Cheapest Residential Proxies (2026)
The lowest per-gigabyte residential rates worth paying, with an honest note on what you give up at each price point.
Ranked by our editorial scores - how we rate providers. Updated August 20, 2026.
Cheapest residential proxies for tolerant workloads · from $1/GB
A dollar a gigabyte, credit that never expires, and a peer program that actually pays people. Slow and basic, but nothing else in residential comes close on price.
- One dollar per gigabyte, the lowest credible residential price anywhere
- Credit never expires and the minimum purchase is $5
- Simple, honest peer program that pays participants
Best all-round proxy network for most buyers · from $2.50/GB · 14-day money-back
Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, is the default recommendation for anyone who is not an enterprise: half the price of the leaders, most of the capability, and a dashboard you can drive yourself.
- The best balance of price, pool quality and usability in the market
- Entry plans start around $11 a month, so small projects are viable
- 14-day refund policy, which is rare among proxy networks
Very cheap residential traffic at volume · from $2.40/GB · 3-day money-back
LunaProxy prices aggressively and claims a huge pool. The price is real, the pool number deserves skepticism, and the sourcing detail is thin.
- Among the lowest residential per-gigabyte prices from a large claimed pool
- Full product range including a scraping API
- Long sticky sessions up to two hours
Cheap SERP collection and volume residential · from $2.70/GB · 3-day money-back
Thordata undercuts the mid-market on price with a large claimed pool and a genuinely cheap SERP API. Young, and less transparent about sourcing than we would like.
- Aggressive pricing for a pool of this claimed size
- SERP API is cheap and works well for search result collection
- Low entry point at $15 across most products
Best ethically sourced residential proxies · from $2.50/GB
Massive competes on consent rather than pool size, and does it credibly: disclosed opt-in, SOC 2 certification and clean IPs. The right pick when procurement asks how the IPs were obtained.
- The clearest consent model in the industry, with disclosed monetization on the user side
- SOC 2 Type II certified, which satisfies enterprise procurement
- Good performance despite a smaller pool, because the IPs are cleaner
Cheapest way into dedicated mobile proxies · from $2.99/GB · 1-day money-back
Proxy-Cheap does what the name says. The dedicated 4G ports with unlimited traffic are the standout, and the residential pool is small but inexpensive.
- Very low entry cost across every product line
- Dedicated mobile ports with unlimited traffic at a flat monthly rate
- Accepts cryptocurrency and sells in small increments
Cheap mobile and residential gigabytes with no commitment · from $3/GB
ASocks is a low-cost, no-commitment network with genuinely cheap mobile traffic. Transparency about supply is thinner than we would like.
- Three dollar entry with credit that does not expire
- Cheap mobile gigabytes, unusual at this price point
- Flexible port and endpoint creation in the dashboard
Balanced mid-budget proxy range · from $3/GB
Infatica covers the whole proxy product range at mid-market prices with an unusually clear account of where its IPs come from. The pool is the limiting factor.
- Competitive per-gigabyte pricing with a modest $25 entry point
- Full product range including datacenter, ISP, mobile and a scraper API
- Publishes a clear explanation of how its SDK partners obtain consent
Best value residential proxies for small buyers · from $3.50/GB · 3-day money-back
IPRoyal is the small buyer's network: $7 gets you started, unused traffic never expires, and the static IP pricing undercuts almost everyone. Not the pool to bring to the hardest targets.
- Residential traffic never expires, which is uniquely buyer-friendly in this market
- Genuine entry point at $7, so tiny projects are viable
- Static ISP and datacenter IPs are among the cheapest anywhere
Cheap ISP proxies for retail workflows · from $3.50/GB · 1-day money-back
MarsProxies is a low-cost Lithuanian network with a following in the sneaker and ticketing community, where its ISP pools do well. Basic in every other respect.
- Cheap across every product line with low entry points
- Popular with sneaker and ticketing buyers for its ISP pools
- Fast setup and responsive Telegram support
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest residential proxy?
PacketStream at around $1 per gigabyte, though speed and success rates are well below the mid-market. LunaProxy, Thordata and IPRoyal offer better balance in the $2.40 to $3.50 range.
Is the cheapest option actually cheapest?
Not always. If half your requests fail and retry, a $1 gigabyte can cost more per successful result than a $4 one. Measure success rate on your own targets.