How each provider charges
Both providers mix per-GB and per-IP billing, but the emphasis differs:
- Rayobyte: per GB for rotating products (residential, rotating ISP, rotating datacenter, mobile, Web Unblocker), per IP for static products, per successful request for the Scraping API. Premium Residential is pay as you go with steep volume tiers.
- Geonode: per GB for residential and rotating datacenter, with purchased bandwidth that doesn't expire; per IP for ISP proxies; per port speed for unlimited residential; per request for its APIs.
All figures below are list prices at the time of writing (October 2026). Check both sites before you buy.
Residential
| Monthly use | Rayobyte Premium Residential | Geonode residential |
|---|---|---|
| 10 GB | $35 ($3.50/GB) | About $8.80 (about $0.88/GB) |
| 50 GB | $100 ($2/GB) | Lower than 10 GB rate per GB |
| 100 GB | $200 ($2/GB) | Lower again |
| 250 GB | $375 ($1.50/GB) | Lower again |
| 1 TB | $700 ($0.70/GB) | Falls toward $0.30/GB at 100 TB |
At small and medium volumes, Geonode's list price is far lower. Rayobyte's tiers close the gap at 1 TB. Price your exact volume on both sites, because Geonode's intermediate tiers change often. See Rayobyte pricing explained.
Very high volume: Rayobyte's Scale Residential costs $100 a month for 6,600 GB (no targeting, verified businesses, one concurrent request per dollar). Geonode's unlimited residential plans start around $1,800 a month at 200 Mbps with targeting. See unlimited and high-volume residential compared.
ISP proxies
| Rayobyte static ISP | Geonode ISP | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per IP | $5 (5 to 99), $4.80 (100+), $4.60 (1,000+) | From $1.75 shared or $3.50 dedicated |
| Minimum | 5 IPs | 3 IPs |
| Bandwidth | Unmetered, fair use | Unmetered |
Ten dedicated IPs cost about $50 at Rayobyte and $35 at Geonode at list prices. Rayobyte also sells rotating ISP per GB ($3.75 to $2.50 pay as you go), which Geonode doesn't. See ISP proxies compared.
Datacenter
| Rayobyte | Geonode | |
|---|---|---|
| Rotating, per GB | $0.30 (3 to 50 GB) down to $0.23 | About $0.53 at 10 GB |
| Static per IP | Per country, 29 countries; semi-dedicated from $1 | Not a core product |
For 30 GB of rotating datacenter traffic: about $9 at Rayobyte and about $16 at Geonode. See datacenter proxies compared.
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 pricing explained.
Mobile
Rayobyte's mobile plans start at $250 a month for 83 GB ($3/GB) with 30-day expiry. Geonode lists 4G and 5G mobile proxies in the US, UK and Australia per GB, at around $3 per GB at the time of writing. See mobile proxies compared.
Scraping tools
| Rayobyte | Geonode | |
|---|---|---|
| Scraping API | $0.0018 per successful request; 5,000 free once | Scraper API with 1,500 free requests a month |
| Other | Web Unblocker $6 to $2.50 per GB; rayobrowse 48 free hours | Map, Crawl and Search APIs |
Billing rules that change real costs
- Expiry. Geonode's purchased bandwidth doesn't expire. Rayobyte's mobile bandwidth expires after 30 days, and its pricing page doesn't state an expiry for pay-as-you-go residential; confirm before a large purchase. See bandwidth expiry compared.
- Tier thresholds. Rayobyte's per-GB rate drops sharply at 50 GB and 250 GB, so buying slightly more can cost less.
- Concurrency. Rayobyte's Scale and monthly plans tie concurrency to spend.
- Success rates. A cheaper GB that fails more often isn't cheaper. Compare cost per successful result.
Worked scenarios
| Scenario | Cheaper at list prices |
|---|---|
| 20 GB of residential a month | Geonode |
| 300 GB of rotating datacenter a month | Rayobyte |
| 25 dedicated ISP IPs | Geonode |
| 5 TB untargeted crawl | Rayobyte (Scale Residential) |
| Seasonal residential use | Geonode (no expiry) |
| 100,000 hard pages via API | Compare quotes; both are per request |
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 our complete Geonode guide for its full product range.
A real-world example
A price intelligence startup spends about $400 a month. Its traffic splits into 300 GB of lenient-shop requests and 60 GB of protected-retailer requests. On Rayobyte rotating datacenter, the 300 GB costs about $75 at the $0.25 tier; on Geonode datacenter it would cost noticeably more. The 60 GB of residential costs $120 on Rayobyte at the $2 tier, and far less on Geonode at its small-volume rates. The startup's cheapest setup is therefore Rayobyte for datacenter and Geonode for residential, saving well over a third compared with putting everything on one provider.
Pros and cons on price
Rayobyte
- Cheapest rotating datacenter of the two.
- Scale Residential is extremely cheap for untargeted volume.
- Steep residential tier drops at 50, 250 and 1,000 GB.
- Small residential top-ups cost more per GB.
Geonode
- Cheapest residential at small and medium volumes.
- Bandwidth never expires.
- Cheaper ISP IPs with a 3-IP minimum.
- Rotating datacenter costs more per GB.
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.
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 pricing explained.
Key takeaways
- Geonode is cheaper for residential at small and medium volumes and for ISP IPs.
- Rayobyte is cheaper for rotating datacenter traffic and untargeted bulk residential.
- Expiry, tier thresholds and success rates change real costs.
- Price your exact volumes on both sites before choosing.
FAQ
Which is cheaper for 100 GB of residential traffic?
Geonode, at list prices at the time of writing.
Which is cheaper at 1 TB?
Closer. Rayobyte's tier is $0.70 per GB; Geonode's tiers keep falling with volume. Get current quotes for your exact amount.
Does either provider offer refunds?
Terms differ by product and change over time. Read each provider's current policy before buying. See billing compared.
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.