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Proxies for web scraping: compare the best in 2026

General scraping spans many targets, so the right proxy mix changes by industry and block rate. This hub gathers vendors that emphasize crawling and automation use cases so you can compare pools, tooling, and delivery options before you standardize a stack.

  1. Top 1
    Oxylabs
    TypeRotating residential IPs (real consumer…
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Per IP / …
  2. Top 2
    Bright Data
    TypeRotating residential IPs (real consumer…
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Per IP / …
  3. Top 3
    Decodo
    TypeRotating residential IPs (real consumer…
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Per IP / …
  4. Top 4
    SOAX
    Pool155M+ residential
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Recurring…

Comparison

Web scraping proxy providers compared (2026)

4 providers in this hub

  1. #1Table rank

    Provider

    Bright Data

    Starting from

    ~$500/mo entry PAYG residential (indicative; volume quotes)

    Headquarters

    Israel

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

  2. #2Table rank

    Provider

    Oxylabs

    Starting from

    ~$10/GB residential (public tiers; varies by product)

    Headquarters

    Lithuania

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

  3. #3Table rank

    Provider

    Decodo

    Starting from

    ~$4/GB residential PAYG (public list; promos change)

    Headquarters

    Lithuania

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

  4. #4Table rank

    Provider

    SOAX

    Starting from

    Traffic packs from checkout ($/GB varies by plan)

    Headquarters

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

Proxies for web scraping

Web scraping proxies: crawling, extraction, and scale

General scraping spans many industries, so the best network mix changes by target. This hub gathers vendors positioned for crawling and automation, usually mixing residential and datacenter with optional ISP lanes.

If you want the platform to own rendering and retries, add scraping APIs and browsers to your research list alongside the table above.

Pick IPs by failure mode

Start with datacenter where it works; escalate to residential when you see soft blocks or distorted HTML. Document the threshold so costs stay predictable.

Account-based flows may force ISP or sticky residential sooner than anonymous crawls.

Overlap with SEO and e-commerce

SERP pipelines often map to proxies for SEO; retail intelligence maps to e-commerce proxies. This hub stays general when your crawl is not only SEO or only carts.

Peer-heavy residential models appear in peer residential networks when coverage is the bottleneck.

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