Rayobyte Repositions for AI, Launches $0.0095/GB Residential IPs
AI is going to need way more data, and Rayobyte has engineered a way to deliver it on the cheap.
Adam Dubois
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Rayobyte, the US-based provider of proxies and web scraping tools, has made significant changes to its service. They include a new AI-geared company philosophy, extremely affordable rotating proxy plans, and updated management tools.
New Company Philosophy
It seems like iterative changes just aren’t Rayobyte’s style. In 2024, the company repositioned itself as a simple B2C-friendly choice. Less than a year later, it did a 180 after landing several large enterprises. Now, it’s joining the AI fray.
As of this week, Rayobyte calls itself the web data collection company priced (our emphasis) for the AI era. It has published a thesis statement explaining the shift. In essence:
- AI is becoming a part of every company
- It has much bigger volume requirements that humans
- The market still prices web access based on old assumptions
- Rayobyte owns its stack, which allows the company to charge less by cutting costs
Sub-Cent Rotating Proxy Plans
Rayobyte made good on its promise by launching a new residential proxy product called Scale. Compared to the other option, now called Premium, it charges extremely low rates which start from $0.015/GB and reach $0.0095/GB in bulk.
There are, of course, compromises:
- Scale requires spending at least $100 monthly, with no option to pay as you go
- It doesn’t support location or network filtering
- You get one concurrency for every dollar spent
Still, Scale residential proxies are significantly cheaper than anything we’ve seen on the market, save perhaps unmetered pricing models. This product is a direct competitor, only packaged in a cleverer (and perhaps more complicated) way.
What’s more, Rayobyte has made equal changes to its rotating datacenter and ISP proxy plans. They all charge incredibly low prices now, keeping the same restrictions as Scale:
Scraping Browser Service
After building and opening its stealth browser product (you can read our interview with Rayobyte’s CEO Neil Emeigh here), the provider is turning it into a service. Anyone can run up to five concurrent browsers for 48 hours at no charge; afterwards, they’ll need to talk with sales.
Feature Parity and Updated Management Tools
Rayobyte’s platform has also received improvements.
For one, the provider now offers competitive IP filtering options, including ZIP, ASN filters, UDP and HTTP/3 protocol support. Second, you’ll find it easier to find and implement these features thanks to a new documentation hub. Finally, new customers will be able to log in using Google, GitHub, or Microsoft accounts to a unified dashboard that now covers all of Rayobyte’s products.
Bottom Line
Rayobyte is racing to keep up with the market. The shift towards AI is predictable and perhaps inevitable; the real news lies in how the provider approaches this by leaning on its infrastructure and further dumping prices. This is similar to Geonode’s playbook, and it gives Rayobyte leverage both against more expensive enterprise providers, as well as less scrupulous alternatives from the Far East.
Will it pay off? It had better: by charging less than a cent for a gig of residential traffic, you need to move magnitudes more to stay in the black.
Adam Dubois
Proxy geek and developer.