Dedicated vs shared proxy — what to pick for warming accounts
Multi-accounting REQUIRES a dedicated proxy. With a dedicated proxy you alone use that IP, so its fraud score is decided by your own behaviour and the speed isn't shared. Shared proxies are cheaper but many people use one IP — one spammer is enough to flag the whole IP, taking your accounts down even when you did nothing wrong. RouterSocks5's 5G proxy assigns a private IP per account.
| Criterion | Dedicated | Shared |
|---|---|---|
| Users per IP | You alone | Many people |
| Fraud score | Decided by your behaviour | Contaminated by others |
| Speed | Not shared | Shared |
| Good for multi-accounting? | Yes — safe | Not recommended |
| Price | Higher | Cheap |
How does fraud score get contaminated on a shared proxy?
Fraud score is the risk rating a platform assigns to an IP. On a shared proxy that score is the SUM of everyone on the IP: if someone spams, brute-forces or registers dirty accounts, the IP's risk rises and every account on it pays the price. You can't control your neighbours. A dedicated proxy isolates the risk: only your behaviour affects your IP.
Why do speed and trust differ so sharply?
A shared proxy splits bandwidth across many users, so it congests at peak hours, and the IP may already be blacklisted by many services before it reaches you. A dedicated proxy gives all the bandwidth to you — unlimited with RouterSocks5 — and the IP is 'clean', not worn down by others, so it passes login/signup gates more smoothly.
ROI by account survival rate — cheap isn't always profitable
Measure by SURVIVING accounts, not by proxy price. Shared proxies cost less, but if the ban rate is high, your true cost per surviving account is higher: you waste time re-registering, lose account seeds, lose warming progress. A dedicated proxy costs more per IP, yet a higher survival rate usually means a lower, steadier cost per surviving account. For why accounts link via IP/MAC/fingerprint, see the Proxy for MMO page.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I warm accounts on a shared proxy?
- Not advisable. One spammer sharing your IP flags the whole IP and your accounts go down with it. Warm accounts on a dedicated proxy to isolate fraud-score risk.
- How do I know if a proxy is dedicated or shared?
- A dedicated proxy gives you a unique IP/port at a time, for you alone. If the price is unusually cheap with no one-user-per-IP guarantee, it's likely shared. RouterSocks5's dedicated 5G proxy assigns a private IP per account.
- Is a dedicated proxy much more expensive?
- Per IP it costs more than shared, but with unlimited bandwidth and rotations there are no hidden top-ups. Measured per surviving account it's usually cheaper. See live pricing at /proxy.
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