SOAX Pricing in 2026: Plans, Credits, and Actual Costs by Country

SOAX pricing depends on prepaid credits, the selected account tier, and the geographic tier of the proxy exit. The same raw-network rate applies to residential and mobile proxies, but US traffic costs more credits per gigabyte than traffic through many other countries. This means the lowest displayed rate does not tell a buyer what a specific workload will cost.

This guide explains the current SOAX plans, how credits work, why the exit country matters, when credits expire, and what 25GB, 100GB, or 500GB of US traffic costs under the public pricing model.

Quick Answer

SOAX prices residential and mobile proxy traffic with credits whose burn rate depends on the plan and exit country's geographic tier. For US Tier 1 traffic, Sandbox costs $5/GB with no subscription, Builder costs $200/month with 200 credits and a $3/GB rate, Team costs $500/month with 500 credits and a $2.20/GB rate, and Scale costs $1,500/month with 1,500 credits and a $1.50/GB rate.

Using SOAX's current public calculator model, 25GB of US traffic costs approximately $125 on Sandbox, 100GB costs $300 on Builder, and 500GB costs $1,100 on Team, excluding VAT. Credits added on Sandbox or a monthly plan expire 60 days after they are added. Their expiry does not reset when the plan renews, changes, or is cancelled.

Key Takeaways

• SOAX does not have one universal price per gigabyte. The rate depends on the account plan and the geographic tier of the egress IP.
• Residential and mobile traffic use the same published network rate. SOAX can therefore be attractive when one account needs both network types, but the country tier still changes the cost.
• The plan fee includes an equal number of credits. Builder costs $200 and includes 200 credits; Team costs $500 and includes 500; Scale costs $1,500 and includes 1,500.
• The United States is a Tier 1 country. It uses the highest of SOAX's three self-service geographic rates. India is a published Tier 2 example, while the Philippines is a published Tier 3 example.
• Monthly credits have limited rollover. Each Sandbox or monthly credit block expires 60 days after it is added. Renewal does not extend an older block's expiry.
• Unused credits can become less valuable after cancellation or downgrade. Once an account returns to Sandbox, remaining credits are consumed at Sandbox rates and limits.
• SOAX counts traffic in both directions. Partial responses, retries, and interrupted connections can all consume credits, so application traffic and billed traffic should be monitored together.

Methodology and disclosure: Proxidize publishes this article and competes with SOAX. We reviewed SOAX's current pricing page, pricing FAQ, Terms of Use, and residential and mobile product pages on September 27, 2026. Calculated totals use the plan fees, included credits, geographic rates, and extra-credit logic displayed by SOAX's public calculator. We did not fund a SOAX account, test checkout denominations, obtain a custom agreement, or run a matched performance benchmark. Prices exclude VAT and can change.

SOAX Pricing at a Glance

SOAX currently presents five account levels. The four self-service paid or no-fee options use fixed per-GB rates for each geographic tier. Enterprise Monthly uses progressive volume bands.

Source: the current SOAX pricing and billing page. Enterprise is not a single flat-rate plan. Its first 5TB in a geographic tier uses the first listed band, and lower rates apply prospectively after usage reaches later bands.

The plan fee is not merely an access charge. It also funds the included credit balance. However, a buyer still pays the full plan fee even when the month's traffic consumes only a small portion of those credits.

2026 pricing change: Older SOAX reviews and search snippets may still show Starter, Advanced, Professional, or Business packages beginning at $90 for 25GB. Those are not the plans displayed on the live pricing page reviewed for this article. The current public model uses Sandbox, Builder, Team, Scale, and Enterprise. Do not combine an older package allowance with the current credit rates.

How SOAX Pricing and Credits Work

For a self-service plan, the basic calculation is:

SOAX describes a credit as a prepaid usage unit, not cash. Its pricing FAQ says one credit usually represents about $1 of usage as a reference, while checkout controls the actual top-up price. The live public calculator currently treats each additional credit as $1 when estimating a total.

For example, 100GB of US traffic on Builder consumes:

Builder includes 200 credits in its $200 fee, so the public calculator adds 100 extra credits:

SOAX's own calculator currently presents Builder as the best fit for that 100GB US example.

Credits are prepaid usage units rather than cash. One balance can be used across the SOAX products available to the account, but buyers should confirm the burn rate for anything outside raw residential or mobile traffic. Included credits arrive after a successful plan payment or renewal, and top-ups are available on every plan, including Sandbox.

Each allocation or top-up forms a separate credit block. SOAX uses the block that expires first, does not allow credits to be withdrawn or transferred, and stops prepaid usage when the available balance reaches zero. Bulk top-ups may receive a small discount, but there is no universal public discount table.

The Exit Country Sets the Geographic Tier

The country of the egress IP determines the SOAX geo tier. The customer's physical location and the destination website's location do not determine it.

That distinction matters. A customer in London connecting through a US proxy exit pays the US Tier 1 rate. A US customer using an Indian proxy exit pays the Tier 2 rate assigned to India.

SOAX publishes these examples:

• United States and Germany: Tier 1
• India: Tier 2
• Philippines: Tier 3

Country assignments can change. Use the live SOAX cost calculator for the required exit country immediately before purchasing.

SOAX US Pricing: 25GB, 100GB, and 500GB

The United States is a Tier 1 country. The table below compares what each public self-service plan would cost for three US traffic requirements under the current calculator model.

Calculation scope: Each example assumes one billing period, a zero starting credit balance, no plan change, no annual or negotiated agreement, and $1 per additional top-up credit. It excludes VAT, bulk top-up discounts, and credits carried in from an earlier purchase. A carried balance could reduce the new cash payment, but it would not erase the amount previously paid for those credits.

These are calculations, not guaranteed checkout quotes. SOAX's public calculator explicitly confirms the $300 Builder total for the 100GB US scenario.

25GB of US Traffic: Approximately $125 on Sandbox

At 25GB, Sandbox is the lowest-cost public option based only on network usage:

Sandbox has no subscription fee and no included credits, so the full amount is purchased as top-up credits. Those credits expire 60 days after they are added.

Builder has a lower $3/GB burn rate but requires $200 upfront. Using only 25GB would consume 75 credits and leave 125 available until their original expiry date.

100GB of US Traffic: Approximately $300 on Builder

At 100GB, Builder becomes the lowest calculated public option:

Sandbox would cost $500. Team also costs $500 upfront and would leave 280 of its included credits unused.

500GB of US Traffic: Approximately $1,100 on Team

At 500GB, Team has the lowest calculated total:

Builder and Scale would each require $1,500 under these assumptions. Scale would leave 750 credits, and a team may still choose it for ASN or ZIP targeting, higher account limits, or support.

How Country Tiers Change the Actual Cost

The same volume can require a different plan depending on the proxy exit country. The following comparison uses three countries SOAX identifies in its own FAQ and models 100GB of traffic.

The Philippines example illustrates why a plan's lowest rate is not always the lowest payment. Builder burns only 120 credits for the workload, but the buyer still pays the $200 plan fee. Sandbox also costs $200 at its $2/GB Tier 3 rate and leaves no unused balance.

Mixed-Country Example

Suppose a Builder account uses 40GB of US traffic and 60GB of Indian traffic:

This is more accurate than multiplying all 100GB by one blended headline rate. A team operating in several countries should forecast traffic by geo tier, then combine the credit requirement.

What Does Each SOAX Plan Add?

The higher payment buys a lower burn rate plus additional account capacity. The current public limits are:

Builder's 200 credits cover about 66.7GB of US traffic; Team's 500 cover about 227.3GB. Scale can be necessary below its traffic break-even point when ASN or ZIP targeting is required.

Enterprise Monthly starts at $3,000 and calculates each geo tier separately through progressive bands. In SOAX's 20TB Tier 1 example, the first 5TB costs 0.85 credits/GB, the next 10TB costs 0.75, and the remaining 5TB costs 0.50; lower bands do not retroactively reprice earlier usage. Enterprise Annual requires verification, a signed 12-month agreement, and negotiated commercial terms.

Do SOAX Credits Roll Over or Expire?

SOAX credits roll forward only within a fixed validity window. Credits added on Sandbox or a monthly plan expire 60 days after they are added. Credits added under an annual plan can remain valid for up to 12 months under the applicable agreement. The same fixed-window rules appear in the current SOAX Terms of Use.

The expiry belongs to the individual credit block:

• A monthly renewal does not restart the 60-day clock on older credits.
• A top-up gets a new expiry based on the plan active when that top-up is added.
• Upgrading, downgrading, or cancelling does not extend existing blocks.
• Expired credits are forfeited and generally cannot be recovered or refunded.

This is different from indefinite bandwidth rollover. A buyer should track both the total balance and the expiry date of each grant.

What Happens After Cancellation or a Failed Renewal?

Cancelling a self-service plan stops the next renewal. Paid features and rates remain active until the current period ends, after which the account moves to Sandbox.

Unexpired credits remain available, but subsequent traffic uses Sandbox rates and limits. For US traffic, that means the burn rate can rise from $3/GB on Builder or $2.20/GB on Team to $5/GB on Sandbox. The same nominal credit balance will then buy fewer gigabytes.

If the customer closes the account rather than cancelling the plan, remaining credits are lost.

Top-Ups, Postpaid Usage, Taxes, and Refunds

Plan fees remain prepaid even when postpaid overage is approved. Cancelling a self-service plan does not automatically refund unused time.

Does SOAX Have a Free Trial?

SOAX's current pricing FAQ says it does not offer a free trial. Sandbox has no subscription charge but includes no traffic credits, so it should not be described as free proxy usage.

At the same time, SOAX's current residential and mobile product pages advertise a three-day, 400MB paid trial for $1.99. That is a paid product trial, not the same thing as the no-fee Sandbox account. Confirm its checkout availability and conditions before relying on it for a test.

What Traffic Does SOAX Bill?

SOAX measures bytes in both directions and defines 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes. Its billing FAQ specifically includes:

• request uploads;
• response downloads;
• partial responses;
• retries; and
• interrupted connections.

A 100GB dataset does not necessarily mean 100GB of proxy usage. Browser assets, repeated requests, failed responses, uploads, and retries can all increase the measured total. The guide to high proxy data usage explains how to reconcile application bytes with provider deductions.

Does Country, City, ISP, ASN, or ZIP Targeting Cost Extra?

SOAX does not publish a separate per-request city or ISP surcharge in its current raw-network table. Instead, the egress country's geographic tier determines the credit rate.

Feature access can still change the minimum spend:

• Sandbox, Builder, and Team list country, region, city, and ISP targeting.
• Scale adds ASN and ZIP targeting.
• Enterprise uses the Scale controls and can add dedicated pools and tailored terms.

Therefore, selecting a US city does not create a documented 2x billing multiplier, but choosing a US exit uses the Tier 1 country rate. Requiring ASN or ZIP controls can also make Scale the first eligible public plan, independently of traffic volume.

SOAX Residential and Mobile Proxy Pricing

SOAX's current pricing table states that one network rate applies across residential and mobile traffic. A Builder customer therefore pays the same published geo-tier burn rate whether a raw request uses SOAX's residential or mobile network.

That simplifies mixed-network budgeting, but it does not make the products operationally identical. Buyers should still test:

• whether the required country and sub-country inventory is available for the chosen network;
• whether the target behaves differently on residential and mobile exits;
• sticky-session behavior and peer availability;
• protocol requirements; and
• cost per valid result rather than only cost per transferred gigabyte.

SOAX advertises rotating and sticky sessions for both products. Its mobile page currently says a mobile session can be held for up to 60 minutes, subject to the exit remaining available.

SOAX vs. Proxidize: Quick Price Comparison

The closest comparison is raw proxy traffic, not managed scraping or data-delivery services. SOAX uses one geo-tiered credit model for residential and mobile. Proxidize publishes separate residential and mobile rates.

Sources: SOAX pricing, Proxidize Residential Proxy pricing, and Proxidize Mobile Proxy pricing. Prices exclude tax and do not establish equivalent performance, available inventory, protocols, session behavior, or target compatibility.

When SOAX May Be the Better Fit

SOAX deserves consideration when a team wants:

• residential and mobile traffic under one credit balance;
• mobile coverage across a broad international footprint;
• region and ISP filters on lower public account levels;
• UDP or QUIC support documented for mobile workflows;
• multiple proxy packages and team seats under one plan; or
• enterprise volume bands, dedicated pools, and a negotiated annual agreement.

Those capabilities can justify a higher cash commitment when they match the workload.

When Proxidize May Be the Better Fit

Proxidize is the simpler cost model when a team runs its own scraper or browser and wants:

• global residential traffic at a published $1/GB from a $25/month package;
• paid residential bandwidth that rolls over instead of expiring after 60 days;
• a published $2/GB mobile rate from a $50/month package;
• country, city, and network-level targeting without country pricing tiers; or
• separate residential and mobile purchases rather than one shared credit system.

Proxidize does not replace SOAX's full platform or prove better performance through price alone. Compare both providers on the required exit locations, session behavior, protocols, valid-result rate, support, and total engineering cost.

Need a predictable residential proxy budget? Proxidize publishes monthly packages of 25GB for $25/month, 100GB for $100/month, and 500GB for $500/month, with country, city, and ISP targeting and unused paid bandwidth that rolls over. View Residential Proxy Pricing ->

How to Estimate a SOAX Budget and Avoid Common Mistakes

Use this process:

1. Separate traffic by exit country. Map each required country to its current SOAX tier.
2. Estimate complete proxy traffic. Include both directions, browser assets, retries, and expected failures.
3. Multiply each country's traffic by the rate for each eligible plan. Do not apply the lowest Enterprise rate to a self-service workload.
4. Add the country-level credit requirements. For Enterprise, keep each tier separate because volume bands are tracked independently.
5. Compare the total with the plan's included credits. Add top-ups only for the amount above the included balance.
6. Check feature eligibility. A cheaper plan is irrelevant if it lacks the required seat count, package count, ASN/ZIP selector, support, or dedicated pool.
7. Model unused credits and expiry. Estimate whether every block can be consumed within 60 days.
8. Add tax and checkout-specific terms. Confirm top-up denominations, discounts, VAT, and renewal price before paying.

For production use, compare cost per valid record or successful observation, not simply cost per GB. A lower transfer rate can lose its advantage if the chosen route produces more retries, invalid locations, incomplete pages, or unusable records.

The most common budgeting errors are treating Sandbox as free traffic, applying a Tier 3 rate to a Tier 1 country, valuing unused credits as if they never expire, assuming renewal refreshes old blocks, and counting only successful response bodies. Reconcile provider usage with application logs and test the actual country-target combination before scaling.

Final Verdict: Is SOAX Worth It in 2026?

SOAX pricing in 2026 is best understood as plan commitment + included credits + country-tier burn rate + expiry. For US traffic, the current public model points to Sandbox for 25GB, Builder for 100GB, and Team for 500GB. Those totals are $125, $300, and $1,100 before VAT.

SOAX is worth considering when one account needs residential and global mobile routing, granular location controls, multiple project packages, or an enterprise growth path. It can be expensive for low-volume Tier 1 use, and its 60-day monthly credit validity matters when demand is irregular. Buyers who prefer a flat rate or non-expiring residential bandwidth should compare the same workload with Proxidize's monthly Residential Proxy pricing. For mobile traffic, compare geography and session requirements against the monthly Proxidize Mobile Proxy plans.

Before committing, run a small test on the actual countries and targets. Record transferred bytes, credits deducted, valid results, failures, and remaining credit expiry. Pricing identifies the likely plan; it does not establish which provider produces the lowest cost per usable result.

Recheck the SOAX pricing page immediately before purchasing. Country tiers, plan limits, top-up prices, taxes, and signed commercial terms can change the final bill.