How we check
Short version: we read the providers' own pages, we write down the date, and we show you when something moves.
We read every price page
We collect prices manually from providers' public pages. Each saved price keeps its own read date; there is no scheduled collector.
We work out the real cost
We compare matching units and show the purchase conditions. When the evidence cannot support a conversion, we leave it unknown.
We show our workings
Every price says when we last looked. Every change goes in the log. If we get something wrong, tell us and we'll fix it in public.
How “cost per GB” is computed
We show a provider's stated per-gigabyte rate when one is quoted. When only a complete bundle is priced, we divide its price by its included gigabytes. A unit rate alone does not establish how much you must buy.
The proxy calculator and table usage profiles use a separately quoted purchase total when we have collected one, including the provider's rounding and any unused traffic. Where repeated purchases are documented, we round up to whole increments. We choose a recorded purchase that covers your workload and refuse to extend a known allowance without a quoted overage rate. Purchase terms have their own source and read date. Collected purchase minimums apply even when the workload uses less credit. A subscription fee with an unknown metered rate cannot supply a complete workload cost. Annual commitments stay outside monthly workload profiles, including annual offers advertised with a monthly equivalent. The source panel names the purchase selected for your workload and lists its price-read date separately from later purchase-term checks.
When a plan sells unlimited data for a flat price, a single number would be a lie, so we show a range instead: the flat price spread across 100 GB a month down to light use (20 GB a month).
An IP or port price does not establish how much traffic the purchase can carry. We keep those quoted prices and address counts, but show a dash with a reason for their cost per GB and GB workload estimates. Other pricing models we cannot convert also show a dash.
How rankings are ordered
Proxy lists use cost per gigabyte within their stated filters. Calculators use the cost of the requested workload. Browser plans keep currencies and renewal periods in separate groups. The controls on each page show which requirements apply. There are no editorial scores, and the code that sorts the lists cannot see who pays us that's enforced, not promised.
What happens when we can't check
A provider we haven't successfully checked in 21 days drops out of the default table into a separate strip, clearly labeled, you can still see them, but not by accident. If a provider blocks our checks, we say that on their page. It's useful information about a proxy company.
Corrections
Spotted a number that doesn't match the provider's page? Who we are · Tell us. Disputes and what we did about them are logged in the public change log, fixes happen in the open or not at all.