Residential Proxy Pricing in 2026: What You’ll Actually Pay

Residential proxy pricing is usually advertised as a rate per gigabyte. That number does not necessarily tell you what will leave your card. Minimum purchases, fixed allowances, monthly renewals, temporary discounts, and expiring traffic can all change the real cost.

This comparison answers a more practical question: What is the smallest publicly verifiable purchase that can cover 5GB, 25GB, 100GB, or 1TB of residential proxy traffic?

Quick Answer

Residential proxy pricing in 2026 ranges widely once minimum purchases are included. For 25GB, current publicly verifiable options range from $25 with Proxidize to $200 through Oxylabs PAYG; IPRoyal's exact custom-volume total is available only in its dashboard. At 1TB, published packages range from $800 with DataImpulse to $4,000 through Bright Data's displayed promotional PAYG rate.

Key Takeaways

• Compare the amount paid, not only the advertised rate. A $1/GB offer can require a $50 or $800 purchase, while a higher PAYG rate may let a small buyer spend less initially.
• The cheapest provider changes with the workload. DataImpulse has a one-time $5 residential Intro purchase. Proxidize has the lowest verified 25GB payment in this comparison. DataImpulse has the lowest published 1TB package.
• Promotional and regular prices must be separated. Bright Data displayed a 50% residential coupon when checked, but its public pricing page did not state the discount's duration or renewal treatment.
• Unused traffic can change the effective price. Proxidize and DataImpulse say purchased residential traffic does not expire. Other providers apply monthly expiration, account conditions, or limited validity periods.
• A plan must actually cover the workload. A 20GB package is not a valid answer to a 25GB requirement.
• Price is not a performance ranking. Pool availability, target success, location accuracy, latency, support, and product scope still need to be tested with the buyer's real workload.

Methodology and disclosure: Proxidize publishes this comparison and competes with the other providers listed. We checked first-party public pricing and billing documentation on September 30, 2026. The main table uses the lowest fully priced public route we could verify for each workload; calculations are identified below. It excludes taxes, custom contracts, and account-specific offers. We define 1TB as 1,000GB for comparison. We did not purchase every plan or run a shared performance benchmark.

Residential Proxy Pricing Comparison: 5GB, 25GB, 100GB, and 1TB

Each cell shows:

amount paid · bandwidth supplied or billed · balance left after the stated workload

For metered PAYG services, there is no fixed package balance, so the table says “metered.” Where a provider does not publish the exact custom-volume price, the limitation is stated rather than filled with an invented rate.

How to Read This Table

The table compares a buyer who needs the stated amount during one purchasing or billing period.

• Proxidize: The smallest plan contains 25GB for $25. A 5GB user still pays $25, but the remaining 20GB stays available under the current rollover policy.
• Bright Data: The table uses the unambiguous promotional PAYG route at $4/GB. The regular displayed PAYG rate is $8/GB. A current monthly commitment may reduce a 1TB bill, but the public page does not fully state the excess-usage and coupon conditions required to calculate a guaranteed total.
• Oxylabs: The 25GB row uses documented $8/GB PAYG. The 20GB Basic subscription does not cover 25GB. For 100GB, the smallest fully priced public monthly package that covers the workload is 125GB for $500; an account-specific top-up path may cost less.
• IPRoyal: Its public page gives exact totals for 1GB, 2GB, and 10GB, then sends custom volumes to the dashboard. Because the discount curve between 10GB and 10TB is not public, multiplying the 10GB or 10TB rate would create a false quote.
• Decodo: The 5GB row uses five $4 PAYG increments. At 25GB and above, its published monthly packages cost less than the same volume through $4/GB PAYG.
• DataImpulse: The $5 purchase is a one-time Intro offer for new users. After it is used, the documented minimum becomes $50. The 1TB package reduces the rate from $1/GB to $0.80/GB.

Regular Prices, Promotions, and Renewal Terms

The workload table shows what a buyer can publicly verify today. It should not be mistaken for a long-term budget unless the renewal and promotional terms are also clear.

Bright Data's pricing page displayed coupon code RESIGB50 when checked. It did not publicly define enough renewal detail to treat the discounted rate as permanent. Record the price shown at checkout and the date on which it changes before committing an annual budget.

Bandwidth Expiration, Refunds, and Trial Terms

“Unused” has a different meaning across providers. It may mean a prepaid balance that remains available, a monthly allowance that disappears, or metered PAYG with no fixed allowance to roll over.

“Not confirmed in the public documentation reviewed” is more useful than assuming a favorable policy. If expiration or refund eligibility can affect the purchase, save the relevant terms or ask the provider to confirm them in writing.

What Each Provider Actually Costs

The detailed provider pages below explain broader product catalogs, but the residential price decision can be summarized more directly.

Proxidize Residential Pricing

Proxidize Residential Proxies start at $25 per month for 25GB. The public plans then provide 50GB for $50, 100GB for $100, 200GB for $200, 500GB for $500, and 1TB for $1,000. Higher-volume public plans reduce the rate at 2TB and above.

The main pricing distinction is rollover: paid residential bandwidth remains available instead of disappearing at the end of the month. That makes the $25 minimum easier to justify for a buyer who needs less than 25GB now but expects to use the remaining balance later. Country, city, and ISP targeting are included in the published plans.

See the current Proxidize residential pricing before purchasing.

Bright Data Residential Pricing

Bright Data's regular residential PAYG rate is $8/GB. Its pricing page displayed a 50% coupon rate of $4/GB when checked, alongside monthly commitments of $499 for 141GB, $999 for 332GB, and $1,999 for 798GB.

The coupon makes Bright Data's current small-volume PAYG cost easy to calculate, but it should not be treated as a permanent renewal rate without checkout confirmation. Monthly commitments do not roll over, so their effective cost rises when the allowance is underused.

The full Bright Data pricing breakdown covers its proxy networks and managed data products separately.

Oxylabs Residential Pricing

Oxylabs publishes four monthly residential packages: $30 for 5GB, $100 for 20GB, $500 for 125GB, and $2,500 for 1TB. Its Help Center also documents residential PAYG at $8/GB, limited to 1–50GB per month.

That PAYG route fixes the old 25GB comparison: 25GB costs $200 through the documented rate. A 20GB package is not enough. At 100GB, the 125GB Advanced package is the smallest fully priced public option that covers the requirement.

Read the Oxylabs pricing breakdown for its top-up limitations and wider product catalog.

IPRoyal Residential Pricing

IPRoyal publishes exact residential totals at 1GB, 2GB, and 10GB. Subscription costs $7, $11.90, and $52.50 respectively. PAYG costs $7.35, $12.50, and $55.10. A subscription is 5% cheaper and renews automatically.

The public page advertises much lower unit rates at 10TB, but it does not reveal the custom discount curve for 25GB, 100GB, or 1TB. Those totals must be checked in the dashboard. This comparison deliberately does not copy the 10TB rate into smaller workloads.

The IPRoyal pricing breakdown explains its published anchors, renewal behavior, and dashboard-only totals.

Decodo Residential Pricing

Decodo offers both $4/GB PAYG and monthly subscriptions. The relevant monthly totals are $11.25 for 3GB, $35 for 10GB, $81.25 for 25GB, $150 for 50GB, $275 for 100GB, and $2,000 for 1TB.

PAYG is attractive below a subscription's break-even point and remains valid for 12 months. Monthly plans become cheaper at their full allowance but normally lose unused traffic at renewal.

See the Decodo pricing breakdown for its Wallet mechanics, trial conversion, and refund restrictions.

DataImpulse Residential Pricing

DataImpulse's one-time Intro purchase is $5 for 5GB. After that offer is used, the minimum becomes $50. Its standard residential rate is $1/GB, and the published 1TB package costs $800, or $0.80/GB.

Purchased traffic does not expire. That makes the $50 repeat minimum less wasteful for irregular use, although a buyer needing only a few gigabytes must still fund the larger balance after the Intro purchase.

For a wider product comparison, see Proxidize vs. DataImpulse.

Which Pricing Model Fits Your Workload?

Occasional or Small Residential Proxy Usage

Start with the lowest real cash requirement, then check how long the balance remains valid.

• DataImpulse offers the lowest first test in this comparison: $5 for 5GB, once per proxy type.
• Decodo PAYG costs $4 per 1GB increment and remains valid for 12 months.
• IPRoyal publishes a 1GB residential purchase and says traffic does not expire under standard conditions, although account-activity requirements can apply.
• Proxidize costs $25 initially, but the unused portion of its 25GB package remains available.

The cheapest initial payment is not automatically the lowest cost per valid result. Test the required locations, targets, session behavior, and traffic meter before adding a larger balance.

Predictable Monthly Usage

Use an allowance that the workload can consume without paying for a large unused balance.

• Proxidize is straightforward at 25GB, 50GB, 100GB, 200GB, 500GB, and 1TB because the displayed package total matches $1/GB through 1TB and unused traffic rolls over.
• Decodo provides smaller monthly steps, but unused subscription traffic normally expires.
• Oxylabs and Bright Data may make sense when their broader tooling, procurement model, targeting, or managed products justify a higher raw-bandwidth payment.

Model both a normal month and a peak month. A plan with a lower advertised unit rate can cost more per used gigabyte if the team consumes only half its allowance.

High-Volume Workloads

At 1TB, the current published packages in this comparison are $800 with DataImpulse, $1,000 with Proxidize, $2,000 with Decodo, and $2,500 with Oxylabs. Bright Data's displayed $4/GB promotional PAYG route is $4,000; a commitment-plus-overage path may cost less, but the exact public overage calculation was not clear enough to quote as guaranteed. IPRoyal requires a dashboard quote for the exact volume.

At this scale, raw bandwidth is only one part of the bill. Compare:

• cost per valid record or accepted document;
• geographic and ISP availability;
• retries and unsuccessful responses;
• browser asset traffic;
• session stability;
• support and contractual terms; and
• whether a managed scraping product replaces internal engineering work.

For a broader market view, use the Proxy Pricing Index 2026.

Per-GB vs. Per-IP Residential Proxy Pricing

Rotating residential proxy pools are usually billed by bandwidth. Static residential or ISP proxies are often billed per IP and month. These are different products:

A $1/GB rotating residential plan cannot be compared directly with a $2/IP static plan. First decide whether the workflow needs pooled rotation or known fixed exits. Then compare prices within that architecture.

If the traffic balance is falling faster than expected, use the guide to high proxy data usage before changing providers.

How to Compare Residential Proxy Plans Yourself

Use this calculation for a fixed package:

For a location-specific buying decision, the US residential proxy provider comparison applies the same cost discipline to minimum purchase, included traffic, US targeting, session controls, and unused-bandwidth rules.

Then record these fields for every provider:

1. Exact workload in GB.
2. Smallest purchase that covers it.
3. Amount charged today.
4. Bandwidth supplied.
5. Balance left after the workload.
6. Expiration or rollover rule.
7. Promotion end and renewal price.
8. Targeting or feature surcharges.
9. Refund and trial conditions.
10. Cost per valid result in a representative test.

Do not choose from the advertised “from” rate alone. A 1TB rate does not describe a 25GB order, and an introductory purchase does not describe the second purchase.

For criteria beyond price, read How to Choose a Residential Proxy Provider or compare the best residential proxy providers.

Final Verdict

Residential proxy pricing becomes useful only when it answers three questions together: How much must I pay, how much bandwidth do I receive, and what happens to the unused balance?

For a first 5GB test, DataImpulse has the lowest published entry in this comparison. For an exact 25GB requirement, Proxidize has the lowest verified payment. At 1TB, DataImpulse has the lowest fixed public package. Bright Data, Oxylabs, IPRoyal, and Decodo can still be the better choice when their product scope, targeting, managed tools, locations, or commercial terms fit the workload better.

Use the tables as a purchase shortlist, then test the same target, location, session policy, and acceptance criteria with each finalist. Pricing tells you what the bandwidth costs; only a representative test reveals what a valid result costs.

Explore Proxidize Residential Proxies or review the current residential proxy plans.