Proxyrack Review
Extremely flexible – but not always performant – rotating proxies.
Unlimited residential proxies aren’t exactly a frequent find. Unlimited residential proxies with UDP protocol support and features like ISP targeting? Good luck with that!.. Unless we’re talking about Proxyrack, of course. And these are just a few of the tricks up its sleeve.
Unfortunately, not all is rosy. Despite its tech advantages, Proxyrack doesn’t always compare well when it comes to residential proxy pool size and performance. But we’ll get to that shortly. Let’s get started!
Rating 8.2 / 10
★★★★★ Rated 4.1 out of 5
Three-Minute Human Summary
- Proxyrack’s main products are rotating residential and datacenter proxy pools, most notably in unmetered traffic formats. The provider sources IPs in-house.
- Proxyrack’s residential proxy network covers over 100 locations, but it was small, with barely any IPs in Europe. Furthermore, up to 5% of our requests failed, and latency was above average. The datacenter proxies, however, worked very well.
- To compensate, Proxyrack’s platform gives you a lot of flexiblity, such as choosing the proxy operating system, targeting or excluding multiple locations or ISPs, specifying the rotation behavior, and more.
- The provider’s rates are highly competitive overall, but the buy-in is often $100 or more. There’s no paying as you go or a free trial.
- The dashboard gives you all the necessary tools. Some of the features have unusual implementations, such as sub-users that require creating a new account or the usage stats that surface various data points across scattered graphs.
- All in all, Proxyrack lags behind in scale and performance, but its flexibility and pricing approaches may actually convince you to ignore the drawbacks in quite a few scenarios.
News about Proxyrack
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By Adam Dubois
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General Information
- Country: Hong Kong
- Founded: 2014
- Employees (LinkedIn): 1-5
- Proxy networks: Datacenter, residential, mobile
- Supporting tools: Android app
- Price segment: Cheap to premium (based on the product)
- Starting price: $50
- Payment methods: Credit card, PayPal, bank transfer (+ Bitcoin, AliPay & more via Payssion)
- Trial: $13.95 to access all products for seven days
Proxyrack is a proxy server vendor from Hong Kong. With over 10 years of experience, it can be considered one of the older providers in the market. The provider was one of the firs to introduce unmetered residential proxies. For a while, they were the sole product. Now, there are all kinds of rotating pools to choose from.
We don’t know much about Proxyrack as a company. Its list of employees on LinkedIn included only three people in mid-2025. This makes the provider’s About page, where it talks about faceless competitors, somewhat ironic. On the other hand, you get a US phone number for customer support. Take that for what you will.
However, it would be wrong to bunch Proxyrack together with other questionably-ethical companies from Hong Kong. It serves as a member of the Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative, requires a KYC procedure, and imposes strict usage policies. The provider also has its own IP sourcing methods through a bandwidth sharing app and an SDK.
It’s interesting that Proxyrack often appears in research papers covering proxies, alongside providers like Bright Data and Oxylabs. However, its own marketing really needs attention: the website’s Future products page promises to launch new products in mid-2022, and the company’s journey on the About page ends in the same year.
Overall, it feels like Proxyrack has become a little complacent in its niche, while major competitors have been racing at a breakneck pace.
Proxyrack Proxy Networks
Proxyrack offers three types of proxy servers in several configurations: residential, datacenter, and mobile proxies. Use the tabs to learn about their features, pricing, and performance in more detail.
🏠 Residential Proxies
Residential proxies are Proxyrack’s main service. They’re sourced from the devices of real people and come in three formats:
- Premium residential – the self-proclaimed cleanest pool that gives unrestricted access and charges for traffic.
- Unmetered residential – a pool that’s not limited by traffic but rather threads.
- Private unmetered – a pool that also doesn’t limit traffic; but instead of threads, you pay for ports (IPs you can access at once). Another difference is that proxies here are assigned to one user at a time, ensuring better quality.
- Advertised pool: 5M monthly IPs
- Countries: 140+ with city, ASN/ISP
- Rotation: Every request, sessions up to 300 min, strict sessions
- Other features: OS, IP uptime filters, exclude location or ISP
- Starts from: $15 for 10 GB ($1.5/GB), $1,000 for 1,000 threads, or $131.90 for 5 ports ($26.38/port)
Proxyrack’s advertised proxy pool aren’t large, no matter which one we consider. But these marketing numbers are rarely accurate, and they often measure different things. In this case, we’re seeing the approximate amount of monthly IPs.
The network covers over 140 countries, which you can further narrow down by city and ISP. These filters are combinable, and they can include multiple values at once (for example, Barcelona and Madrid in Spain). Or, you can go ahead and exclude the locations/ISPs you don’t like.
In addition, Proxyrack allows specifying the server’s OS. The options include only desktop operating systems: FreeBSD, Windows, Mac, or Linux. Finally, there’s an option to choose how long an IP has remained online before it can be assigned to you.
Proxyrack uses gateway servers. The provider doesn’t specify where these servers are located. In the case of Unmetered residential proxies, no matter where we connected from (Europe, Singapore, or Brazil), all our requests were routed through New Jersey.
Proxyrack’s residential proxies have amazing protocol support, including not only SOCKS5 with UDP but even such outdated protocols like SOCKS4a. Enabling UDP reduces the available pool size, as some of the end user devices don’t have it.
The rotation settings are also very flexible. With two out of the three products, you can rotate IPs with every connection request, and all support sticky sessions. The options don’t end here. You’re free to specify how long a session lasts during inactivity and choose from four rotation policies:
- Loose – if the proxy goes offline mid-session, it will be replaced with a different one from the same country.
- Strict – the replacement IP will have the same country, city, and ISP or throw an error.
- Any – the proxy will be replaced with a random new IP.
- None – the infrastructure won’t automatically give you a new IP address.
You can even specify which database Proxyrack should use for geolocation data. In mid-2025, the options were MaxMind and IPinfo.
Proxyrack remains in the minority of providers without paying as you go. Instead, you can get subscriptions of various lengths. The annual plan costs 15% less compared to monthly payments.
Proxyrack’s residential products each base their pricing on diferent criteria. The Premium network counts traffic, the Unmetered pool monitors threads, while the Private unmetered proxies limit available ports.
The entry price is by no means low, especially for the Unmetered product. It’s evidently made for companies with larger needs.
Put into context, Proxyrack’s Premium plans are extremely competitive with most mid-market options like Decodo or IPRoyal and even budget providers. Unlimited plans are rare and thus hard to compare; but the 5,000 thread package costs roughly the same as the market average.
In brief, Proxyrack’s prices highly depend on the product you choose.
Standardized pricing comparison (Premium residential proxies)
We last tested Proxyrack’s Premium residential proxies in April 2026, for our annual proxy market report. Our benchmarks of Unlimited residential proxies are from August 2025.
Pool size & composition
* IP2Location database, Usage type data point (ISP, ISP/MOB, MOB IPs)
** Combines Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands.
Top 10 countries in the Global pool
Comparison with other providers
Proxyrack had the smallest proxy network out of all major providers – even compared to Evomi’s basic pool. Its coverage was okay in the US and very lackluster in Europe. What’s more, a database treated a significant number of Proxyrack’s IPs as datacenter.
Infrastructure success rate
Requests: Same as the pool test
Target: Nearest server of a global CDN
Comparison with other providers
The success rate also left much to be desired. While not catastrophic by any measure, it led to around 5% of our requests failing before even encountering any anti-bot systems. The main culprit was error 443, connection refused.
Infrastructure response time
Requests: 6 KB page size – same as the pool test, 2 MB page size – 5,000
Target: Nearest server of a global CDN
6 KB page size
2 MB page size
Comparison with other providers
6 KB page size, average response time
In the same way, Proxyrack’s residential proxies weren’t the fastest kids on the block. The results were okay with a small target, but a two-megabyte page took over a minute to download five percent of the time.
Pool size & composition
* IP2Location database, Usage type data point (ISP, ISP/MOB, MOB IPs)
** Combines Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands.
Proxyrack’s Unmetered pool was small in size, and it had relatively few proxies in Europe. Without any filters applied, the network included nearly 35% Indian, 13.5% Indonesian, and 12% Filipino IPs.
Infrastructure performance
Requests: Same as the pool test
Target: Nearest server of a global CDN (~6 KB response size)
The proxies failed more often than we’d have liked. When requests did succeed, they took a while to complete. That’s the price you pay for using unmetered residential proxies.
Performance with popular targets
Requests: ~2,600 per target
Location: US (both the gateway and our server)
Comparison with other providers
Proxyrack’s Unlimited residential proxies managed to reach two out of the three targets without issues. However, they had serious issues with Google.
- Basic request: USERNAME:[email protected]:9000
- Using filters: USERNAME;country=US;city=LosAngeles;isp=Verizon,Comcast,Spectrum;osName=Windows:
[email protected]:9000 - Establishing sessions: USERNAME;session=session1;refreshMinutes=10:PASSWORD
@unmetered.residential.proxyrack.net:10000 - Using whitelisted IPs: unmetered.residential.proxyrack.net:10000, 10001, 10002…
Alternative: Bind settings to ports in the dashboard
Proxyrack gives you one gateway address for each product and several ways to work with it. Generally, you add filters, create sessions, and more by appending parameters to the username, with dashes or semicolons as separators. The provider calls it using the Proxyrack API.
Alternatively – and this actually may be the main method – you can use Proxyrack’s dashboard to set up configurations for individual ports. This way, sessions are represented by port numbers, and it becomes unnecessary to even use credentials.
For our benchmarks, we had we port 9001 for quickly rotating proxies from five European locations, port 9005 for fetching US IPs, and so on. Sticky sessions use ports 10000 and up.
We believe it’s possible to combine both methods. For example, you can use ports for sessions and username parameters for location filters. The system is super flexible, though it takes some time getting used to.
🏢 Datacenter Proxies
Proxyrack’s datacenter IP line-up includes two rotating proxy pools – one restricted to the US and the second distributed globally. You can also buy lists of proxies in the US shared with three to five other people.
- Formats: Dedicated list, US pool with 12k IPs, global pool with 20k IPs
- Countries: 9 in two continents
- Rotation: Every request, sessions up to 300 min
- Starts from: $150 for 100 threads or $100 for 100 ports
Proxyrack’s rotating proxy pools include 10k and 20k IPs, respectively. This isn’t much compared to alternatives, but five digits of proxies are enough for some serious web scraping. And, as our benchmark will show, we actually found nearly twice more unique IPs in the USA rotating pool than advertised.
The location coverage is limited: primarily the US, and you can also choose from several European countries. Proxyrack’s datacenter proxies inherit the same filters as the residential networks, including city, ISP, and OS targeting.
Proxyrack uses gateway servers. The provider doesn’t specify where these servers are located. When we tested Unmetered residential proxies, no matter where we connected from (Europe, Singapore, or Brazil), all our requests were routed through New Jersey.
Proxyrack’s datacenter proxies have amazing protocol support, including not only SOCKS5 with UDP but even such outdated protocols like SOCKS4a.
The rotation settings are also very flexible. With two out of the three products, you can rotate IPs with every connection request, and all support sticky sessions. The options don’t end here. You’re free to specify how long a session lasts during inactivity and choose from four rotation policies:
- Loose – if the proxy goes offline mid-session, it will be replaced with a different one from the same country.
- Strict – the replacement IP will have the same country, city, and ISP or throw an error.
- Any – the proxy will be replaced with a random new IP.
- None – the infrastructure won’t automatically give you a new IP address.
You can buy Proxyrack’s datacenter proxies only with a subscription plan. Committing to longer durations improves the rates by up to 15%.
The rotating pools base their pricing on concurrent threads, while the static plan rents you ports. This format reminds us of Storm Proxies, whereas the market standard is charging for either traffic or IPs. No matter which option you choose, the entry price will be high.
It’s hard to comment on the rotating proxy rates for the reason mentioned above. But, for example, the same Storm Proxies would give you twice as many threads at $150. The static plans are priced competitively compared to premium alternatives like Bright Data or Oxylabs, and less so when pitted against something like Webshare.
We last tested Proxyrack’s rotating datacenter proxies in April 2026.
Pool size
Proxyrack’s datacenter proxy pool gave us over 15k unique IPs, which was more than advertised. The pool formed nearly complete subnets, meaning that we had truly exhausted it.
Infrastructure performance
Target: Nearest server of a global CDN (~6 KB page size)
Our server location: US
The proxies failed rarely and responded fast. Their median latency was comparable to speed-optimized dedicated proxies, which we find impressive.
Download speed
Target: Hetzner’s 100 MB Ashburn benchmark
Proxies tested: 10
Proxyrack’s datacenter proxies also had decent throughput. Even the slowest IP mustered a download speed of roughly 7 MB/s, which should be enough for streaming or downloads.
- Basic request: USERNAME:[email protected]:9000
- Using filters: USERNAME;country=US;city=LosAngeles:[email protected]:9000
- Establishing sessions: USERNAME;session=session1;refreshMinutes=10:PASSWORD
@usa.rotating.proxyrack.net:10000 - Using whitelisted IPs: usa.rotating.proxyrack.net:10000, 10001, 10002…
Alternative: Bind settings to ports in the dashboard
Proxyrack gives you one gateway address for each product and several ways to work with it. Generally, you add filters, create sessions, and more by appending parameters to the username, with dashes or semicolons as separators. The provider calls it using the Proxyrack API.
Alternatively – and this actually may be the main method – you can use Proxyrack’s dashboard to set up configurations for individual ports. This way, sessions are represented by port numbers, and it becomes unnecessary to even use credentials.
For our benchmarks, we had we port 9001 for quickly rotating proxies from five European locations, port 9005 for fetching US IPs, and so on. Sticky sessions use ports 10000 and up.
We believe it’s possible to combine both methods. For example, you can use ports for sessions and username parameters for location filters. The system is super flexible, though it takes some time getting used to.
📱 Mobile Proxies
A network of devices on cellular connections. Proxyrack covers over 70 countries and charges surprisingly little for acccess ($1/GB or less).
- Advertised pool: 1.4M monthly IPs
- Countries: 100+ with city, ASN/ISP targeting
- Rotation: Every request, sessions up to 300 min, strict sessions
- Starts from: $50 for 50 GB ($1/GB)
A full review isn’t available for this product yet. 🙁
How to Use Proxyrack
This section explores Proxyrack’s dashboard, proxy setup, and customer service.
Registration
Proxyrack’s registration procedure is rather involved. You’ll have to enter not only your full name, email address, and password, but also a username, then specify what you’ll be using the proxies for, and tick if you had prior experience with proxy networks.
Alternatively, you can sign up using a Google account.
KYC and Usage Policies
Proxyrack requires undergoing a KYC verification procedure. You can do this through the dashboard.
The provider gives a big list of the domains it blocks. If you’re unwilling to skim through nearly 3,000 pages, the list includes financial domains, anything with the word bank it in, and .gov websites.
Proxyrack also forbids ports which are associated with email protocols, remote desktop, databases, proxy chaining, DDoS, and more. Mailing is unavailable without exceptions, and particular attention is given to preventing credential stuffing.
Dashboard
Proxyrack has a dashboard that lets you buy a plan, set up proxies, track usage, contact support, and more. It’s available in English only.
The dashboard is divided into categories by proxy type. Each product within the category has separate control panels. They’re largely self-contained, and you won’t be able to, say, compare the usage between Unmetered and Premium plans.
The main page shows the proxy services we’re currently subscribed to. It’s nice to have, but it’d be even nicer if it showed how much time or traffic remained in the subscription.
That aside, Proxyrack’s dashboard is straightforward to use. We love that it allows changing the time zone to where we’re located.
Proxyrack’s dashboard lacks wallet functionality, so you’ll need to make separate transactions for every purchase. There are three payment methods to choose from. Keep in mind that only one is refundable; so if you’re using a local payment provider or Bitcoin, you’ll be out of luck.
You can’t save your payment details in the dashboard, but the payment processor probably handles this part. Once a transaction is made, it appears in the payment history on a separate page.
Platform access
Proxyrack lacks two-factor authentication or an event log, but it does have sub-users. The provider handles this feature in a way we haven’t encountered elsewhere.
Instead of simply generating another set of credentials, here you create a new dashboard account. Its sole purpose is sharing part of your subscription (whether that’s traffic, threads, or ports). The problem with this approach is that any new sub-user requires its own email address.
Proxy access
Otherwise, Proxyrack gives you two ways to set up proxy servers. One involves going to the dashboard and mapping your preferred settings (location, rotation, etc) to different ports. It’s not always convenient, as you have to either configure each port one by one, or apply the settings universally.
The second uses Proxyrack’s API. Basically, you can choose from different scenarios (like targeting a city), and the API tool creates code samples in multiple programming languages. It’s supposed to import credentials automatically, but for some reason, they failed to load for us.
One confusing moment is that the page for whitelisting IPs has two boxes: Allowed IPs and Whitelisted IPs. We couldn’t for the lives of us figure out how they differ. So, we just shrugged and moved on.
The available monitoring tools are detailed and limited at the same time. They’re detailed because you get many metrics to work with: bandwidth, requests, domains, and parallel connections. You can even view active connections and monitor bandwidth use in real time.
One of the limitations involves inconsistent or unavailable choice of timeframes. For example, you can only see a month’s graph of daily traffic usage. In the same way, domain-level stats only show total requests during the subscription period.
And secondly, even though Proxyrack uses the same system for all products, their stats are highly fragmented. We couldn’t cross-reference the usage of two products – or even two sub-users of the same product, for that matter.
In addition, the provider includes a highly detailed network status page. There, you’ll find not only uptime but also infrastructure success rate and response time metrics. Proxyrack doesn’t try to game the numbers, so we have to commend them for that.
API Access
Proxyrack offers API endpoints for managing sticky sessions and getting information about the pool. Their functionality includes listing and rotating sessions, getting current usage and active connection stats, fetching available countries, cities, ISPs, and the number of online IPs in a particular country.
Documentation
Proxyrack’s documentation hub is organized as a knowledge base. It’s divided into various sections like general proxy information, API parameters, payments, response codes, and more.
In total, there are over 100 articles to go through. Thankfully, you won’t be needing all of them, and there’s a search bar for quick queries.
Overall, we found the documentation to be thorough. Its main drawback was probably a lack of integration instructions with external tools. That, and the fact that the FAQ category had only one article about blocked ports.
Hands-On Support
You can reach Proxyrack’s customer support via live chat, email, or a toll-free US phone number. The provider claims that its tech support works 24/7.
We tried the live chat during daytime in Europe. It took over two hours to receive a response. However, the agent competently answered our question. We also liked that you get to choose between AI and human help from the get-go.
Proxyrack uses Intercom, so it integrates with the help docs, sends email notifications, and allows exporting the conversation.
Conclusion
Proxyrack kind of feels like Japan: advanced in some ways and backward in others. We really like the flexibility of its platform and plain honesty about the service. Unmetered residential proxies are, of course, another bonus that lets us overlook some of the flaws.
By that, we primarily mean performance. Both the Unmetered pool and the supposedly best-quality Premium pool have fallen behind today’s standards. The US aside, an error rate of 10% in India or 20% in Brazil are simply too much when competitors reach 99% and more.
But hey, there are always trade-offs. Are they worth it? That’s for you to decide! One thing’s for sure: Proxyrack surely has something unique about it, even if imperfect.
Proxyrack Alternatives
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Recommended for:
Businesses that need rotating proxies without traffic limits.
Adam Dubois
Proxy geek and developer.