# Proxy Compare

An auditable price and policy database covering four products: 35
proxy sellers, 7 scraping APIs, 10 captcha solving
services and 7 anti-detect browser providers. Prices carry the date we read them from the provider's
own page.

## What this site is for

- Compare what a gigabyte of proxy bandwidth actually costs across providers
- Check sign-up, payment and billing rules before buying
- See where a provider's IP addresses come from, and where it will not say
- Track price changes over time, with the date of each observation
- Compare what clearing one captcha costs, per 1,000 solves and per challenge
  type, across every solving service that publishes a rate

## Browser comparison tools (WebMCP)

- [Browser agent access](https://www.proxy-compare.com/about/#browser-agent-access): instructions and scope.
- [Generated browser tool catalog](https://www.proxy-compare.com/webmcp.json): current schemas, examples, coverage and evidence rules. Descriptive JSON, not a remote MCP endpoint or standardized manifest.
- [Full provider index](https://www.proxy-compare.com/provider-index.json): stable provider IDs across all three recorded product categories, including listed records and missing prices.
- [Find provider IDs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/): find_providers searches names without punctuation, filters productType and prices (any, recorded, missing), and sorts by name or recorded_prices with direction, offset and limit.
- [Read a published guide](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/): read_site_guide accepts a published blog or glossary path returned by search_site. Omit section for an outline; then supply its section ID and offset/limit for bounded visible text, code and links. Published guide prices retain their dated context. Commands are never executed.

Every page registers these 16 tools through document.modelContext in supported
browsers after it loads. A valid call opens the relevant visible controls, applies the
inputs, and returns its results after the visible page updates. This is browser
tool discovery, not a remote MCP endpoint or automatic discovery by search engines.
Ordinary HTML and manual comparison controls remain available.

- [Proxy provider list](https://www.proxy-compare.com/): list_proxy_providers filters query, proxyType, noId, crypto, unlimited, protocol, auth, rotation, minStickyMinutes, maxPerGb and volumeGb (20, 100 or 500). Sort by pergb, entry, name or type; includeStale reveals older records after current ones.
- [Scraping API providers](https://www.proxy-compare.com/scraping-apis/): list_scraping_apis filters query, billingUnit, jsRendering, successOnly, minEntryConcurrency and maxMonthlyUsd. Sort by name, entry or entry-tier concurrency. Unknown facts stay distinct from a stated no.
- [Captcha rate cards](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/): list_captcha_rates filters query, challenge, variant, solverType and maxPer1k (upper end of a range). Sort by price, name or challenge. Preserves multiple vendor variants.
- [Browser plans](https://www.proxy-compare.com/anti-detect-browsers/): list_browser_plans filters recorded profile/storage, total-user, API, platform, library, protocol, currency, billing period and runtime requirements. Currency and period groups stay separate. Unknown facts cannot satisfy a requirement. Source clauses are deduplicated without losing dates or scope.

List tools accept direction (asc or desc), offset (default 0) and limit (default 5, or 3 for browser plans, maximum 10).
Responses give totalResults and nextOffset. Provider-list responses also give outcome and resetOffset. A nonempty result set beyond its last row returns out_of_range with resetOffset 0; no_matches means no rows satisfy the filters. Repeat the same filters to continue. The visible list
shows all matches. Omitted filters reset to schema defaults; no query follows an affiliate URL.

- [Proxy cost calculator](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/cost-calculator/): compare_proxy_costs takes gb (1 to 10000), proxyType (residential, isp, datacenter, mobile; default residential), noId (default false), and payment (any, crypto, card, paypal; default any).
- [Scraping API cost calculator](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/scraping-api-cost/): compare_scraping_api_costs takes pages (integer, 1 to 10000000), requestMode (standard, javascript, premium, premium_javascript; default standard), minConcurrency (0 to 100000; default 0 means no requirement), and includeCreditPacks (default false). Missing request prices or concurrency stay unpriced. Quoted top-ups assume they are enabled and the account spending limit permits the purchase.
- [Captcha cost calculator](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/captcha-solver-cost/): compare_captcha_costs takes challenge (see the tool schema for priced challenges) and solves (integer, 1 to 5000000).

Lists and calculators accept providerSlugs and excludeSlugs (up to ten each). Calculator responses
default to three rows and accept offset/limit. Calculators also accept maxMonthlyUsd and up to
three scenarioVolumes in their existing unit, returning bounded volume comparisons and a
conservative budget allowance. Annual prices, unquoted overage and incompatible units stay excluded.

- [Provider details](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/): get_provider_details takes slug, section (summary, plans, policies, connection, sources), optional proxyType/challenge, offset and limit. Read source evidence and gaps, including records not yet reviewed.
- [Compare provider records](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/): compare_provider_details takes two or three providerSlugs in one product category, plus proxyType/challenge. Preserves different units and terms; no invented overall winner.
- [Bandwidth estimate](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/bandwidth-estimator/): estimate_proxy_bandwidth takes pages and measured bytesPerPage or an explicit dated preset, mode and attemptsPerPage. Decimal GB, with exact cost-calculator handoff inside its supported range.
- [Site search](https://www.proxy-compare.com/): search_site takes query, kind, offset and limit; opens the current page's palette. Searches titles, descriptions, entities and aliases; all meaningful query words must match. Glossary entries use kind term.
- [Recorded changes](https://www.proxy-compare.com/changes/): list_recorded_changes filters providerSlugs, since and changeType with offset/limit. Finite observations, not complete price history or monitoring.
- [Local proxy formatter](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/scraping-proxy-format/): convert_current_proxy_input accepts format/scheme only for text already entered on the page. Returns counts and redacted diagnostics, never credentials or endpoints.
- [Proxy stack selector](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/stack-selector/): select_proxy_stack explicitly enables external proxy traffic, API pages, browser subscriptions and billed CAPTCHA solves. Supply each workload and browser requirements separately. Returns selected component costs and zero to three alternatives, their source dates and conditions, and documented browser/proxy scope separately from shared protocol statements. Monthly totals require priced components, compatible monthly bases and one currency; pay-as-you-go purchases and 30-day renewals remain separate. Including an API does not automatically add other purchases. See the schema for defaults and exact selection fields.

Responses include a catalog snapshotId and viewUrl. Saved fragment links restore inputs with
the current catalog; they do not archive prices. Visible JSON downloads retain evidence and
disclosure. No tool automatically copies, downloads, purchases or subscribes an email.

Tools update the visible comparison and return structured prices or workload estimates, source
dates where held, stated assumptions, and visit URLs with affiliate disclosure.
They calculate from the page's saved data without live scraping, model inference,
account creation, or purchase actions. Returning a visit URL does not follow it.
Scraping API monthly prices carry tier-level sources and original read dates. Annual commitments
and unpriced overage are excluded from the calculator. Provider fact dates remain separate.

## How to read our numbers

- Prices are read from each provider's own public pricing page, never copied
  from another comparison site.
- Every number is rendered with a verification date. A figure without one is a
  bug, not a fact.
- Where a pricing model cannot honestly be normalised to a cost per gigabyte,
  we render an em dash and the reason. We do not estimate.
- Pool sizes are the vendor's own claim, labelled that way on every page. They are not
  verifiable from outside the provider.
- We publish no reviews and no ratings, so no page carries review markup.
- Captcha solve rates are quoted per 1,000 solves and PER CHALLENGE TYPE,
  because that is how every service prices them. There is no single price for a
  service, and a headline rate is usually its cheapest type. Where a service
  states a range we carry both ends and never an average.
- We publish what a service says it pays the person solving, where it publishes
  one, beside what it charges a buyer. We compute no ratio between them: the
  wage is usually quoted without a challenge type and the buyer rate always
  names one.
- 21 of the 35 proxy sellers publish nothing
  about where their addresses come from. We record that silence as a finding rather
  than leaving the field blank. The 7 scraping APIs are not counted: they
  resell requests rather than a residential pool, so the question does not apply.

## Disclosure

We earn affiliate commission from some providers. Commission data cannot enter
any ranking or sort on this site, and the full arrangement is public at
https://www.proxy-compare.com/how-this-site-pays-for-itself.

## Methodology

- https://www.proxy-compare.com/how-we-check
- https://www.proxy-compare.com/report-a-mistake

## Page

- [About](https://www.proxy-compare.com/about/): What this site is for
- [All providers](https://www.proxy-compare.com/): The full table, sortable and filterable
- [Alternatives](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/): Switching away from a provider
- [Anti-detect browser plans](https://www.proxy-compare.com/anti-detect-browsers/): Prices, profiles, seats, API access and documented proxy compatibility
- [Bandwidth estimator](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/bandwidth-estimator/): How many gigabytes your job will move
- [Best for](https://www.proxy-compare.com/best/): Filtered to the job, sorted cheapest first
- [Blog](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/): Teardowns of how proxies are priced, and how we check
- [Buying rules](https://www.proxy-compare.com/proxies/): Sign-up, payment and billing filters
- [Captcha solver cost](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/captcha-solver-cost/): What a month of solving costs on each service
- [Captcha solvers](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/): What one solve costs, and who does the solving
- [Change log](https://www.proxy-compare.com/changes/): Every price move we spot, as we spot it
- [Cost calculator](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/cost-calculator/): What a provider costs at your volume
- [Every provider](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/): Including the ones we have not re-checked lately
- [How this site pays for itself](https://www.proxy-compare.com/how-this-site-pays-for-itself/): The business model, in full
- [How we check](https://www.proxy-compare.com/how-we-check/): Where every number comes from
- [Privacy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/privacy/): What we collect, which is very little
- [Proxy format converter](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/scraping-proxy-format/): Reshape credentials for curl, Python, Playwright or a rotator
- [Proxy glossary](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/): The words on a pricing page, and what each one costs
- [Proxy stack selector](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/stack-selector/): Select proxy, API, browser and CAPTCHA components with separate costs and documented setup conditions
- [Proxy types](https://www.proxy-compare.com/types/): The four kinds, and when each one is right
- [Report a mistake](https://www.proxy-compare.com/report-a-mistake/): Corrections happen in the open
- [Scraping API cost calculator](https://www.proxy-compare.com/tools/scraping-api-cost/): What 1,000 pages costs on each credit ladder
- [Scraping APIs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/scraping-apis/): Compare scraping API prices, entry plans, concurrency and request billing conditions
- [Side by side](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/): Any two providers, on one spec sheet
- [Terms](https://www.proxy-compare.com/terms/): The terms of use
- [Where the addresses come from](https://www.proxy-compare.com/sourcing/): Sourcing, consent and enforcement

## Provider

- [2Captcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/2captcha/): captcha solver, published record; recorded prices and conditions
- [9Proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/9proxy/): Not taking new customers right now. Prices we last read, dated
- [Alterlab](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22alterlab%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Anti-Captcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/anti-captcha/): captcha solver, published record; recorded prices and conditions
- [Aproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22aproxy%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [ASocks](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/asocks/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [AZcaptcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22azcaptcha%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; recorded prices and conditions
- [BestCaptchaSolver](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22bestcaptchasolver%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; recorded prices and conditions
- [Bright Data](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/bright-data/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [Buypersonalproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22buypersonalproxy%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [CapMonster Cloud](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22capmonster%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; recorded prices and conditions
- [CapSolver](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/capsolver/): captcha solver, published record; recorded prices and conditions
- [CaptchaAI](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22captchaai%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Coronium](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22coronium%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Crawlbase](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/crawlbase/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Databay](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22databay%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [DataImpulse](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/dataimpulse/): A bandwidth-sharing app, prices and sign-up rules
- [Death By Captcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22deathbycaptcha%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; recorded prices and conditions
- [Decodo](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/decodo/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [Evomi](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/evomi/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [EZ-Captcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22ez-captcha%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; recorded prices and conditions
- [Firecrawl](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/firecrawl/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Fleetproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/fleetproxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Froxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/froxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Geonode](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/geonode/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Gonzo Proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/gonzo-proxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Gproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22gproxy%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Hydraproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22hydraproxy%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Hypeproxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22hypeproxies%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Infatica](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/infatica/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [IPBurger](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/ipburger/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Ipoasis](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22ipoasis%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [IPRoyal](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/iproyal/): A bandwidth-sharing app, prices and sign-up rules
- [Ipxproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22ipxproxy%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Limeproxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22limeproxies%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Mangoproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/mangoproxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Massive](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/massive/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [NextCaptcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22nextcaptcha%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; recorded prices and conditions
- [Ninjas Proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22ninjas-proxy%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [NiuProxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/niuproxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [NodeMaven](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/nodemaven/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [Novada](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22novada%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Oculus Proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22oculus-proxies%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/oxylabs/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [PacketStream](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/packetstream/): A bandwidth-sharing app, prices and sign-up rules
- [Pia S5 Proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/pia-s5-proxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Plain Proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22plain-proxies%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [PrivateProxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/privateproxy/): Their own servers, prices and sign-up rules
- [Proxidize](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/proxidize/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Proxy-Cheap](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/proxy-cheap/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Proxy-Seller](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/proxy-seller/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Proxycompass](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22proxycompass%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [ProxyEmpire](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/proxy-empire/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Proxylite](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22proxylite%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [ProxyRack](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/proxyrack/): A bandwidth-sharing app, prices and sign-up rules
- [Proxysale](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22proxysale%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [ProxyScrape](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/proxyscrape/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Proxyshare](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22proxyshare%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [RapidProxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/rapidproxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Rayobyte](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/rayobyte/): Their own servers, prices and sign-up rules
- [ScraperAPI](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/scraperapi/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Scrapfly](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/scrapfly/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [ScrapingBee](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/scrapingbee/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [SearchApi](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/searchapi/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Serpapi](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22serpapi%22%7D): scraping api, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Shifter](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/shifter/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [SOAX](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/soax/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [SolveCaptcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22solvecaptcha%22%7D): captcha solver, not yet reviewed; recorded prices and conditions
- [Squid Proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22squid-proxies%22%7D): proxy, not yet reviewed; no recorded price
- [Storm Proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/storm-proxies/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Swiftproxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/swiftproxy/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Thordata](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/thordata/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Webshare](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/webshare/): Software development kits, prices and sign-up rules
- [ZenRows](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/zenrows/): They do not say, prices and sign-up rules
- [Zyte](https://www.proxy-compare.com/vendors/#tool=get_provider_details&input=%7B%22slug%22%3A%22zyte%22%7D): scraping api, not yet reviewed; no recorded price

## Comparison

- [Bright Data vs Decodo](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/bright-data-vs-decodo/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Bright Data vs IPRoyal](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/bright-data-vs-iproyal/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Bright Data vs NodeMaven](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/bright-data-vs-nodemaven/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Bright Data vs Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/bright-data-vs-oxylabs/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Bright Data vs Proxy-Seller](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/bright-data-vs-proxy-seller/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Bright Data vs ProxyScrape](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/bright-data-vs-proxyscrape/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Bright Data vs Webshare](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/bright-data-vs-webshare/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Crawlbase vs Firecrawl](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/crawlbase-vs-firecrawl/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [DataImpulse vs IPRoyal](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/dataimpulse-vs-iproyal/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Decodo vs IPRoyal](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/decodo-vs-iproyal/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Decodo vs NodeMaven](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/decodo-vs-nodemaven/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Decodo vs Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/decodo-vs-oxylabs/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Decodo vs SOAX](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/decodo-vs-soax/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Firecrawl vs ScraperAPI](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/firecrawl-vs-scraperapi/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Firecrawl vs ScrapingBee](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/firecrawl-vs-scrapingbee/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [IPBurger vs IPRoyal](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/ipburger-vs-iproyal/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [IPBurger vs NodeMaven](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/ipburger-vs-nodemaven/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [IPRoyal vs NodeMaven](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/iproyal-vs-nodemaven/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [IPRoyal vs Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/iproyal-vs-oxylabs/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [IPRoyal vs Proxy-Seller](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/iproyal-vs-proxy-seller/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [IPRoyal vs Webshare](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/iproyal-vs-webshare/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [NodeMaven vs Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/nodemaven-vs-oxylabs/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [ScraperAPI vs ScrapingBee](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/scraperapi-vs-scrapingbee/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Scrapfly vs ScrapingBee](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/scrapfly-vs-scrapingbee/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [SOAX vs Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/soax-vs-oxylabs/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Webshare vs Decodo](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/webshare-vs-decodo/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool
- [Webshare vs Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/compare/webshare-vs-oxylabs/): Head to head on price, sign-up and pool

## Alternatives

- [Alternatives to Bright Data](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/bright-data/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to DataImpulse](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/dataimpulse/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Decodo](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/decodo/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Evomi](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/evomi/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Froxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/froxy/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Geonode](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/geonode/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Infatica](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/infatica/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to IPRoyal](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/iproyal/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Massive](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/massive/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to NodeMaven](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/nodemaven/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Oxylabs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/oxylabs/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to PacketStream](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/packetstream/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Proxy-Cheap](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/proxy-cheap/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to ProxyRack](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/proxyrack/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to RapidProxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/rapidproxy/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Rayobyte](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/rayobyte/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to SOAX](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/soax/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Alternatives to Webshare](https://www.proxy-compare.com/alternatives/webshare/): Everyone else selling the same thing, priced side by side
- [Firecrawl alternatives](https://www.proxy-compare.com/scraping-apis/alternatives/firecrawl/): Hosted API plans, allowances and billing conditions
- [ScraperAPI alternatives](https://www.proxy-compare.com/scraping-apis/alternatives/scraperapi/): Hosted API plans, allowances and billing conditions
- [ScrapingBee alternatives](https://www.proxy-compare.com/scraping-apis/alternatives/scrapingbee/): Hosted API plans, allowances and billing conditions

## Proxy type

- [Datacenter proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/types/datacenter/): Servers in a rack, sold by the IP with bandwidth to spare
- [Fixed ISP proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/types/isp/): Datacenter machines wearing home-internet addresses
- [Mobile proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/types/mobile/): Real phone connections behind carrier networks, shared by whole neighborhoods
- [Residential proxies](https://www.proxy-compare.com/types/residential/): Real home internet connections, rented out by the gigabyte

## Captcha type

- [2Captcha alternatives](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/alternatives/2captcha/): Services pricing the same challenges, and what each charges
- [2Captcha vs Anti-Captcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/compare/2captcha-vs-anti-captcha/): Price per 1,000 solves on every challenge both price
- [2Captcha vs CapMonster Cloud](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/compare/2captcha-vs-capmonster/): Price per 1,000 solves on every challenge both price
- [2Captcha vs CapSolver](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/compare/2captcha-vs-capsolver/): Price per 1,000 solves on every challenge both price
- [2Captcha vs Death By Captcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/compare/2captcha-vs-deathbycaptcha/): Price per 1,000 solves on every challenge both price
- [2Captcha vs SolveCaptcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/compare/2captcha-vs-solvecaptcha/): Price per 1,000 solves on every challenge both price
- [Amazon WAF captcha solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/amazon-waf/): The challenge AWS WAF serves, distinct from the reCAPTCHA an AWS-hosted site might also run.
- [Anti-Captcha alternatives](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/alternatives/anti-captcha/): Services pricing the same challenges, and what each charges
- [Anti-Captcha vs Death By Captcha](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/compare/anti-captcha-vs-deathbycaptcha/): Price per 1,000 solves on every challenge both price
- [CapMonster Cloud vs CapSolver](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/compare/capmonster-vs-capsolver/): Price per 1,000 solves on every challenge both price
- [CapSolver alternatives](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/alternatives/capsolver/): Services pricing the same challenges, and what each charges
- [Cloudflare Turnstile solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/cloudflare-turnstile/): Cloudflare's reCAPTCHA replacement. Priced separately from its interstitial challenge by the vendors that carry both.
- [FunCaptcha (Arkose Labs) solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/funcaptcha-arkose/): The rotate-the-image puzzle, sold to enterprises as Arkose Labs and priced highest by almost every solver.
- [GeeTest solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/geetest/): The slider and icon-order challenge common on Chinese-market sites, now in a fourth version.
- [hCaptcha solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/hcaptcha/): The checkbox challenge that replaced reCAPTCHA on a large share of Cloudflare-fronted sites.
- [Image captcha solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/image-captcha/): A picture of distorted text, the oldest type and consistently the cheapest to have solved.
- [reCAPTCHA Enterprise solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/recaptcha-enterprise/): Google's paid tier. Priced apart from v2 and v3 by every vendor that carries it, usually higher.
- [reCAPTCHA v2 solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/recaptcha-v2/): Google's checkbox and image-grid challenge, and the single most widely priced type on every rate card we read.
- [reCAPTCHA v3 solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/recaptcha-v3/): Google's scored, invisible version. Two vendors price it twice, by the score band they will return.
- [Text captcha solver pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/captcha-solvers/text-captcha/): A written question rather than an image, and the type most often bundled into a generic rate.

## Buying rule

- [ID verification requirements](https://www.proxy-compare.com/proxies/verification-required/): Sign-up needs an email address only
- [Providers that accept cryptocurrency](https://www.proxy-compare.com/proxies/crypto-payment/): Lists a cryptocurrency among its payment methods
- [Providers that accept PayPal](https://www.proxy-compare.com/proxies/paypal/): Lists PayPal among its payment methods
- [Providers with a free or paid trial](https://www.proxy-compare.com/proxies/free-trial/): Publishes a trial, free or paid
- [Providers without a monthly commitment](https://www.proxy-compare.com/proxies/pay-as-you-go/): Sells at least one pay-as-you-go plan

## Sourcing

- [Are residential proxies legal?](https://www.proxy-compare.com/sourcing/are-residential-proxies-legal/): Buying and using residential proxies is legal in most places. What varies is how the IP owner consented and what you do with the connection.
- [Bundled SDK or paid app: what the household actually agreed to](https://www.proxy-compare.com/sourcing/sdk-opt-in-vs-p2p/): The two ways residential proxy networks recruit household connections, what the person on the other end was told, and what they got for it.
- [How residential proxies actually work](https://www.proxy-compare.com/sourcing/how-residential-proxies-work/): Your request exits through somebody's home internet connection. Here is the full path, who the household is, and why the pool size number is soft.
- [What regulators and prosecutors have actually done](https://www.proxy-compare.com/sourcing/enforcement-timeline/): Every seizure, fine and sourcing disclosure we hold a record for, with the date and the primary source. Generated from our vendor records.
- [Where residential proxy IP addresses actually come from](https://www.proxy-compare.com/sourcing/where-residential-ips-come-from/): Every residential proxy address is somebody's home connection. Who they are, what they were offered, and what the providers we track disclose.

## Use case

- [Proxies for buying sneakers](https://www.proxy-compare.com/best/sneakers/): Fixed ISP or residential · Fast sessions
- [Proxies for cheapest overall](https://www.proxy-compare.com/best/cheapest/): Everything · Sorted by price
- [Proxies for multi-accounting](https://www.proxy-compare.com/best/multi-accounting/): Fixed addresses available · Email-only signup
- [Proxies for seo rank tracking](https://www.proxy-compare.com/best/seo-rank-tracking/): Country targeting · 100+ countries · Billed per GB
- [Proxies for web scraping](https://www.proxy-compare.com/best/web-scraping/): Residential · No request limit · Billed per GB

## Glossary

- [ASN](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/asn/): The number identifying who owns a block of IP addresses. It is the first thing bot detection checks about you.
- [Backconnect](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/backconnect/): One gateway address that fans out to the whole pool behind it, so your code never handles an address list.
- [Ban rate](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/ban-rate/): The share of requests a target site refuses. The number that decides real cost, and the one nobody publishes.
- [Bandwidth overage](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/bandwidth-overage/): What a provider charges once you pass the gigabytes your plan includes. Often several times the headline rate.
- [CAPTCHA rate](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/captcha-rate/): How often a target serves a challenge instead of the page. A softer signal than a ban and it costs the same bytes.
- [Captcha solving service](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/captcha-solving-service/): A third party that clears a challenge for you and returns the token, billed per 1,000 solves rather than per gigabyte.
- [Captcha worker pay](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/captcha-worker-pay/): What a solving service pays the person clearing a challenge, published on its own recruitment pages and rarely beside its prices.
- [Concurrency limit](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/concurrency-limit/): The cap on how many requests you can have in flight at once. Often the real constraint on a scraping job, not price.
- [Credit (scraping API)](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/scraping-api-credit/): Scraping APIs bill in credits, and one credit buys different amounts of work depending on the request. What each provider charges, with sources.
- [Datacenter proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/datacenter-proxy/): An address belonging to a server in a datacenter. Far cheaper than residential, and the first thing a careful site blocks.
- [Exit node](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/exit-node/): The address a target website actually sees. Everything before it in the chain is invisible to the site you are fetching.
- [Geo-targeting](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/geo-targeting/): Choosing which country, city or carrier your requests appear to come from. Granularity varies enormously by provider.
- [IP reputation](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/ip-reputation/): How a target site scores an address before serving it, based on what that address has done elsewhere.
- [IP whitelisting](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/ip-whitelisting/): Authenticating by registering your own server's address with the provider, instead of sending a username and password.
- [ISP proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/isp-proxy/): A hosted address registered to a consumer internet provider. Residential-looking identity at datacenter speed, and it stays yours.
- [JavaScript rendering](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/javascript-rendering/): Running a page's own scripts in a browser before returning it. Scraping APIs charge more for it, sometimes five times a plain fetch.
- [KYC](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/kyc/): The identity checks a provider runs before selling to you. Ranges from an email address to a company registration.
- [Minimum commitment](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/minimum-commitment/): The smallest spend or term a provider will sell, which decides whether an advertised rate is reachable by you at all.
- [Mobile proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/mobile-proxy/): An address on a phone carrier's network, shared by thousands of real subscribers. The hardest to block and the most expensive.
- [Pay as you go](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/pay-as-you-go/): Buying bandwidth in top-ups instead of a monthly plan. Cheaper for bursty work, dearer per gigabyte.
- [Per-GB pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/per-gb-pricing/): Billing by the gigabyte you move, the dominant model for residential proxies and the one most comparisons assume.
- [Per-IP pricing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/per-ip-pricing/): Billing per address rented per month, with traffic uncounted. It cannot be honestly converted to a per-GB rate.
- [Ports vs IPs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/ports-vs-ips/): A numbered endpoint you connect to. On some providers a port is the billing unit, and it is not the same as an address.
- [Prepaid traffic](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/prepaid-traffic/): Buying a block of gigabytes up front and drawing it down, instead of committing to a recurring monthly allowance.
- [Proxy pool](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/proxy-pool/): The set of addresses a provider can route you through. The advertised size is a vendor claim nobody outside can verify.
- [Residential proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/residential-proxy/): An IP address belonging to a real home internet connection, rented by the gigabyte. The hardest type to block and the most expensive.
- [Rotating proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/rotating-proxy/): A connection that hands you a different address on each request, or on a timer. The default for scraping at volume.
- [Session duration](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/session-duration/): How long a provider will keep giving you the same address before it rotates, measured in minutes or requests.
- [SOCKS5](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/socks5/): A proxy protocol that forwards any TCP traffic rather than only HTTP, and the one some providers charge extra for.
- [Solve rate](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/solve-rate/): The price for clearing 1,000 challenges of one type. The unit every captcha solving service quotes, and it differs per type.
- [Sticky session](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/sticky-session/): Holding the same proxy address for a set period so a login or checkout survives more than one request.
- [Sub-user](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/sub-user/): A separate set of credentials under one account, so you can split traffic by project, client or machine.
- [Subnet diversity](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/subnet-diversity/): How spread out a pool's addresses are across networks. A large pool inside a few subnets behaves like a small one.
- [Success rate](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/success-rate/): The share of requests that get through. The number that decides everything, and the one no comparison table can give you.
- [Success-only billing](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/success-only-billing/): Compare successful-request billing policies, including chargeable errors, early cancellations and failed-request protection.
- [Thread](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/thread/): One simultaneous connection. On unlimited-bandwidth plans, threads are usually the resource being sold instead of gigabytes.
- [Traffic rollover](https://www.proxy-compare.com/learn/traffic-rollover/): Whether gigabytes you paid for but did not use survive into the next billing period. Most providers do not say.

## Post

- [How much proxy bandwidth do you actually need?](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/how-much-bandwidth-do-i-need/): Multiply requests by average page weight. How to measure that weight, and why fetching the document instead of the page changes the answer.
- [How to add a proxy in AdsPower](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/adspower-proxy-setup/): Where the proxy fields are, what the check button reports, and how to launch a profile from the local API.
- [How to add a proxy in Dolphin Anty](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/dolphin-anty-proxy-setup/): The formats it accepts, how to add a rotation link, and how to connect Playwright or Puppeteer.
- [How to add a proxy in GoLogin](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/gologin-proxy-setup/): The paste formats it accepts, the built-in proxy checker, and how to launch a profile from the SDK.
- [How to add a proxy in Incogniton](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/incogniton-proxy-setup/): Adding a proxy, importing a list from CSV, reading the status icons, and driving it from the API.
- [How to add a proxy in MoreLogin](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/morelogin-proxy-setup/): Adding one proxy, importing a hundred, and automating the whole thing from the local API.
- [How to add a proxy in Multilogin](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/multilogin-proxy-setup/): Password and IP authentication, the format the field expects, and how to attach Playwright or Selenium.
- [How to add a proxy in Octo Browser](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/octo-browser-proxy-setup/): The formats it accepts, saved against temporary proxies, and connecting over the local client API.
- [How to choose an anti-detect browser](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/how-to-choose-an-anti-detect-browser/): The difference between the code libraries and the desktop apps, and how seven of them compare.
- [How to cut your scraping bandwidth bill](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/cut-scraping-bandwidth-costs/): Four changes that reduce what you pay per gigabyte, measured on one page, largest saving first.
- [How to fix a 403 when scraping](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/fix-a-403-when-scraping/): How to tell which kind of block you have hit, and what actually helps against each one.
- [How to test a proxy provider before you pay](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/how-to-test-a-proxy-provider/): The refund window is the real trial. What each one allows, what to measure inside it, and how to spend a small allowance well.
- [How to test captcha flows in Playwright](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/captcha-testing-playwright/): Google and Cloudflare publish test keys, so Playwright can test the real widget and the real verify endpoint. Verified live 16 Sep 2026.
- [How to use a proxy in nodriver](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/nodriver-proxy-setup/): The three ways to attach one, how to verify it applied, and the encoding bug that stops the package importing on Python 3.14.
- [How to use a proxy in Scrapy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/scrapy-proxy-setup/): Three ways to attach one, how to rotate a pool from a downloader middleware, and how to authenticate.
- [How to use an authenticated proxy in Selenium](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/selenium-proxy-authentication/): Which approaches carry your credentials, which quietly do not, and how to check for yourself.
- [How to use Camoufox with a proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/how-to-use-camoufox/): Installing it, attaching a proxy with geoip, and what it costs to run on metered bandwidth.
- [How to use Patchright with a proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/how-to-use-patchright/): Installing it, the proxy call, and the one launch argument worth adding.
- [How to use playwright-stealth](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/how-to-use-playwright-stealth/): Installing it, wrapping a Playwright session, setting a proxy, and reading back what the page sees.
- [How to use SeleniumBase UC mode](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/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.
- [How to use undetected-chromedriver with a proxy](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/undetected-chromedriver-proxy-setup/): Installing it, attaching a proxy, handling credentials, and the version pin it needs before it will launch at all.
- [Proxy or scraping API? The break-even is page weight](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/proxy-or-scraping-api-the-break-even-math/): Per-GB and per-request prices cannot be compared until you convert one into the other. The conversion factor is your average response size.
- [Scraping API or managed browser? What each one sells](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/scraping-api-vs-browser-api/): 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.
- [Smartproxy is Decodo: what carries over](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/smartproxy-is-decodo-vendor-rename/): The domain smartproxy.com now redirects to decodo.com. Same company, team and network. Reviews you find are filed under the old name.
- [The FBI seized NetNut. What it means if you were a customer](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/netnut-seizure-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.
- [Unlimited bandwidth proxies: where the real limit is](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/unlimited-bandwidth-what-the-fine-print-says/): No unlimited plan removes the meter. It moves to speed, threads, ports or addresses. What each one counts, quoted from the vendors' own policies.
- [What a captcha solve actually costs](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/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.
- [What proxy vendors disclose, September 2026](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/proxy-vendor-disclosure-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.
- [Who writes the proxy comparisons you find](https://www.proxy-compare.com/blog/who-writes-the-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.