Sticky Mobile Proxies
Sticky mobile proxies hold the same real 3G, 4G or 5G carrier IP for a whole session instead of changing it on every request. Drawn from a 1M+ pool of genuine mobile IPs, a sticky session keeps one cellular address pinned to your connection so a login, an in-app action or a multi-step flow looks like one continuous phone rather than a string of strangers. They are the highest-trust way to run anything that has to stay on the same IP from start to finish.
1M+ mobile IPs Same IP per session Trusted since 2014
One carrier IP that stays put
A held cellular IP gives you the trust of a real phone plus the session stability that logins, apps and multi-step flows depend on.
Same IP per session
Your connection holds one carrier IP for the duration of a session, so a login, cart or in-app action never breaks because the address changed mid-flow.
Highest IP trust
The held IP is a real carrier address shared by many phone users behind CGNAT, the kind of traffic social platforms and apps trust the most.
Built for account work
Run and warm multiple social or app accounts, each on its own steady mobile IP, so every profile looks like a person using one phone over time.
3G, 4G and 5G pool
1M+ IPs across 3G, 4G and 5G carrier networks. When a session ends you can pull a fresh carrier IP for the next one from a deep, diverse pool.
All types, one plan
Sticky mobile sits alongside residential, datacenter and IPv6, and alongside rotating mode. Switch from your dashboard without touching your code.
One gateway endpoint
Standard HTTPS and SOCKS5 through a single host. Drop it into cURL, Python or an anti-detect browser, or wire it into your proxy API in minutes.
What sticky mobile proxies are and how a held session works
A sticky mobile proxy gives you one real carrier IP and keeps your traffic on that same address for the length of a session, rather than swapping it on every request. The IP is the same kind of genuine 3G, 4G or 5G cellular address used elsewhere on our network, drawn from a 1M+ pool, but instead of rotating it the gateway pins it to your session so every request in that window exits from the identical phone-grade IP. When the session ends, the address is released back to the pool and your next session can begin on a fresh carrier IP. That held behavior is the whole point: many of the most valuable tasks break the moment the IP changes underneath them, and a sticky session is what keeps them intact.
Because the held address is a carrier IP behind Carrier-Grade NAT, you get the highest trust tier and continuity at the same time. A site or app sees a single consistent mobile connection that behaves like one real person on one phone, which is exactly the pattern social platforms and mobile apps are built to trust. That is a stronger story than a held sticky residential IP can tell, because cellular traffic carries the highest reputation of any proxy type. You hold that reputation for as long as the session needs it.
What sticky mobile proxies are best for
Sticky mobile earns its place on continuity-first work, the opposite of large rotating crawls. Social media account management is the marquee fit: creating, warming and operating profiles on platforms that watch for IP churn, where a sudden address change mid-session looks like a hijack and gets the account challenged or locked. Holding one mobile IP per account, session after session, lets each profile build a stable, phone-shaped history. The same logic powers Instagram and TikTok account work, where the platforms are mobile-first and treat carrier IPs as their most trusted traffic, so a held cellular IP keeps logins, posting and engagement smooth.
App testing and QA is the second big use. To verify how a mobile app behaves over a real cellular connection, including how it serves content, prices and ads by network, you need a stable carrier IP that lasts the whole test run rather than flickering between addresses. Multi-step mobile flows round it out: checkouts, in-app purchases, OTP and verification sequences, and any wizard where the server ties the session to the IP it started on. If the address changes between step two and step three, the flow fails. Sticky mobile keeps the connection on one carrier IP from first tap to confirmation, which is what these flows quietly assume. If a use case calls for the broadest reach, our social media management guide goes deeper.
Sticky mobile versus rotating mobile and other sticky types
Sticky and rotating mobile are two modes of the same carrier pool, tuned for opposite jobs. Reach for rotating mobile proxies when you want a new carrier IP on every request to spread a high-volume crawl across thousands of addresses. Reach for sticky mobile, on this page, when one job has to stay on one IP from start to finish. The same split exists in the other types: sticky residential proxies hold a real home IP at very high trust, while sticky mobile is the top trust tier, reserved for account work and app flows where being seen as a single trusted phone is the difference between success and a locked account. Every type and both modes are included in one plan at the same price, so you switch modes and types from the dashboard without rewriting anything or changing a contract.
Sticky mobile vs rotating mobile and sticky residential
All modes and types ship in one plan. Here is where sticky mobile fits.
| Property | Sticky Mobile | Rotating Mobile | Sticky Residential |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP behavior | Same carrier IP per session | New carrier IP per request | Same home IP per session |
| IP source | Real 3G/4G/5G carrier | Real 3G/4G/5G carrier | Real ISP home line |
| Detectability / trust | Highest trust | Highest trust | Very high trust |
| Pricing | One plan | One plan | One plan |
| Best for | Social accounts, app testing, multi-step flows | High-volume collection on hard targets | Logins and carts on real home IPs |
Hold one mobile IP across a session
Grab your gateway host, port and credentials from your dashboard. In sticky mode the same carrier IP stays pinned to your session.
curl -x https://USER:PASS@gateway.proxyrotator.com:8080 https://api.ipify.org curl -x https://USER:PASS@gateway.proxyrotator.com:8080 https://api.ipify.org # in a sticky session, both calls return the SAME mobile IP
import requests
proxies = {
"http": "https://USER:PASS@gateway.proxyrotator.com:8080",
"https": "https://USER:PASS@gateway.proxyrotator.com:8080",
}
s = requests.Session()
for _ in range(3):
r = s.get("https://api.ipify.org", proxies=proxies, timeout=20)
print(r.text) # the same mobile IP, held for the session
Your real gateway host, port and credentials appear in your dashboard after signup, where you also set session stickiness. Prefer IP whitelisting? Add your server IP and drop the USER:PASS@ part. The gateway also speaks SOCKS5.
Sticky Mobile Proxies FAQ
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Hold one mobile IP for the whole session
Keep social accounts, app tests and multi-step flows on the same real 3G, 4G or 5G carrier IP, drawn from a 1M+ pool over HTTPS and SOCKS5. Trusted since 2014, from $24.95/mo.