// Full transparency on how The Proxy Index is funded — and why it never affects what we publish.
The Proxy Index participates in affiliate programs. When you click certain links on this site and sign up for a proxy network, scraper, or VPN, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. In some cases you receive an exclusive discount because of that relationship.
These commissions fund our independent testing infrastructure. They do not buy favorable reviews, higher rankings, or inclusion in the index. Rankings are determined solely by our automated benchmark pipeline.
Some outbound links to proxy providers are affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking one, the provider pays us a referral fee. This is a standard, FTC-compliant monetization model used across editorial review sites.
Independent benchmarking is expensive — test nodes, hardware, and millions of logged requests every week. Affiliate revenue lets us keep the index free for readers while remaining fully independent from the networks we cover.
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