Teardowns, method and market changes
How proxy pricing actually works, where each figure on this site came from and what we refuse to publish, and the provider changes worth knowing about. If you want the raw feed of every price move instead, the change log is the place.
How it works
Scraping API or managed browser? What each one sells
An API bills by the page's difficulty, a managed browser by the session's time. Rate cards from both sides, read 16 Sep 2026.
17 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
How it works
How to test captcha flows in Playwright
Google and Cloudflare publish test keys, so Playwright can test the real widget and the real verify endpoint. Verified live 16 Sep 2026.
16 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
Policy and law
What proxy vendors disclose, September 2026
Sourcing, identity checks and payment, read off the public pages of 40 proxy sellers on 1 September 2026, with every quote and its date.
9 Sept 2026 · 29 min read
Market
What a captcha solve actually costs
Nine services price reCAPTCHA v2, and their published rates run from $0.10 to $2.99 per 1,000 solves. All nine read on 5 Sep 2026.
7 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
How it works
How to cut your scraping bandwidth bill
Four changes that reduce what you pay per gigabyte, measured on one page, largest saving first.
3 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
How it works
How to fix a 403 when scraping
How to tell which kind of block you have hit, and what actually helps against each one.
3 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
How it works
How to add a proxy in GoLogin
The paste formats it accepts, the built-in proxy checker, and how to launch a profile from the SDK.
3 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
How it works
How to use Patchright with a proxy
Installing it, the proxy call, and the one launch argument worth adding.
3 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
How it works
How to use playwright-stealth
Installing it, wrapping a Playwright session, setting a proxy, and reading back what the page sees.
3 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
How it works
How to use SeleniumBase UC mode
Turning UC mode on, what it changes about the browser, and what it costs you to leave it on.
3 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
How it works
How to add a proxy in Incogniton
Adding a proxy, importing a list from CSV, reading the status icons, and driving it from the API.
3 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
How it works
How to add a proxy in MoreLogin
Adding one proxy, importing a hundred, and automating the whole thing from the local API.
3 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
How it works
How to add a proxy in Multilogin
Password and IP authentication, the format the field expects, and how to attach Playwright or Selenium.
3 Sept 2026 · 6 min read
How it works
How to use a proxy in nodriver
The three ways to attach one, how to verify it applied, and the encoding bug that stops the package importing on Python 3.14.
3 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
How it works
How to add a proxy in Octo Browser
The formats it accepts, saved against temporary proxies, and connecting over the local client API.
3 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
How it works
How to use a proxy in Scrapy
Three ways to attach one, how to rotate a pool from a downloader middleware, and how to authenticate.
3 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
How it works
How to use an authenticated proxy in Selenium
Which approaches carry your credentials, which quietly do not, and how to check for yourself.
3 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
How it works
How to use undetected-chromedriver with a proxy
Installing it, attaching a proxy, handling credentials, and the version pin it needs before it will launch at all.
3 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
How it works
How to add a proxy in Dolphin Anty
The formats it accepts, how to add a rotation link, and how to connect Playwright or Puppeteer.
2 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
How it works
How to add a proxy in AdsPower
Where the proxy fields are, what the check button reports, and how to launch a profile from the local API.
1 Sept 2026 · 7 min read
How it works
How to choose an anti-detect browser
The difference between the code libraries and the desktop apps, and how seven of them compare.
29 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
How it works
How to use Camoufox with a proxy
Installing it, attaching a proxy with geoip, and what it costs to run on metered bandwidth.
29 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
How it works
How to test a proxy provider before you pay
The refund window is the real trial. What each one allows, what to measure inside it, and how to spend a small allowance well.
20 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
How it works
How much proxy bandwidth do you actually need?
Multiply requests by average page weight. How to measure that weight, and why fetching the document instead of the page changes the answer.
18 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
How it works
Proxy or scraping API? The break-even is page weight
Per-GB and per-request prices cannot be compared until you convert one into the other. The conversion factor is your average response size.
16 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Market
Smartproxy is Decodo: what carries over
The domain smartproxy.com now redirects to decodo.com. Same company, team and network. Reviews you find are filed under the old name.
16 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
How it works
Unlimited bandwidth proxies: where the real limit is
No unlimited plan removes the meter. It moves to speed, threads, ports or addresses. What each one counts, quoted from the vendors' own policies.
16 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
Market
Who writes the proxy comparisons you find
We captured 162 AI Overview citations across 15 proxy queries. Sellers wrote 59% and held the top slot on 13 of 15. Not one carried a date.
16 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
Policy and law
The FBI seized NetNut. What it means if you were a customer
A residential proxy platform was seized on 2 July 2026. Its network was resold under other brands, and Google's AI Overview still recommends it.
8 Aug 2026 · 4 min read