Best Residential Proxies in 2026

Bright Data's residential network is the largest claimed in this list: more than 400 million rotating residential IPs in 195 countries, with country, state, city and ZIP-code targeting included at no extra charge. The company was founded in 2014 as Luminati Networks, has been owned by EMK Capital since 2017, and reports more than 50,000 customers.

Its trust centre says residential and mobile IPs are acquired through the Bright SDK, which app developers embed, and that partners must meet a published checklist; it also states that every customer is vetted through a know-your-customer process and lists ISO 27701, CSA STAR, a public SOC 3 report and a PwC assurance report. For buyers whose legal teams ask how residential traffic is sourced, this is the most extensive public documentation among residential vendors. Residential pricing is the highest list price here: US$8 per GB pay-as-you-go and US$5 per GB on the US$1,999 monthly plan, with custom pricing above 1 TB. At the time of review a 50% promotional code and a deposit match of up to US$500 were offered. Traffic used during a trial is not billed.

Oxylabs, founded in 2015 and based in Vilnius, describes its residential pool as more than 175 million IPs across 195 countries, sourced only from "consenting, informed users who are fairly compensated for the traffic they share" with documented, explicit consent. Targeting is the most granular published in this list, covering continent, country, state, city, ZIP, coordinates and ASN; sticky sessions keep the same IP for up to 24 hours, while rotating mode assigns a new IP per request.

Residential traffic is bought from a monthly credit balance shared with Oxylabs' other products: Starter at US$15 per month, Basic US$100, Flexible US$500 and Enterprise from US$2,500. The per-GB rate falls from US$6 at the smallest volumes to US$4 up to 125 GB and US$2.50 above 1 TB. New users receive US$5 of credit, but self-service purchases are non-refundable. The product page claims an average 99.95% success rate, a vendor figure, and states response times inconsistently (0.41 s and 0.6 s).

Decodo, the name Smartproxy adopted in April 2025, offers what it describes as more than 115 million ethically sourced residential IPs in more than 195 locations, with published per-country counts such as more than 16 million in the United States, 11 million in India and 5.6 million in Germany. Targeting covers continent, country, state, city, ZIP and ASN.

Its published residential prices are low for a network of this size: US$4 per GB pay-as-you-go, US$3.75 per GB on a 3 GB plan, US$3.25 on 25 GB, US$2.75 on 100 GB, US$2.50 on 250 GB and US$2 on 1,000 GB, excluding VAT. A three-day trial with 100 MB is available, and a 14-day money-back guarantee applies to paid plans but not to the trial. The per-country disclosure helps buyers check coverage before buying. Decodo publishes less on sourcing mechanics and audits than Bright Data, and its site cites two different customer figures, 50,000 users and 135,000 clients.

SOAX prices residential and mobile traffic identically, with the per-GB rate set by the buyer's plan and by the geographic tier of the exit IP. The United States and Germany are Tier 1, India Tier 2 and the Philippines Tier 3. This makes SOAX unusually cheap for collecting data in emerging markets: on the Scale plan (US$1,500 per month), Tier 1 traffic costs US$1.50 per GB while Tier 3 costs US$0.60, and on Enterprise the starting rates are US$0.85, US$0.55 and US$0.35.

Smaller buyers can use Sandbox, which has no subscription fee and bills top-up credits at US$5, US$4 and US$2 per GB by tier, or Builder at US$200 per month with Tier 1 at US$3 per GB. Enterprise customers can obtain dedicated IP pools. SOAX offers no free trial and its pricing page does not state the size of the residential pool. Because mobile traffic costs the same as residential, it is a straightforward way to escalate to mobile IPs on hard targets without a price jump.

IPRoyal, founded in 2020 with an address in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, sells residential traffic that does not expire, so a purchase can be used over months. Its residential pool is described as more than 64 million IPs in more than 195 countries. Pay-as-you-go prices are US$7.35 per GB for 1 GB, US$6.25 for 2 GB and US$5.51 for 10 GB, with subscriptions 5% cheaper and custom plans from 10 TB at US$1.75 per GB.

On sourcing, IPRoyal says residential IPs come through partners, who must provide evidence of consent from device owners and undergo third-party identity verification, a business-model review and hands-on evaluation before onboarding. The page does not name the apps involved or state whether device owners are paid. Partner-based sourcing allows faster growth but gives IPRoyal less direct control than first-party SDK models. The pricing page does not mention a free trial, and its small-volume prices are among the highest here.

Massive operates a residential network built from its own software development kit, stating that "every IP is opted in through the Massive SDK" running on real consumer hardware in more than 195 countries. It lists a SOC 2 Type 1 audit, GDPR and CCPA compliance and AppEsteem certification, a programme that assesses software for deceptive behaviour. In the wake of the NetNut seizure, in which a botnet of compromised devices was alleged to supply a residential network, first-party opt-in sourcing of this kind is a key differentiator.

Monthly residential plans are Starter at US$80 for 10 GB (US$8 per GB), Builder at US$225 for 30 GB, Scaler at US$385 for 70 GB and Pro at US$490 for 100 GB (US$4.90 per GB) with a dedicated account manager; Residential Enterprise is listed from US$3.20 per GB. Unused bandwidth rolls over to the next month, and start-ups can apply for 1 TB free for three months. The pricing page does not state a pool size, and per-GB prices at small volumes are higher than Decodo's or Evomi's.

Evomi, operated by TeraShift GmbH in Ermatingen, Switzerland, splits its residential product into Core and Premium tiers. Core Residential costs US$49 per month for 100 GB, an effective US$0.49 per GB, or US$0.99 per GB pay-as-you-go from 15 GB, falling to US$0.79 per GB from 1,000 GB. Premium Residential, intended for harder targets, costs US$3.98 per GB pay-as-you-go and as little as US$2.20 per GB on the largest plans, and mobile traffic is priced the same.

Static residential IPs are sold per IP at US$1 (shared), US$2.50 (private) or US$4.50 ("virgin", previously unused). Every proxy product can start with a free trial, which converts to the plan price unless cancelled; after purchase, refunds within 30 days are capped at 10% of the allowance or 1 GB, whichever is smaller. Swiss jurisdiction appeals to some European buyers. The two-tier model means the cheapest traffic may perform differently from Premium on protected sites, so testing on real targets is necessary.

Infatica sells residential proxies over both IPv4 and IPv6, a combination few providers publish. Residential IPv4 plans include more than 45 million IPs, according to the pricing page, and cost US$4 per GB pay-as-you-go, US$3.60 per GB on a 100 GB plan, US$2.60 on 1,000 GB and US$2.08 on a 12,000 GB plan. Residential IPv6 costs US$6 per GB pay-as-you-go, falling to US$3.90.

Each product can be trialled for seven days for a small fee, US$4 for residential IPv4 and US$6 for IPv6. Mobile residential traffic costs from US$8 per GB down to US$3.20 at volume, with plans that include more than 5 million mobile IPs. The pricing page shows lower "from" prices in its navigation than in its plan tables and places the IPv6 pool figure ambiguously, so buyers should confirm current terms. Infatica publishes less about sourcing and audits on its pricing page than the enterprise leaders.

Rayobyte sells residential proxies in two forms. Premium Residential is pay-as-you-go with a free trial and no card required: US$3.50 per GB for 1 to 49 GB, US$2 for 50 to 249 GB, US$1.50 for 250 to 999 GB and US$0.70 for 1,000 to 4,999 GB, with enterprise rates from US$0.50 per GB. Scale Residential is sold only on monthly plans from US$100 and becomes available after a compliance review; Premium can be used while the review is pending.

The compliance review, which screens intended use cases before granting cheaper bulk access, is a control comparable to the KYC processes at larger providers. Rayobyte also sells rotating ISP traffic from US$3.75 per GB and mobile traffic on monthly plans from US$3 per GB, useful when residential IPs are insufficient. The pricing page does not state the residential pool size or the countries covered, which makes coverage checks dependent on the trial.

Webshare is best known for cheap datacenter proxies, but it also sells rotating residential traffic and static residential (ISP) proxies from the same self-serve dashboard. Rotating residential starts at US$3.50 per GB on a 1 GB plan and drops to US$1.40 per GB at 3,000 GB, one of the lowest volume rates published by a mainstream provider. Static residential proxies start at US$6 per month for 20 IPs, or US$0.30 each, falling to US$0.225 at 10,000 IPs.

A permanent free plan provides 10 proxies and 1 GB of monthly bandwidth without a card, letting developers prototype before buying residential traffic. Webshare's public pricing page offers little information on residential pool size, targeting depth or sourcing, and it does not publish the compliance documentation that enterprise buyers increasingly require after the 2026 NetNut seizure.

DataImpulse lists a residential pool of more than 90 million IPs, sold strictly per GB at US$1 at entry and US$0.80 at the 1 TB tier, with traffic that never expires. A premium residential tier costs US$5 per GB. These are among the lowest pay-as-you-go residential prices in this list, and non-expiring traffic means small users do not lose unused bandwidth at the end of a month.

There is no free trial; new users can instead buy an Intro package for US$5 that includes 5 GB of residential traffic, and a seven-day refund policy applies. Mobile traffic is also cheap at US$2 to US$1.60 per GB. The pricing page offers little on how residential IPs are sourced or on customer vetting, and targeting depth is less documented than at Oxylabs or Bright Data. For compliance-sensitive commercial use, buyers should request sourcing details before relying on the network.

Proxy-Seller, mainly known for per-IP datacenter, IPv6 and ISP proxies, also sells rotating residential traffic. Its home page lists residential prices from US$1.45 per GB, a pool of more than 47 million IPs and coverage of more than 220 locations. The same account can buy ISP proxies from US$0.98 per IP and dedicated mobile proxies from US$10 per IP, so teams that manage accounts on static IPs and occasionally need rotating residential traffic can keep both with one vendor.

The home page does not describe how residential IPs are sourced and does not state trial or refund terms, linking instead to a separate return policy. The "from" price is likely to apply to larger packages; buyers should check the plan table for the volume they need. Compared with dedicated residential specialists, Proxy-Seller publishes less detail on targeting, session control and compliance.