FetchFox uses cost plus pricing, with many ways to lower cost
metrics
field. This field includes a cost breakdown, showing how much of the cost for that call was for network traffic, AI usage, and FetchFox fees.
Below is an example cost breakdown.
Summary
Full breakdown
Proxy | Cost per GB | Loads assets? |
---|---|---|
none | $0.01 / GB | No |
datacenter | $0.01 / GB | No |
mobile | $0.50 / GB | No |
residential_cdp | $8.00 / GB | No |
residential_cdp_assets | $8.50 / GB | Yes |
Proxy | Cost per GB | Loads assets? |
---|---|---|
datacenter | $0.01 / GB | No |
mobile | $0.50 / GB | No |
residential_cdp | $8.00 / GB | No |
residential_cdp_assets | $8.50 / GB | Yes |
datacenter
proxy use known datacenter IP addresses. The mobile
proxy connects from a 5G mobile network, which pools its IP address with other consumer mobile traffic. The residential_cdp
and residential_cdp_assets
proxies use residential IP’s.
Note how all the proxies except residential_cdp_assets
do not load assets. Assets are files like images, fonts, movies, and so on, which are not necessary for data extraction, and we save bandwidth by not loading them. Unfortunately, some sites use this behavior as a signal for bot detection. On those sites, it’s necessary to use the most expensive option which loads assets.
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