DataImpulse Pricing in 2026: Mobile Proxy Costs and Targeting Fees

DataImpulse advertises mobile proxies from $2 per GB, but that is not the effective rate for every configuration. Country targeting is included at the standard rate. State, city, ZIP-code, and ASN filters are billed at twice the standard traffic rate, so buyers need to forecast billable traffic, not only the bytes their application expects to transfer.

This guide focuses on DataImpulse mobile proxy pricing. It explains the public packages, the 2x targeting rule, minimum purchases, volume discounts, non-expiring traffic, and what 25GB, 50GB, or 100GB of actual usage can cost.

Quick Answer

DataImpulse mobile proxies cost $2/GB at the standard self-service rate. Country targeting is included, but state, city, ZIP, and ASN filters are billed at 2x. At the standard rate, that makes 25GB of city-targeted traffic cost $100 rather than $50. New users can make a one-time $5 mobile purchase; the minimum then becomes $50. Purchased traffic does not expire.

Key Takeaways

• The standard DataImpulse mobile rate is $2/GB. The public Intro package is $5 for 2.5GB, while the Basic package is $50 for 25GB.
• Country selection or exclusion is included. DataImpulse also lists ASN exclusion as a default targeting option that does not add a fee.
• State, city, ZIP, and ASN selection uses a 2x billing rate. One gigabyte transferred through one of those filters deducts two billable gigabytes, making the effective standard rate $4 per actual GB.
• The Intro purchase is not a recurring $5 minimum. It is a one-time offer for each proxy type; after it is used for mobile proxies, the documented mobile minimum becomes $50.
• Purchased traffic does not expire. This can make DataImpulse attractive for intermittent workloads that cannot consume a monthly allowance reliably.
• The 2x multiplier does not make a location available. Granular inventory changes, and DataImpulse documents a 400 NO_RAY response when no eligible exit is available.
• Compare cost per valid result, not only cost per GB. Targeting multipliers, browser assets, retries, failed validations, and unused plan capacity can change the real economics.

Methodology and disclosure: Proxidize publishes this article and competes with DataImpulse. We reviewed DataImpulse's public mobile pricing page, Help Center, and proxy documentation on September 24, 2026. All 25GB, 50GB, and 100GB totals are labeled calculations based on the published rate and targeting multiplier. We did not fund a DataImpulse account, run a live billing test, obtain a custom quote, or conduct a matched performance benchmark. Prices, availability, and terms can change.

DataImpulse Mobile Pricing at a Glance

DataImpulse currently publishes four mobile buying levels:

Sources: DataImpulse's mobile proxy pricing, minimum-payment explanation, and plan-selection guide.

The Intro package can be purchased once per proxy type; after it is used for mobile proxies, the documented minimum becomes $50. The Advanced package lowers the purchased unit rate, but traffic using a Target Filter remains subject to the documented 2x billing treatment.

What Does DataImpulse Charge for Mobile Proxies?

Use two steps to estimate the bill:

Country targeting uses the base rate. A Target Filter makes each measured gigabyte consume two billable gigabytes; it is a balance multiplier, not a second transfer of the payload.

Headline Rate vs. Effective Rate

The $4 figure is a calculation, not a separately advertised plan. It assumes the current $2/GB standard mobile rate.

What Targeting Is Included in DataImpulse Pricing?

DataImpulse separates its controls into default targeting and Target Filters.

The official DataImpulse targeting documentation is explicit: country selection or exclusion and ASN exclusion are default controls, while state, city, ZIP, and ASN selection belong to Target Filters and are billed at double the standard rate.

The individual state, city, and ZIP parameter pages also apply the 2x rule to their corresponding exclusion parameters. If a workflow depends on a more complex combination, confirm the exact dashboard behavior before budgeting it.

Do Multiple Advanced Filters Stack Into 4x or 8x Billing?

DataImpulse's public documentation says traffic routed through the Target Filter is billed at double the standard rate. It does not say that each advanced parameter adds another 2x multiplier.

This guide therefore uses one 2x multiplier for advanced-targeted traffic and does not assume city plus ASN becomes 4x. A buyer using several filters together should confirm the account meter or ask DataImpulse support before committing a production budget.

DataImpulse Cost Examples: 25GB, 50GB, and 100GB

The following table uses the current $2/GB standard rate. It treats the volume in the first column as actual traffic measured before the targeting multiplier.

These are calculations, not checkout quotes. They exclude any taxes, account-specific discounts, custom pricing, and traffic created by retries or additional assets.

Mixed-Targeting Cost Example

A workload does not have to send every request through the same targeting mode. If 80GB uses country targeting and 20GB uses a city filter, calculate each part separately at the standard rate:

This is a calculation, not a DataImpulse quote. Only the 20GB routed through the advanced filter receives the 2x multiplier.

Why Can a DataImpulse Balance Decrease Faster Than Expected?

Separate these causes when auditing unexpectedly fast balance use:

1. An advanced targeting filter is active. State, city, ZIP, or ASN selection makes one measured gigabyte consume two billable gigabytes.
2. The application transfers more than the final dataset. A stored product record may contain a few kilobytes even though the browser downloaded HTML, JavaScript, fonts, images, API responses, and tracking resources.
3. Retries, redirects, and background requests add transfers. Browser automation may keep loading after the main document appears complete.
4. More workers are active than expected. A forgotten process, scheduler, browser tab, or credential can continue consuming traffic.

Compare the active parameters, application and browser network logs, worker count, and dashboard over the same UTC interval before treating a discrepancy as a billing error.

Minimum Purchase, Discounts, and Unused Traffic

The $5 Intro Plan Is One-Time

The $5 Intro purchase contains 2.5GB and is available once for each proxy type. After using it for mobile proxies, budget from the documented $50 minimum rather than treating $5 as a recurring purchase option.

Traffic Does Not Expire

DataImpulse says purchased traffic remains until consumed. This favors irregular workloads that cannot reliably use a monthly allowance; it does not change the targeting multiplier.

The Public 1TB Package Reduces the Rate to $1.60/GB

The Advanced package is a $1,600 purchase for 1TB, or $1.60 per billable gigabyte. DataImpulse describes it as a 20% mobile volume discount. Forecasting 1TB of usage does not automatically unlock that rate: the buyer must purchase the qualifying package. If the purchased $1.60 rate applies, a 2x Target Filter produces a calculated $3.20 effective cost per actual gigabyte. Confirm the package and checkout before committing.

Refund Terms Are Narrower Than “Seven-Day Refund” Suggests

DataImpulse's refund policy applies its seven-day language only to a first-time Intro purchase. Cryptocurrency payments are final, and a refund may be denied when less than 20% of the purchased traffic remains. Use the Intro package to test required locations, session behavior, and accounting before buying more.

Does Every Advertised Location Have Mobile Inventory?

DataImpulse advertises mobile coverage across 195 countries and a provider-published pool of more than 16 million mobile IPs. Those figures describe the network as a whole, not guaranteed live inventory for every city, ZIP code, or ASN.

The city-targeting documentation says availability for a specific city cannot be guaranteed at every moment. The broader targeting guide says an unavailable state, city, ZIP, or ASN request can return 400 NO_RAY.

Before buying for a narrow market, test live inventory, NO_RAY frequency, independent IP classification, and the location context shown by the destination. Paying the 2x rate narrows the eligible pool; it does not guarantee an online peer or make IP location the destination's only localization signal.

How to Verify DataImpulse Billing With a Controlled Test

We did not run a funded DataImpulse billing test for this review. A later test should:

1. Record the balance, plan rate, parameters, and UTC start time.
2. Send the same fixed workload through a country-only endpoint and an advanced-targeted endpoint, with automatic retries disabled.
3. Record uploaded and downloaded bytes, responses, and balance deductions.
4. Repeat the order and use enough data to exceed dashboard rounding.
5. Report client-observed traffic, deducted traffic, and the observed multiplier separately.

Retain dashboard evidence and request logs with credentials removed. Do not present a tiny single-request comparison as proof; protocol overhead, rounding, and measurement boundaries can distort it.

DataImpulse vs. Proxidize Mobile Pricing

Both providers currently publish a $2/GB standard mobile rate, but their minimums, targeting treatment, and traffic-expiration rules differ.

The current Proxidize mobile proxy pricing includes city and ASN targeting in the $2/GB public plans. DataImpulse's country-only rate is also $2/GB, but advanced targeting doubles the billable traffic. At 25GB of actual city-targeted use, that creates a calculated $100 DataImpulse cost versus the $50 Proxidize plan.

That does not make Proxidize universally less expensive. DataImpulse has a lower one-time test purchase, publishes state and ZIP selectors that Proxidize's current mobile plan does not list, and preserves purchased traffic indefinitely. Proxidize starts at $50 and its mobile allowance expires after one month.

These are product and billing differences, not performance results. Compare the live countries, cities, networks, session behavior, and target success that the workload actually needs. See the full Proxidize vs. DataImpulse comparison for the broader feature comparison, or review the best rotating mobile proxy providers for a market-wide shortlist.

When DataImpulse Is the Better Fit

Start with DataImpulse when:

• you want a low-cost first mobile test and have not used the one-time Intro offer;
• traffic is intermittent and non-expiring purchased bandwidth is valuable;
• country targeting is sufficient for most requests;
• the workflow specifically needs DataImpulse's state or ZIP selectors;
• the required countries and granular locations are live in its mobile pool;
• a 1TB purchase makes the public $1.60/GB volume rate economical.

DataImpulse's model is particularly easy to understand for country-level workloads: purchase traffic, use it when needed, and retain the unused balance. The buyer must add the 2x multiplier when moving to a Target Filter.

When Proxidize Is the Better Fit

Consider Proxidize when:

• the workload consistently uses at least 25GB within a month;
• city or ASN/ISP targeting is required and the location is available;
• an included sub-country filter is more valuable than non-expiring traffic;
• the team wants unlimited access points, dashboard/API visibility, and standard HTTP or SOCKS5 credentials;
• the workload fits the current Proxidize mobile network and session controls.

At the standard 25GB package size, the price difference appears only when DataImpulse's advanced targeting multiplier applies. If both configurations use country-only routing, both providers publish a $50 price for 25GB.

Explore Proxidize Mobile Proxies or review the current mobile proxy plans. For broader cost-selection advice, see Cheap Mobile Proxies in 2026 and the guide to mobile proxies vs. residential proxies.

Is DataImpulse Expensive?

DataImpulse is inexpensive at its standard country-targeted rate compared with many public mobile proxy plans. Its $5 Intro purchase also lowers the cost of an initial evaluation, and non-expiring traffic reduces the risk of paying for bandwidth that disappears at renewal.

The answer changes when a workload requires advanced targeting. At the standard package rate, state, city, ZIP, or ASN selection raises the calculated effective price from $2 to $4 per actual gigabyte. A provider charging $2–$3/GB with the required targeting included can then be less expensive even if its entry payment is higher.

The useful comparison is:

Effective mobile proxy cost = proxy spend divided by valid, correctly targeted results

A cheap country endpoint is not useful when the job requires a city. A paid city filter is not useful when there is no eligible mobile peer. And neither provider is economical when browser assets, retries, or invalid responses consume most of the traffic budget.

How to Estimate a DataImpulse Mobile Budget

Use this sequence before purchasing:

1. Estimate actual proxied traffic from a representative collection run.
2. Decide whether country targeting is enough.
3. Apply a 2x multiplier if state, city, ZIP, or ASN selection is required.
4. Add a measured retry and failure allowance rather than a guessed percentage.
5. Multiply the billable traffic by the current plan rate.
6. If the requirement approaches 1TB, compare the qualifying 1TB package. Usage reaching 1TB does not apply the discount unless that package is purchased.
7. Verify live location inventory and the checkout before committing.

The final dataset may be much smaller than the proxy traffic. Budget from the bytes transferred by the production client—not the size of parsed records stored in a database.

Final Verdict

DataImpulse's $2/GB mobile price is accurate for standard, country-targeted traffic. It becomes incomplete when a buyer needs state, city, ZIP, or ASN selection because those filters double billable traffic. At the standard rate, the effective price is then $4 per actual gigabyte.

The service is compelling for low-cost testing, global country selection, and intermittent workloads because the Intro purchase is small and paid traffic does not expire. For recurring city- or network-targeted collection, compare the doubled effective rate with providers that include those controls.

The deciding question is not simply “Who advertises $2/GB?” It is: How many billable gigabytes will this exact targeting configuration deduct for each valid result?