Topic data studies
We Checked 580,000 Free Proxies 110 Million Times. Two Thirds Never Worked Once.
Our engine has verified 580,000 free proxies 110 million times across 110 source lists. Most never worked, the best source has a 40% hit rate, the worst 0.19%.
Residential Proxy Prices in 2026: What 16 Providers Advertise vs What They Charge
We checked what 16 residential proxy providers advertise against what they charge a new customer with no commitment. The median gap is 3x. The widest is 14x.
Scraping API Pricing: Why 250,000 Credits Is Not 250,000 Requests
Scraping APIs bill in credits, and one request can cost 1 credit or 75. We read the credit tables at ScrapingBee, ZenRows and ScraperAPI and did the arithmetic.
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.
47M+ proxy checks run · 100+ countries · HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS · re-checked every few minutes · no signup