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Guide
The Cheapest Residential Proxies in 2026 (Honestly Compared)
What 10 GB of residential traffic costs at 57 providers and ours, re-checked November 6, 2026: the cheapest for a small buyer, at volume, and the catches.
July 17, 2026 · 14 min read
Guide
How Much Do Proxies Cost? Real 2026 Prices by Type
Proxy prices in 2026 by type, from 862 verified rows across 42 providers: entry rates, advertised floors against what you pay, and the real cost of free.
July 17, 2026 · 23 min read
Comparison
Best Residential Proxies 2026: 10 Providers Compared on Published Facts
Ten residential proxy providers and ours, compared from their own pages in October 2026: the price of 10 GB and 100 GB, billing, expiry, targeting and payment.
September 1, 2026 · 12 min read
Data study
Residential Proxy Price Study 2026: What 58 Providers Charge per GB
Residential proxy prices in 2026 on 58 price lists, ours included: the median per GB at 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 GB, the spread and the fall since 2022.
August 3, 2026 · 12 min read
Explainer
What Is a Residential Proxy? How It Works and Where the IPs Come From
A residential proxy sends your requests out through a home's internet address. How the gateway and the exit device work, what sites see, and where the IPs come from.
July 3, 2026 · 14 min read
Explainer
What Is a Proxy? How a Proxy Server Works, the Types and What a Site Sees
What is a proxy? A server that sends your requests for you, so the site sees its IP. How it works, the types, what a site sees, and what each costs per GB.
July 18, 2026 · 14 min read
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Explainer
The history of Scrapy: what it is, how it works and how 18 years of commits made it
The history of Scrapy, a Python framework for crawling sites, first committed in June 2008: what version 2.20.0 contains, read from 11,758 commits.
November 14, 2026 · 13 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Russia: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Russia: which networks Russian IPs come from, which sellers still offer them, seller pools against the registry, and the price.
November 13, 2026 · 6 min read
Explainer
The history of Scrapling: what it is, how it works and how it changed in 55 releases
The history of Scrapling, a Python web scraping framework with 101,070 GitHub stars: what version 0.5.1 contains, read from all 1,825 commits.
November 12, 2026 · 14 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Israel: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Israel: which networks Israeli IPs come from, how many users share one address, seller pools against the registry, and the price.
November 11, 2026 · 8 min read
Explainer
Dolphin Anty browser: use cases, proxy setup and features, by its own team
Dolphin Anty is an antidetect browser for running many accounts: separate profiles, fingerprints, proxies in bulk and automation. A guest post by its own team.
November 9, 2026 · 12 min read
Data study
How Many IPv4 Addresses Are There? Who Holds Them, Country by Country
There are 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses. Our count of the five registries' files shows who holds them, when each ran out, and how many users share each one.
November 8, 2026 · 9 min read
Explainer
Ghjrcb? You Mean Proxies. Вы имели в виду прокси?
Ghjrcb is прокси, Russian for proxy, typed on English keys. Get residential proxies from $0.23/GB, or switch your keyboard back in one shortcut.
November 6, 2026 · 9 min read
Tutorial
How to Set Up CloakBrowser With Residential Proxies
CloakBrowser takes the proxy you pass at launch. Connect an HProxy residential line in Python or JavaScript, match timezone and locale to the exit IP with geoip, and keep one profile and one sticky session per account.
November 4, 2026 · 10 min read
Guide
Cheap Datacenter Proxies in 2026: Who Charges the Least
Cheap datacenter proxies in 2026: shared IPs from 3 cents, dedicated IPs from $1 for 30 days, $0.30 per GB. Prices from 13 sellers and what each leaves out.
November 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Cheap Proxies in 2026: The Lowest Real Prices by Type
Cheap proxies in 2026, by type: shared datacenter IPs from 3 cents, residential from $0.30 per GB, mobile from $2. What each price buys and what it leaves out.
November 2, 2026 · 8 min read
Comparison
Best Mobile Proxies 2026: 11 Providers Compared on Published Facts
Eleven mobile proxy providers and ours, compared from their own pages on October 26, 2026: price per GB, smallest purchase, carrier targeting and terms.
October 26, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Algeria: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Algeria: Telecom Algeria holds 92.6% of Algerian IPs, why seller pools look huge, why free proxies fail, and how to pay by card.
October 26, 2026 · 5 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Argentina: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Argentina: one network announces 42.9% of Argentine IPs, seller pools reach 33% of the registry, free proxies and the price.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Australia: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Australia: how to get an Australian IP, which networks Australian IPs come from, seller pools against the registry, and the price.
October 26, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Azerbaijan: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Azerbaijan: 773,376 IPv4 addresses, the largest record mostly idle, a seller claiming 110% of them, free proxies, the price.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Bangladesh: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Bangladesh: 1,821 holders share its 2.09 million IPs, three sellers claim more than that, free proxies fail, and you pay by card.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Bolivia: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Bolivia: Nuevatel, Entel and Cotas announce 69.9% of Bolivian IPs, seller pools reach 64% of the registry, the price.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for China: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for China: 343 million IPv4 addresses, China Telecom's records lead, seller pools reach 3.2%, card payment, free proxies, the price.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Colombia: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Colombia: five operator networks announce 89.8% of Colombian IPs, seller pools reach 18% of the registry, free proxies, the price.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Cyprus: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Cyprus: Cyta holds 40.4% of Cypriot IPs, one record spans 30 networks, seller pools, free proxies and the price.
October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Czechia: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Czechia: O2, Vodafone and T-Mobile networks announce 46.0% of Czech IPs, seller pools, free proxies and the price.
October 26, 2026 · 5 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Egypt: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Egypt: six registry records hold 98% of Egyptian IPs, how seller pools compare with that space, paying by card, and the price.
October 26, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for Finland: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for Finland: Elisa, Telia and DNA hold 59.1% of Finnish IPs, IPv6 51.6%, seller pools, free proxies and the price.
October 26, 2026 · 5 min read
Guide
Buy a Residential Proxy for France: Networks, Payment and Prices
Buy a residential proxy for France: Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues hold 67.7% of French IPs, IPv6 reaches 85.8%, seller pools, free proxies and the price.
October 26, 2026 · 7 min read
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