HProxy vs ProxyEmpire.io: Residential Prices, the 50% Code and the Terms (2026)

Compared against ProxyEmpire

ProxyEmpire's rotating residential costs $3.50 per GB for 1 GB and $1.50 at 1,000 GB. Those prices include a 50% code its pricing page applies by itself. Our Residential Premium, with similar city and network targeting, runs $1.49/GB for one GB and $1.00/GB at 1,000 GB+. That undercuts every rung ProxyEmpire publishes. When a country is enough, Residential Lite costs $0.50 for one GB. ProxyEmpire answers with ZIP and ISP targeting, a $1.97 trial, PayPal and unlimited plans billed by speed. Its pricing page, terms, refund policy and help center were all read on October 22, 2026. As a seller of residential proxies ourselves, we have a stake in this comparison.

ProxyEmpire.io vs HProxy at a glance

ProxyEmpire's rotating residential plan targets down to city, ZIP code, ISP and ASN, so our Premium pool is the fair match. Lite covers the jobs where a country is all you need.

ProxyEmpire's column rests on its pricing page, terms, refund policy and help center, each fetched by our server. HProxy's column rests on our catalog, the dashboard's product sheet, the refund policy and the terms of service.

What does ProxyEmpire charge per GB?

ProxyEmpire sells rotating residential traffic in nine steps, from 1 GB to custom plans of 5 TB and up. The prices below include its EMPIRE50 code, which its pricing page applies when you buy there.

Beside each rung, the page shows a struck-through list price twice as high. It runs from $7.00 per GB for 1 GB to $3.00 at 1,000 GB. The chart puts three rungs beside our Premium pool, the like-for-like match.

Put to work, the numbers say this:

• City, state or ASN targeting. At $1.49/GB for one GB, Premium already costs less than ProxyEmpire's lowest published rate, $1.50 at 1,000 GB.
• When a country is enough. Lite runs $0.50/GB for one GB and $0.44/GB at 2,000 GB+, and ProxyEmpire's one-GB price is seven times that.
• A 60 GB order. ProxyEmpire's Startup plan costs $150, and 60 GB of Lite costs $30.
• 5 TB a month and up. ProxyEmpire quotes custom plans from $0.75 per GB. That starting price is below Premium's $1.00/GB and above Lite's $0.44/GB.

For how discounts and plan sizes move what you really pay, see how much do proxies cost.

Is the 50% code the real price?

For a buyer today, yes. The pricing page applies EMPIRE50 by itself when you buy there, and ProxyEmpire's own price summary quotes the discounted rates. The half price also has a history:

• August 14, 2025. An archived copy of ProxyEmpire's residential page shows $7 for 1 GB and $3 at 1,000 GB, with no code.
• February 12, 2026. The same page shows $3.50 and $1.50, beside a code named PROMO50.
• August and October 2026. Our reads of August 3, August 10 and October 22 found the same ladder under EMPIRE50.

ProxyEmpire's promo page calls the code "Limited time" and gives no end date. If it ends, the ladder doubles back to the list price. We compare the price you pay today and keep the list price in view. ProxyEmpire was one of seven sellers in the permanent proxy sale whose August discount carried no end date. Proxy-Cheap runs a long discount too, which our Proxy-Cheap comparison tracks.

How do plans, renewals and top-ups work?

• 1 GB at a time. The Pay As You Go plan sells 1 GB once, at $3.50 with the code.
• Packages paid by card renew. ProxyEmpire's help center says paying for a package by card "starts a monthly subscription". It renews on the same day each month until you cancel in the dashboard.
• Crypto packages do not. They are one-time payments, with a 5% processing fee.
• Custom amounts. A top-up of any number of GB is a one-time purchase "at your current rate".
• Unused traffic. ProxyEmpire's bandwidth never expires, and you can spend it without an active subscription. Deleting the account loses it.
• HProxy. Nothing renews here. A top-up can be as small as $3 in crypto or $10 by card, and under our terms that balance has no end date.

Targeting, sessions and protocols

• Targeting. ProxyEmpire targets country, state, city, ZIP code, ISP, ASN and OS at no extra charge. Lite chooses by country. On Premium you can pick a state, a city, an ASN or a device as well.
• Sessions. ProxyEmpire's Same IP mode keeps an exit until you rotate it or the device behind it goes offline, which can pass 2 hours. Its timer rotates the IP after at most 2 hours. Premium sessions run from 3 minutes to a full day, and Lite sessions follow a session ID.
• Protocols and login. Each side offers HTTP(S) and SOCKS5. ProxyEmpire logs you in by username and password, while Premium also lets up to 150 allowlisted addresses connect.
• UDP. ProxyEmpire's docs say UDP "is not supported on any proxy type". Premium forwards UDP over SOCKS5 once you enable it on a line.
• Ports. ProxyEmpire opens target ports 80 and 443 by default. Other ports, and websites it blocks by default, need an identity check and a review of your use case. Port 25 is never opened.

Refunds, trials and ID checks

• ProxyEmpire. Its refund policy says "All sales and charges are final". It reviews requests case by case, never refunds crypto payments and refunds nothing for canceling.
• HProxy. Our refund policy gives back unused balance for 14 days after a purchase, by the card or crypto you used. GB already routed are not refunded.
• Trial. ProxyEmpire sells a $1.97 trial with 100 MB of residential and 50 MB of mobile traffic. Free trials go to companies that apply by email. HProxy has no trial.
• ID checks. ProxyEmpire's help center says the trial and ordinary plans need no KYC, and its terms let it review each new account before activating it. Signing up with HProxy needs no ID, and neither does a normal top-up.
• Business use only. ProxyEmpire's terms limit its service to business use and exclude individuals acting as consumers.

Where ProxyEmpire is the better pick

• ZIP code and ISP targeting. Neither of our pools offers them.
• A $1.97 trial. It includes residential and mobile traffic and costs less than our smallest top-up.
• PayPal and bank transfer. Our checkout takes neither.
• Unlimited residential billed by speed. Plans cost $200 a day or $1,500 a month at 100 Mbit, with country targeting.
• Custom plans from $0.75 per GB. From 5 TB a month, a quote at that price would undercut Premium's $1.00/GB.
• Dedicated mobile devices. A US 5G line costs from $20 a day. What is a mobile proxy covers when a mobile IP is worth it.

Where HProxy is the better pick

• Lower prices across the ladder. Lite and Premium both undercut every ProxyEmpire plan from 1 GB to 1,000 GB.
• No renewals. You buy what you need, when you need it.
• A 14-day refund window. Unused balance can be refunded by card or crypto, where ProxyEmpire treats sales as final.
• UDP and an IP allowlist. Premium has both, with sticky sessions you set from 3 minutes to 24 hours.
• Local payment options. Alipay, Pix and QRIS work at our checkout, as well as cards and crypto.
• Mobile traffic per GB. Our mobile proxies cost $1.50/GB, against ProxyEmpire's $4.50 for 1 GB down to $2.00 at 1,000 GB with its code.

Which is right for you?

Pick ProxyEmpire if you need ZIP code or ISP targeting, or want to pay by PayPal or bank transfer. It also fits heavy users who want a fixed daily or monthly bill, and buyers of dedicated mobile devices.

Choose HProxy to pay less per residential GB without a plan that renews. Premium covers city or ASN targeting, UDP and long sessions, and Lite covers country-level jobs.

Free tools to start with

You can test a tool's proxy setup with our free proxy checker and the live free proxy list. To see ProxyEmpire against the wider field, read cheapest residential proxies in 2026. Our residential plans begin at $0.50 per GB, and full pricing also lists ISP and datacenter rates.

What this page could not check

• Untested networks. We sent no traffic through ProxyEmpire or through HProxy for this page, so it makes no claim about speed, success or blocks.
• Pool and uptime. Those figures, and its sourcing claims, come from ProxyEmpire alone, and we give none for our own network.
• Offers we did not try. We did not ask for ProxyEmpire's price-match quote, a business trial or a custom plan.
• The code's end date. ProxyEmpire calls EMPIRE50 limited and publishes no end date.
• Shelf life. Prices and terms here can change without notice, so check again after December 22, 2026.

Sources

• ProxyEmpire, pricing page (modified October 21, 2026) and Switch & Save promo page, via our own server on October 22, 2026.
• ProxyEmpire, Terms of Service and Refund Policy, both last updated September 29, 2026, read October 22, 2026.
• ProxyEmpire help center, read October 22, 2026: billing cycle, adding bandwidth, unused data, payment methods, setup fees, free trial, KYC, protocols, sticky sessions and targeting.
• ProxyEmpire, llms.txt price summary, read October 22, 2026.
• Internet Archive copies of ProxyEmpire's rotating residential page, August 14, 2025 and February 12, 2026, opened through our server.
• ProxyEmpire's residential ladder in our price records on August 3, August 10 and October 14, 2026.
• HProxy: price catalog and the dashboard's product sheet (October 22, 2026).
• HProxy: refund policy, terms of service and the identity checks page (October 22, 2026).
• Google: Keyword Planner and Autocomplete (October 22, 2026), with "proxyempire" at 8,100 searches a month worldwide, "proxyempire review" at 20 and "proxyempire pricing" at 10.