What AdsPower is
AdsPower is a browser for working with many profiles. A profile is a separate browser with its own cookies, history, extensions, fingerprint and proxy. A website you open in a profile sees a separate device with a separate address. There are two engines inside: SunBrowser, based on Chrome, and FlowerBrowser, based on Firefox.
A regular browser keeps everything in one place. Log into two accounts of the same service there, and they share cookies, address and device, so the service can tell one person is behind both. In AdsPower every account gets its own environment.
- Profiles
Each profile keeps its own cookies, history and extensions. Profiles cannot see each other.
- Fingerprint
Over 20 settings and 50 parameters: OS, screen, fonts, time zone, language. A profile can present itself to websites as Windows, macOS, Linux, Android or iOS.
- Proxy
Every profile gets its own address. Supported types are HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and SSH. AdsPower has no proxies of its own: you buy them from a provider or run one on your server.
- Team
Share a profile with a colleague without sharing the account password. Permissions are set per profile and per action.
- Automation
RPA for repetitive actions, a window synchronizer and an API that lets scripts and AI agents control profiles.
Who needs an antidetect browser
- Agencies and freelancers who run ad accounts and social media for clients. Every client gets a profile, access never gets mixed up, and you cannot open the wrong client's account by mistake.
- Teams. A colleague opens the work profile on their own computer, and the account password stays with the owner.
- Anyone who checks websites and ads: how a page looks from another country, another OS or a phone.
- Anyone who keeps personal and work apart: work accounts live in separate profiles with a stable address.
An antidetect browser does not change the rules of the platforms. If a service allows one account per person, a second AdsPower profile does not lift that rule. Services also link accounts by behaviour and payment details, so read their terms before you create several accounts on one platform.
How to create a profile in AdsPower: five steps
- Install. Sign up, download AdsPower for Windows, macOS or Linux and log into the app with your email.
- New profile. Click New Profile and set the name, group, browser engine (SunBrowser or FlowerBrowser) and the OS the profile will show to websites.
- Proxy. Pick the type (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 or SSH), enter host, port, login and password, and click Check Proxy. The app shows whether the proxy works and which country its address is in.
- Fingerprint. Keep the default settings to start with. Time zone, language and geolocation must match the proxy country, and AdsPower can set them from the proxy address.
- Work. Open the profile with the Open button and log into the account you need. From then on, log into that account only from this profile: cookies and history build up in one place, and the service sees a familiar device.
Which proxies work for AdsPower
The proxy sets the address a website sees for the profile. Every website sees it, and from it a service learns the country, the provider and who else connects from the same address. That is why the proxy matters more than fine-tuning the fingerprint.
| Datacenter | Residential | Mobile | Your own server over SSH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where the address comes from | A hosting datacenter | Home internet of ordinary people | A mobile carrier network | Your VPS at a hosting provider |
| Who else uses it | Other customers of the proxy provider | Can be shared, depends on the provider | Hundreds of the carrier's subscribers | Only you |
| Address stability | Stable | Changes unless you buy a sticky session | Changes on reconnect | Stable while you keep the server |
| Price | Cheapest | More expensive, usually billed per gigabyte | Most expensive | Included in the server rent |
| Weak spot | Websites recognise datacenter addresses and show captchas more often | The address may carry someone else's history | Captchas because the address is shared | Also a datacenter address, but its history is yours alone |
Free public proxies are no good for any real work: the address is shared, its history is bad, and traffic with your passwords goes through a stranger's server.
Your own server as a proxy over SSH
If you already have a VPS, it can serve as the proxy for a profile. In AdsPower pick the SSH type and enter the server address, port, login and password. The browser goes online through your server, and websites see its address.
- The address is stable and belongs only to you: nobody else connects from it.
- Cookies and fingerprint build up in one profile on one address, and websites show captchas less often.
- No separate proxy bill: it is included in the server rent.
Create a separate user with a password on the server for the proxy. Never put the root password into profile settings: profiles get shared and exported, and access to the whole server would go with them.
For NekoAgent clients the Iris support service does this. Just ask her to set up an SSH profile for AdsPower: Iris creates a separate user with a password on the agent's server, and the root password never shows up anywhere.
Common AdsPower mistakes
- One proxy for several profiles. Websites see one address and link the profiles, so the separation is lost.
- Logging into an account both from the profile and from a regular browser. The service sees two devices and asks you to confirm the login.
- Time zone and language that do not match the proxy country: a German address with Moscow time in the profile.
- Switching the proxy on a profile with a working account. The address jumps to another country, and the service asks for confirmation or blocks the login. Change the proxy only when the old one stops working, and keep the same country.
- Free and unverified proxies: someone else's address with a bad history and an unknown server in the middle.
- The root password in SSH proxy settings. Whoever sees the profile gets the whole server.
AdsPower and AI agents
AdsPower has a local API and an official MCP server, with TypeScript and Python versions on AdsPower's GitHub. Through it an AI agent creates profiles, opens and closes them, and changes proxy and fingerprint settings. The API is local, so the agent runs on the same computer as AdsPower.
That way you can hand routine browser work to an agent: open a client's profile, export a report, check the ads. How an agent gets its tools and solves tasks is covered in How AI agents work.
When you need AdsPower and when you don't
You run accounts for several clients or a team with shared access
AdsPower: a separate profile and proxy for each clientYou need a stable address for a couple of work accounts and have your own server
One profile with an SSH proxy to your serverYou want an assistant to handle routine work in the browser and in chats
An AI agent on your own server
An agent on your own server
Plans from 24,900 RUB for three installs. The agent's server also works as a proxy for AdsPower, and Iris will set it up.
Key questions
What is AdsPower?
An antidetect browser for working with many profiles. Each profile has its own cookies, browser fingerprint and proxy, and websites see the profiles as different devices.
Is AdsPower free?
Two profiles are free forever, no bank card needed. More profiles and team features come with paid plans, prices are on the AdsPower website.
Which proxies does AdsPower support?
HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and SSH. The app has no proxies of its own: you buy them from a provider or run one on your own server.
Which systems does AdsPower run on?
Windows, macOS and Linux. A profile can present itself to websites as Windows, macOS, Linux, Android or iOS.
Can I use my own server as a proxy?
Yes, with the SSH type: the server address, port, and the login and password of a separate user. Never put the root password into profile settings.
