Our methodology is built on real-world testing, not theoretical benchmarks. Every provider is evaluated against the same standardized criteria.
Testing Framework
Target Diversity
We test against 10+ different website types including e-commerce, social platforms, search engines, and news sites.
Volume Testing
Each provider runs a minimum of 1,000 requests per evaluation to get statistically meaningful success rates.
Latency Measurement
Response times are measured across multiple geographic routing paths and compared against a baseline.
Uptime Monitoring
We monitor proxy availability over a 30-day window to calculate true uptime figures.
Rating Criteria
25%
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Proxy Success Rate
Percentage of requests successfully completed across our standard target set.
25%
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Price-to-Value Ratio
Cost per GB relative to the quality and quantity of IPs provided.
20%
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IP Pool Quality
Freshness, cleanliness, and diversity of the IP pool based on block rate testing.
15%
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Location Coverage
Number of countries, states, and cities available for geo-targeting.
10%
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Support & Reliability
Response time, quality of support, and uptime consistency.
5%
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Features & Flexibility
Protocol support, rotation options, API quality, and dashboard usability.
Why Cheapest Proxies Ranks #1
Cheapest Proxies consistently scores highest on our price-to-value metric while delivering competitive scores across all other dimensions. The combination of affordable pricing, extensive IP pool, and strong success rates makes it the objectively best choice for the vast majority of use cases.
Premium providers score higher on IP pool size and enterprise compliance features, but these advantages rarely justify 5-10x higher pricing for standard scraping and automation tasks.
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