Residential
| Monthly use | Rayobyte | Geonode | Webshare |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 GB | $35 | About $9 | About $25 to $35 |
| 100 GB | $200 | Lower than its 10 GB rate | About $225 |
| 1 TB | $700 | Lower again; quote | Above $1,400 |
| 3 TB | $2,100 | Lower again; quote | About $4,200 |
| Expiry | Pay as you go (confirm) | Never expires | Monthly, reported to reset |
List prices at the time of writing (October 2026). Geonode is cheapest at small volumes; Rayobyte and Geonode compete at terabyte scale; Webshare is competitive only at the smallest plans. See Rayobyte pricing explained and Webshare pricing explained.
High-volume residential
| Rayobyte | Geonode | Webshare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product | Scale Residential | Unlimited residential | Large monthly plans |
| Entry | $100/month for 6,600 GB | About $1,800/month at 200 Mbps | $1.40/GB at 3 TB |
| Targeting | None | Yes | Yes |
See high-volume plans compared.
Datacenter
| Rayobyte | Geonode | Webshare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per GB rotating | $0.30 to $0.23 | About $0.53 at 10 GB | Not sold per GB |
| Per IP static | Semi-dedicated from $1; dedicated per country | Not a core product | Shared from about $0.03 |
| Bandwidth on static | Unmetered | N/A | Chosen allowance |
See datacenter compared.
ISP
| Rayobyte | Geonode | Webshare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Static per IP | $5 to $4.60 | $1.75 shared, $3.50 dedicated | About $0.30 to $0.225 |
| Minimum | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| Rotating ISP | Yes, per GB | No | No |
See ISP compared.
Mobile
| Rayobyte | Geonode | Webshare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offer | US, $250 for 83 GB to $2,500 for 2,632 GB | US, UK, Australia, around $3/GB | None |
Residential tip: If you only add one provider to an existing setup, add the one that fills a gap: Rayobyte lists HTTP/3, SOCKS5 UDP and device OS targeting on its residential traffic, which few providers offer, plus US mobile proxies. More in Rayobyte pricing explained.
Managed tools
| Rayobyte | Geonode | Webshare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scraping API | $0.0018 per success; 5,000 free | Scraper API; 1,500 free a month | None |
| Other | Web Unblocker $6 to $2.50/GB; rayobrowse | Map, Crawl, Search APIs | None |
Free
Webshare: 10 datacenter proxies and 1 GB a month forever. Rayobyte: no-card trial. Geonode: low-cost trial plus monthly API allowance. See free options compared.
Worked scenarios
| Scenario | Cheapest at list prices |
|---|---|
| 500 datacenter IPs | Webshare |
| 25 account IPs | Webshare |
| 20 GB residential, irregular | Geonode |
| 200 GB residential, steady | Geonode or Rayobyte; quote both |
| 5 TB untargeted crawl | Rayobyte Scale Residential |
| 300 GB rotating datacenter | Rayobyte |
| UK mobile | Geonode |
Three budgets, worked through
A $30 a month hobby scraper. Most of its targets are lenient. On Webshare, $30 buys around 1,000 shared datacenter IPs, far more than it needs. On Geonode, $30 buys about 34 GB of residential traffic that never expires. On Rayobyte, $30 buys about 100 GB of rotating datacenter traffic or under 9 GB of residential. The best split here is usually a small Webshare list plus a few dollars of Geonode residential for the one or two sites that block datacenter IPs.
A $500 a month price intelligence team. It moves about 400 GB a month, half to protected retailers. Putting the lenient half on Webshare lists or Rayobyte rotating datacenter costs well under $100. The protected half (200 GB) costs $400 on Rayobyte at the $2 tier, or $375 if bought as 250 GB at once at $1.50; less than that on Geonode at list prices; and roughly $450 on Webshare. Geonode or Rayobyte wins the residential half; quote both.
A $5,000 a month data platform. At this level list prices matter less than quotes. Rayobyte's enterprise residential floor is $0.50 per GB and Scale Residential drops below a cent per GB for untargeted traffic; Geonode's published tiers fall to about $0.30 per GB at 100 TB; Webshare stays cheapest for tens of thousands of static IPs. Teams at this size usually run two providers and negotiate with both.
Hidden costs to price in
- Failed requests. Proxy traffic is billed whether or not the target blocks you. A cheaper GB with a 60% success rate can cost more per result than a dearer GB with 95%.
- Retries and browsers. Rendering pages in a browser can multiply bandwidth five to ten times. Block images, fonts and media on every provider.
- Unused allowance. Webshare's monthly residential plans reset; Geonode's GB never expire; Rayobyte's pay-as-you-go tiers sit in between (confirm expiry terms).
- Engineering time. Rayobyte's Web Unblocker and the scraping APIs from Rayobyte and Geonode cost more per unit but can save days of work on hard targets.
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.
Strengths and watch-outs
| Provider | Cheapest for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Rayobyte | Rotating datacenter per GB, untargeted bulk residential, residential at 1 TB+ | Small residential top-ups at $3.50 per GB |
| Geonode | Residential at small and medium volumes, cheap ISP IPs | Datacenter traffic costs more per GB |
| Webshare | Datacenter and static residential IPs, free plan | Residential at volume; monthly resets |
Bottom line
No provider is cheapest across the board. Most teams save the most by buying each product from the provider that's cheapest for it.
Before you commit to any provider, it helps to see the wider market: our guide to the best proxies in 2026 compares proxy types by job, and cheap proxies explains how to keep costs down without buying IPs that get blocked. To understand the IP type behind this, read our residential proxies guide.
For head-to-head versions of this comparison, see Rayobyte vs Geonode Pricing, Rayobyte vs Webshare Pricing, Webshare vs Geonode Pricing.
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
- Webshare is cheapest per IP; Geonode for small residential; Rayobyte for rotating datacenter and untargeted bulk.
- At terabyte residential scale, quote Rayobyte and Geonode.
- Expiry rules differ: Geonode never expires, Webshare resets monthly, Rayobyte is pay as you go.
- Price your exact volumes on each site.
FAQ
Which is cheapest overall?
It depends on product: no single provider wins every line.
Which has the cheapest residential proxies?
Geonode at small volumes; Rayobyte and Geonode at terabyte scale.
Which has the cheapest ISP proxies?
Webshare.
Which provider has the best yearly discounts?
Webshare discounts annual billing on many plans, by up to about 30% on datacenter. Rayobyte discounts static datacenter IPs by 5% to 15% for 3 to 12 months prepaid. Geonode's main saving is that residential bandwidth never expires, so you can buy larger blocks without waste.
How do I compare a per-IP price with a per-GB price?
Estimate how much traffic each IP will carry in a month. If 100 IPs each move 2 GB, a $3 list costs $0.015 per GB, far below any residential rate, but only if the target accepts datacenter IPs.
Which provider is cheapest for a mixed workload?
Usually a combination: Webshare for IPs, Geonode for small residential, Rayobyte for datacenter per GB and bulk residential.
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.