Rayobyte vs Geonode for Node.js: Agents, Sessions and Costs

Agents work the same on both

Node.js clients use proxy agents. Create one from a Rayobyte or Geonode proxy URL and pass it to Axios, Got or undici's fetch:

import axios from "axios";
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from "https-proxy-agent";

const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(process.env.PROXY_URL);
const res = await axios.get("https://httpbin.org/ip", { httpsAgent: agent, proxy: false });

See Rayobyte with Node.js, Geonode with Node.js and Node.js and Axios proxies.

Differences for Node.js workloads

At the time of writing.

Sessions and agents

Create a new agent per sticky session, with the session ID in the username from each dashboard's template. Reusing an agent reuses connections and usually the same IP.

Concurrency

Use p-limit or a queue to cap requests in flight below your plan's limit and keep per-domain concurrency polite.

Which to choose

With Webshare too: Node.js across all three.

A real-world example

A Node.js service monitors stock levels for a reseller across 70 shops every 10 minutes. It keeps one agent for Rayobyte rotating datacenter and another for Geonode residential. Sixty shops use the datacenter agent; ten protected shops use Geonode. A p-limit queue caps 50 requests in flight, and failures retry once on the other provider before alerting.

Pros and cons for Node.js

Rayobyte

• Cheapest datacenter traffic.
• Drop-in unblocker.
• SOCKS5 UDP for unusual clients.

Geonode

• Cheaper modest-volume residential.
• Long sessions when one agent must keep its IP.
• APIs for managed scraping.

If you're still shortlisting, compare these options with the wider market in our best proxies guide, and use our cheap proxies guide to estimate a sensible budget. To understand the IP type behind this, read our residential proxies guide.

Key takeaways

• Proxy agents work identically with both providers.
• Create one agent per sticky session.
• Rayobyte is cheaper for datacenter traffic and offers a drop-in unblocker.
• Geonode is cheaper for modest residential volumes.

FAQ

Why does Axios ignore my proxy agent?

Set proxy: false so Axios's own proxy option doesn't conflict.

Do both work with native fetch?

Yes, through undici's ProxyAgent.

Which supports SOCKS5 in Node.js?

Both, via socks-proxy-agent with a socks5h:// URL.