Amazon needs residential
Amazon blocks datacenter IPs quickly and varies prices and delivery by location. Both providers' residential networks are the practical starting point, with scraping APIs as a fallback. See Amazon scraping proxies.
Side by side
| Rayobyte | Geonode | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential price | $3.50 to $0.70/GB | About $0.88/GB at 10 GB, falling with volume |
| Marketplace targeting | 190+ countries | 150+ countries |
| ZIP targeting | Yes | No (city level) |
| Sessions for reviews | Up to 120 minutes | Up to 24 hours |
| API fallback | Scraping API, $1.80 per 1,000 successes | Scraper API |
At the time of writing.
Bandwidth is heavy
Amazon product HTML is often 500 KB to 1 MB. 100,000 pages at 700 KB is about 70 GB: $140 on Rayobyte at the $2 tier, and considerably less on Geonode at list prices. For heavy pages, per-GB price dominates, so Geonode usually wins on cost unless your volume reaches Rayobyte's $0.70 tier.
Per-request APIs change the maths
On per-request pricing, page weight doesn't matter. Rayobyte's Scraping API at $0.0018 per success costs $180 for 100,000 pages, retries included. Compare with your residential cost per successful page, including failed attempts, on both providers.
Residential tip: Many teams end up using more than one provider: Rayobyte for ZIP and ASN targeted residential traffic or its Scraping API, Geonode for non-expiring per-GB bandwidth and long sticky sessions. Start with Rayobyte for Amazon data.
Location
Target the marketplace's country on either. For ZIP-level delivery data, Rayobyte's ZIP targeting plus Amazon's own delivery location setting gives the most accurate view.
Which to choose
| Situation | Better fit |
|---|---|
| Large volumes of product pages on a budget | Geonode residential |
| ZIP-level delivery data | Rayobyte |
| Hands-off collection | Either API; compare quotes |
| 1 TB+ a month | Price both |
See Rayobyte for Amazon data and Geonode for Amazon scraping. With Webshare: Amazon across all three.
A real-world example
A brand analytics tool collects 150,000 Amazon product pages a month across four marketplaces, around 100 GB of HTML. It runs most of this on Geonode residential for cost. For the US marketplace's delivery estimates by ZIP, it uses Rayobyte ZIP targeting combined with Amazon's own delivery location setting. When residential success on a product category drops below 85%, those requests move to Rayobyte's Scraping API until success recovers.
Proxy tip: To test the Geonode side of this comparison, a small residential balance from Geonode is enough, and it doesn't expire if you pause. See Geonode for Amazon data for its full product range.
Pros and cons for Amazon
Rayobyte
- ZIP targeting for delivery data.
- Scraping API fallback priced per success.
- Higher residential price at modest volume.
Geonode
- Cheapest residential for heavy product pages.
- Scraper API fallback.
- No ZIP targeting.
For the bigger picture beyond our three partners, read our best proxies buyer's guide, and see cheap proxies for ways to cut cost per successful request. To understand the IP type behind this, read our residential proxies guide.
Budget tip: If you want a cheap proxy to try this with, Webshare has a free plan with 10 datacenter proxies and 1 GB of bandwidth a month, no card required. Paid lists let you pick proxy count, bandwidth and location. See Webshare for Amazon data.
Key takeaways
- Use residential or a scraping API for Amazon on either provider.
- Heavy pages make Geonode's lower per-GB price matter.
- Rayobyte adds ZIP targeting for delivery data.
- Per-request APIs ignore page weight; compare cost per success.
FAQ
Which is better for Amazon?
Geonode is usually cheaper for bulk product pages; Rayobyte is better for ZIP-level data.
Do datacenter proxies work on Amazon?
Not reliably.
Should I use a scraping API for Amazon?
If residential success rates are low or you want to avoid maintenance, yes.
Editorial note: Proxy providers change their pools, features and prices often, so treat any figures here as typical ranges at the time of writing and confirm current terms with the provider before you buy.