# Magnetic Proxy

> Residential proxy infrastructure for web scraping, price monitoring, AI automation, social media workflows, ad verification, and other data collection use cases.

Magnetic Proxy provides rotating and sticky residential proxy sessions with geographic targeting. Product suitability depends on the target website, request volume, session behavior, compliance requirements, and the customer's implementation.

## Start Here

- [Magnetic Proxy](https://www.magneticproxy.com/): Product overview and common proxy workflows.
- [Pricing](https://www.magneticproxy.com/pricing): Available plans and included capabilities.
- [Documentation](https://www.magneticproxy.com/documentation): Setup instructions, authentication, parameters, and examples.
- [Blog](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog): Technical proxy guides and use case playbooks.

## Proxy Capsules

- [General Purpose](https://www.magneticproxy.com/capsules/general-purpose): Residential proxies for general data collection and automation.
- [General Purpose Premium](https://www.magneticproxy.com/capsules/general-purpose-premium): A premium pool for workflows that need a more specialized setup.
- [Web Scraping](https://www.magneticproxy.com/capsules/web-scraping): Residential proxy routing for web scraping workflows.
- [Price Monitoring](https://www.magneticproxy.com/capsules/price-monitoring): Proxy infrastructure for collecting and comparing public pricing data.
- [AI Automation](https://www.magneticproxy.com/capsules/ai-automation): Residential proxies for automated agents and data workflows.
- [Social Media Management](https://www.magneticproxy.com/capsules/social-media-management): Proxy sessions for social media operations.
- [Social Media Management and Scraping](https://www.magneticproxy.com/capsules/social-media-management-scraping): Proxy routing for combined management and data collection workflows.

## Case Studies

- [AI Agent Proxies](https://www.magneticproxy.com/case-studies/ai-agent-proxies): A proxy workflow for AI agents and automation.
- [Price Monitoring Proxies](https://www.magneticproxy.com/case-studies/price-monitoring-proxies): Residential proxy use in price monitoring workflows.
- [Social Media Proxies](https://www.magneticproxy.com/case-studies/social-media-proxies): Proxy infrastructure for social media operations.
- [Web Scraping Proxy](https://www.magneticproxy.com/case-studies/web-scraping-proxy): A residential proxy setup for web scraping.

## Essential Guides

- [What Is a Residential Proxy?](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/what-is-a-residential-proxy): Residential proxy fundamentals and routing concepts.
- [What Is a Rotating Proxy?](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/what-is-a-rotating-proxy): How rotating sessions work and when to use them.
- [Sticky vs. Rotating Proxies](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/sticky-vs-rotating-proxies): How to choose the right session mode.
- [Proxy vs. VPN](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy-vs-vpn): Architectural differences between proxies and VPNs.
- [How to Scrape Google Search Results](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/how-to-scrape-google-search-results): A practical search-results scraping workflow.
- [Ad Verification Proxies](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/ad-verification-proxies): How residential proxies support geographic ad verification.

- [407 Proxy Authentication Required](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/407-proxy-authentication-required): Diagnose proxy authentication failures by checking the responding proxy, endpoint, credentials, and client settings.

- [How Ad Verification Works](https://www.magneticproxy.com/blog/how-does-ad-verification-work): Campaign verification concepts and the role of proxy-based observations.

## Responsible Use

- Use proxies only for lawful and authorized activity.
- Respect website terms, robots directives, privacy requirements, intellectual property, and applicable regulations.
- Test success rates and geographic accuracy against the actual target workflow before scaling.