The HProxy Blog

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

ZenRows bills 1 credit for a plain request and 25 for a rendered one behind premium proxies. We converted every plan into money per thousand real requests.

Comparing a Zeus Proxy alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.

Comparing a Zingproxy alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.

Comparing a Ziny alternative? The published numbers, the questions their pricing page leaves open, and a ten minute test that beats every review.

Zyte advertises from $0.06 per 1,000 responses and publishes rates up to $16.08. We read the grid on 9 September 2026 and worked out what sets your cell.

Six captcha solving services, every published price converted to dollars per 1,000 solves. Half the market does not sell by the solve at all, and the break-even sits near 25,000 a month.

CaptchaAI sells concurrency, not solves, which inverts the usual cost curve. We worked the break-even from its own published numbers: about 25,000 solves a month.

ProxyVero measured our residential pool at 89.4% success and 60% on Google. We downloaded its full 50-provider dataset to find out whether 60% is bad, and what our real weak spot is.

Cool-proxy.net listed free proxies from 2007. Its data stopped updating on 1 December 2022, its site kept serving that snapshot into 2024, and the domain was dropped and parked in 2025. The record, and what to use instead.

GatherProxy.com gathered, filtered and checked free proxies from April 2013 until February 2020. The archive shows what it was and when it stopped, the registry shows who still parks it, and roundups still recommend it in 2026.

GimmeProxy.com returned one checked public proxy per API call from May 2015. Its last archived answer is dated 30 January 2025 and the domain now says 404 page not found. What it was, what it charged, when it stopped, and what to use instead.

ProxyScan.io ran a free proxy list and a public API from January 2020 until autumn 2023. The archive shows when it broke, the registry shows who still holds it, and a parameter map shows what a script can call instead.

SocksList.net ran free and paid SOCKS proxy lists from 2007 and posted a shutdown notice for 1 December 2021. What it sold, what it charged, who still holds the domain, and what to use instead.

Xroxy.com listed free proxies from April 2005 until January 2023. The archive shows what it was, when it died, who holds the domain now, and which free lists relayed a request this week.

Buy Mobile Proxies: What 4G and 5G IPs Actually Buy You

Buy mobile proxies with the trade stated plainly: why carrier IPs are hardest to block, when residential already covers you, and how pricing works.

Proxies for undetected-chromedriver: Setup, Authentication and SOCKS5 (Measured on Chrome 151)

undetected-chromedriver proxy setup: --proxy-server, why user:pass in the URL fails, three fixes that work, SOCKS5 and headless, measured on Chrome 151.

Residential Proxy Free Trial: What Actually Exists in 2026

The residential proxy free trial landscape, honestly: no-card trials, gated trials, free tiers and refunds are four different things, and what to test in each.

Best Place to Buy Residential Proxies: How to Judge Any Provider

Where to buy residential proxies in 2026 and how to judge any provider in ten minutes: pool reality, pricing traps, payment rails, and the test that settles it.

Best Residential Proxies 2026: A Market Map From Inside the Market

The best residential proxies of 2026, mapped by what you are optimizing for: price, enterprise tooling, targeting depth, and terms, with our measured reviews.

Buy Proxies With Crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and What No KYC Means

How to buy residential proxies with crypto in 2026: Bitcoin and Ethereum checkout, what identity checks apply and when, PayPal and Alipay routes, and the safety rules.

Buy a Residential Proxy for Canada: What Canadian IPs Are Really For

Buy a residential proxy for Canada with the jobs stated plainly: .ca price checks, google.ca rankings, Quebec French testing, and what Canadian IPs cannot do.

Buy a Residential Proxy for India: Jobs, Limits, and the Payment Catch

Buy a residential proxy for India, explained honestly: e-commerce and locality data jobs, city targeting, the payment problem Indian buyers hit, and the limits.

How Much Do Residential Proxies Cost in 2026? Real Market Prices

Residential proxy pricing in 2026, with real numbers: what the market charges per GB, why prices spread from under $0.50 to several dollars, and the traps.