Massive is a US-based computer resource sharing platform that became a proxy vendor in 2024. The provider maintains a self-sourced pool of residential proxies, offering access primarily to business customers. We had a chance to try it out. 

How was our experience? Pretty good, actually. While not huge, Massive’s proxy network was respectably large in prime locations and had top-notch infrastructure performance. We also liked the detailed usage stats. Massive’s basic dashboard and pricing model, on the other hand, left things to be desired. 

In the end, the pros outweighed the cons, and we decided to give Massive a solid score of 8.7. You can read the full review here: https://proxyway.com/reviews/massive-proxies.

New year, new review? That’s right! Our first addition in 2025 is LunaProxy – a provider from Hong Kong with multiple proxy networks under its belt. 

Like our recently covered PIA S5, LunaProxy offers affordable rates, potentially unlimited residential traffic, and a free proxy manager desktop app. The provider has a large proxy pool (particularly in Brazil) and decent infrastructure performance; however, its policies and user experience could use improvements. 

In the end, we gave LunaProxy a score of 8.3. You’ll find the full review here: https://proxyway.com/reviews/lunaproxy-proxies

Live Proxies started out as a sneaker proxy vendor. Now, this American provider is trying to make a name in the broader market. Its consumer line of products takes some unusual formats, with dedicated residential IPs and very long uptime. The business residential proxy pool strives to compete with the industry’s top guns. 

We tested both formats and found these IPs to be of a great quality. Some aspects of the service, however, were less polished. But with big plans in mind, the provider already has a roadmap laid down to improve them. All in all, we gave the Live Proxies of today a score of 8.1.

Smartproxy, the international provider of proxies and web scraping tools, has launched Core web scraping APIs. 

The new APIs are a stripped down version of the provider’s web scrapers (now called Advanced), and they’re available at a significantly cheaper price. Compared to the full version, they:

• Restrict geo-targeting to the US, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Japan, and Romania
• Allow making fewer requests per second – 30+ rather than unlimited
• Return only the raw HTML response
• Don’t use Smartproxy’s premium proxy pool
• Can’t render JavaScript
• Lack ready-made templates for individual website properties, alongside scheduling functionality

Infatica, the UK-based provider of web scraping infrastructure and services, now sells dedicated datacenter proxies.

The product gives access to lists of server-based IPs reserved for the customer’s exclusive use. Infatica’s stock includes around 200,000 proxy servers spread throughout 47 countries in six continents.

Evomi, the Swiss provider of rotating proxy networks, has launched a new product called Core residential proxies.

The product offers access to a pool of 5M IPs from home devices around the world. Its distinguishing characteristic is the price – the only plan thus far includes 100 GB of traffic for $0.49/GB. Alternatively, it’s possible to pay as you go at double the rate.

Core residential proxies support city-level filtering, HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 protocols, and impose no limits on concurrent threads. The gateway server can switch IPs with every connection request or establish sticky sessions.

In many ways, Core residential proxies resemble Evomi’s other residential product, now called Premium residential. The main differences are that this pool contains fewer IPs, lacks ASN targeting, and doesn’t include Evomi’s pool modes.

The announcement comes shortly after Geonode’s big move, where the provider dropped everything but one residential proxy plan at the same rate of $0.5/GB. Currently, both companies undercut all of their competitors by a big margin. We’ll be curious to see whether this model is sustainable, and at what cost.

The anniversary edition of OxyCon is behind us. If you didn’t have the chance to participate, or simply want to read our detailed summary, these are Proxyway’s impressions from the event. The presentations are available on demand, so you can always watch the ones that caught your eye. 

General Information about 2024’s OxyCon

Like last year (and, as far as I remember, most years before), OxyCon took place online. However, there was one big change: all presentations were delivered in real time. There was also a live audience in the background, I suppose primarily the company’s employees, who would sometimes react or cheer. 

Some of the presenters were obviously dealing with nerves, and hiccups did occur. But this setup made the conference more human and less like Apple’s eerily robotic keynotes. 

Otherwise, the logistics changed little compared to previous iterations: you registered (for free), received an invitation email, and logged in to Oxylabs’ platform with an embedded video player and a Slido widget for questions. Those who wanted to discuss more, or more in-depth, could visit the provider’s Discord server.

Introduction aside, 2024’s OxyCon featured six talks and a panel discussion to conclude it. All in all, the event proceeded smoothly and according to schedule. 

The Talks

These are 2024’s presentations and panel discussions. You can jump to the talks you’re interested in using the quick links below.

1. Introduction: Web Scraping Trends
2. Ensuring Scalability in Data Collection: Key Components, Challenges, and Advancements
3. Human-Centered Approach to Streamlined Data Gathering
4. Imitating Real User Behavior With Mouse Movements
5. Harnessing Gen AI for Data-Driven Answers
6. AI-Powered Public Web Data Collection at Scale
7. Legal Compliance in the Age of AI
8. Panel Discussion: Advanced Unblocking Strategies