Success rate
Success rate is the share of requests a provider says get through. Proxy Compare publishes no success-rate figure for any of the 42 providers it tracks, read 5 Oct 2026. Every vendor quotes one, no two define it the same way, and none can be verified from outside.
Why it costs you money
It is the only figure that matters and the only one that cannot be published usefully, because it is a property of a provider against YOUR targets, not a fixed quality of the provider. Two providers with identical pool claims and prices can differ enormously on one site. This is why a trial beats a specification sheet, and why we have not declared a winner.
See it in the data
Related terms
- Proxy poolThe set of addresses a provider can route you through. The advertised size is a vendor claim nobody outside can verify.
- Residential proxyAn IP address belonging to a real home internet connection, rented by the gigabyte. The hardest type to block and the most expensive.
- Success rateThe share of requests that get through. The number that decides everything, and the one no comparison table can give you.
- KYCThe identity checks a provider runs before selling to you. Ranges from an email address to a company registration.
- Ban rateThe share of requests a target site refuses. The number that decides real cost, and the one nobody publishes.
- CAPTCHA rateHow often a target serves a challenge instead of the page. A softer signal than a ban and it costs the same bytes.
- ThreadOne simultaneous connection. On unlimited-bandwidth plans, threads are usually the resource being sold instead of gigabytes.
- Success-only billingCompare successful-request billing policies, including chargeable errors, early cancellations and failed-request protection.
- Every term we define
Questions
Why does this site publish no success rate?
Because every vendor defines it differently, none of the 42 can be verified from outside, and a figure nobody can check is not a comparison. We price what a provider publishes and date it, read 5 Oct 2026.
What should I ask a provider instead?
Against which target, over what period, and counting what as a failure. A rate quoted without those three is a marketing number rather than a measurement, and the three answers are usually more revealing than the figure.
How do I get a number I can trust?
Run your own target inside the refund window and count. That is the only rate that describes your work, and it is why the refund window matters more than any figure on a pricing page.