CloakingHouse Review [2026]: Setup, Proxies & How It Works

Last updated: February 2026 | 12 min read | Based on real testing on the CloakingHouse Starter plan

Quick answer: CloakingHouse is a cloud-based traffic filtering tool that shows different pages to real users versus bots and ad moderators. To use it properly you need quality proxies on your own side for account isolation, geo accurate testing, and stable session handling. This guide covers what it does, how to set it up, and how to avoid the mistakes that break most setups.

I set up CloakingHouse for the first time recently. The process was straightforward and took about ten minutes from registration to having a live flow running.

Most guides I came across either assumed you already knew how cloaking worked or explained it in a way that was harder to follow than it needed to be. So this post covers what CloakingHouse actually does, where proxies fit into the setup and why they matter, and how to get everything configured properly without the mistakes that cause campaigns to fail.

What CloakingHouse Actually Does

CloakingHouse is a cloud-based traffic filtering platform used mostly by affiliate marketers and media buyers. The core function is deciding, in real time, which version of a page each visitor sees.

Real users land on your offer. Bots, ad moderators, competitor spy tools, and crawlers get sent to a separate clean page instead. That clean page is called a white page and it is what ad platforms see when they review your campaign.

The filtering runs on machine learning and claims around 99 percent accuracy at identifying suspicious traffic. It detects VPNs, proxies, known crawlers, and unusual behavior patterns automatically. The system retrains itself continuously so you are not manually updating rules to keep up.

One feature worth knowing about is the built in AI white page generator. If you do not want to build a white page yourself, the platform can generate one directly inside the dashboard. It saves time and the output is clean enough to pass moderation on major platforms.

Everything runs in the cloud so there is no server to manage. Pricing starts at around 49 dollars per month, closer to 30 on annual billing. There is a 7 day free trial on signup with full access.

Why Proxies Are Not Optional in This Setup

CloakingHouse already filters out incoming proxy and VPN traffic from visitors. That is one layer. The other is that you need proxies on your own side, and they serve a completely different purpose.

When you manage ad accounts on Facebook, Google, or TikTok, those platforms track IP patterns across accounts. Multiple accounts coming from the same IP is one of the clearest signals they look for. Proxies are how you keep each account isolated with its own clean identity.

There are a few other reasons this matters specifically in a cloaking setup.

1. Geo accuracy. If your campaign targets Germany but your own IP is in the US, your geo filters inside CloakingHouse can misfire. Traffic from the wrong location creates inconsistencies that filtering rules were not built to handle.
2. Testing your own funnel. You need to visit your cloaked pages before going live to confirm the redirects work. Without a proxy from the target region, your own referrer filters will route you to the white page every time.
3. Account isolation at scale. More campaigns means more accounts. Each one needs its own proxy or one detection event can pull everything connected to that IP down with it.

If the proxy layer is unstable the whole setup suffers. Broken sessions cause redirect loops. Flagged IPs speed up account reviews. High latency in the redirect chain can itself look suspicious. This is infrastructure, not a detail you deal with later.

Residential vs ISP vs Datacenter: Which One to Use

Residential Proxies

These use IP addresses assigned to real home internet connections. Ad platforms see them as regular users browsing from home, which gives them a high trust score.

Best choice for daily ad account management, testing your cloaked funnels from target geos, and any direct interaction with Facebook, Google, or TikTok. The main thing to configure correctly is session duration. If the IP rotates mid-session your redirect logic breaks.

Pro tip: Set sticky or static sessions on your residential proxy so the same IP stays consistent for the full duration of a user flow. Most providers have the default option set to rotating and that will change your IP every few seconds.

ISP Proxies

Hosted in data centers but registered under real ISP names. They are static, fast, and sit above standard datacenter IPs in terms of trust level.

Good for longer running campaigns where you need the same IP for very long periods of time. The static nature makes them more predictable for filtering logic and a better choice for very long ad campaigns.

Datacenter Proxies

Fast and cheap but the lowest trust of the three. Platforms know these IPs come from data centers and flag them more easily.

Fine for internal work like scraping competitor pages or development testing. Not the right choice for anything that touches your ad accounts directly.

What You Need Before You Start

Before setting anything up, make sure you have these ready.

1. Proxy credentials. A hostname or IP address, port number, and username and password from your provider. Some providers use IP based authentication where you whitelist your IP and skip the login step.
2. A domain for your white page. You will need somewhere to host the clean version of your site that moderators and bots will see.
3. An antidetect browser. If you are managing ad accounts, tools like Dolphin, MoreLogin, or AdsPower are where your proxy profiles live. Each account gets its own browser profile with its own proxy.

How to Set Up CloakingHouse: Step by Step

Step 1: Sign Up and Create a Flow

Go to cloaking.house and register. The 7 day free trial gives you full access. From the dashboard click Create Flow and give it a clear name you will recognise when you have multiple campaigns running at once.

Step 2: Set Up Your White Page

Before linking your offer you need a white page ready. This is the clean version of your site that moderators and bots will land on. You can build one yourself or use CloakingHouse's built in AI generator to create one directly inside the platform. They offer this feature for the current price of $5. Once it is ready, host it on your domain like any other page.

Step 3: Add Your Page URLs

In the flow setup you enter two URLs. Your white page goes in the first field with the Load method if it is hosted on the same server as your cloaking setup. Your offer page goes in the second field with Redirect if it is an external URL like an affiliate network link.

We have the whitepage on the same server and a referral link, so we chose the loading and redirect settings.

Step 4: Configure Your Filters

Enable VPN and proxy blocking for incoming traffic. Enable ISP filtering to catch visits with no identifiable provider. Set geo targeting to match your campaign.

One thing worth knowing about referrer filtering: if you visit your cloaked URL directly by typing it in rather than clicking through from an ad, there is no referrer on that request and the system will send you to the white page. Turn referrer filtering off temporarily while you test, then back on before going live.

For this campaign we chose to enable every rule and allow all countries and devices, but limit to mobile devices only. You can use these settings to allow only mobile visitors from Germany, for example.

Clicking on the green “Allowed” text will change its property to Blocked and it will work the reverse way. If you want to allow every country and block only France because you do not want people from France to click on your link, you can do that more easily this way instead of selecting every country but France on the Allowed mode.

Two click limit settings are also worth noting. Number of clicks from one IP per day controls how many times someone can click your ad before being sent exclusively to the white page. Number of clicks before filtering controls how many clicks occur before filtering activates. Setting either value to 0 means unlimited or disabled depending on the field.

Step 5: Set Active Status

On this page you should set the status to active if you want to start immediately or pause if you want to take some time to adjust other settings.

Pro tip: You can whitelist your own proxy IPs inside the flow settings. Add them there during testing and you will see the offer page without having to disable your filters entirely.

Step 6: Upload the Integration File

Download the index.php file from your flow settings and upload it to your domain root directory. If you already have an index file for your white page, rename it first and update the white page URL in your flow settings to point to the new filename.

A prompt will appear to download the generated PHP script.

The script we managed to generate with our settings had 233 lines in total. After you upload it on your server, if you change some settings on your flow page you do not need to upload a new file, everything will be changed instantly for your campaign. A one time setup with unlimited edits afterwards, and no re-uploading required when settings change.

Step 7: Configure Your Antidetect Browser

If you manage ad accounts through an antidetect browser, this is where your proxy credentials go. Create a separate browser profile for each ad account and enter the proxy settings in that profile.

Match the browser timezone to the geo of the proxy you are using. If your proxy is set to Germany but the browser timezone is US Pacific, that inconsistency is a flag platforms look for. Antidetect browsers let you set this per profile so it is straightforward to get right from the start.

Pro tip: Use a separate proxy per browser profile. Never run two ad accounts through the same IP, even temporarily.

Step 8: Test Before Sending Any Traffic

Visit your domain through the proxy setup you will use for your accounts. Check the Clicks tab in CloakingHouse and confirm the visit shows the right country, ISP, and device data. If geo detection is off or ISP data is missing, your filters will not fire correctly.

Test from more than one IP if you can. Most cloaking failures come from skipping this step, not from the tool itself.

If Something Is Not Working

These are the most common failure points when a cloaking setup does not behave as expected.

Redirects are sending everyone to the white page

Usually a referrer filter issue. If you are visiting the URL directly during testing with no referrer attached, the system defaults to the white page. Disable referrer filtering temporarily, test, then re-enable it.

Geo filters are misfiring

Check that the proxy you are testing from matches the geo you have set in your filters. If the proxy IP is resolving to the wrong country, the filter will not fire as expected. Run your proxy IP through a geo lookup tool to confirm what location it is actually returning.

Redirect loops

Almost always a session issue. If your proxy is rotating IPs on every request, the session breaks and the redirect chain loops. Set sticky sessions on your proxy so the IP stays consistent throughout a flow.

Ad account got reviewed after launching

Usually a proxy geo mismatch or a shared IP. Confirm the proxy geo matches the account's billing location, and check that no other accounts are running through the same IP.

The integration file is not filtering correctly

Make sure the index.php file is in the root directory of your domain, not in a subfolder. Also confirm the white page filename in your flow settings matches the actual filename on your server.

Common Mistakes That Break Cloaking Setups

Rotating IPs Too Aggressively

If the proxy rotates on every request, sessions break. You get redirect loops, wrong filter triggers, and landing page mismatches. Set sticky sessions that stay consistent for the duration of a user flow.

Using Low Quality IP Pools

Cheap or free proxy pools are full of IPs already flagged across platforms. The savings are not worth burned accounts. IP reputation is not something you can cut corners on for this kind of work.

Mismatching Proxy Geo and Account Geo

If an ad account was created with a German billing address, access it from a German proxy. A location mismatch is one of the most common account review triggers. Apply the same logic when testing your funnel.

Sharing One Proxy Across Multiple Accounts

Each account needs its own proxy. Using the same IP for two Facebook accounts creates the cross-account signal platforms are specifically looking for.

Ignoring Latency

A slow proxy slows your redirect chain. That can look suspicious to detection systems. Check response times and treat high latency as a problem worth fixing.

What to Look for in a Proxy Provider

For a CloakingHouse setup these are the things that actually matter.

1. Session control. You need to be able to configure sticky sessions. Not every provider makes this easy so check before buying.
2. Clean IP reputation. An actively maintained pool of fresh IPs beats a large pool of flagged ones every time.
3. Accurate geo targeting. Country level is the minimum. City level is better for campaigns where precise location matching matters. The more precise the better.
4. Both residential and ISP options. Different campaigns need different proxy types. Having both from one provider keeps the setup simpler.
5. Low latency. Response time matters in a redirect chain. Ask about average speeds before committing.

At CatProxies we offer residential proxies built for this kind of work. Session control is configurable, geo targeting is accurate down to city and ISP level, and the pools are actively maintained. If you are building a CloakingHouse setup and need the proxy layer to hold up, that is what we are set up for.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need proxies if CloakingHouse already blocks VPN and proxy traffic?

Yes, but for a different reason. CloakingHouse blocks suspicious incoming traffic from visitors. You need proxies for your own outgoing connections when managing ad accounts and testing your funnels. These are two separate layers doing two different jobs.

How many proxies do I need per campaign?

At minimum one dedicated proxy per ad account. For larger operations keep separate proxy pools per platform. If you are running Facebook, Google, and TikTok accounts together, keep those pools isolated from each other as well.

Which proxy type works best with CloakingHouse?

Residential proxies for most setups, especially anything involving Facebook, Google, or TikTok ad accounts. ISP proxies are a solid alternative for campaigns that need more speed and stable session behavior. Datacenter proxies are fine for internal testing but not for anything that touches ad platforms directly.

What happens if my proxy IP rotates mid-session?

The session breaks. That can cause redirect loops, incorrect filter triggers, and users landing on the wrong page. Always configure sticky sessions so the IP stays consistent throughout a user flow.

Can I test my cloaked funnel without disabling my filters?

Yes. In the flow settings you can whitelist specific IP addresses. Add your own proxy IP to that whitelist and you will see the offer page during testing without having to turn your filters off.

Is CloakingHouse worth it for smaller campaigns?

The starter plan covers most solo affiliate setups and at 30 dollars a month on annual billing the cost is low relative to what a single burned ad account costs you. The 7 day free trial is the easiest way to find out if it fits your workflow before committing.

Final Thoughts

CloakingHouse is a solid tool and the setup is genuinely fast. The interface is simple, the filtering options are thorough, and the AI white page generator removes one of the more tedious parts of getting a campaign ready.

The proxy layer is what determines whether any of that actually holds up in practice. Clean IPs, sticky sessions, matched geos, isolated accounts. Get those right and the cloaking setup works the way it is supposed to.

Set it up alongside a solid proxy provider, test properly before spending anything on traffic, and you will avoid most of the issues people run into with this kind of setup.