A per-GB price comparison of three residential proxy providers at small and large volumes, with the billing rules that change the real cost (expiry, VAT, trials, refunds).
Residential proxies are usually sold by traffic, so the number that matters is the price per GB at the volume you will actually use. That number moves a lot. The same provider can charge twice as much for 1 GB as for 1,000 GB, and some vendors also price by the country of the exit IP. The headline rate is only part of the cost. Check how long purchased traffic stays valid, whether VAT is added on top, whether a trial or refund exists, and whether you must commit to a monthly plan. This page compares three catalog providers that publish residential prices per GB: Proxy-Seller, Decodo and SOAX. For each one it lists the entry price, the lowest self-serve rate, the billing model, expiry rules, trial and refund terms, and rotation options. All figures were copied from the official pricing pages on 2026-10-20 and are shown without conversion or rounding.
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SOAXProxy-Seller lists $3.5/GB for 1 GB and $1.45/GB at 1000 GB with no monthly lock-in; Decodo sells single GBs pay-as-you-go and has a 100 MB trial; SOAX plans include several seats and proxy packages. None of the three offers a free plan.
Publishes per-GB tiers from $3.5/GB for 1 GB down to $1.45/GB for 1000 GB. Packages are valid for 30 days, with no monthly lock-in.
When to pick it: If you want the lowest published self-serve rate without a subscription and can use the traffic within 30 days.
Pay As You Go at $4/GB, or monthly plans from $3.75/GB (3 GB) to $2/GB (1000 GB). It has a 3-day trial with 100 MB.
When to pick it: If you need a few GB now and then, or want to test the pool before paying.
Prices traffic by the country tier of the exit IP, from $5.00/GB (tier 1) to $2.00/GB (tier 3) on the free Sandbox account. Lower rates apply on paid plans.
When to pick it: If most of your traffic goes through lower-cost countries, or one budget must cover residential and mobile IPs.
None of these tools has a free plan.
| Criterion | Proxy-Seller | Decodo | SOAX | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From (official pricing) | $3.5/GB for 1 GB (valid for 30 days) source | Pay As You Go $4/GB; monthly 3 GB plan $3.75/GB ($11.25 + VAT billed monthly) source | Sandbox (no subscription fee): $5.00/GB tier 1, $4.00/GB tier 2, $2.00/GB tier 3 source | |
| Lowest published self-serve rate | $1.45/GB at 1000 GB (enterprise from $0.3/GB via sales) source | $2/GB on the 1000 GB plan ($2000 + VAT billed monthly) source | Enterprise $3,000/mo + VAT: from $0.85/GB tier 1, from $0.35/GB tier 3 source | |
| Billing model | GB packages, top up anytime; no monthly lock-ins source | Monthly subscription, or Pay As You Go from a Wallet (not both at once) source | Plan fee converts to credits (1 credit = $1); per-GB rate depends on plan and country tier source | |
| Traffic or credit expiry | Packages valid for 30 days source | Not stated on official site | Credits on Sandbox or a monthly plan expire 60 days after they are added source | |
| Free trial and refund | No free trial; replacement or refund within 24 hours if proxies don't meet stated specs source | 3-day trial with 100 MB; 14-day money-back on a first purchase, with conditions source | No free trial; Sandbox sign-up is free without a card, but you buy credits to use proxies source | |
| Rotation and sticky sessions | Rotate by time interval or by request, or hold a sticky IP source | Rotate per request or keep one IP for up to 30 min source | Rotate per request, after N requests, after a set time or on error; sticky sessions available source | |
| Pool and targeting (vendor figures) | 47M+ IPs, 220+ locations; country, state, city and ISP source | 115M+ IPs, 195+ locations; continent down to ZIP code and ASN source | 191 million residential and mobile IPs, 195+ countries; country, region, city, ISP (ASN and ZIP on higher plans) source |
Facts from the vendors' official pages, checked on the date in the last column. Prices are what the vendor published on that date.
On Proxy-Seller's pricing page, choose Residential and a data volume. The 1 GB test package costs $3.5/GB, and larger packages lower the rate, down to $1.45/GB at 1000 GB. Packages are valid for 30 days, so buy only what you can use in that time.
Pay by card, PayPal or crypto. The vendor states that activation is instant. If the proxies do not work as described, request a replacement or refund within 24 hours.
In the control panel, create a proxy list and set its geo-targeting: country, state, city or ISP. You choose targeting per list, so different projects can use different locations.
Choose how the IP changes for that list: rotate by time interval, rotate on every request, or keep a sticky IP for the whole task.
Authenticate with a username and password or by IP allowlisting, then add the proxy to your HTTP, HTTPS or SOCKS5 client. The vendor names Scrapy, Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium and anti-detect browsers as supported.
Check traffic use in the dashboard and top up when needed. According to the vendor, the per-GB price goes down as your volume grows.
On Decodo's monthly plans, the price is $3.75/GB for 3 GB, $3.5/GB for 10 GB, $3.25/GB for 25 GB, $3/GB for 50 GB and $2.75/GB for 100 GB. Enterprise plans are $2.5/GB for 250 GB and $2/GB for 1000 GB. Pay As You Go is $4/GB.
Proxy-Seller lists $1.5/GB for a 750 GB package and $1.45/GB for 1000 GB. Small packages cost more: $3.5/GB for 1 GB and $2.9/GB for 10 GB.
On SOAX, yes, but only on high plans and in cheaper country tiers. On Scale ($1,500/mo + VAT), tier 3 traffic costs $0.60/GB and tier 1 costs $1.50/GB. Enterprise ($3,000/mo + VAT) starts from $0.85/GB for tier 1 and $0.35/GB for tier 3.
Decodo offers a 3-day free trial with 100 MB to new users. Your chosen plan starts automatically when the trial ends, unless you cancel in the Billing section first. Using the trial removes eligibility for the 14-day money-back option.
Proxy-Seller's residential plans include IP rotation. For each proxy list you choose rotation by time interval, rotation on every request, or a sticky IP that stays for the whole task.
Check how traffic is counted and when credits expire. SOAX counts data in both directions, including retries and interrupted connections. It adds VAT at checkout, and credits on Sandbox or monthly plans expire 60 days after they are added.
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