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A living collection of dated, reproducible proxy-market measurements built from official public sources. Missing or conflicting evidence is reported, not guessed.

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Residential Proxy Purchase Transparency Study

A reproducible audit of 22 providers and 264 decision-relevant pre-purchase claims from official public sources.

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Residential Proxy Entry-Price and Minimum-Purchase Index — August 2026

Snapshot date: July 31, 2026. The index compares the smallest ordinary publicly listed purchase for nine rotating residential proxy products. Trials, enterprise quotes and bulk headline rates are separated from the standard entry purchase.

DataImpulse

$1.00

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $1.00/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

Proxying

$1.50

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $1.50/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

Webshare

$3.50

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $3.50/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

Rayobyte

$3.50

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $3.50/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

Bright Data

$4.00

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $4.00/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

MarsProxies

$4.99

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $4.99/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

IPRoyal

$7.00

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $7.00/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

NodeMaven

$8.50

Minimum standard purchase · 2 GB · $4.25/GB

State: MATCH

See evidence

Decodo

$4.00

Minimum standard purchase · 1 GB · $4.00/GB

State: CONFLICT

See evidence

Research standard

  • Every row links to an official provider source.
  • Entry spend and effective $/GB are separate fields.
  • Conflicts are marked CONFLICT; missing facts are UNKNOWN.
  • A downloadable CSV and change log accompany every release.