Proxies: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

The top proxies we've tested are easy to use and offer affordable plans that will fit into your advertising, development, or content generation budget.

Proxies work differently than VPNs—and in some cases, they can route traffic with less overhead for faster browsing and data requests.

It's a close matchup on paper, but key differences in pricing, proxy scale, and transparency ultimately separate these two providers. Let's break it down.

At first glance, these two proxy services appear evenly matched, with global coverage and vast proxy pools. But a closer look reveals key differences you should weigh before making a decision.

Webshare offers reliable, genuinely free proxies and bulk discount pricing, though it lacks some helpful options offered by competitors.

NetNut is a no-frills proxy service that lacks flashy features, but its top-notch customer service and quick setup make it stand out among the competition.

Decodo offers flexible pricing options for small to medium-sized businesses, plus well-designed, beginner-friendly tools that make using proxies painless.

Storm Proxies offers servers with unlimited bandwidth for targeted use cases, but otherwise falls short of the competition in a number of key areas.

Soax offers affordable monthly proxy packages and a slick, well-organized dashboard to help individuals and small businesses monitor their data use and more.

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Bright Data provides a massive pool of datacenter, ISP, mobile, and residential proxies, making it a good choice for enterprise customers that can handle its above-average prices.

In addition to offering city-level location targeting, free trials, and reliable customer support, Oxylabs also makes it easy to integrate its proxy services with powerful market analysis, website comparison, and web scraping tools.

VPNs offer a secure connection, but if you want faster speeds and easier setup, a proxy might be a better choice. Here’s why it could be a smarter option for everyday tasks like browsing or streaming.

Web scraping is an automated method of collecting data from websites and storing it in a structured format. We explain popular tools for getting that data and what you can do with it.

There’s a lot to like about IPRoyal, but the company��s questionable pricing and refund policies place it behind some competing proxy services.

MarsProxies is exceedingly easy to use and offers a wide variety of pricing options and server types.

Proxies are simple, affordable tools for changing your IP address while you conduct market research, buy sneakers, or get the best travel deals. We explain how we test them to determine which proxy service is the best, and for whom.

When do you need a proxy, and when would a VPN be a better option? We describe both systems and provide real-world use cases to help you decide which is best for your home or office.

Hide.me Proxy is free and fulfills the simplest of needs in protecting your online privacy, but it's buggy and omits many of the features we've seen in competing services.

A proxy server is an easy and secure way to protect your identity online. But is it better than a VPN? We explain how proxies work and whether you should be using one.