As soon as the number of profiles in Dolphin Anty, AdsPower, or GoLogin exceeds a dozen, the question arises: should you pay for the built-in proxies in the anti-detect browser's plan or connect your own? At first glance, the built-in solution seems simpler, but when scaling up to 30 profiles, the difference in costs and the number of bans becomes significant. Let's break down the calculations and show where built-in proxies really save money and where they create hidden losses.
What is included in the built-in proxies of anti-detect browsers
Most popular anti-detect browsers — Dolphin Anty, AdsPower, Multilogin, GoLogin, Incogniton, Octo Browser — offer built-in proxy purchases directly from the personal account. This is convenient: there is no need to search for a separate provider, manually enter data, or check the SOCKS5 or HTTP format. One click and the proxy is already linked to the profile.
Technically, this is a partnership model: the anti-detect browser resells traffic from major proxy providers with a markup for the convenience of integration. Usually, these are either data center IPs or residential pools with limited geography and a cap on traffic or the number of IPs per month. The quality of the pool depends on whom the service has a contract with and often changes without warning — today the IPs are clean, but in a month the pool may be polluted by other users of the same browser.
A key feature of built-in proxies is their binding to the plan of the anti-detect browser itself. It is usually not possible to buy proxies separately from the subscription for profiles, and the expansion of the traffic package occurs in increments: 5, 10, 20, 50 IPs. This creates inconvenient math when precisely planning for a specific number of accounts, such as 30.
Why 30 profiles is the point where everything changes
Up to 5–10 profiles, built-in proxies are almost always more cost-effective: paying for a separate provider for a couple of Facebook Ads or Instagram accounts is irrational; it is easier to take a package within Dolphin Anty or AdsPower. But at the 30 profile mark, three factors come into play that break this logic.
The first is the increase in cost per IP. The tariff packages of anti-detect browsers are almost always more expensive per unit of traffic or per IP than direct purchases from a proxy provider because the price includes a commission for reselling. At small volumes, a difference of a couple of dollars is not noticeable, but multiplied by 30 permanent IPs, it becomes a significant amount each month.
The second is the risk of chain bans. Built-in proxy pools are shared among all clients of the anti-detect browser. If another user of the same service gets banned on an IP from a neighboring subnet, the likelihood that your profile will fall under the same platform filter increases proportionally to the number of active accounts. With 30 profiles, one bad pool can take down a third of the farming operation.
The third is the flexibility of geolocation. For arbitrage with Facebook Ads, TikTok Ads, or Google Ads across different regions, precise selection of the country is needed, and sometimes the city and mobile operator. Built-in packages are usually limited to a general list of countries without subnet detail and without the option to choose a mobile operator, which is critical when testing creatives for a specific GEO.
What the cost consists of: built-in solution vs your own proxies
To compare the two options fairly, you need to look not at the tariff price itself but at the cost of one "working profile per month" — that is, the total expenses considering IP changes due to bans and account downtime.
In the built-in tariff, the cost consists of: the base subscription for the anti-detect browser (usually fixed and does not depend on whether you buy proxies from them or not), the traffic or IP package on top, and the costs of recreating accounts after bans caused by shared pools.
With your own proxies, the structure is different: the subscription for the anti-detect browser remains the same, but an additional payment to the proxy provider for the required type and volume of traffic is added, while the costs for bans are usually lower — because you control where the IP comes from and can choose residential proxies with real addresses of home users, which platforms ban less frequently than mass data center pools.
For SMM agencies managing 30+ client accounts on Instagram and TikTok, a separate cost item is the stability of IP. Changing proxies with each ban means losing the account warming-up, and warming up one profile takes from 3 to 14 days depending on the platform. This hidden cost of time is rarely accounted for, but it is precisely what determines the real benefit of the type of proxy.
Comparison table: tariff proxies, residential, mobile, data center
Below is a comparison based on key parameters important for multi-accounting on 30 profiles.
| Parameter | Built-in browser proxies | Residential proxies | Mobile proxies | Data center proxies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control over the IP pool | Shared with other clients | Full, dedicated to the account | Full, tied to SIM/operator | Full, but easily detectable |
| Risk of chain bans | High | Low | Minimal | High on social networks |
| Choice of GEO/operator | Limited list of countries | Country, city, often ASN | Country and mobile operator | Country and data center |
| Cost for 30 IPs | Higher per unit due to markup | Lower with direct purchase | Higher per IP, but fewer bans | Lowest price per IP |
| Suitable for | Up to 10 profiles, testing | Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Ads | TikTok Ads, registrations, banking services | Parsing, price monitoring |
Step-by-step calculation for 30 profiles
Let's break down the calculation methodology that you can apply to your own figures, regardless of the specific tariffs of the provider.
Step 1. Calculate the base cost per IP. Take the price of the proxy package in the built-in tariff of the anti-detect browser and divide it by the number of IPs or the volume of traffic in the package. This will give you the price per unit. Do the same for the offer from the proxy provider directly.
Step 2. Multiply by 30. For multi-accounting on 30 profiles, usually, one static IP is required for each account — that is, 30 separate addresses if you are working with Facebook Ads or Instagram, where the stability of the IP is important for the entire lifespan of the profile.
Step 3. Add the ban coefficient. Estimate how many profiles are banned on average per month when working through the shared pool of built-in proxies and how many are banned when working through dedicated residential or mobile IPs. The difference in the percentage of bans is multiplied by the cost of account recovery: purchasing a new number for verification, warming-up time, lost advertising budgets on rejected campaigns.
Step 4. Calculate the total cost of ownership. Total = (price per IP × 30) + (costs from bans × number of banned profiles). It is at this step that the difference becomes visible: even if built-in proxies are cheaper at the start, the increased percentage of bans often offsets the savings within the first month of working with 30 accounts.
Example of the calculation logic
If out of 30 profiles on built-in proxies, 6 get banned in a month, while on dedicated residential ones only 1–2 do, then the savings on the "cheap" browser tariff are eaten up by the cost of recreating 4–5 extra accounts: new numbers for verification, warming-up time, lost advertising budget on rejected ads. At the scale of 30 profiles, this is a systemic difference, not a one-time accident.
Hidden costs of built-in proxies
In addition to the direct cost, built-in proxies have costs that are not visible in the tariff grid of the anti-detect browser but directly affect the results of working with 30 accounts.
Lack of "freshness" of IPs. The proxy pool within Dolphin Anty, AdsPower, or GoLogin serves thousands of users simultaneously. The same range of addresses can be used by several arbitrageurs for similar offers, increasing the likelihood of pattern recognition by the platform.
Limited rotation. In built-in packages, IP rotation is often scheduled by the service rather than by your request. For sellers who monitor prices on Wildberries or Ozon and need to change IPs frequently, this creates delays and gaps in data.
Dependence on a single provider. If the anti-detect browser changes the terms of the proxy tariff or the partner traffic provider, you have no alternatives — you either have to accept the new conditions or urgently look for a replacement for 30 profiles simultaneously, wasting time on migration.
Opaque geography. Often it is indicated as "USA" or "Europe" without detailing the subnet, operator, and type of connection. For precise advertising testing for a specific state or city in Google Ads, such a proxy simply won't work.
When built-in proxies are advantageous, and when your own
Built-in proxies are reasonable if you are testing a new niche with 3–7 profiles, are not sure that scaling to 30 accounts will happen, and want to minimize the number of tools at the start. The same applies to short test campaigns in TikTok Ads lasting 1–2 weeks, where speed of launch is more important than long-term IP stability.
Your own proxies become more advantageous as soon as the account farming transitions to systematic work: 30 permanent profiles for Facebook Ads with daily budget replenishment, an SMM agency with a portfolio of clients on Instagram, or regular price monitoring on marketplaces where flexible IP rotation by schedule is needed rather than by someone else's tariff rules.
For arbitrage with a high risk of bans, such as TikTok Ads or Facebook Ads with aggressive creatives, mobile proxies are better suited — they use real IPs from mobile operators, backed by thousands of ordinary users, making IP bans extremely rare even with a large number of simultaneous profiles.
Checklist: how to make a decision
- Count the number of active profiles: up to 10 — you can keep built-in proxies, from 20-30 — calculate separately.
- Look at the ban percentage for the last month for each proxy pool you used.
- Check if the built-in tariff has details on ASN, mobile operator, and city.
- Calculate the cost of recovering one account: number for verification, warming-up time, lost budget.
- Compare the total cost of ownership (step 4 from the calculation above), not just the tariff price.
- Check if your anti-detect browser (Dolphin Anty, AdsPower, Multilogin, GoLogin, Incogniton, Octo Browser) supports connecting third-party proxies without restrictions.
How to connect your proxies in an anti-detect browser
Connecting your own proxies in any anti-detect browser takes a few minutes and does not require technical skills.
In Dolphin Anty and AdsPower, when creating a new profile, open the proxy settings section, select the connection type — HTTP, SOCKS5, or SSH, enter the IP address, port, username, and password from the proxy provider, then click "Check connection." If the status is green — the profile is ready to work.
In GoLogin and Multilogin, the process is similar: the "Proxy" tab in the profile settings, selecting the protocol, manual data entry, or importing a proxy list from a file. For 30 profiles, it is more convenient to use bulk import: prepare a table with IPs, ports, and credentials to avoid entering each profile manually.
An important point — bind the same proxy to one profile for its entire lifespan, without changing the IP between sessions. It is the consistency of the "profile — IP" pairing that reduces the account's suspicion for platforms, whether it be Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok.
Conclusion
At a small scale, built-in proxies of the anti-detect browser are a simple and workable option. However, when transitioning to 30 permanent profiles, calculating the total cost of ownership rather than just the package price almost always shows that your own proxies are more profitable: fewer bans, more control over geography and type of IP, and no dependence on someone else's tariff.
If you are managing Facebook Ads or Instagram accounts and want to reduce the ban percentage, start with residential proxies — they provide real IPs of home users and pass platform checks better. For high-risk tasks, such as TikTok Ads with a large number of simultaneous profiles, consider mobile IPs, and for parsing marketplaces and price monitoring — data center proxies, which are faster and cheaper at high traffic volumes.