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✓ last verified 2026-11-02 · every rate below was read from the provider’s live pricing page on that date · how we verify
Premium versus precision. Oxylabs publishes residential plans from $6.00/GB (5 GB) down to $2.50/GB (1 TB) and negotiates beyond that; SOAX publishes a complete geo-tiered matrix from $0.35/GB (Tier 3, Enterprise) to $5.00/GB (Tier 1, Sandbox). One is bought after a call; the other you can price yourself in thirty seconds.
At a glance
| Residential/plan pricing | Oxylabs | SOAX |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | $2.50/GB best · $6.00/GB entry · PAYG — | $1.50/GB best · $5.00/GB entry · PAYG — |
| Mobile | only starting prices visible; full tier table needs browser | not offered / not verified |
| ISP / static | only starting prices visible; full tier table needs browser | not offered / not verified |
| Datacenter | only starting prices visible; full tier table needs browser | not offered / not verified |
| Products offered | residential, isp, datacenter, mobile, scraping-api | residential, isp, mobile |
| Verification status | verified 2026-11-02 | verified 2026-11-02 |
Pricing in detail
Oxylabs — every verified tier
| Product | Plan | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| residential | Starter 5GB | $6.00/GB | one subscription covers all products: mobile $7.5–$3.5/GB, ISP $1.5–$1.1/IP, datacenter $0.6–$0.40/GB |
| residential | Basic 20GB | $5.00/GB | most popular |
| residential | Flexible 125GB | $4.00/GB | |
| residential | Enterprise 1TB+ | $2.50/GB | VAT may apply |
SOAX — every verified tier
| Product | Plan | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| residential | Sandbox | $5.00/GB | Tier1 geo (US/UK/AU/JP); resi+mobile shared credits |
| residential | Builder $200/mo | $3.00/GB | Tier1 geo; 500 credits; +VAT |
| residential | Team $500/mo | $2.20/GB | Tier1 geo; 1500 credits; +VAT |
| residential | Scale $1500/mo | $1.50/GB | Tier1 geo; 3000 credits; +VAT; Enterprise from $0.85 T1 |
Which should you pick?
Pick SOAX for transparent, targeting-heavy work
Every rate is published by geography and plan, and filtering (city, carrier, ASN) is a first-class feature rather than an upsell. For research and multi-country scraping, that combination is hard to beat.
Pick Oxylabs for enterprise assurance
ISO-certified processes, account management, and procurement-friendly contracting. Its $6.00/GB entry is a starting point that moves at volume — but you’ll need a conversation to learn your real number.
Verification note
SOAX’s full matrix is verified (2026-11-02). Oxylabs now publishes a four-plan residential ladder ($6.00/GB at 5 GB to $2.50/GB at 1 TB), verified the same day; in November it moved to a single subscription with published ladders for its mobile, ISP and datacenter lines too.
Neither provider pays for placement here. Both profiles — Oxylabs and SOAX — carry the full verified tier tables and change history.
FAQ
Is SOAX cheaper than Oxylabs?
On published numbers, clearly: SOAX Tier 1 runs $1.50–$5.00/GB against Oxylabs’ $6.00/GB on its smallest plan ($2.50/GB at 1 TB), and SOAX’s lower geo tiers go far below that. Oxylabs negotiates at volume, so enterprise contracts may close the gap.
Which has better geo-targeting?
SOAX is the more granular of the two on published capability, with city, region and carrier-level filtering across its pool. Oxylabs offers targeting too, but SOAX makes it the centre of the product.
Why is Oxylabs’ pricing hard to verify?
It is easier than it was: on 2 November 2026 its residential page showed four plans, from $6.00/GB (5 GB, $30/mo) to $2.50/GB (1 TB, $2,500/mo). On 2 November 2026 its single-subscription pricing page also showed ladders for mobile ($7.50 to $3.50/GB), ISP ($1.50 to $1.10/IP) and datacenter ($0.60 to $0.40/GB); the 1 TB+ Enterprise plan starts at $2,500/month and goes through sales.
What is the alternative to Oxylabs?
Oxylabs’s verified residential rates run $2.50–$6.00/GB; the verified field is compared at the pricing matrix. The cheapest flat rate in our dataset is DataImpulse at $1.00/GB, with Webshare ($1.40–$3.50/GB) and Decodo ($2.75–$4.00/GB) the usual self-serve swaps — which one fits depends on volume and billing shape, not a single ‘best’.
Which Socks5 is the best?
SOCKS5 is a protocol, not a pool — most providers expose the same residential network over HTTP and SOCKS5 at the same per-GB rate, so ‘best SOCKS5’ resolves to the same ranking as best residential. The rate cards no longer differ on protocol: Oxylabs no longer quotes a separate SOCKS5 rate; its residential plans list SOCKS5 among supported protocols at the same per-GB price (checked 2 November 2026). Pick by the rate table and confirm protocol support at checkout.
Which proxy provider is best?
No single best exists, and rankings without published benchmarks are opinion. On verified pricing: DataImpulse holds the flat-rate floor ($1.00/GB), Decodo and Webshare lead self-serve, Oxylabs and Bright Data lead enterprise, SOAX leads geo-targeting. The full ranked table with every verified rate is on our best-residential-proxies page.
Is Oxylabs worth it?
‘Worth it’ is a volume question, not a brand question. Oxylabs’s verified rates ($2.50–$6.00/GB) price it at the premium end of the 12 providers we verify. It earns that premium when you need what it uniquely sells — see the verdict sections above — and wastes money when a cheaper verified provider covers your targets. Run the smallest paid test on your own workload before deciding; that answer beats anyone’s review.
How much does Oxylabs cost per month?
Verified 2026-11-02: residential from $6.00/GB at entry down to $2.50/GB at the best published tier — full table with source URL on the Oxylabs profile.