SmartproxyAlternatives
Smartproxy is a major provider of rotating proxies. It’s long known as a hustler-friendly alternative to the big dogs: Bright Data and Oxylabs. Smartproxy’s amazing user experience, free apps, and premium performance make it a great value choice. But some may need more features (such as mobile IPs), a lower entry point, or unlimited traffic plans. Acknowledging this, we’ve prepared some competent Smartproxy alternatives for you to try out.
Oxylabs
Oxylabs is like a premium version of Smartproxy. It controls a significantly larger IP pool, and you can get specialized APIs that simplify web scraping.
- 102 million IP pool
- All proxy types
- Dedicated account manager
- All locales
- More expensive
- Limited self-service
- Starts from $180
Bright Data (Luminati)
Bright Data is another strong option with more features and powerful proxy management tools. It also sells proxy-based web scraping APIs and even complete data sets.
- All proxy types
- Powerful proxy manager
- More features and locales
- Pay as you go
- Markedly more expensive
- Technically complex
SOAX
SOAX is another alternative for SMBs eyeing a reliable service. It has a smaller but stable pool of residential & mobile IPs with very flexible filtering options out of the box.
- Lower entry cost ($75)
- City & ASN targeting
- Over 100 locations
- High success rate
- No dedicated proxies
- No web scraping APIs
- Slower response time
IPRoyal
Like PacketStream, IPRoyal sells affordable residential proxies. They cost a few dollars more at the beginning but scale very well as buy more. You also get some more features.
- $3/GB or less
- Flexible rotation
- Over 100 locations
- Pay as you go
- Only 100,000 IPs
- Mediocre performance
- Throttles under load
Storm Proxies
Storm Proxies is another cheap Smartproxy alternative for web scraping. You get access to a pool of 200,000 datacenter & residential IPs without bandwidth limits.
- Affordable (from $14)
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Several rotation settings
- IPs constantly refreshed
- Few locations
- No country targeting
- Mediocre performance
- Limited threads