxies ranks #1: residential as low as $0.63/GB that never expires, US ISP proxies as low as $0.75/IP with unlimited bandwidth, mobile from $0.79/GB.
A /24 subnet has 256 IPv4 addresses: 254 usable on a LAN, 251 in AWS or Azure, and 255 dedicated proxy IPs per block at CleanProxies. CIDR cheat sheet, Python examples and a tested script that audits your proxy list by /24.
Terms that come up alongside Reverse proxy.
Straight answers about Reverse proxy.
A layer 7 load balancer that terminates HTTP connections is a reverse proxy. A layer 4 load balancer that only forwards TCP connections is usually not called one, although it plays a similar role.
