People often confuse VPNs and proxies because both change your visible IP address. But they work differently, and for multi-account work the difference matters a lot.
| VPN | Proxy |
Changes your IP | ✅ | ✅ |
Changes browser fingerprint | ❌ | ❌ |
One IP for the whole device | ✅ | ❌ |
One IP per browser profile | ❌ | ✅ |
Works inside Gologin | ❌ | ✅ |
Detected by Facebook / LinkedIn | Often | Rarely (residential) |
How a VPN works
A VPN encrypts all traffic from your device and routes it through a single server. Every app on your computer — browser, Slack, Spotify, everything — shares the same IP address.
This is useful for privacy and bypassing geo-blocks. But it creates two problems for multi-account work:
Problem 1 — One IP for everything. If you have 10 browser profiles, they all appear to come from the same IP address. Platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn see multiple accounts from one location and link them together.
Problem 2 — VPN doesn't change your browser fingerprint. Platforms track much more than IP. They read your screen resolution, fonts, graphics card, timezone, and dozens of other signals. A VPN changes none of these. Gologin profiles change all of them.
How a proxy works
A proxy is assigned to one specific browser profile. Traffic from that profile goes through the proxy — nothing else on your computer is affected.
This means:
Profile A → Proxy in New York → looks like a real device in New York
Profile B → Proxy in London → looks like a completely different device in London
Your real computer → no proxy → your normal IP
Each profile gets its own network identity. Combined with Gologin's unique fingerprint for each profile, platforms see genuinely separate devices.
Why VPNs don't work for multi-account management
A VPN is also easier for platforms to detect than a residential proxy. VPN server IPs are well-known and appear on blocklists. Many platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, PayPal, most betting sites) explicitly block or flag VPN IPs.
When a VPN is still useful
A VPN is fine when you need to:
Access a website that's geo-blocked in your country
Protect your real IP on public Wi-Fi
Use a single account from a different country
Having trouble connecting to Gologin services or proxies from your network
It's not a replacement for proxies in Gologin.
Setting up a proxy in Gologin
See Adding a proxy to a profile for step-by-step instructions.
Not sure which type of proxy to get? See Best proxy for your case.