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.
Best Chrome Proxy Extensions: Free & Premium
Choosing the best proxy for the Chrome browser is necessary for accessing restricted sites. However, not all extensions work the same way, and two things have changed in the last year: Oxylabs, Webshare, Bright Data, and Decodo include proxies. The rest are managers; you supply the proxy server. Most free claims in this category conflate…
Oxylabs vs Bright Data: Pricing & Benchmark Comparison
Oxylabs and Bright Data are two of the largest proxy providers used for large-scale web scraping and automation. To better understand how these providers perform, we conducted benchmark tests comparing success rates and response times across three proxy types: Residential proxies showed similar success rates between Oxylabs and Bright Data, with both providers fluctuating between…
Shared Proxies: Benchmark Results & Providers
Shared proxies are the entry point for most scraping operations; they’re cheap enough to test with and abundant enough to scale. That trade-off plays out differently depending on which proxy type you’re buying. In our benchmark across residential, datacenter, and mobile shared proxy networks, the performance spread between providers was wide in some categories and…
Static Proxies: What They Are & the Best Providers
Static proxies use an IP address that remains the same rather than changing with each request or session. In practice, the term usually refers to datacenter proxies and ISP proxies (static residential proxies), because both are designed for long-lived identity and stable sessions. A static proxy is a proxy server that assigns you a single…
Top Spotify Proxy Servers & Proxy Settings
Spotify’s proxy controls are available in the desktop app. The desktop client supports HTTP, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies, plus an autodetect option that inherits your operating system’s proxy settings and a no-proxy default. There is no in-app proxy field on iOS or Android; mobile routing is handled at the OS or VPN level, which is…
Best Video Proxies: Benchmark Results
High latency, bandwidth bottlenecks, and aggressive IP blocking make video data extraction one of the most challenging tasks. A standard proxy setup often can’t keep up with the advanced anti-bot measures used to protect streaming content. If you want to watch a blocked or geo-restricted video, use a free web proxy tool rather than a…
Best US Proxies: American Proxy Servers
Finding a reliable US residential proxy is critical for navigating high-traffic sites like Amazon, eBay, and Walmart. We tested and ranked the top US proxy services across 100+ unique URLs every 15 minutes to measure real-world success rates and speed. Based on our benchmark, here is which provider to choose for your specific objective: See…
Unlimited Residential & Datacenter Bandwidth
Most providers advertise unlimited proxies, but almost none are truly unlimited. In practice, unlimited means governed by a fair-use policy (FUP): you can send traffic without a stated cap until you hit a hidden GB or concurrency threshold. Quick take by policy type: Compare the bandwidth policies behind unlimited claims across residential, ISP, datacenter, and…
Best Enterprise Proxy Servers
We tested the best enterprise proxy service providers with 30 million requests, across 100,000 parallel requests, to identify the most reliable options for large-scale operations. See the top performance leaders based on our benchmark. Detailed reviews for all providers are included below. All benchmarked providers delivered a high success rate (at least ~80%) and fast…
Best Dedicated Proxies
When you buy dedicated proxy services, you get exclusive access to a private dedicated IP that isn’t shared with other users. Unlike shared proxies, dedicated proxy servers offer more stability and higher success rates. In this guide, we compare the best dedicated proxies across residential, ISP, and datacenter categories to help you find the most…