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922 S5 Proxy (922proxy.com): the company behind it, FIRENET LIMITED, and its end
922 S5 Proxy named FIRENET LIMITED of Hong Kong as its company, called itself the 911 replacement, and went dark after Google's January 2026 action.
October 11, 2026 · 18 min read
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CaptchaSonic.com Review: Prices, Agent Tools and Claims Checked
CaptchaSonic prices 27 captcha types and ships an MCP server for AI agents. We set its prices against six other solvers and checked its claims.
October 11, 2026 · 11 min read
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PIA S5 Proxy (piaproxy.com): the company, its owners and how it ended
PIA S5 Proxy ran under Mars Brothers Limited of Hong Kong, pitched itself as the 911 S5 alternative and went dark after Google named it in January 2026.
October 11, 2026 · 19 min read
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Proxy6.net: who runs it, its companies and its history
Proxy6's contract names no company, but its Requisites page has named three sellers since 2023, in Russia and Uzbekistan. The record from 2016 to 2026.
October 11, 2026 · 20 min read
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SOAX.com: the company, its owners and its history
SOAX is sold by SOAX LTD, a UK company formed in 2019. Who owns it, its 2022 Series A from TMT and Piton, and the record since the name was for sale.
October 11, 2026 · 20 min read
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9Proxy.com: the company behind it, ConnectWise Limited, and its history
9Proxy's terms name ConnectWise Limited of Hong Kong. Its record: a 2023 launch, the BeeProxy merger of 2025, a price rise and a pause in 2026.
October 10, 2026 · 15 min read
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ABCProxy.com (ABC S5 Proxy): the company, its operators and its end
ABCProxy sold residential proxies from 2022 under Hong Kong firms named in its footer. Google tied it to IPIDEA in 2026; its domain now sits in a sinkhole.
October 10, 2026 · 18 min read
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Bright Data (brightdata.com), formerly Luminati: the company, its owners and its history
Bright Data is Hola's 2008 company, renamed Luminati in 2017 and Bright Data in 2021. EMK Capital controls it; revenue was $253m in 2025.
October 10, 2026 · 26 min read
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DataImpulse.com: the company, its owners and its history
DataImpulse's terms name Softoria LLC of Florida, part of Ukraine's Softoria group. Bytemarket OU of Estonia came first. The record since 2003.
October 10, 2026 · 16 min read
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Decodo.com, formerly Smartproxy: the company, its owners and its history
Decodo is Smartproxy renamed. Run by Data troops, UAB in Vilnius, backed by Tesonet since 2024: the owners, old names and record since 2018.
October 10, 2026 · 19 min read
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NodeMaven.com: who runs it, its owners and its history
NodeMaven is sold by NodeMaven FZ LLC of Ras Al Khaimah. Until mid-2025 its contract named AAA Abmer OÜ under Estonian law. The record since 2023.
October 10, 2026 · 14 min read
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Oxylabs.io: the company once called Tesonet, its owners and its history
Oxylabs is sold by Oxylabs, UAB, the Vilnius firm set up as UAB Tesonet in 2008 and owned by Coretech LT. The owners, the lawsuits and the record.
October 10, 2026 · 27 min read
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Proxy-Cheap.com: the company, its owners and its history
Proxy-Cheap names no company. Its marks belong to UAB Lietparkas, a Vilnius firm founded in 2012, and a Wyoming LLC publishes its add-on. The full record.
October 10, 2026 · 17 min read
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ProxyLine.net: who runs it, its history and its connections
ProxyLine's contract names no company, but its app, its address blocks and its own Trustpilot profile lead to Cyprus. The record since 2018.
October 10, 2026 · 18 min read
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Rayobyte.com, formerly Blazing SEO: the company, its owners and its history
Rayobyte is a trade name of Blazing SEO, LLC, a Colorado company Neil Emeigh formed in 2015. Its owners, related firms, IP blocks and record to 2026.
October 10, 2026 · 24 min read
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Webshare.io: the company, its owners and its history
Webshare began in 2017 as a free proxy site, became a Delaware company and was sold to Oxylabs in 2022. Its founder, patents and owners, from the records.
October 10, 2026 · 20 min read
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Proxies for Google reviews: the API, the five-review limit and what Google allows
Owners can pull every review of a verified profile through the Business Profile API. For other places, the Places API returns at most five. What Google allows.
October 3, 2026 · 5 min read
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CaptchaAI.com Review: Unlimited Solves, Priced by Thread
CaptchaAI sells concurrency, not solves, which inverts the usual cost curve. We worked the break-even from its own numbers: about 25,000 solves a month.
September 8, 2026 · 7 min read
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Decodo.com review and alternatives (2026)
Decodo is Smartproxy, renamed on 22 April 2025. Read 26 September 2026: $4 a GB pay as you go, $3.75 on 3 GB, $2 at 1 TB, the refund rules and the alternatives.
August 3, 2026 · 11 min read
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IPRoyal.com Review: A Good Provider With an Expensive First Gigabyte
An independent provider with never-expiring traffic and a wide catalog, reviewed on the gap between its advertised per-GB floor and what a new buyer pays.
August 3, 2026 · 9 min read
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Oxylabs.io review and alternatives (2026)
Oxylabs.io read on 10 October 2026: one subscription, residential from $30 for 5 GB to $2.50 a GB from 1 TB, monthly expiry, KYC for all, and the alternatives.
August 3, 2026 · 12 min read
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SOAX.com review and alternatives (2026)
SOAX sells residential and mobile proxies at one rate set by your plan and exit country. Prices, expiring credits, the ID check, support and alternatives.
August 3, 2026 · 12 min read
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Webshare.io review and alternatives (2026)
Webshare gives 10 proxies free and sells cheap datacenter IPs, but its residential traffic is a monthly plan that resets. Prices, fine print and alternatives.
August 3, 2026 · 12 min read
Free proxies
Free Proxy Site: The Cleanest Free Proxy Sites, Ranked (2026)
A free proxy site loads a blocked page in your browser, no install. We rank the cleanest ones (ProxySite, CroxyProxy, Hidester, Proxyium) and where they fail.
July 11, 2026 · 11 min read
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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.
129M+ proxy checks run · 100+ countries · HTTP / HTTPS / SOCKS · re-checked every few minutes · no signup
HProxy.
Honest guides and comparisons on proxies, scraping and staying unblocked, from the team that runs the network.