9 Best Residential Proxies of 2023: Cheap, Premium, Overall - Proxyway

1. Smartproxy

The best value for the price.

Smartproxy offers great value for anyone that needs backconnect residential proxies. It strikes a rare balance of top-notch performance, affordable pricing, and enough features for most tasks. The user experience is also impeccable. There are many guides, proxy control tools, and award-winning customer support. You can start using Smartproxy with minimal interaction, as it emphasizes self-service.

Smartproxy’s only real drawbacks are no SOCKS5 support and limited targeting options (no carrier or ASN targeting).

Features:

Proxy pool: 40 million monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S)
Locations: 195 with country, state, and city targeting
Rotation: every request, 10, 30 mins
Support: award-winning 24/7 support via chat or email
Extras: API, browser extension, anti-detect browser, extensive documentation

Performance:

Factual pool size: Very large
Success rate: 99.47%
Response time: 0.61 s

Pricing:

Starts from $12.5 for 1 GB. 3-day refund available.

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Read the Smartproxy review for more information and performance tests.

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2. Oxylabs

Best premium residential proxy provider.

Oxylabs sells premium residential proxies for businesses. They cover all countries and most cities in the world, and you can even target them by ASN. The proxies have class-leading performance, are stable and highly scalable. You’ll be getting a dedicated account manager and tips to improve your scraping success.

Oxylabs may not be the best option for beginners or individual use, and it’s expensive compared to some other options.

Features:

Proxy pool: 100 million monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S)
Location: Every country, thousands of cities, ASN targeting
Rotation: every request, sticky sessions up to 30 mins
Support: 24/7 via live chat, dedicated account manager
Extras: API, browser extension, extensive documentation

Performance:

Factual pool size: Very large
Success rate: 99.57%
Response time: 0.86 s

Pricing:

Starts from $15 for 1 GB. 7-day free trial for businesses, 3-day refund for individuals.

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Read the Oxylabs review for more information and performance tests.

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3. Bright Data

Most features and best proxy management tools.

Bright Data is the largest proxy provider in the market, with a huge pool of rotating residential IPs around the world. The proxies have many features and even allow targeting by ASN. We’ve found their performance to be great when the provider didn’t impose artificial limits. Bright Data includes powerful proxy control tools, especially its open source proxy manager. You can subscribe to a pricing plan or pay as you go.

Like Oxylabs, Bright Data is mostly concerned with business customers. We wouldn’t recommend it for beginners – the service can be complex to use, and the pricing structure is somewhat confusing. There’s also strict a KYC process which rules out some gray hat use cases.

Features:

Proxy pool: 72 million monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S), SOCKS5
Locations: Every country & city, ASN and carrier targeting
Rotation: every request with customizable sticky sessions
Support: 24/7 via live chat, tickets, dedicated account manager
Extras: API, browser extension, Proxy Manager, extensive documentation

Performance:

Factual pool size: Very large
Success rate: 99.47%
Response time: 1.08 s

Pricing:

Starts from $15 for 1 GB. 7-day free trial for businesses, 3-day refund for individuals.

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4. SOAX

Stable but slow residential proxies with flexible location targeting.

SOAX controls a network of around 5 million residential proxies. It stands somewhere in the middle between cheap and premium providers, similarly to Smartproxy. SOAX’s two distinguish features are rotation and location targeting. Both are very flexible: you can choose to keep an IP anywhere from 90 seconds (or less, if you pay extra) to until it becomes unavailable, in multiple increments. Targeting-wise, SOAX lets you specify not only country, but also region, city, and ASN. The proxies aren’t fast but they work impressively well.

Otherwise, SOAX is still pretty raw. This doesn’t detract too much from the service but is noticeable. Some technical choices it’s made also raise questions: HTTP(S) traffic over SOCKS5, obligatory IP whitelisting, and limited ports for plans. All in all, choose this provider for the flexibility, if you need it.

Features:

Proxy pool: 5 million monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S) over SOCKS5
Locations: 100+ with country, city, ASN targeting
Rotation: from 90s to as long as available (with custom options)
Support: 24/7 via live chat and tickets
Extras: limited API, node access (connect to an IP directly)

Performance:

Factual pool size: Medium
Success rate: 98.87%
Response time: 1.19 s

Pricing:

From $99 for 8GB ($12.38/GB) and 300 ports. 3-day trial for $1.99 available.

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Read the SOAX review for more information and performance tests.

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5. NetNut

Premium option for large-scale use.

NetNut controls a respectable pool of rotating residential proxies from around the globe. They’re not heavy on features but cover all the essentials well. Despite having low-entry plans, NetNut works best for medium and large businesses: paying more unlocks features like dedicated support, IP whitelisting, and request-based pricing. You’ll also find very detailed statistics that let you dive deep into your proxy usage patterns.

That said, NetNut isn’t the easiest provider to use, and despite working well, its proxy infastructure still encounters more errors than the top services.

Features:

Proxy pool: 10 million monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S)
Locations: 150+ countries with country targeting
Rotation: every request or as long as the IP is available
Support: 24/7 via email, Skype (larger plans)
Extras: API (for resellers), mediocre documentation

Performance:

Factual pool size: Large
Success rate: 92.85%
Response time: 1.37 s

Pricing:

Starts from $20 for 1 GB. 7-day free trial available.

Read the NetNut review for more information and performance tests.

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6. GeoSurf

Quality rotating proxies with thousands of cities.

GeoSurf is one more premium residential proxy provider. What distinguishes it from the others is that it very much focuses on quality over quantity. The 2.5M IPs are handpicked from tier 1 countries and major consumer ISPs. Another strength is extensive location coverage (over 1,000 cities) and multiple rotation settings. Naturally, there’s an API and a browser extension to simplify tasks that require geo-targeting.

On the downside, GeoSurf is among the more expensive providers. The limited proxy pool may mean that you’ll encounter abused IPs more often. And the company recently lost a lawsuit to Bright Data, so its future is uncertain.

Features:

Proxy pool: 2.5 million monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S)
Locations: 100+ countries with 1700+ cities
Rotation: every request, sticky sessions for 1/10/30 mins
Support: 24/7 via email or Skype
Extras: API, browser extension, extensive documentation

Performance:

Factual pool size: Medium
Success rate: 93.18%
Response time: 2.2 s

Pricing:

Starts from $300/20 GB ($15/GB). Demo session available.

Read the GeoSurf review for more information and performance tests.

7. IPRoyal

Affordable proxies with flexible filtering options.

IPRoyal’s service resembles PacketStream: you pay less compared to other providers and get proxies that never expire. It performs similarly well, too. The pricing is several times more expensive at the beginning, but it scales well, reaching $3.15/GB at one terabyte of data. For this, you get more filtering and rotation options, better customer service, and access to the SOCKS5 protocol.

IPRoyal’s main flaw is the size of its proxy pool. While not exactly tiny, it’s still significantly smaller compared to other providers on this list. What’s more, the low price and ability to resell the proxies further impacts IP reputation. So, it’s definitely not the best option for large-scale use or when you need quality addresses.

Features:

Proxy pool: 250,000 monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S), SOCKS5
Locations: 150+ with country, state & city targeting
Rotation: every request to 24 hours
Support: 24/7 via live chat

Performance:

Factual pool size: Small
Success rate: 97.36%
Response time: 2.47 s

Pricing:

Starts from $7 for 1 GB.

Read the IPRoyal review for more information and performance tests.

8. PacketStream

Cheap residential IPs with a small proxy pool.

PacketStream has extremely affordable residential proxies thanks to its unique business model. It buys bandwidth directly from people and then resells it to customers. This lets PacketStream offer IPs for as little as $1/GB with pay-as-you-go pricing.

When we tested the network, the performance was competitive. But we found much fewer unique IPs than the 7 million number would suggest. As a result, you can quickly start getting duplicate proxies, especially if you select a location somewhere outside of North America or Europe. Still, its price and ease of use make PacketStream a decent option for beginners. Businesses that need a large proxy pool with great customer service should look elsewhere.

Features:

Proxy pool: 7 million monthly IPs
Protocols: HTTP(S)
Locations: 150+ with country targeting
Rotation: every request, sticky sessions for as long as available
Support: 24/7 via email
Extras: API for resellers

Performance:

Factual pool size: Small
Success rate: 97.41%
Response time: 2.46 s

Pricing:

Starts from $50/50GB ($1/GB). Free trial available.

Read the PacketStream review for more information and performance tests.

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9. Storm Proxies

Beginner-friendly proxies with unlimited bandwidth.

Storm Proxies sells rotating residential proxies in the US and EU. Its main strengths are affordable pricing, instant setup, and unlimited bandwidth. On the other hand, the provider has very narrow location coverage, fewer features, and doesn’t scale well. The performance is mediocre at best, at least when we tried it.

Overall, Storm Proxies is a good beginner’s choice if you’re working with unprotected websites and don’t want to worry about bandwidth limits. You shouldn’t use it for demanding or location-sensitive tasks.

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