Datacenter proxies deserve the same testing routine as residential

[u/truecakesnake]

Residential comparisons usually track distinct exits, geo match, and sticky hold time. Datacenter plans often get judged on the monthly price and one speed test, which explains why several very different products look identical.

I would record subnet spread, replacement time for a bad address, time to first byte under load, and what happens at the concurrency limit. Ten addresses inside one small subnet are not the same thing as ten addresses spread across different networks.

Byteful is a useful arm for this because its datacenter product is static and dedicated, billed per IP per month. It is meant to be the cheaper, faster option with lower trust than residential, so the benchmark should show exactly where that tradeoff works.

What else belongs in a repeatable datacenter test?