The Proxy Index — Market Research
The proxies worth paying for — and the ones quietly wasting your budget.
An independently tested ranking of residential, datacenter, and mobile networks. No sponsorships, no recycled marketing — just the numbers that decide whether your requests get through.
The best networks, ranked.
Top performers from our latest benchmark cycle, each recognized for a category they lead.
Best Overall
Bright Data
9.8★★★★★
The largest verified residential pool with the most consistent success rate at scale.
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Fastest
Oxylabs
9.6★★★★★
Sub-second median latency and an enormous datacenter range for high-volume jobs.
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Best Value
IPRoyal
9.2★★★★★
Strong performance at the lowest cost-per-GB we tracked this cycle.
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Best for Mobile
Decodo
9.1★★★★★
Reliable 4G/5G IPs with granular session control for app automation.
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Top 5, side by side.
The headline numbers from our index — the full dataset covers all 47 networks.
| Network | Type | Score | Success | Latency | IP Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Data |
Residential | 9.8 | 99.2% | 0.7s | 72M+ |
| Oxylabs |
Datacenter | 9.6 | 98.6% | 0.3s | 102M |
| IPRoyal |
Residential | 9.2 | 96.4% | 0.9s | 34M+ |
| Decodo |
Mobile | 9.1 | 97.8% | 1.1s | 55M |
 NetNut |
Static / ISP | 8.9 | 95.1% | 0.6s | 52M |
Learn before you deploy.
Field-tested guides on proxies, scrapers, and staying unblocked at scale.
How to Use Residential Proxies for Web Scraping
Set up rotating residential IPs for clean, large-scale scraping without bans.
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Security
Best Proxies for Dark Web Monitoring
Which networks let you monitor dark-web sources safely and anonymously.
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Security
Best Proxies for Security Intelligence
Top picks for threat research, OSINT, and security intelligence work.
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SEO
How to Use Proxies for SEO Rank Tracking
Track keyword rankings accurately from any location with the right proxies.
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Gaming
Best Proxies for Gaming Automation
Low-latency proxies built for multi-accounting and game automation.
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Media
Best Proxies for YouTube Scraping
Pull video data and metadata from YouTube without tripping rate limits.
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Rankings you can actually trust.
No sponsored placements, no recycled marketing claims — just a repeatable testing process.
Independent by design
We buy access at public pricing — never comped accounts that could skew results.
Re-verified weekly
Networks change. Every score is re-run on a weekly cycle so the index stays current.
Real performance data
Success rate, latency, and IP-pool health from millions of logged requests.
No pay-to-rank
Affiliate relationships never influence placement. The data decides, full stop.
Proxy comparisons, settled by data.
Direct matchups between the networks people weigh against each other most.
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Comparison
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Decodo vs NetNut
Two residential heavyweights compared on success rate, speed, and price.
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Comparison
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Oxylabs vs IPRoyal
Premium scale against budget value — which delivers more per dollar?
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Comparison
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Oxylabs vs NetNut
Datacenter muscle versus static-ISP reliability, measured side by side.
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Comparison
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Bright Data vs Oxylabs
The two biggest networks, benchmarked head-to-head on every metric.
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Comparison
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Bright Data vs NetNut
Largest pool versus fastest static IPs — which fits your workload?
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Comparison
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Decodo vs Oxylabs
Newcomer value against an established leader, tested the same way.
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