Does your proxy vendor run a network or rent one?
Twenty minutes of RDAP, WHOIS and one support question tell you whether a proxy vendor runs its network or rents it, and what a dead IP means.
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Working notes on proxies, scraping and the network behind them, written by the people who run it.
The 6 best Ape Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Ape Proxies (apesupply.io)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and static IPs. Checked November 5, 2026.
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The 6 best Capy Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Capy Proxies (capyproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and static IPs. Checked November 6, 2026.
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The 6 best Diamond Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Diamond Proxies (diamondproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and static IPs. Checked November 5, 2026.
16 min read
The 6 best Donut Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Donut Proxies (donutproxy.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and static IPs. Checked November 5, 2026.
16 min read
The 6 best Flowstate Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Flowstate Proxies (flowstateproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and access. Checked November 5, 2026.
16 min read
The 6 best Lavish Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Lavish Proxies (lavishproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and static IPs. Checked November 5, 2026.
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The 6 best Primed Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Primed Proxies (primedproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and static IPs. Checked November 5, 2026.
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The 6 best Rich Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Rich Proxies (richproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on bandwidth and static IPs. Checked November 5, 2026.
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The 6 best Sinful Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Sinful Proxies (sinfulproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and targeting. Checked November 5, 2026.
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The 6 best Wealth Proxies alternatives, compared
Looking for Wealth Proxies (wealthproxies.com)? What it sells, what it costs and six alternatives compared on rates and static IPs. Checked November 5, 2026.
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A Clover Proxies alternative you can buy on the web, with an API and public docs
Looking for Clover Proxies (cloverproxies.com)? See what it sells, what it costs and how it compares with our per-GB pools. Checked November 12, 2026.
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66 articles
Guides
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Comparisons
57 articles
- The 6 best Ape Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Capy Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Diamond Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Donut Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Flowstate Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Lavish Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Primed Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Rich Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Sinful Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Wealth Proxies alternatives, compared
- A Clover Proxies alternative you can buy on the web, with an API and public docs
- The 6 best Blessed Proxies alternatives, compared
- The 6 best Pigeon Proxies alternatives, compared
- ABCproxy's website is not reachable: what the record shows, and what to use instead
- The Bart Proxies alternative for single static IPs and whole /24s
- The SOAX alternative when you want prepaid proxies and no monthly plan
- IPIDEA is offline: what the record shows, and what to use instead
- NetNut is offline: what the record shows, and what to use instead
- The 9Proxy alternative for mobile, static subnets and proxies without an app
- The AWS EC2 Mac alternative when you need one Mac, not a fleet
- The Bright Data alternative for teams that want to start small
- The Byteful alternative for small residential buys, subnets and Macs
- The DataImpulse alternative when price is not the whole decision
- The Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) alternative for prepaid proxies with no subscription
- The Floppydata alternative for targeted mobile, whole subnets and Macs
- The Froxy alternative for buyers who would rather not subscribe
- The Geonode alternative when you need more than cheap gigabytes
- The Infatica alternative for buyers who would rather prepay than procure
- The IPRoyal alternative when the first gigabyte is the expensive one
- The Live Proxies alternative when a monthly allocation is more than you need
- The MacStadium alternative when you need a Mac for a day, not a month
- The Massive alternative for prepaid residential, carrier mobile and whole subnets
- The Nimble alternative for residential proxies you can buy today
- The NodeMaven alternative for buyers who do not buy a terabyte a month
- The Oxylabs alternative for small purchases, mobile and Mac servers
- The PacketStream alternative for mobile, static and state-targeted proxies
- The Proxidize alternative for buyers who would rather not send a passport
- The Proxy-Cheap alternative when the headline price is a sale
- The Proxy-Seller alternative for traffic that does not expire
- The Proxy6 alternative for mobile, rotating residential and Mac servers
- The ProxyEmpire alternative for one flat rate, whole subnets and Mac servers
- The Proxyrack alternative when you do not want a monthly plan
- The ProxyScrape alternative when your data should not run out of time
- The PyProxy alternative for card payments, finer targeting and static subnets
- The Scaleway alternative for a US Mac mini by the day or the month
- The Shifter alternative for prepaid bandwidth, mobile and long sessions
- The Thordata alternative for static subnets, Mac servers and plain terms
- The Webshare alternative when you have outgrown the free plan
- The Zyte alternative, now that Smart Proxy Manager is gone
- A HeroProxies alternative for teams that need more than residential
- A PeanutProxies alternative for data and scraping work
- A ResiMule alternative for proxies and Mac servers
- A Stella Proxies alternative, compared fairly
- A SwiftProxy alternative for smaller, flexible proxy budgets
- An XYZ Proxies alternative, compared on facts
- The HypeProxies alternative for rotating, mobile and non-US proxies
- The MarsProxies alternative for buyers who do not need the whole catalogue
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Products and use cases
Products
- Residential proxies
- Mobile proxies
- Static ISP proxies
- Mac servers
- Pay as you go proxies
- SOCKS5 proxies
- US proxies
- Rent a Mac for a day
Use cases
- Proxies for web scraping
- Proxies for Instagram and social media
- Proxies for SEO
- Ad verification proxies
- Every use case
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