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Small / Mid-tier (deep test)Static ISP Updated 2026-08-11
NetNut Static ISP
Clean US/EU static ISP pool with real Comcast / Virgin / Orange ASNs. Hygiene is better than most mid-tier; 72h soak scores rarely drop more than 5 points.
Pros
Real ISP ASNs, not relabeled DC
90+ day IP stability in 8/10 subnets
No per-GB overcharge on static plans
Cons
Asian coverage thin
Dashboard UX still janky
Dedicated account manager only on >50 IPs
Best for:Multi-marketplace sellers with 5–50 accounts.
Small / Mid-tier (deep test)Residential Updated 2026-07-20
Smartproxy (Residential)
Solid rotating residential gateway. Actual residential share ~88% in our 200-IP sample, which is better than most $3/GB competitors.
Pros
Transparent bandwidth billing (egress only)
24/7 chat with real engineers, not tier-0
Good JP / SG / AU coverage
Cons
Failed requests still billed on some endpoints
Sneaker / ad-targeted sub-pools are oversold
Best for:Medium-volume scrapers (10–100 RPM) with mixed geo targets.
Small / Mid-tier (deep test)Residential Updated 2026-06-30
GeoSurf
Decent coverage, very inconsistent IP hygiene. 30-day average reputation swing of ~20 points means you have to re-test subnets monthly.
Pros
Hard-to-find MEA cities
Simple per-GB pricing, no minimums above starter plan
Cons
Reputation drop-off after first week of use
Ticket support < 1 response / day on weekends
Best for:Short-tail geo jobs when nobody else covers the country.
Giant (quick take)Residential Updated 2026-08-01
BrightData (giant)
Coverage and volume are unmatched. But the small-seller experience is clearly deprioritized — minimums, opaque pricing tiers, and hands-off self-service that makes you pay for mistakes.
Pros
Widest geo / ASN coverage
Enterprise-grade SLAs on upper tiers
Captcha / unlocker add-ons actually work
Cons
Minimum spend often required after trial
Small-plan support is mostly ticket bot
Oversold pools in top e-commerce geos
Best for:Teams doing 500K+ requests/month who have a dedicated operator.
Giant (quick take)Residential Updated 2026-08-01
Oxylabs (giant)
Stable, well-documented, enterprise-priced. For small shops the math rarely works vs mid-tier providers once you add bandwidth overages.
Pros
Predictable success rates on major targets
Good SDK & docs
Dedicated account manager on all paid tiers
Cons
Premium pricing with long contracts
Custom pricing opaque for non-reference use cases
Best for:Scaling teams who value SLA over marginal cost per GB.
Small / Mid-tier (deep test)Datacenter Updated 2026-05-22
ProxyRack (Datacenter)
Cheap, fast, honest datacenter pool. No fake "residential-masked" marketing. Exactly what you want if you know your target tolerates DC IPs.
Pros
$0.40–$1.20 per GB prices match invoices exactly
Subnet diversity is real — 1200+ ASNs in US sample
No minimums, pause anytime
Cons
DC is still DC — do not use for seller account logins
Latency spikes to 300ms+ outside NA/EU
Best for:APIs, public data, light scraping of non-protected sites.
Methodology: all paid plans purchased with our own funds. Each provider is tested from our Worker broker → 3 overseas VPS (FRA, SJC, SIN) with 200 random IPs per residential plan, 50 per static ISP, 100 per datacenter. Success rate & latency measured against 6 real-world target sites, not provider-owned echo endpoints. Ratings are relative to the tier — a 4/5 small-mid is not directly comparable to a 4/5 giant.
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