Web Proxies
Web proxies are servers that act as a middleman between your device and the internet, allowing you to remain anonymous, access geo-restricted material, and collect scalable web data. We benchmarked the most popular proxy services to compare their speed, reliability, and effectiveness for data collection.
Top Google Proxies for Scalable Google Scraping (2026 Benchmark)
Google proxies have become essential infrastructure for extracting data from Google at scale. Whether you are tracking rankings across hundreds of locations, verifying ads, or feeding SERP data into an SEO platform. To find out which providers hold up under real load, we sent 5,000 requests to Google search results through residential IPs and measured…
Best Search Engine Proxies: 2026 Benchmark
Search engines are among the toughest targets our team scrapes at AIMultiple. Google, Bing, and Yandex flag and throttle automated queries within a handful of requests from the same address, so a proxy that sails through an ordinary website can still stall on a results page. To see which providers actually hold up, we benchmarked…
8 Best Chrome Proxy Extensions in 2026: Free & Premium
Choosing the best proxy for the Chrome browser is necessary for accessing restricted sites. However, not all extensions work the same way. To find the right tool, you first need to understand the two main categories of Chrome proxy extensions: Universal proxy managers: These allow you to use proxies from any provider. For users who…
12 Best & Cheapest Residential Proxies in 2026 (Tested & Ranked)
As AIMultiple’s CTO, I lead data collection from thousands of websites. To identify reliable residential proxy providers, we benchmark across 10 vendors and process 2,880 requests per day, or 86,400 over a 30-day period. While we analyze 12 providers (both rotating residential proxies and static residential proxies) in detail further down, the table below highlights…
Ranked the Top 12 Antidetect Browsers in 2026
Antidetect browsers protect your online identity and simplify managing multiple online accounts. Professionals in advertising, eCommerce, and SEO can use these tools to appear as new users with each login. We evaluated the best antidetect browsers for performance and usability. Below is our review of the best free and paid options. Best anti-detect browser comparison:…
Best Gaming Proxies for Live Games, Launchers & Stores
The right gaming proxy server depends on the traffic you need to route. Live game-client traffic may require SOCKS5 with UDP support and open target ports, while launchers, storefronts, marketplaces, account pages, and regional availability checks often work over HTTP(S) or TCP-based SOCKS5. SOCKS5 can support UDP through the UDP ASSOCIATE command, but provider support…
Best Indian Proxies: Benchmark-Based Ranking
We benchmarked leading India proxy server providers using the same target schedule and URL pool. Each provider sent one request to the same URL every 10 minutes across major Indian platforms, including Flipkart, Amazon India, and IndiaMART. The ranking below is based on the benchmark charts. Success rate was weighted more heavily than average response…
IPv6 Proxy Providers Compared by Pricing & Performance
The term IPv6 proxy does not describe a single product type. Vendors may provide IPv6 support for residential, datacenter, ISP proxies, or combinations. For example, some proxy vendors support IPv6-only residential routing but do not offer IPv6 for datacenter or ISP proxies. We measured providers’ performance across residential and datacenter proxies to evaluate the network…
Best Instagram Proxies for 2026: Residential & Mobile IPs
Instagram restricts and flags accounts that automate access to or scrape Instagram data at scale. 10 Managing multiple Instagram accounts or running Instagram automation safely often requires a reliable proxy provider. We evaluated the top Instagram proxy providers for reliability and geographic coverage: Pricing of the best Instagram proxy services The table below summarizes the…
Best Japan Proxies: Success Rate & Response Time
We evaluated top Japan residential proxies across 1,000 URLs per domain every 10 minutes. Vendors were measured against the same target domains, from the same benchmark location, using the same request frequency and URL rotation strategy. Overall, the top providers performed closely enough that most buyers should not choose based on success rate alone. Instead,…