Proxy & scraping infrastructure, compared independently
Residential-proxy and scraping-API comparisons for e-commerce price monitoring, SERP tracking, ad verification and AI training-data collection. Every figure carries the date it was checked.
- Providers tracked
- 7
- Languages published
- 7
- Between cheapest and dearest at 100 GB/mo
- 5×
Providers we track
What 100 GB a month costs on the same terms at each vendor, and the day that figure was read
| Provider | At 100 GB/mo | Per GB | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
DataImpulseCheapestNever expires
| $100+VAT | $1 | |
| Thordata | $150 | $1.50 | |
| Decodoformerly Smartproxy | $275+VAT | $2.75 | |
| Bright Data | $400 | $4 | |
| IPRoyalEstimated | $490 | $4.90 | |
| Oxylabs | $500 | $5 | |
| SOAX | $500+VAT | $5 |
Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page. Rows are ordered by monthly cost — a partnership does not move one.
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| Provider | Est. monthly cost | Effective $/GB |
|---|---|---|
| DataImpulseCheapest+VATnever-expiring | $100 | $1 |
| Thordata | $150 | $1.50 |
| Decodo+VAT | $275 | $2.75 |
| Bright Data | $400 | $4 |
| IPRoyalnever-expiring $515est. | $490 | $4.90 |
| Oxylabs | $500 | $5 |
| SOAX+VAT | $500 | $5 |
At 100 GB per month, DataImpulse is the cheapest at about $100.
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