Best Proxy Providers in 2026

Bright Data, founded in 2014 as Luminati Networks and later renamed, operates one of the largest commercial proxy networks alongside scraping APIs, a scraping browser and ready-made datasets. The UK private-equity firm EMK Capital acquired it in 2017, and the company reports more than 600 staff and more than 50,000 customers in 2026. Its residential network is described as more than 400 million rotating IPs in 195 countries, with free targeting down to city and ZIP code.

Bright Data sells all four main proxy types. Residential pay-as-you-go is listed at US$8 per GB, falling to US$5 per GB on a US$1,999 monthly plan, with promotional discounts at the time of review. Shared datacenter IPs cost from US$1.40 down to US$0.90 per IP per month, dedicated IPs US$2.20 to US$1.30, and per-GB datacenter traffic US$0.60 pay-as-you-go. Its trust centre lists ISO 27701 certification, a public SOC 3 report and a PwC assurance report on compliance controls, and states that every customer is vetted through a know-your-customer process before access. The main drawbacks are price, since list rates are higher than most competitors, and the KYC process, which delays access to some residential targets.

Oxylabs was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania; it reports more than 500 staff and more than 15,000 clients. It sells residential, mobile, datacenter and ISP proxies plus web scraper APIs. Its residential pool is described as more than 175 million IPs across 195 countries, with targeting by continent, country, state, city, ZIP, coordinates and ASN, and sticky sessions of up to 24 hours.

Since a pricing change, Oxylabs sells monthly plans that fund one balance usable across products: Starter at US$15, Basic US$100, Flexible US$500 and Enterprise from US$2,500. Residential traffic is charged from US$6 per GB at the smallest volumes down to US$2.50 per GB above 1 TB, and new users receive US$5 of credit. Shared datacenter proxies cost US$1 to US$0.60 per IP or US$0.60 to US$0.40 per GB, and dedicated datacenter IPs US$2 to US$1.20. Oxylabs states that residential participants give explicit consent and are compensated. Self-service purchases are non-refundable, and performance claims such as a 99.95% success rate are the vendor's own.

Decodo is the name Smartproxy adopted in April 2025; the company says it is "the same company, team, infrastructure, and proxy network" that has operated since 2018. It sells residential, static residential (ISP), mobile and datacenter proxies, a site unblocker and a web data API. Its site states 125 million IPs overall and 115 million ethically sourced residential IPs across 195 locations, and gives country counts such as more than 16 million in the United States. The site cites both "more than 50K users" and "135K+ clients", without reconciling them.

Residential prices are among the lowest of the large providers: US$4 per GB pay-as-you-go, US$3.75 per GB on a 3 GB plan and US$2.50 per GB at 250 GB, with a 1,000 GB plan at US$2 per GB. Targeting covers continent, country, state, city, ZIP and ASN, and a three-day trial includes 100 MB. Datacenter proxies start at US$0.02 per IP and ISP proxies at US$0.27 per IP. The company warns customers that smartproxy.org is an impersonator site. Decodo offers fewer enterprise compliance artefacts on its public pages than Bright Data or Oxylabs.

SOAX sells residential and mobile proxy access plus scraping tools, and prices it around a single rate "across residential and mobile", varying by plan and by the geographic tier of the exit IP. Tier 1 includes markets such as the United States and Germany, Tier 2 includes India, and Tier 3 includes the Philippines.

Monthly plans are Sandbox (no fee, pay for credits at Sandbox rates), Builder at US$200, Team at US$500, Scale at US$1,500 and Enterprise from US$3,000. Tier 1 traffic costs US$5 per GB on Sandbox, US$3 on Builder, US$2.20 on Team and US$1.50 on Scale, with Enterprise from US$0.85; Tier 3 traffic falls to US$0.35 per GB on Enterprise. Geographic tiering makes SOAX economical for traffic outside North America and Western Europe. There is no free trial; Sandbox is the no-commitment option. The pricing page does not state a pool size, and ISP and datacenter products require contacting support for pricing.

Webshare is a self-serve proxy provider best known for inexpensive datacenter proxy lists and a permanent free plan. The free plan provides 10 proxies with 1 GB of monthly bandwidth and requires no credit card. Paid datacenter proxies cost US$2.99 per month for 100 proxies (about US$0.03 each), falling to US$0.0179 per proxy above 60,000.

Webshare also sells rotating residential traffic starting at US$3.50 per GB on a 1 GB plan and falling to US$1.40 per GB at 3,000 GB, and static residential (ISP) proxies from US$6 per month for 20 IPs. The self-configurable proxy lists, which let users choose countries, bandwidth and refresh rules, suit developers and small scraping projects. Webshare publishes less information about residential IP sourcing, targeting depth and compliance than enterprise providers, and its datacenter proxies are shared and therefore more likely to be blocked by sites with strict anti-bot systems.

IPRoyal started in 2020 and lists its address in Ajman, United Arab Emirates; it reports more than 10,000 business clients. It sells residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile proxies, a web unblocker and scraping tools. Its residential network is described as more than 64 million IPs in more than 195 countries.

The distinctive commercial term is that residential traffic does not expire: purchased gigabytes remain available until used. Pay-as-you-go prices run from US$7.35 per GB for 1 GB to US$5.51 for 10 GB, with subscriptions 5% cheaper, and custom plans from 10 TB fall to US$1.75 per GB. IPRoyal's sourcing page says residential IPs are added through partners, who must prove consent from device owners and pass third-party identity verification. The page does not identify which apps are used or whether device owners are paid. At small and mid volumes, IPRoyal's per-GB price is higher than Decodo's or Webshare's, though the non-expiring traffic offsets that for intermittent use.

Rayobyte sells static and rotating datacenter proxies, ISP proxies, residential and mobile proxies, a scraping API and a scraping browser. It is notable for detailed per-country price tables on datacenter IPs and a two-tier residential structure.

Premium Residential is pay-as-you-go from US$3.50 per GB for 1 to 49 GB down to US$0.70 per GB above 1,000 GB, with enterprise rates from US$0.50. Scale Residential, sold only on monthly plans after a compliance review, is priced on monthly plans from US$100. Semi-dedicated datacenter IPs cost US$1 per IP in the United States and Canada; static ISP IPs cost US$5 per IP at small volumes; mobile is sold on monthly plans from US$3 per GB. Every self-serve product has a free trial without a credit card. The compliance review for Scale Residential slows onboarding, and Rayobyte's residential pool size is not stated on the pricing page.

Infatica sells residential (IPv4 and IPv6), mobile, static ISP and datacenter proxies and scraping tools. Its pricing page describes residential plans as including more than 45 million IPs and mobile plans more than 5 million.

Residential traffic costs US$4 per GB pay-as-you-go, falling to US$2.60 per GB on a 1,000 GB plan and US$2.08 per GB on a 12,000 GB annual-scale plan. Mobile starts at US$8 per GB, shared datacenter at US$0.60 per GB, and static ISP IPs at US$1.95 to US$3 each. Each main product has a seven-day trial for a few dollars, such as US$4 for residential. The pricing page contains inconsistencies, including navigation labels that show lower "from" prices than the plan tables, so buyers should confirm the current rate before purchase.

Zyte sells Zyte API, which combines proxy rotation across residential, datacenter and mobile IPs with ban handling and optional browser rendering. It belongs on a proxy list because many buyers use it in place of a raw proxy pool: rather than paying for bandwidth, they pay only for successful responses.

Prices depend on the difficulty tier of the target site and whether a browser is used. Simple HTTP responses cost US$0.13 per 1,000 pay-as-you-go, falling to US$0.06 per 1,000 on a US$500 monthly commitment; browser-rendered responses on the hardest tier cost US$16.08 per 1,000 pay-as-you-go. New users receive US$5 of credit and 30 days to try the API without a subscription. The per-success model removes the cost of blocked requests, but it gives less low-level control than a raw proxy endpoint, and costs on heavily protected sites can exceed per-GB residential pricing.

Proxy-Seller is a seller of static proxies priced per IP, including IPv4 and IPv6 datacenter addresses, ISP proxies and dedicated mobile proxies, and it has added rotating residential traffic. It is used heavily for account management, ad verification and social media work where a stable IP per account matters more than rotation.

Its home page lists residential traffic from US$1.45 per GB with a pool of more than 47 million IPs in more than 220 locations, IPv4 proxies from US$0.49 per IP across more than 600 networks, ISP proxies from US$0.98 per IP, mobile proxies from US$10 per IP in more than 20 countries, and IPv6 or datacenter addresses from US$0.02 per IP. The low per-IP prices are its main appeal. The home page does not state trial or refund terms, residential sourcing practices are not described there, and the company publishes fewer enterprise compliance documents than the largest providers.

Evomi is a Swiss provider; its pricing page states "Made in Switzerland" and gives an address in Ermatingen under the legal name TeraShift GmbH. It sells Core and Premium residential, mobile, static residential, datacenter proxies, a scraper API and a scraping browser.

Core Residential is among the cheapest published rates in this list: US$0.49 per GB on a US$49 monthly plan for 100 GB, or US$0.99 to US$0.79 per GB pay-as-you-go. Premium Residential and mobile cost US$3.98 per GB pay-as-you-go, falling to about US$2.20 at volume, and static residential IPs cost US$1 to US$4.50 per IP depending on whether they are shared, private or unused ("virgin"). Free trials convert to a paid plan unless cancelled, and refunds within 30 days are capped at 10% of the data allowance or 1 GB. The low Core price reflects a tiered network, so buyers should test success rates on their own targets before committing.

DataImpulse sells residential, mobile, datacenter and premium residential proxies on a pure pay-per-GB basis with traffic that never expires. Its site lists pools of more than 90 million residential, 16 million mobile and 20 million datacenter IPs.

Residential traffic costs US$1 per GB at entry and US$0.80 per GB at the 1 TB tier; mobile costs US$2 to US$1.60; datacenter US$0.50 to US$0.45; and premium residential US$5 per GB. Instead of a free trial, new users can buy an Intro package for US$5 that includes 5 GB of residential traffic, and a seven-day refund policy applies. The combination of low rates and non-expiring traffic makes it a budget option for small scrapers and hobby projects. The company publishes little about its sourcing or compliance practices on the pricing page, and targeting options are less extensive than those of the enterprise providers.