HProxy vs PacketStream.io: Residential Prices, the $50 Minimum and the Terms (2026)

Compared against PacketStream

If a country is all the targeting you need, HProxy's Residential Lite undercuts PacketStream at every size. Lite costs $0.50 for one GB and falls to $0.44 per GB at 2,000 GB+, while PacketStream charges $1.00 throughout. Our Residential Premium costs more than PacketStream at small sizes and reaches $1.00/GB at 1,000 GB+, the same as PacketStream's $1.00 today. The extra buys city and network targeting, UDP and sessions of up to 24 hours. Everything on PacketStream's side comes from its pricing page, FAQ, docs and terms as they stood on October 22, 2026. HProxy sells residential proxies as well, so read our side of this with that in mind.

PacketStream.io vs HProxy at a glance

PacketStream sells one residential product at one price. Its targeting is country only, which matches our Lite pool. Our Premium pool adds the targeting and session lengths PacketStream does not offer.

The PacketStream column is taken from its own pages, fetched by our server. The HProxy column is taken from our live catalog, the product sheet in our dashboard, our terms and our refund policy.

How much does PacketStream charge per GB?

PacketStream charges $1.00 per GB at every size, with no volume step. It charged the same in our reads of July 2 and August 3, and again on August 10 and October 22, 2026. Our two pools step down with volume.

What that means for your job:

• Country targeting only. At $0.50 for one GB and $0.44 from 2,000 GB+, Lite stays under PacketStream at every size. Its one-GB price sits 50 percent below PacketStream's rate.
• The first purchase. PacketStream's smallest order is $50 for 50 GB. That much Lite would cost $25, and you can start with a $3 top-up.
• State, city or network targeting. PacketStream does not offer it, so Premium is the comparison only for jobs PacketStream cannot do.
• Large volumes. At 1,000 GB+, Premium costs $1.00 per GB, the same as PacketStream, with more targeting on top.

How do targeting and sessions compare?

• Targeting. PacketStream targets by country with two-letter ISO codes. If that country has no free exit, its FAQ says the request "fails rather than falling back to another location". Lite works at the same country level. Premium can also narrow to a state, a city, a network (ASN) or a device type.
• Sessions. A PacketStream session ID keeps one exit "for up to 60 minutes". If the home connection behind it disconnects, the session fails. On Premium, one exit can stay with you from 3 minutes up to 24 hours, long enough for a login or a slow checkout. On Lite, the exit follows the session ID you set.

What about protocols and UDP?

PacketStream recommends an HTTPS gateway on port 31111, which encrypts the link between your client and the proxy. It also runs SOCKS5 on port 31113 and plain HTTP on port 31112. Each of our pools gives you HTTP and SOCKS5 lines. Premium can also pass UDP through SOCKS5, an option you turn on for each generated line. PacketStream's pages do not list UDP.

Payments, refunds and the first purchase

• Payment. PacketStream takes cards and PayPal, with bank transfer "by approval" for larger purchases. Our checkout accepts card, crypto, Alipay, Pix and QRIS payments.
• Minimums. PacketStream's minimum purchase is $50, and its reseller account starts at $500. You can top up HProxy with as little as $3 in crypto or $10 by card.
• Refunds. PacketStream refunds the remaining balance if you contact support "within 24 hours of purchase". Our refund policy sends unused balance back within 14 days of purchase, to the card or crypto you paid with. Bandwidth that has already been routed stays paid for.
• Expiry. PacketStream's terms say purchased balance "does not expire merely because time passes". Our terms say the same of wallet balance, unless a product shows an expiry at checkout.
• ID checks. HProxy asks for no ID when you sign up, and a normal checkout needs no documents. PacketStream's pages we read do not mention identity checks.

What is PacketStream's bandwidth-sharing side?

PacketStream calls itself a peer-to-peer residential network. People it calls Packeters run its desktop app, and their home connections carry customer traffic. A Packeter earns $0.10 per GB routed, so the household's share of a $1.00 GB is a tenth. Payouts go through PayPal from $5, within a week, minus a 3% cashout fee. Sourcing is worth understanding whoever you buy from, and how to vet a proxy provider lists the questions to ask.

Where PacketStream is the better pick

• An encrypted link to the proxy. Its HTTPS gateway keeps your login and requests off the wire between you and the proxy.
• Paying by PayPal. Our checkout does not take PayPal.
• Trial credits on request. PacketStream reviews each request, and approval and the amount are its call.
• A white-label reseller API at $1.00 per GB wholesale, from $500.
• Earning instead of buying. If you want to share bandwidth for money, that is PacketStream's other product.

Where HProxy comes out ahead

• Country-level traffic. Lite costs less than PacketStream at every size.
• A smaller first step. A $3 top-up gets you started, against PacketStream's $50 minimum.
• More control on Premium. City, state, network and device targeting, UDP over SOCKS5 and sessions of up to 24 hours.
• Time to change your mind. Unused balance can be reclaimed for 14 days, against PacketStream's 24 hours.
• More than residential. The same balance buys residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile proxies.

Which one fits your job?

Pick PacketStream if you want an HTTPS gateway or need to pay by PayPal. It also fits resellers and people who want to earn by sharing bandwidth.

Pick HProxy if you want country-level residential traffic for less per GB, starting from a few dollars. Choose Premium when the job needs a city, a network, UDP or a session longer than an hour.

Try our free tools first

Before you spend anything, our proxy checker and live free proxy list let you confirm a tool's proxy settings for free. What a residential proxy is explains the product both sides sell. For the wider market, cheapest residential proxies in 2026 ranks PacketStream among the rest. HProxy residential traffic starts at $0.50 for one GB, and full pricing shows every rate.

What this page could not check

• Performance. We ran no tests on PacketStream's network or on ours, so speed, success rates and blocks are outside this page.
• Network claims. What PacketStream says about its network is its own statement, and we publish no such figures for HProxy.
• Support. PacketStream says its support works around the clock with no promised response time. We did not contact it.
• A snapshot. Prices and terms can move without notice, so recheck after December 22, 2026.

Sources

• PacketStream's pricing page, FAQ, documentation and homepage, fetched by our server on October 22, 2026.
• PacketStream, Terms of Service, last updated October 6, 2026, read October 22, 2026.
• PacketStream's rate in our price records on July 2, August 3 and August 10, 2026.
• Our own price catalog and the product sheet in our dashboard, October 22, 2026.
• Our refund policy, identity checks page and terms of service as published on October 22, 2026.
• Search demand from Google Keyword Planner and Autocomplete on October 22, 2026: "packetstream proxy" at 110 a month worldwide and "packetstream review" at 50.