Comparison

Leaving InstantUnblock: the numbers side by side

Weighing up InstantUnblock? What is actually published, what it does not tell you, and how to settle the decision on your own target for a few dollars.

HProxy Team··4 min read
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Free proxies won't hold up here.

Shared datacenter IPs get flagged and dropped fast. When it has to hold, gaming, streaming, accounts, you need mobile and residential IPs that read as a real device, from $0.44/GB, pay as you go.

Residential proxies

The answer to "what should I use instead of InstantUnblock" depends entirely on why you are leaving. Price, a commitment, a country, a support experience and a blocked target all point at different replacements.

Everything we can stand behind

You will find them at instantunblock.com.

We have no verified current rate for InstantUnblock on file. Printing a guess would make this page worse than useless, so the price row below is empty and the reading list is not.

The four figures worth copying down are the rate without a commitment, the smallest purchase allowed, what happens to unspent balance, and whether a failed request still costs money.

The site, as it reads today

The title tag on 9 September 2026 was "Bot Verification".

Taken from the same page, on the same day:

We found no separate pricing page linked from the homepage, which usually means the price arrives by quotation.

None of that is verified performance. It is what the vendor chose to publish, recorded with a date so you can see whether it still says the same thing.

Age, and why it matters here

The domain was registered on 22 September 2006, through eNom, LLC, which makes it about 19 years old. Checked against the registry on 23 April 2026. The registration currently runs to 22 September 2026.

None of it predicts success rate. It is here because domain age and archive depth are free to check, and a provider whose public record starts last quarter deserves a smaller first order.

What you still do not know after reading their site

Ask what happens to unused balance

Find out whether unspent traffic rolls over, expires, or expires only on some plans. The answer changes the effective rate by more than most of the price differences buyers spend their time arguing about.

The rate behind the sales call

The lowest published rate in this market usually sits behind a monthly commitment measured in thousands. Quoting it beside a pay as you go rate is not a comparison. Compare the rate you can reach today.

The limit that stops the job

A plan with generous traffic and a low thread limit is a slow plan. Find both numbers before you size anything, because the smaller of the two is your actual ceiling.

The two of us, on the questions that matter

Here are the comparisons that survive contact with a real workload:

Question to askInstantUnblockHProxy
Entry priceNot verified by us, read their pageFrom $0.44/GB, pay as you go
Does unused balance expire?Their terms page answers thisNever
Minimum commitmentWorth confirming in writing before you commitNone
Identity checksRead their current termsCard orders are screened, and verification is sometimes requested
TargetingWorth confirming in writing before you commitCountry, city and ISP
Free way to evaluateRead their current termsFree proxy list and proxy checker

Where a cell points you at their terms, that is because the answer moves and a stale quotation would be worse than none. The missing row, in every table of this kind, is the one only your own measurement can fill.

The measurement that outranks every review

This costs less than a coffee and produces the only evidence that applies to your workload.

  1. Fund both accounts with the least money each will accept, and note what that minimum was, because it is part of the comparison.
  2. Aim both at the page that matters to you rather than a test endpoint, and keep every other variable fixed.
  3. Record the success rate and the data consumed for the identical batch on each side.
  4. Check some of the addresses yourself for country, ASN and type before you trust the label on the plan.
  5. Keep the winner, and repeat the whole thing quarterly, because pools age.

The rest of the shortlist

Buyers comparing this name usually have two or three of these open in other tabs:

Where we fit

For completeness: residential from $0.44 per GB, city and ISP targeting included, no monthly minimum, and a balance that stays where you left it. We are a good fit for uneven workloads and a poor one for anybody who wants a signed enterprise agreement.

Frequently asked questions

Is a cheaper provider usually worse?
Not reliably. Price in this market reflects the supply model and the sales overhead as much as the network. What price does not tell you is the success rate on your target, and that is the figure that decides whether the cheaper option was cheap or expensive. Measure before assuming either way.
How is HProxy different?
The models differ more than the products do. HProxy is pay as you go from a balance you top up when you want, the balance does not expire, there is no subscription unless the optional discount suits you, and residential starts at $0.44 per GB with city and ISP targeting included. Whether that beats a tiered plan depends on your usage pattern, which a short test settles.
Do I have to talk to sales or sign a contract to switch?
Not with us. You can sign up, add funds and send traffic without a call, a minimum or a subscription. Whether another provider requires any of those is on their own pricing page and is worth reading, because a required commitment is part of the price even when it is not part of the rate.
How often should I re-test a provider?
Quarterly is a reasonable rhythm for most workloads, and immediately after a noticeable drop in success rate. Pools are rebuilt, suppliers change and detection improves, so a benchmark from last year describes a network that no longer exists.
Does a bigger pool mean better results?
No. Your job meets only the exits it draws, in the countries it needs, against one target's defences. Freshness and rotation policy move the outcome far more than the headline total, and pool totals across this market are counted generously and rarely audited.

Proxies that don't die mid-job

Residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile, verified by the same engine that runs tens of millions of checks. They read as a real device and hold up under load. Pay as you go, and your balance never expires. $0.44/GB is the 2,000 GB+ rate; a single gigabyte is $0.50/GB, with no minimum order.

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