ProxyEmpire sells on two things that are genuinely useful: unused bandwidth that rolls over forever, and broad mobile and targeting options. What it does not sell on is a low rate, because its rotating residential sits at the premium end, propped up at the moment by a 50 percent promo code. We run a competing network at a flat $0.65/GB with nothing propping it up, so this comparison is about whether ProxyEmpire's rollover and reach are worth paying several times more per gigabyte for.
Is HProxy a good ProxyEmpire alternative?
For most buyers, yes. HProxy is a flat $0.65/GB, pay as you go, with no promo behind it. ProxyEmpire's standard rotating residential is $7/GB, currently $3.50/GB with a promo code. Against either number HProxy is much cheaper, and our non-expiring balance gives you the same practical benefit as ProxyEmpire's rollover without a monthly cycle to manage. ProxyEmpire still wins if you specifically want unlimited rollover on a subscription, broad mobile coverage, or its granular targeting. Match it to whether those features outweigh a much lower rate.
The short version
- Residential price: HProxy is a flat $0.65/GB. ProxyEmpire's standard rotating residential is $7/GB, currently $3.50/GB with a 50 percent promo code.
- The catch: the $3.50 is a discount, not a standing rate. Our $0.65 is the price with nothing propping it up.
- ProxyEmpire's pitch: unlimited bandwidth rollover, mobile proxies across many countries, and granular country, region, and ISP targeting.
- Model: HProxy is pay as you go, balance never expires. ProxyEmpire is subscription-based with rollover, plus a pay-as-you-go entry rate.
If you want rotating residential at a low standing rate, the pricing section is the story. If unlimited rollover or broad mobile coverage is what you are buying, read the ProxyEmpire section honestly.
ProxyEmpire pricing vs HProxy: the part that decides it
| HProxy | ProxyEmpire | |
|---|---|---|
| Rotating residential, standard per GB | $0.65 | $7.00 |
| Advertised residential per GB | $0.65 (flat) | $3.50 (50% promo code) |
| Billing model | Pay as you go | Subscription plus pay as you go |
| Unused bandwidth | Balance never expires | Unlimited rollover |
| Mobile proxies | Yes, on one balance | Yes, wide country set |
| Targeting | Country and city | Country, region, ISP |
| Onboarding | Self-serve, no KYC | Self-serve |
We chart ProxyEmpire's standard $7/GB rather than the promo $3.50, for the same reason we would with any discounted headline: a promo is a countdown, not a price. ProxyEmpire's standard rotating residential is $7/GB, and the $3.50 comes from a 50 percent code, so the rate to budget around is the one that remains after the code lapses. The bar is the standing rate, the promo is in the note, and if the code is live when you buy you pay $3.50, which is still more than five times our flat $0.65.
The rate does fall with committed volume, and the table on ProxyEmpire's page bears that out: roughly $5 per GB standard on a 60 GB plan, about $4.44 at 135 GB, and lower on larger commitments, with custom pricing from around $0.75 at 5 TB and up. Even so, at every tier below that top end it stays well above our flat rate, and those lower numbers are subscription commitments rather than a rate you pay from the first gigabyte. On a 50 GB month, ProxyEmpire's plan lands near $250 standard against roughly $33 at HProxy. And on either side, HProxy charging nothing for blocked or errored requests keeps your cost per successful request down without a volume tier to unlock it.
Where ProxyEmpire genuinely wins
This is the part a marketing comparison would skip, so here it is straight.
Unlimited rollover. ProxyEmpire's headline feature is that unused bandwidth carries into the next month indefinitely, so a quiet month does not torch what you paid for. On a subscription model, that is a real and unusually generous term, and it is the main reason people choose it.
Broad mobile coverage. ProxyEmpire puts real weight on mobile proxies across a wide set of countries. If your job specifically needs mobile IPs in many locations, that reach is a genuine strength.
Granular targeting. Country, region, and ISP-level targeting is useful when you need to land in a specific network or area, not just a country. For localised work, that precision is a fair reason to look at it.
If rollover, mobile reach, or granular targeting is what you need, ProxyEmpire is a fair pick, and a lower rate at ours does not erase features you actually use.
Where HProxy wins as a ProxyEmpire alternative
Price, by a wide margin. $0.65/GB flat against a standard $7/GB, and against a discounted $3.50, is many times cheaper on a rate that does not reset when a promo ends.
The same rollover benefit, without the cycle. ProxyEmpire's rollover keeps unused bandwidth alive month to month. HProxy's balance never expires at all, so a paused project keeps its credit with no billing cycle to roll it through. You get the practical benefit without a subscription behind it.
No charge for failures. HProxy does not bill for blocked or errored requests, so the number that hits your card tracks the work you completed, not the retries.
Four proxy types on one balance. HProxy sells residential, ISP, datacenter, and mobile on the same account. If mobile is your reason for looking at ProxyEmpire, our what is a mobile proxy explainer covers when a mobile IP is worth it over residential.
Who should pick which
Pick ProxyEmpire if its unlimited rollover on a subscription, its broad mobile coverage, or its granular country, region, and ISP targeting are specifically what you need, and the premium per gigabyte is acceptable for that.
Pick HProxy if you want rotating residential at a flat $0.65/GB that does not reset, a balance that never expires (which gives you rollover's benefit without the subscription), no charge for failed requests, and four proxy types on one account. For most buyers, that is a much cheaper way to get the same job done.
The trap to avoid is paying a premium rate for rollover you can get for free with a non-expiring balance. Rollover matters because bandwidth expiring is a real waste, but the cleaner fix is a balance that never expires in the first place, at a rate several times lower.
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 field on the price a new customer actually pays after any promo, our cheapest residential proxies in 2026 breakdown puts ProxyEmpire and the rest side by side, and our full pricing lays out every per-GB rate with nothing to sign.