Best Proxy Providers 2026: Residential, Datacenter, Mobile Comparison, Official Pricing, Bright Data, Oxylabs, Decodo, IPRoyal, ProxyEmpire

What does it cost to run residential, datacenter and mobile proxies under one vendor, and which vendors publish enough pricing to answer that question?

For a business, the answer shapes more than the proxy line item. A vendor that covers all three networks with published prices lets finance forecast spend, lets procurement run one review instead of three, and lets operations move a workload between networks without a new contract. A vendor that leaves gaps forces the business to add suppliers as needs grow.

Mobile is where the gaps appear most often. Ad verification and app testing teams increasingly need carrier-level mobile IPs, yet mobile pricing is the least consistently published of the three networks. This comparison sets out what five providers publish for each network, with particular attention to mobile.

Provider

Residential entry

Datacenter entry

Mobile pricing

Mobile carrier targeting

ProxyEmpire

$3.50/GB, no commitment

40 GB for $25/mo

$4.50/GB rotating; dedicated US 5G from $20/day

Included

Bright Data

$4/GB with RESIGB50

10 IPs for $14/mo

No published pricing

Listed on services page

Oxylabs

$6/GB first tier

Sold; price not shown on pages reviewed

$7.50 to $3.50/GB by tier

Not itemized

Decodo

3 GB for $11.25

From $0.02/IP

From $2.25/GB

Not itemized

IPRoyal

$7/GB (1 GB)

From $1.39/proxy

From $10.11/day

Not itemized

What to Check in a Multinetwork Vendor

Published mobile pricing. Without it, mobile spend cannot be forecast. Check whether rates are per GB, per day or per proxy, since each suits a different workload.

Carrier targeting. For ad verification and app testing, the business outcome depends on seeing what one carrier's subscribers see. Confirm that carrier targeting is included rather than quoted on request.

One account across networks. Consolidation reduces vendor reviews, invoices and integrations. Check that residential, datacenter and mobile can be bought and managed together.

Billing that matches demand. Uneven workloads favor rollover or non-expiring traffic; steady workloads can use commitments efficiently.

Clear evaluation terms. Trials, credits and refund policies determine the cost of finding out whether a vendor fits.

Evaluating Before You Commit

Bright Data offers a free trial with no credit card and a first deposit match up to $500. Decodo offers a free 3-day residential trial with 100 MB. Oxylabs provides a $5 welcome credit. IPRoyal allows sign-up without a credit card but does not state a trial.

ProxyEmpire's trial costs $1.97, which the company says filters out abuse, and it includes 50 MB of rotating mobile traffic alongside 100 MB of residential. For a business evaluating mobile specifically, that makes it a direct way to test mobile, since the other entry points do not state mobile in their allowance.

Paid plans differ mainly in commitment and in how mobile is billed: per GB, per day or by subscription. For forecasting, per-GB rates suit variable workloads, while per-day dedicated or rental pricing suits fixed-length projects such as a campaign launch or a test cycle.

Pricing Across Three Networks, Provider by Provider

#1 ProxyEmpire

ProxyEmpire publishes pricing for every network a business is likely to need, and its mobile offer is the most complete in this group. Rotating mobile costs $4.50 per GB on pay as you go, with monthly tiers from 6 GB for $25 to 1,000 GB for $2,000 and custom volumes from $1.25 per GB. Dedicated mobile adds a fixed carrier IP with unlimited GB: US 5G on Verizon at $20 a day, $75 a week or $250 a month, or a multi-country plan at $125 a month. Carrier, city and country targeting are included.

Residential runs from $3.50 per GB without commitment to $1.50 per GB on the 1,000 GB tier, and datacenter is billed by bandwidth, from 40 GB for $25 a month to $0.35 per GB at 5,000 GB. Static ISP costs $3.50 for one IP, falling to $2.20 per IP from 1,000. Unused GB on GB-based plans roll over, and there are no contracts.

For a business, that means one vendor, one invoice and published rates for all three networks. The trade-off is that all sales are final, and mobile targeting does not include ZIP or ASN.

Pros:

  • Published per-GB and dedicated mobile pricing
  • Carrier targeting included
  • Residential, datacenter, mobile and ISP on one account

Cons:

  • No money-back guarantee
  • Mobile targeting stops at carrier and city level

#2 Bright Data

Bright Data publishes residential, ISP and datacenter pricing in detail. Residential pay as you go is $8 per GB, or $4 with RESIGB50 for three months, and monthly plans start at 141 GB for $499. Datacenter runs from 10 IPs for $14 a month to 1,000 IPs for $900, and ISP from 10 IPs for $18 to 1,000 IPs for $1,300.

Mobile is the gap. Mobile proxies no longer appear in its proxy menu or pricing navigation and are referenced only in FAQ text, so there is no published mobile price to forecast against. Carrier targeting is listed on its proxy services page.

For enterprises whose needs center on residential and datacenter, the certifications, including ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and AWS Marketplace billing remain strong advantages. KYC applies before residential or mobile use, and unused monthly commitments do not roll over.

Pros:

  • Detailed residential, ISP and datacenter pricing
  • Extensive certifications
  • Free trial and deposit match

Cons:

  • No published mobile pricing
  • Commitments do not roll over

#3 Oxylabs

Oxylabs publishes residential and mobile pricing within one subscription, from $30 a month. Residential falls from $6 to $2.50 per GB by tier, and mobile from $7.50 to $3.50 per GB, with IPs from real devices in 140+ countries and static 24-hour sessions.

Datacenter and dedicated datacenter proxies are sold, but their prices were not shown on the pages reviewed. The same subscription covers ISP proxies, the Web API and an unblocker.

For a business, the shared subscription simplifies billing across products, but there is no pay-as-you-go option, and residential plans include 3 proxy users.

Pros:

  • Published per-GB mobile tiers
  • One subscription across products
  • Free geo targeting

Cons:

  • Datacenter pricing not shown
  • Subscription required

#4 Decodo (formerly Smartproxy)

Decodo publishes entry prices for every network. Mobile starts from $2.25 per GB across 160+ locations, covering 3G, 4G, LTE and 5G, though the tier behind that rate is not shown. Datacenter starts from $0.02 per IP and ISP from $0.27 per IP.

Residential subscriptions run from 3 GB for $11.25 to 100 GB for $275, with enterprise rates down to $2 per GB at 1 TB. A Wallet sells residential at $4 per GB but cannot run alongside a subscription.

Mobile targeting levels are not itemized on the pages reviewed, which matters for carrier-specific work. A free 3-day residential trial is available, and first purchases qualify for a conditional 14-day refund.

Pros:

  • Low published mobile entry rate
  • Low per-IP datacenter pricing
  • Free residential trial

Cons:

  • Mobile tier details not shown
  • Carrier targeting not itemized

#5 IPRoyal

IPRoyal publishes entry prices across all three networks: residential from $7 per GB on a 1 GB subscription, datacenter from $1.39 per proxy and mobile from $10.11 per day, with ISP from $1.80.

Its per-day mobile pricing suits short, defined projects, such as a week of app testing, better than ongoing usage measured in gigabytes. The mobile pool is listed at 4.5M+ IPs.

Residential traffic never expires and has no monthly minimum, and team features such as workspace roles and 2FA support shared access. Mobile carrier targeting is not itemized on the pages reviewed.

Pros:

  • Published pricing for every network
  • Non-expiring residential traffic
  • Team access controls

Cons:

  • High residential entry rate
  • Mobile billed per day, not per GB