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S5Proxies.com review and alternatives (2026)
S5Proxies sells residential SOCKS5 proxies as daily lists, from a $2 one-day trial to $250 for a year. Plans, fine print, history and alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 10 min read
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ScrapeBox.com alternatives: what replaces each of its jobs (2026)
ScrapeBox costs $97 once, a limited-time cut from $197 in every yearly archive copy since 2009. What changed at Google in 2025, and an alternative per job.
September 9, 2026 · 9 min read
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ScrapeGraphAI.com alternatives: V2 prices, the open-source library and five rivals (2026)
ScrapeGraphAI rebuilt its API in April 2026 and cut an AI extraction from 10 credits to 5. Its prices then and now, its MIT library, and the alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 7 min read
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Scrapeless.com alternatives without a monthly floor
Looking past Scrapeless? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.
September 9, 2026 · 4 min read
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ScrapeOps.io alternatives on cost per successful call
A ScrapeOps alternative, judged by a competitor who says so up front: the record we hold, the gaps in it, and the test that outranks this page.
September 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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ScraperAPI.com Pricing: What 100,000 Credits Really Buys
ScraperAPI charges 1 credit for a plain page and 75 for an ultra premium rendered one. We converted every plan into money per thousand requests.
September 9, 2026 · 10 min read
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Scrapfly.io Pricing: What a Credit Buys, Feature by Feature
Scrapfly meters by feature, from 1 credit to 60. We read the plans and the billing documentation on September 9, 2026, and converted every weight into money.
September 9, 2026 · 10 min read
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ScrapingBee.com Pricing: The Default Request Costs Five Credits
ScrapingBee enables JavaScript rendering by default, so a plan's credit count is five times its request count. We converted every tier on September 9, 2026.
September 9, 2026 · 9 min read
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Scrapingdog.com alternatives without a monthly floor
Scrapingdog alternatives, with its real plans read November 7, 2026: $40 a month for 200,000 credits, 5 to 25 credits a request, and credits that expire.
September 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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Scrapoxy.io alternatives after its shutdown: what it did and what replaces it (2026)
Scrapoxy, the proxy manager, shut down on February 6, 2026. What it did, what still works and five tools and services that take over its jobs, October 2026.
September 9, 2026 · 6 min read
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SentraCell.com alternative: the numbers side by side
Weighing up SentraCell? What is actually published, what it does not tell you, and how to settle the decision on your own target for a few dollars.
September 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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SerpApi.com Pricing: What One Search Actually Costs
SerpApi sells monthly search bundles, not searches. We read the published plans on September 9, 2026, and converted all ten tiers into cost per thousand searches.
September 9, 2026 · 10 min read
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SERPHouse.com alternatives on price, pool and commitment
Comparing a SERPHouse alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.
September 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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Shanchendaili.com (闪臣代理) alternatives: what to check before you switch
Weighing up Shanchendaili (闪臣代理)? What is actually published, what it does not tell you, and how to settle the decision on your own target for a few dollars.
September 9, 2026 · 4 min read
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Shifter.io review and alternatives (2026)
Shifter.io checked September 27, 2026: monthly residential plans from $10 for 5 GB, city targeting from $0.75 a GB, its Microleaves past, and alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 11 min read
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SmartDNSProxy.com alternatives: what Smart DNS Proxy is, who runs it, and its prices (2026)
Smart DNS Proxy, a brand of C Telekom, Inc., raised its plans 15% in early 2025, to $6.79 a month. What it does, its refund rules and the alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 7 min read
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SocksEscort.com: what happened, and the alternatives (2026)
SocksEscort.com was seized on March 11, 2026, in an operation led by the US Justice Department. What it sold, what officials said, and the alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 6 min read
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SpaceProxy.net alternatives: ProxyLine's second service, with the same 64 prices (2026)
SpaceProxy rents IPv4 and IPv6 proxies at ProxyLine's prices to the cent, and ProxyLine's channel calls it a second service. Refunds, owners, rivals.
September 9, 2026 · 9 min read
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SpyderProxy.com alternatives on price, pool and commitment
Looking past SpyderProxy? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.
September 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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SquidProxies.com alternatives without a minimum spend
A SquidProxies alternative, judged by a competitor who says so up front: the record we hold, the gaps in it, and the test that outranks this page.
September 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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SSLPrivateProxy.com alternatives on price, pool and commitment
Looking past SSLPrivateProxy? Match the units, find the expiry clause, then measure success rate on your own target. This page covers all three.
September 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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Stormproxies.com alternatives: the same $19 port since 2017, a pool that grew 500 times, and five rivals (2026)
Storm Proxies has charged $19 a residential port since 2017 while its claimed pool grew from 40,000 to 20M+ IPs. Its plans, rules, record and alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 7 min read
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The Social Proxy (thesocialproxy.com) alternatives: what to check before you switch
Comparing a The Social Proxy alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.
September 9, 2026 · 3 min read
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github.com/TheSpeedX/PROXY-List review and alternatives (2026)
TheSpeedX PROXY-List held 9,091 public proxies from 3,350 IP addresses on November 7, 2026, with no stated test. Its limits, and five alternatives.
September 9, 2026 · 7 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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