# Getting Started

### Introduction

Thordata provides a comprehensive Dynamic Residential Proxy Service, covering over 195 countries with access to more than 100 million+ legitimate residential IPs. These IPs, originating from real residential networks, overcome geographical restrictions. This ensures reliable and efficient global public data collection.

**Service Features**：

* Intelligent IP Rotation
* Country/City/ASN-Level Targeting
* Millisecond Response Times (<0.5s)
* 99.82% Connection Success Rate:
* Exceptional Download Speeds & Persistent Connection Stability

**Ideal for Key Scenarios**

✅ Large-Scale Web Scraping & Search

✅ Cross-Border Market Monitoring & Competitive Intelligence

✅ Brand Protection & Infringement Monitoring

✅ Automated Public Data Collection & Aggregation

Dynamic Residential Proxies support two **authentication methods**:

* [<mark style="color:blue;">**User & Pass auth**</mark>](/doc/proxies/residential-proxies/getting-started/user-and-pass-auth.md)
* [<mark style="color:blue;">**Whitelisted IPs**</mark>](/doc/proxies/residential-proxies/whitelisted-ips.md)

### Need Help?

For further clarification or help with location targeting, please contact us via:

Email: <mark style="color:blue;">**<support@thordata.com>**</mark>

Live Chat: 24/7 Live Chat available on our [<mark style="color:blue;">**Website**</mark>](https://www.thordata.com/)


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