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Compare Proxy Providers and Proxy Types

Comparisons of proxy types and providers, each built from the providers' own pricing pages and docs, with the date the facts were checked next to every row.

Compare proxy typesHow these pages are made

Proxy types side by side

Most buying mistakes happen one step before the provider: the wrong kind of IP for the job. Mobile, residential, ISP and datacenter addresses differ in where they come from, who else uses them and how sites treat them. Pick the type first, then the provider.

Provider alternatives

An alternative page starts from the provider you use now: what it sells, how it bills and where a dedicated mobile line does the job better or worse. Large pool providers come first, then the mobile proxy specialists.

  • Mobile proxy alternatives hub
    The question it answers
    The index of mobile proxy specialists we compare with dedicated lines, one page each.
    Reviewed
  • SOAX alternative
    The question it answers
    SOAX plans set against dedicated per-line mobile proxies, from public pricing pages.
    Reviewed
  • DataImpulse alternative
    The question it answers
    Per-GB traffic against a line billed per period, compared at the volumes buyers use.
    Reviewed
  • ProxyEmpire alternative
    The question it answers
    ProxyEmpire mobile plans against dedicated lines: billing, rotation control and setup.
    Reviewed
  • Bright Data alternative
    The question it answers
    Bright Data mobile plans against dedicated lines.
    Reviewed
  • Oxylabs alternative
    The question it answers
    Oxylabs mobile proxies against dedicated lines.
    Reviewed
  • IPRoyal alternative
    The question it answers
    IPRoyal mobile plans against dedicated lines.
    Reviewed
  • NetNut alternatives
    The question it answers
    NetNut status and how to plan a replacement.
    Reviewed
  • Webshare alternatives
    The question it answers
    Alternatives to Webshare by product and workload.
    Reviewed
  • Proxidize alternative
    The question it answers
    Running your own modems against a managed service.
    Reviewed

Mobile proxy specialists

One page per provider, all reviewed on .

Head to head

Two named products on one page, for when the shortlist is already down to a pair.

  • Decodo vs Oxylabs
    The question it answers
    Two large pool providers on mobile pricing and targeting.
    Reviewed
  • SOAX vs Decodo
    The question it answers
    Plans, targeting and billing units side by side.
    Reviewed
  • Decodo vs Coronium
    The question it answers
    A per-GB pool against dedicated lines.
    Reviewed
  • 3proxy vs Squid
    The question it answers
    Two proxy server packages for running your own gateway.
    Reviewed

Buyer guides

Buyer guides compare several providers or tools for one job: scraping, research, antidetect browsing, cloud phones, CAPTCHA solving or running many accounts, with what each option costs and what it is built for.

  • Best mobile proxy providers
    The question it answers
    Mobile proxy providers compared on total cost and current availability.
    Reviewed
  • Choosing proxies for web scraping
    The question it answers
    Billing model, concurrency, rotation and targeting for scrapers, from public price lists.
    Reviewed
  • Best proxies for market research
    The question it answers
    Country depth, carrier targeting and cost per study for research teams.
    Reviewed
  • Best antidetect browsers
    The question it answers
    Antidetect browsers compared on fingerprint engine, team features, price and proxy setup.
    Reviewed
  • Cloud phone providers compared
    The question it answers
    Android versions, pricing and automation across cloud phone services, and their proxy fields.
    Reviewed
  • CAPTCHA solving services compared
    The question it answers
    Solver pricing and docs side by side, and why a clean IP leaves fewer challenges to solve.
    Reviewed
  • Multi-account management tools
    The question it answers
    Schedulers, antidetect browsers, cloud phones and proxies: what each layer of the stack does.
    Reviewed

How these comparisons are made

Facts about other providers come from their own public pricing pages, documentation and terms, read on the date in the Reviewed column. Where a provider changes a price after that date, its own page is the one to trust. Coronium figures are read from the live catalog when the page loads, so they move with stock and price changes.

Whatever you compare, five questions decide the real cost. The answers are usually on the provider's own site; the table says where to look.

  • Billed per GB or per line?
    Why it changes the price
    Per-GB bills grow with traffic. A line costs the same whether you send a little or a lot.
    Where to find the answer
    The unit printed next to the price.
  • A shared pool or one device?
    Why it changes the price
    In a pool, other customers leave from the same exit IPs as you, and their history follows the address.
    Where to find the answer
    Product docs: look for dedicated, exclusive or sticky, and what each word means there.
  • Who controls rotation?
    Why it changes the price
    Scraping wants frequent changes; logins want one IP per session. You need a setting for both.
    Where to find the answer
    Docs on sessions, sticky time and change-IP links.
  • What is in stock today?
    Why it changes the price
    A country count describes a catalog, not what you can buy this afternoon.
    Where to find the answer
    A live stock page or API, checked on the day you buy.
  • How short is the shortest paid plan?
    Why it changes the price
    A day of real traffic tells you more than any spec sheet, for the price of a day.
    Where to find the answer
    The checkout, before you commit to a month.

For reference, a Coronium line costs from $7 for 24 hours and from $97 for 30 days today, per dedicated line.

The buying side of these questions, applied to mobile proxies, is in the guide to the best mobile proxy providers.

Comparison questions

Why do the review dates differ?

Each page carries the date its facts were last checked against the providers' own sites. Proxy pricing changes often, so treat anything older than a few months as a starting point and confirm the price on the provider's page before you buy.

Is Coronium in these comparisons?

Where it sells the product being compared. A page that shows a Coronium price reads it from the live catalog, and the others link to the current price list, so the figure you compare is what the dashboard charges today.

How should I read a provider's "from" price?

As the price of the smallest unit at the largest commitment. Work out the cost of your own month instead: your traffic or your line count, at the plan you would really buy, with any setup or add-on fees.

Which comparison should I start with?

If you are still choosing a proxy type, start with the proxy types table. If you already know you want mobile proxies, start with the buyer guide and then the alternative page for the provider you are moving from.