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Guides, comparisons and honest explainers on proxies, scraping and staying unblocked, from the team that actually runs the network.
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Guide
How to Use Proxies With Rust (reqwest and ureq, measured)
Proxy code for reqwest 0.13 and ureq 3: Proxy::all, basic_auth, SOCKS5 with the socks feature, NO_PROXY, rotation per connection and every error text, measured.
July 17, 2026 · 22 min read
Guide
How to use ProxyChains (and prove the proxy is really used)
Install proxychains4, write a config that works, run any Linux tool through one or more proxies, read its messages, and prove the exit address changed.
July 17, 2026 · 15 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs DataImpulse.com: Residential Prices With and Without City Targeting (2026)
HProxy vs DataImpulse.com on residential proxies: $1 per GB against our Lite, the double rate DataImpulse bills for city and ASN targeting against our Premium, the $50 minimum after the $5 intro, refunds, UDP and payment.
July 17, 2026 · 7 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs Decodo.com (formerly Smartproxy): Residential Prices, Plans and the Terms (2026)
HProxy vs Decodo.com (formerly Smartproxy) on residential proxies: $4 pay as you go and $3.75 to $2 on plans against our Lite and Premium, GB that reset each cycle, targeting, UDP, the trial, refunds and payment, read October 22, 2026.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs Evomi.com: An Honest Comparison (2026)
HProxy vs Evomi on residential price and billing: Evomi's $0.49/GB needs a $49 monthly plan, its pay as you go is $0.99, and where each one is cheaper, city targeting included.
July 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs Infatica.io: Residential Prices, the ID Check and the Refund Rule (2026)
HProxy vs Infatica.io on residential proxies: $4 per GB pay as you go and packs from $3.84 to $2.08 per GB against our Lite and Premium, the ID and selfie check before buying, a refund rule limited to double payments and outages, the $4 trial and payment, read October 22, 2026.
July 17, 2026 · 7 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs IPRoyal.com: An Honest Comparison (2026)
HProxy vs IPRoyal on price, KYC and billing: a cheaper IPRoyal alternative that keeps the pay-as-you-go, non-expiring model, and where IPRoyal still earns its place.
July 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs Oxylabs.io: Residential Prices, Plans and the Terms (2026)
HProxy vs Oxylabs.io on residential proxies: $6 to $2.50 per GB on Oxylabs' plans against our Lite and Premium, traffic that expires monthly, KYC, refunds, targeting, UDP and payment, read October 22, 2026.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs ProxyScrape.com: Residential Prices, Terms and Free Lists Compared (2026)
HProxy vs ProxyScrape.com on residential proxies: what one GB costs at 10 GB and at 2,000 GB, what ProxyScrape's 30, 60 and 90-day terms add, refunds and payment, and both free lists read at the same minute.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs Rayobyte.com: Residential Prices, Scale Plans and the Terms (2026)
HProxy vs Rayobyte.com on residential proxies: Rayobyte's Premium Residential tiers against our Lite and Premium, where each costs less, its Scale plans for verified businesses, the application, blocked sites, UDP and refunds, read October 22, 2026.
July 17, 2026 · 8 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs SOAX.com: Residential Prices by Plan and Country, and the Terms (2026)
HProxy vs SOAX.com on residential proxies: SOAX's five plans and three country tiers against our Lite and Premium, credits that expire after 60 days, verification before any purchase, sessions, UDP ports, blocked sites and refunds, read October 22, 2026.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparison
HProxy vs Webshare.io: Residential Prices, Monthly Plans and the Terms (2026)
HProxy vs Webshare.io on rotating residential proxies: Webshare's monthly and yearly rates against our Lite and Premium, GB that reset every month, targeting, sessions, UDP, refunds and payment, read October 22, 2026.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Use case
Proxies for AI Agents in 2026: How Sites Verify Agents, Where a Proxy Fits, and the Best Proxies
Proxies for AI agents in 2026: how sites now classify and verify agents, how big agents identify themselves, where a proxy fits, and dated prices for sticky sessions.
July 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for AI Training Data in 2026: Consent Signals, Open Corpora, and the Best Residential Proxies
AI training data in 2026: how fast sites restricted AI crawling, the free Common Crawl corpus, which proxy fits the collection sites allow, and prices at about 1 TB.
July 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Use case
Proxies for ChatGPT and the OpenAI API: What Each One Takes, Tested
How ChatGPT, its apps and the OpenAI SDKs take a proxy. Measured: the Python SDK follows HTTPS_PROXY, the Node SDK does not. Plus the country rules.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Use case
Proxies for Expedia: The Right Type, Setup, and Avoiding Bans
Proxies for Expedia: why point-of-sale pricing sets fares by IP country, which residential setup reads hotel and flight prices, and sticky booking sessions.
July 17, 2026 · 10 min read
Use case
Proxies for Glassdoor: The Right Type, Setup, and Avoiding Bans
Proxies for Glassdoor: why per-IP 403s and the review modal stop scrapers, the residential setup for salaries and reviews, sizing, and free vs paid.
July 17, 2026 · 8 min read
Use case
Proxies for Idealista: The Right Type, Setup, and Avoiding Bans
Proxies for Idealista: why Spain, Italy and Portugal listings need in-country residential IPs, how it blocks scrapers, and the free vs paid reality.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Use case
Proxies for Indeed: the Site Rules, robots.txt and open Hiring Lab data
Indeed answered our server with a security check. Its Site Rules bar scrapers without written permission, its APIs serve employers, and Hiring Lab data is open.
July 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Use case
Proxies for LLM Scraping in 2026: How AI Bots Identify Themselves, What Sites Allow, and the Best Proxies
LLM scraping in 2026: how OpenAI's own bots identify themselves, how fast sites restricted AI use, where proxies fit for training and retrieval, and dated prices.
July 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Use case
Proxies for Redfin: the scraping ban, MLS data and the free Data Center
Redfin's terms forbid automated crawling without written permission, and the MLS owns the listing data. What Redfin offers for free instead.
July 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Use case
Proxies for TripAdvisor: The Right Type, Setup, and Avoiding Bans
Proxies for TripAdvisor: why the sanctioned API pushes volume work to scraping, which residential setup reads reviews and hotel prices, and geo pricing.
July 17, 2026 · 9 min read
Use case
Proxies for Yelp: The Right Type, Setup, and Avoiding Bans
Proxies for Yelp: why the Fusion API's 300-call and 3-review caps push you to scraping, which residential setup reads local listings and reviews, and geo.
July 17, 2026 · 8 min read
Use case
Proxies for Zillow: the terms on scraping, and Zillow's own data routes
Zillow's terms forbid automated queries and bypassing its captcha checks. What Zillow Research gives away free, and the APIs Zillow Group offers instead.
July 17, 2026 · 5 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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Honest guides and comparisons on proxies, scraping and staying unblocked, from the team that runs the network.