10 Best Residential Proxy Providers (2026)

Residential proxies send your requests through IP addresses that internet providers have assigned to real homes. Websites see an ordinary household visitor, not a server, which is why residential IPs are the default choice for scraping protected sites, verifying ads, checking localized prices and running multiple accounts.

The market is crowded, and headline prices are often misleading: a "$0.50/GB" banner may only apply to a multi-terabyte enterprise contract. We compared 19 providers on their published pricing, pool size, targeting, session control and refund terms, and picked the 10 that offer the best combination for different buyers.

Quick picks

• Best overall: Decodo — low entry price, deep targeting, a free trial and a clear refund policy.
• Best for enterprise: Bright Data — the largest claimed pool and the most compliance certifications.
• Best for high volume: SOAX — public enterprise pricing from $0.85/GB, lower outside Tier 1 countries.
• Best for precise targeting: Rayobyte — ZIP, ASN and device OS targeting with sticky sessions up to 120 minutes.
• Best for irregular usage: IPRoyal — traffic never expires and sticky sessions last up to 7 days.
• Best budget pay-as-you-go: DataImpulse — $1/GB with no expiry.

Comparison table

Prices are as published on each provider's site in October 2026 and change often. Check the provider's pricing page before you buy.

1. Decodo — Best overall

Decodo is the new name of Smartproxy, a Lithuanian provider founded in 2018 that rebranded in April 2025. It is the most balanced residential offer on this list: you can start small without a commitment, the targeting is as deep as the enterprise providers', and the refund policy is spelled out in plain terms.

Pay-as-you-go traffic costs $4/GB, and monthly plans start at $3.75/GB for 3 GB, falling to $2.75/GB at 100 GB. Enterprise plans go down to $2/GB at 1 TB. Targeting covers continent, country, state, city, ZIP and ASN, and all residential traffic supports both HTTP(S) and SOCKS5. New users get a 3-day trial with 100 MB, and first purchases come with a 14-day money-back guarantee, provided you haven't used the free trial or more than 20% of your traffic.

Visit Decodo ↗

2. Bright Data — Best for enterprise

Bright Data (founded in 2014 as Luminati Networks) runs the largest residential network on this list, with 400M+ monthly IPs in 195 countries. It also has the deepest targeting — country, state, city, ZIP, ASN and mobile carrier — and the longest list of security certifications: ISO 27001, SOC 2, SOC 3 and CSA STAR.

That reach comes at a price. The list price for pay-as-you-go is $8/GB; at the time of writing, a 50% coupon brought it to $4/GB, with plans falling to $2.50/GB on the $1,999/month tier. Residential access requires KYC, which can include a short video call, and unused monthly commitments don't roll over. For teams that need maximum coverage and compliance paperwork, it's the safe choice; for small projects, it is usually more than you need.

Visit Bright Data ↗

3. SOAX — Best for high volume

SOAX, a UK-incorporated provider, rebuilt its pricing in 2026 around a credit system with country "geo tiers". The same per-GB rate applies to residential and mobile traffic, and rates fall steeply with commitment: on Tier 1 countries such as the US, $5/GB in the no-fee Sandbox, $3/GB on the $200 Builder plan, $1.50/GB on the $1,500 Scale plan and from $0.85/GB on Enterprise. Tier 2 and Tier 3 countries are cheaper still, down to $0.35/GB.

SOAX is built for steady, predictable traffic. There is no free trial, payments are generally non-refundable and credits expire after 60 days on monthly plans. ASN and ZIP targeting are only available from the Scale plan up.

Visit SOAX ↗

4. Rayobyte — Best for precise targeting

Rayobyte, a US company founded in 2015 (formerly Blazing SEO), offers two residential products. Premium Residential is the one most buyers want: $3.50/GB for up to 49 GB, $2/GB from 50 GB, $1.50/GB from 250 GB and $0.70/GB from 1 TB. It supports country, state, city, ZIP, ASN and even device OS targeting, sticky sessions from 1 to 120 minutes, and HTTP/3 and SOCKS5 with UDP.

Scale Residential is a separate, very low-cost product sold monthly to verified businesses, without targeting. Rayobyte is also one of the more transparent providers on sourcing: it describes an in-app consent screen with a visible opt-out, blocks banking and government sites, and is certified by the Ethical Web Data Collection Initiative (EWDCI).

Visit Rayobyte ↗

5. IPRoyal — Best for irregular usage

IPRoyal started in 2020 and sources part of its residential pool through its own bandwidth-sharing app, Pawns.app, which pays users for the traffic they share. Its standout feature is that residential traffic never expires: you can buy a block of gigabytes and use it over months, which suits projects that run in bursts.

Small purchases are expensive — 1 GB costs $7.35 pay-as-you-go or $7 on subscription — but prices fall to $1.75/GB on subscriptions at 10 TB. Sticky sessions can last up to 7 days, one of the longest limits on this list. Refunds are tight: within 24 hours and only if you've used 100 MB or less.

Visit IPRoyal ↗

6. Proxy-Seller — Best budget all-rounder

Proxy-Seller has been selling proxies since 2014 and is registered in Cyprus. Its residential pricing is simple and low: $3.50/GB for 1 GB, $2.50/GB at 50 GB, $2.20/GB at 100 GB and $1.45/GB at 1 TB, with enterprise contracts below that. It also sells ISP, mobile and datacenter proxies from the same account, which makes it a good fit if you need several proxy types without several vendors.

The main catch is that residential traffic is valid for 30 days, so it doesn't suit occasional use. Targeting covers country, state, city and ISP, and the company says it holds ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001 certifications.

Visit Proxy-Seller ↗

7. NodeMaven — Best for clean IPs and long sessions

NodeMaven is a younger provider (launched in 2023) that focuses on IP quality rather than pool size. Each IP is screened in real time against fraud scores and blacklists before it's assigned to you, and sticky sessions can last up to 24 hours. That makes it popular for social media, ad-account and other multi-account work, where a single flagged IP can cost more than the traffic.

Residential and mobile share one balance. Monthly plans start at $4.25/GB for 2 GB and fall to $2.20/GB at 1 TB; pay-as-you-go starts at $5/GB. Unused traffic rolls over. There's no free trial, but a $3.50 paid trial includes 750 MB.

Visit NodeMaven ↗

8. ProxyEmpire — Best for rollover and targeting on a budget

ProxyEmpire, operated from Bulgaria, offers full targeting — country, region, city, ISP, ASN and ZIP — on plans that start at just $20. Pay-as-you-go traffic costs $3.50/GB; monthly plans go from $2.85/GB (7 GB) to $1.50/GB (1 TB), and unused gigabytes roll over to the next month. A $1.97 trial gives you 150 MB to test residential and mobile traffic.

The pool (30M+ IPs in 170+ countries) is smaller than the market leaders', and the terms of service say all sales are final. Its pages give different figures for the maximum sticky-session length, so test session length for your use case during the trial.

Visit ProxyEmpire ↗

9. DataImpulse — Best budget pay-as-you-go

DataImpulse has the lowest pay-as-you-go residential price of any established provider we compared: $1/GB, falling to $0.80/GB at 1 TB, and traffic never expires. A $5 starter pack works as a low-risk trial. It claims a pool of 90M+ IPs in 195+ countries.

The low price comes with trade-offs. Country targeting is included, but city, state, ZIP and ASN targeting cost extra, and the company's corporate footprint is less clear than others on this list (its policies name a UAE entity). It's a strong choice for cost-sensitive scraping where country-level targeting is enough.

Visit DataImpulse ↗

10. Novada — Best for proxies plus scraping APIs

Novada is operated by Novada Labs GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany, and sells residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter proxies alongside scraper, SERP and browser APIs. Residential is sold as monthly subscriptions: a $10 starter plan for new users (10 GB at $1/GB), then plans from 25 GB, with the price falling to $1.30/GB at 1 TB. City and carrier targeting are free and don't require KYC.

Traffic expires after 30 days, and the mid-tier plans aren't always cheaper per GB than the smaller ones, so compare tiers carefully. Its pages also disagree on pool size (100M+ vs 160M+) and sticky-session limits.

Visit Novada ↗

Other providers we considered

• Infatica — 45M+ IPs, $4/GB pay-as-you-go down to $2.60/GB, and the widest ISO certification set we found (27001, 27701, 22301, 20000-1), but a smaller pool and mandatory KYC for all customers.
• Geonode — very low subscription prices ($0.79/GB at 10 GB, $0.27/GB at 100 TB) with rollover, but a self-admitted small pool of 7.5M monthly IPs.
• IPCook — $3.20/GB for 1 GB down to $0.60/GB at 5 TB, with non-expiring traffic and 24-hour sticky sessions; a younger, Hong Kong-based provider.
• Geonix (formerly Proxy-Sale) — running since 2014 with prices down to $0.49/GB at 10 TB, but a 15M pool and relatively expensive small plans.
• MarsProxies — non-expiring traffic and 7-day sticky sessions, but a claimed pool of only 1M+ IPs.
• FloppyData — a single $1/GB balance usable as residential, mobile or datacenter traffic, with a 19 GB minimum and no trial.
• HydraProxy — residential from $4/GB down to $3/GB; stronger for US mobile than residential.
• Live Proxies — private IP allocation per customer on fixed plans, but about $10–17.50 per GB on its consumer plans.

How to choose a residential proxy provider

Work out your real monthly volume first. Per-GB prices can differ by 5x between a 1 GB purchase and a 1 TB plan. A provider that looks cheap at enterprise scale may be the most expensive option for 10 GB a month, and vice versa.

Check whether traffic expires. DataImpulse, IPRoyal, IPCook and MarsProxies sell traffic that doesn't expire; Proxy-Seller, Novada and SOAX traffic or credits expire after 30–60 days. If your usage is irregular, non-expiring traffic can matter more than the per-GB price.

Match targeting to the job. Country targeting is enough for most price monitoring. Local SEO, ad verification and delivery-area checks often need city or ZIP targeting, and some sites block whole ASNs, so ASN targeting helps there. Several providers charge extra for — or restrict — the deeper options.

Decide between rotating and sticky sessions. Rotate per request for broad scraping. Use sticky sessions for logins, carts and account work, and check the maximum: limits range from 30 minutes to 7 days.

Read the refund policy before you pay. Many providers refund only within 24 hours and only if you've used almost no traffic. A low-cost trial is often the better way to test.

Look at sourcing and the operator. Reputable providers explain how they get consent from the people whose devices route traffic, and they publish a legal entity. Be wary of services that don't.

Residential vs other proxy types

Residential proxies are the most versatile option, but not always the right one. If you need the same IP for weeks — for example, to manage a long-lived account — consider static residential proxies. For the highest trust scores on mobile-first apps and social networks, look at mobile proxies. If speed and cost matter more than stealth, datacenter proxies are far cheaper per GB, and ISP proxies sit in between: residential-grade IPs on datacenter-grade infrastructure.