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✓ last verified 2026-08-07 · every rate linked from this page was read from the provider’s live pricing page on that date · how we verify
Two providers side by side on rates we read ourselves, with the full tier tables for both and a verdict that says which one wins at which volume. Where a provider’s pricing could not be verified, the comparison says so rather than repeating numbers from elsewhere — an unanswerable comparison is more useful than a confident wrong one.
All comparisons
- Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) vs Oxylabs
- Bright Data vs Oxylabs
- Decodo (ex-Smartproxy) vs Bright Data
- IPRoyal vs Webshare
- SOAX vs Decodo (ex-Smartproxy)
- Oxylabs vs SOAX
- IPRoyal vs Decodo (ex-Smartproxy)
- NetNut vs Oxylabs
- ScraperAPI vs ScrapingBee
- Apify vs Zyte
What these pages actually compare
Every comparison contains the same four things: an at-a-glance table of both providers across residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter products; the complete verified tier table for each; a scenario-based verdict (which provider is cheaper at 10 GB, at 100 GB, at a terabyte); and an explicit statement of what we could not verify.
What they do not contain is a score. We do not run independent success-rate or latency benchmarks yet, so ranking two providers on ‘quality’ would be opinion presented as measurement. When the testing panel ships (methodology), these pages change and the changelog will record it.
The comparison that matters most is usually volume
Across the providers we track, per-GB rates fall by a factor of 2× to 7× between the entry tier and the best published tier. That means the answer to “which is cheaper” frequently reverses depending on how much traffic you buy — a provider that is cheapest at 10 GB can be the most expensive at a terabyte. Every verdict on these pages states the crossover volume rather than naming a single winner.
Where to go next
- Pricing matrix — all providers at once instead of two
- Alternatives pages — one provider against the whole field
- Best residential proxies
FAQ
Which proxy provider is best?
There is no single answer, and any site giving one without published benchmarks is guessing. On verified price the floor is DataImpulse at $1.00/GB; on published self-serve ladders Decodo and Webshare; on enterprise procurement Oxylabs and Bright Data; on geo-tiered targeting SOAX.
Do you take payment for placement in these comparisons?
No. Rankings are computed from the verified dataset, and providers with no affiliate programme are covered identically to those with one — including when the non-paying provider is cheaper.