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Use case

Web scraping

Scraping at scale is priced per GB, per request or per IP, and those models are hard to compare at a glance. These listings are ordered by editorial score, which weights reliability on protected targets above pool size.

Ranked for this workload

Top 12 for web scraping

  1. BrightData

    The largest ethically sourced proxy network

    From $5.04/GB

    Crunch Score 93
  2. Oxylabs

    Enterprise-grade pools with serious support

    From $8.00/GB

    Crunch Score 91
  3. NetNut

    ISP-backed exits with datacenter stability

    From $1.60/IP

    Crunch Score 89
  4. SOAX

    Deep mobile coverage and granular geo filters

    From $6.60/GB

    Crunch Score 87
  5. Bright Datacenter

    Shared and dedicated datacenter IPs at scale

    From $0.09/GB

    Crunch Score 87
  6. Webshare

    The cheapest credible datacenter proxies

    From $0.05/IP

    Crunch Score 85
  7. Rayobyte

    Ethically sourced with a public no-abuse policy

    From $0.30/IP

    Crunch Score 83
  8. Smartproxy Nodes

    Self-serve residential with clear per-GB tiers

    From $4.00/GB

    Crunch Score 81
  9. Infatica

    Solid mid-market pool with an SDK-based supply model

    From $3.00/GB

    Crunch Score 79
  10. Nimble IP

    Proxy plus managed unblocking in one API

    From $6.00/GB

    Crunch Score 79
  11. Live Proxies

    Private rotating pools per customer

    From $45/mo

    Crunch Score 77
  12. ProxyEmpire

    Rollover traffic and granular targeting

    From $2.50/GB

    Crunch Score 75

Ordered by Crunch Score. Placement is never sold.

What this workload needs
  • Rotating residential or mobile pool
  • Per-request rotation control
  • Pricing that fits your request volume
  • Concurrency headroom for burst crawls
What to look for
Rotating residential poolsOrdered by editorial score, not by pool-size claims.
Anti-block escalation pathsNetworks offering unblocker and anti-bot options for Cloudflare, Akamai and PerimeterX.
Scraper API alternativesWhen a managed API beats raw proxies — with per-1K-request cost math.
Pricing across every tierPer-GB, per-request and per-IP plans laid out side by side, as each provider publishes them.