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Comparison
What Happened to LuxSocks.ru? SOCKS5 Alternatives
LuxSocks.ru, a login-only SOCKS proxy shop, went dark in spring 2022 and is now a parked domain. Its record from the archive, and where to buy SOCKS5 now.
September 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Comparison
NNtime.com alternative: the site is still publishing
nntime.com was serving normally on September 16, 2026. The Internet Archive has been capturing it since February 5, 2005.
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Comparison
PremProxy.com alternative: the site is gone, and the domain is for sale
PremProxy published free proxy and SOCKS lists until spring 2026. Now premproxy.com is a domain-sale page. What it offered, when it ended, five alternatives.
September 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Comparison
ProxLux.net alternative: the site is gone
The name proxlux.net no longer resolves. There is no site to visit and no list to read: when we looked on September 16, 2026, from a datacenter connection...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Comparison
Proxy-Listen.de alternative: the site did not answer us
We could not reach proxy-listen.de on September 16, 2026, from a datacenter connection in Germany (CERT_HAS_EXPIRED). That is a fact about our connection as...
September 17, 2026 · 3 min read
Comparison
Proxy-Solution.net alternative: the site now sends you to proxy-solutions.net
proxy-solution.net is a second address of Proxy Solutions, a seller of private proxies, and forwards to proxy-solutions.net. What it is, its prices and rules.
September 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Comparison
Proxy11.com review and alternatives (2026)
Proxy11.com checked September 27, 2026: a public proxy list behind an API key, 50 per request free, 5,000 from $12 for three months, and alternatives.
September 17, 2026 · 7 min read
Comparison
Proxybrothers.com alternative: the site is gone
The name proxybrothers.com no longer resolves. There is no site to visit and no list to read: when we looked on September 16, 2026, from a datacenter...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Comparison
ProxyDB.net alternative and review: what its free proxy list holds, and what to use instead (2026)
ProxyDB counted 37,242 free proxies on October 14, 2026, and showed 7,030; half its HTTP proxies were transparent. Its list, its history and the alternatives.
September 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Comparison
ProxyServers.pro alternative: the site is still publishing
proxyservers.pro was serving normally on September 16, 2026, under the title "Free proxy list". The Internet Archive has been capturing it since August 17...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Comparison
Proxywow.com alternative: the site now sends you to soax.com
proxywow.com no longer runs a list of its own. On September 16, 2026, every request to it ended at soax.com, the home page of a paid proxy seller.
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Comparison
SSLProxies.org alternative: the site now sends you to free-proxy-list.net/ssl-proxy.html
sslproxies.org no longer runs a list of its own. On September 16, 2026, every request to it ended at free-proxy-list.net/ssl-proxy.html, whose page is...
September 17, 2026 · 3 min read
Comparison
V6Proxies.com alternative: the site is gone
The name v6proxies.com no longer resolves. There is no site to visit and no list to read: when we looked on September 16, 2026, from a datacenter connection...
September 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Use case
Amazon price tracker: price history, alerts, the API and your own tracker
How to track an Amazon price: the price history and alerts Amazon now offers, free trackers, the official APIs after the 2026 change, and a tracker of your own that reads the right price. Tested against amazon.com in September 2026.
September 16, 2026 · 15 min read
Tutorial
Chromebook Proxy Settings: Where They Are
The proxy on a Chromebook belongs to one network, not to the device. Where the setting hides, which traffic it covers, and what a school Chromebook does with it.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min read
Tutorial
How to Set Up a Proxy on Kali Linux
On Kali a proxy usually means one command through one proxy. The proxychains file it really reads, the chain modes, the apt setting, and a measured check.
September 16, 2026 · 5 min read
Tutorial
How to Set Up a Proxy on Ubuntu
Four places hold a proxy on Ubuntu. Which one reaches your program, the exact commands for each, and the check that proves it. Measured on Ubuntu 24.04.
September 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Tutorial
How to Set Up a Proxy on Windows 10
Windows 10 holds two proxies: the one in Settings for your account, and the machine-wide one that Windows Update and services read. Set the right one, and prove it.
September 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Explainer
What Is the Proxy Industry, and Why Does It Exist?
The proxy industry rents access to other people's IP addresses. Why that market exists, who supplies the addresses, what a gigabyte really costs, and what the courts have actually decided.
September 12, 2026 · 35 min read
Data study
Working Proxy Sites: We Checked All 8,948 (2026)
The largest surviving web proxy directory lists 8,948 sites. On September 10, 2026, we opened every one: 8,831 names are gone, and no survivor still proxies.
September 10, 2026 · 7 min read
Comparison
2Captcha (2captcha.com) alternatives: captcha solvers compared on price (2026)
2Captcha charges up to $2.99 per 1,000 reCAPTCHAs and offers its workers $1. CapSolver, CapMonster, Anti-Captcha and more, priced on October 12, 2026.
September 9, 2026 · 11 min read
Comparison
711Proxy.com review and alternatives (2026)
711Proxy sells residential proxies from $15 for 5 GB, with data that expires after 30 to 180 days. Its prices, terms and history, and the alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparison
911Proxy.com review and alternatives (2026)
911Proxy.com checked September 27, 2026: residential from $2.70 a GB, ISP, datacenter and unlimited plans, what officials said about 911 S5, and alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Comparison
9Proxy.com review and alternatives (2026)
9Proxy sells residential proxies by the IP and by the GB. Its prices on September 26, 2026, the June 2026 outage, the fine print, and five alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 12 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. $0.23/GB is the 10,000 GB+ rate; a single gigabyte is $0.50/GB, with no minimum order.
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