Proxy-Cheap puts its promise in its name, and on part of its catalog it delivers it. The rotating residential headline, though, leans on a large standing discount, which is the one thing worth understanding before you buy on the sticker. We run a competing network at a flat $0.65/GB with no promo behind it, so this comparison is really about the difference between a discounted rate and a standing one, and about where Proxy-Cheap's cheap static IPs genuinely win.
Is HProxy a good Proxy-Cheap alternative?
For rotating residential, yes. HProxy is a flat $0.65/GB, pay as you go, with no promo propping it up. Proxy-Cheap's standard rotating residential is $2.60/GB, currently discounted 70 percent to an advertised $0.78/GB. Against the standard rate we are about four times cheaper, and against the promo we are close, with the difference that our price does not reset when a discount lapses. Proxy-Cheap still wins on its cheap static residential, datacenter, and IPv6 catalog, sold per IP by the month. Match it to whether you want rotating residential by the gigabyte or dedicated IPs by the month.
The short version
- Residential price: HProxy is a flat $0.65/GB. Proxy-Cheap's standard rotating residential is $2.60/GB, currently $0.78/GB with a 70 percent promo.
- The catch: the $0.78 is a discount, not a standing rate. Our $0.65 is the price with nothing propping it up.
- Where Proxy-Cheap wins: its static catalog, static residential from about $2.12/IP/mo, datacenter IPv4 from $1.49, IPv6 from $0.15, static mobile from $3.50/proxy.
- Model: HProxy is pay as you go with a balance that never expires. Proxy-Cheap's rotating residential is consumption-based; pool size and KYC are not published.
If you want rotating residential at a rate that does not reset, the pricing section is the story. If you want cheap dedicated IPs by the month, read the Proxy-Cheap section honestly.
Proxy-Cheap pricing vs HProxy: the part that decides it
| HProxy | Proxy-Cheap | |
|---|---|---|
| Rotating residential, standard per GB | $0.65 | $2.60 |
| Advertised residential per GB | $0.65 (flat) | $0.78 (70% promo) |
| Billing model | Pay as you go | Consumption-based |
| Balance expiry | Never expires | Not published |
| Static residential | Included in range | From ~$2.12/IP/mo |
| Datacenter | Included in range | IPv4 from $1.49, IPv6 from $0.15 |
| Onboarding | Self-serve, no KYC | Self-serve |
We chart the standard $2.60/GB rather than the promo $0.78, and it is worth saying why plainly, because we want this to be checkable against Proxy-Cheap's own page. The $0.78 is a 70 percent discount, and a discount is a countdown, not a price. Charting it would mean pricing Proxy-Cheap on a number that can revert to $2.60 the day the promo ends, which is exactly the trap that makes "cheapest proxy" lists mislead. So the bar is the standing rate, and the promo is in the note. If the discount is live when you buy, you pay $0.78, and that is genuinely close to us, we are not hiding it. The point is that our $0.65 is not a promo, so it is the rate to plan a budget around.
Against the standing $2.60, HProxy is about four times cheaper on rotating residential. On a 50 GB month that is roughly $33 at HProxy against $130 at Proxy-Cheap's standard rate, or about $39 if the 70 percent promo is active. And on top of the sticker, HProxy does not charge for blocked or errored requests, so your cost per successful result stays down whether a promo is running or not, and the balance you top up never expires.
Where Proxy-Cheap genuinely wins
This is the part a marketing comparison would skip, so here it is straight.
Cheap static and datacenter IPs. Proxy-Cheap's real strength is the per-IP side of its catalog. Static residential from about $2.12 a month, datacenter IPv4 from $1.49, datacenter IPv6 from as little as $0.15, and static mobile from $3.50 a proxy are low prices for dedicated IPs. If you want a handful of fixed IPs by the month rather than rotating bandwidth, that pricing is a legitimate bargain.
A broad catalog under one roof. Beyond rotating residential, Proxy-Cheap covers static residential, datacenter, IPv6, and mobile. If your job mixes those and you want them itemised per IP, the range is real.
The promo, while it lasts. We are not going to pretend a 70 percent discount is nothing. If the promo is running and you are buying now, $0.78/GB is a low rate, close to ours. The honest caveat is only that it is a discount, so price the rate you will pay after it, the way you would with any promo.
If cheap dedicated IPs by the month are what you want, Proxy-Cheap is a fair pick, and a lower rotating rate at ours does not change that.
Where HProxy wins as a Proxy-Cheap alternative
A standing rate, not a discount. $0.65/GB is the price with nothing propping it up. You are not timing a promo or budgeting around a rate that resets to $2.60.
Cheaper rotating residential. Against Proxy-Cheap's standard $2.60/GB, HProxy is about four times cheaper, and even against the discounted $0.78 we are lower, on a rate that does not expire.
A balance that never expires, and no failure charges. What you top up stays yours, and blocked requests cost nothing, so the number that hits your card tracks the work you actually completed.
Four proxy types on one balance. HProxy sells residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile on the same account. If you are weighing rotating against fixed IPs, our rotating vs static residential proxies explainer covers which one fits which job.
Who should pick which
Pick Proxy-Cheap if you want cheap dedicated IPs by the month, static residential, datacenter, IPv6, or static mobile, where its per-IP pricing is genuinely low, or if its rotating residential promo is live and a discounted rate now outweighs a standing one later.
Pick HProxy if you want rotating residential at a flat $0.65/GB that does not reset, a balance that never expires, no charge for failed requests, and four proxy types on one account. For rotating residential bought by the gigabyte, a standing rate beats a countdown.
The trap to avoid is budgeting a long project on a promo rate. If the discount ends mid-project and the rate triples back to $2.60, the "cheap" choice was only cheap for the first invoice.
Try it before you decide
You do not have to take our word on the network. Test HProxy's free proxy checker and the live free proxy list to see the infrastructure, then start on residential at $0.65/GB pay as you go when you are ready. If you are comparing the budget field on the price a new customer actually pays after any promo, our cheapest residential proxies in 2026 breakdown puts Proxy-Cheap and the rest side by side, and our full pricing lays out every per-GB rate with nothing to sign.