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.
- Geo ProxiesBenchmarkOct 12
We Benchmarked the Best UK Proxies
We benchmarked the top UK proxy services against high-security British domains, including social media and e-commerce sites, to identify the best UK-based residential proxies. Tested at 15-minute intervals, here are our top picks based on success rates and speed: *Ranges show the minimum and maximum of the daily average success rates and response times measured…
- Proxy TypesOpen World EvaluationOct 12
Best Search Engine Proxies: 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. We benchmarked top providers through residential IPs to all…
- Proxy Use CasesBenchmarkOct 12
Top Google Proxies: 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. See the…
- Proxy ComparisonsBenchmarkOct 12
Top Proxy Sites & Providers: Benchmark Results
We test the best proxy providers on major search, e-commerce, and social platforms. Every 20 minutes, we send a new batch of requests from servers in Europe, the US, Singapore, and Brazil. The results below compare providers on success rate and response time, followed by prices and details for each provider. We expanded our benchmark…
- Proxy TypesFeature ComparisonOct 12
We Tested the Best SOCKS5 Proxies
SOCKS5 providers differ in which proxy types carry it, which ports they allow, and whether UDP works. The full methodology is below. Cost efficiency changes with usage; the cheapest proxy provider at 10 GB is not the cheapest at 1 TB. Find your monthly volume on the x-axis before comparing: Bright Data SOCKS5 proxy connections…
- Proxy TypesBenchmarkOct 12
Best Cheap Residential Proxies
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 the main providers (both rotating residential proxies and static residential proxies) in detail further down, the table below…
- Proxy ComparisonsFeature ComparisonOct 9
Proxy Cost Calculator: Discounts & Prices
Residential proxies typically range from $1 to $15 per GB, while shared datacenter proxies can start below $0.05 per IP. We evaluated providers with volumes from 10GB to 10TB. Below is the average proxy pricing by type: Lines higher up represent cheaper prices (more data per $1). Among Bright Data, Oxylabs, and Decodo, Decodo has…
- Proxy pricingFeature ComparisonOct 9
Proxy Free Trial: How to Test Premium Proxies
Large proxy providers with residential pools require company verification for free trials. Providers with instant trials usually offer datacenter IPs. These are inexpensive for them. Many offers are labeled as free trials but are not. Some providers use the term for money-back guarantees, paid starter packages, or permanent free tiers. The next section lists what…