Best Datacenter Proxies: 8 Providers, Real Prices and Bandwidth Caps

TL;DR: This guide compares eight of the best datacenter proxies on price, billing unit and bandwidth caps. Webshare is our top pick for most buyers, at $2.99 a month for 100 shared IPs with 250 GB. Proxy-Seller sells one dedicated IP for $1.80 a month. Rayobyte’s pay-as-you-go rate is $0.30 per GB. Decide first if you need per-IP or per-GB billing, then read the fair-use cap behind any “unlimited” claim.

Shopping for the best datacenter proxies? Start with one odd number. Webshare sells a shared datacenter IP for about $0.03 a month. Yet IPv4.Center, a broker, estimates the lease rate for one IPv4 address at about $0.59 a month.

How can a seller charge less than the address costs? You share that IP with other customers.

A proxy is a middle server that sends your web requests from its own IP address. An IP address is the number that identifies a device online. A datacenter proxy uses an IP owned by a hosting company, not a home internet line.

Most price lists also skip the unit. Some plans bill per IP. Others bill per GB, short for gigabyte, which measures the data you move. And “unlimited bandwidth” almost always has a cap in the fine print.

So I read every price on the vendor’s own page on October 7, 2026. We did not test these proxies, and no vendor pays to be ranked here.

This guide is part of our best proxy providers series, which covers every proxy type.

What Are the Best Datacenter Proxies in 2026?

The best datacenter proxies for most buyers come from Webshare, at $2.99 a month for 100 shared IPs with 250 GB of traffic. Proxy-Seller is the pick for a single dedicated IP at $1.80 a month. Rayobyte has the lowest pay-as-you-go rate at $0.30 per GB. Oxylabs led Proxyway’s US datacenter speed test.

I ranked these datacenter proxy providers on published price, terms and fit, not on tests of our own. For every proxy type side by side, see our guide to the best proxy providers.

What changed in 2026: Oxylabs moved to one credit subscription for all its products. Rayobyte says its new site went live on October 1 with pricing in plain view. SOAX no longer lists datacenter proxies. And NetNut is off every list here, because Krebs on Security reported that the FBI seized NetNut’s domains on July 2, 2026.

Per IP or Per GB: How Are Datacenter Proxies Billed?

Datacenter proxies are billed in two ways. Per-IP plans rent you a fixed list of addresses for a month, from about $0.03 for a shared IP to $2.50 for a dedicated US IP. Per-GB plans charge for the data you move, from $0.30 to $0.60 per GB, and rotate IPs from a shared pool.

• Shared. Many customers use the same IP at once. Webshare warns that its free shared proxies may be blocked by some sites for that reason.
• Semi-dedicated. A small group shares each IP. Rayobyte allows at most 3 users per IP.
• Dedicated. One IP, one customer. Proxyway notes that you don’t share the IP’s bandwidth or reputation with anyone.
• Rotating. You get no list. The provider swaps your IP on each request or after a set time. Keeping one IP for a while is called a sticky session. Rotating pools bill per GB.

Why can’t a dedicated IP cost pennies? Even AWS charges its own cloud customers $0.005 per public IPv4 address per hour. That is about $3.65 a month (our math). The cheapest dedicated IPv4 plan in this guide starts at $1.33 per IP a month.

So which unit should you pick? Take Bright Data. Ten shared IPs cost $14 a month, with a fair-use allowance of 100 GB per IP. On its per-GB plan, $14 buys about 23 GB (our math).

Per IP wins when you push lots of data through a few addresses. Per GB wins when you need many fresh IPs and little data.

The 8 Best Datacenter Proxies, Reviewed

Speed and success figures come from Proxyway’s US datacenter test of 70,000 requests over 7 days.

1 Webshare: Best for cheap shared IPs and a free plan

If you want to try datacenter proxies for the price of a coffee, start here.

What it does well. Webshare publishes every tier, from 100 to 100,000 shared proxies. Proxyway measured a 99.93% success rate and a 0.67 second response time.

Key features:

• Free plan with 10 shared proxies and 1 GB a month
• Shared, private and dedicated IPs
• HTTP and SOCKS5, a protocol for any kind of traffic

Pricing. 100 shared proxies cost $2.99 a month, or $0.0299 each. Dedicated plans start at $26.60 for 20 proxies, shown beside a struck-through regular price of $28.00. See Webshare pricing.

Best for: You, if you need lots of IPs on a tiny budget and your target sites are easy.

Limitations. The 250 GB covers the whole plan, not each proxy. When you hit it, your proxies stop until the cycle resets. Unlimited bandwidth on the 100-proxy plan costs $27.99 a month.

2 Decodo: Best for choosing per IP or per GB

If you aren’t sure which billing unit fits you, Decodo sells both.

What it does well. Decodo, once called Smartproxy, sells shared IPs per IP, rotating traffic per GB and dedicated IPs. Proxyway measured a 99.94% success rate and a 0.35 second response time.

Key features:

• Shared IPs in 18 listed locations
• Dedicated IPs in the US, UK, Germany and Japan
• 3-day trial with 100 MB on shared plans

Pricing. Pay per IP starts at $3.50 a month for 100 shared IPs, or $0.035 each. Pay per GB starts at $6 for 10 GB. Dedicated starts at $5.55 for 3 IPs, or $1.85 each, all plus VAT. See Decodo pricing.

Best for: You, if you want to try both billing models with one vendor.

Limitations. The pay-per-IP cards don’t print how much traffic you get. We couldn’t confirm it, so ask before you buy. The trial needs a card, turns into a paid plan and cancels the 14-day money-back option.

3 Oxylabs: Best for speed in third-party tests

If speed matters most and you spend every month, look at Oxylabs.

What it does well. Oxylabs topped Proxyway’s test with a 99.98% success rate and a 0.22 second response time. Oxylabs says its dedicated pool reaches 188 countries.

Key features:

• One credit balance for all products
• Shared IPs sold per IP or per GB
• $5 welcome credit with no card

Pricing. The Starter plan costs $30 a month. At that tier, a dedicated IP costs $2, a shared IP costs $1 and shared traffic costs $0.60 per GB. The $100 Basic plan drops those rates to $1.75, $0.90 and $0.55. See Oxylabs pricing.

Best for: You, if you run steady jobs and can spend $30 or more each month.

Limitations. Oxylabs says unused credit expires at the end of each cycle. Its own pages disagree on refunds, so treat a purchase as final. Oxylabs also says every customer answers a KYC questionnaire, a short identity check.

4 Rayobyte: Best for the lowest per-GB rate

If you move a lot of data on easy sites, Rayobyte has the lowest rate here.

What it does well. Rayobyte’s rotating datacenter pool costs $0.30 per GB with no monthly plan. Proxyway measured a 99.88% success rate and a 0.47 second response time.

Key features:

• A new IP on every request, or sticky sessions
• Semi-dedicated IPs with at most 3 users
• Dedicated IPs in 29 countries

Pricing. Rotating traffic costs $0.30 per GB for 3 to 50 GB, so the smallest order is $0.90 (our math). Semi-dedicated US IPs cost $1.00 each a month, and dedicated US IPs cost $2.50. Both need 5 IPs or more. See Rayobyte pricing.

Best for: You, if you need cheap traffic and don’t need to pick a country.

Limitations. You can’t choose a country on the rotating pool. Rayobyte also leaves “premium domains” out of that pool. It describes them as the largest search, shopping and social platforms.

5 Proxy-Seller: Best for buying one dedicated IP

If you only need one or two private IPs, you can buy exactly that here.

What it does well. Proxy-Seller has no minimum pack on IPv4. Its calculator shows the price for any term from 1 week to 12 months.

Key features:

• Dedicated IPv4 and IPv6 proxies
• Terms from 1 week to 12 months
• HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 support

Pricing. One US IPv4 proxy costs $1.80 a month, or $0.90 for a week. At 100 IPs the total is $144 a month, or $1.44 each. At 500 it is $585, or $1.17 each. See Proxy-Seller pricing.

Best for: You, if you want a few dedicated IPs with no minimum order.

Limitations. We couldn’t match the “from $0.49” price on the page to any monthly price. The lowest monthly rate we found was $1.17 per IP. Refunds cover confirmed faults only, within 72 hours.

6 IPRoyal: Best for dedicated IPs with a stated cap

If you want to know your traffic limit before you pay, IPRoyal prints it.

What it does well. IPRoyal states that each datacenter proxy includes 100 GB of traffic per monthly cycle. The traffic is pooled, so 10 IPs share 1,000 GB.

Key features:

• Dedicated IPs with one user per proxy
• 30, 60 and 90 day plans
• HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 support

Pricing. Dedicated proxies start from $1.57 each on a 30-day plan. The 60-day plan starts from $1.48, and the 90-day plan from $1.39. IPRoyal’s help center calls these monthly costs per proxy. See IPRoyal pricing.

Best for: You, if you want dedicated IPs and a cap you can plan around.

Limitations. The page shows “starting from” prices only. The price for one proxy and the volume discounts are in the dashboard, so we couldn’t confirm them. Government and bank sites are blocked on these IPs unless you verify your ID.

7 Bright Data: Best for teams already on Bright Data

If your team already runs Bright Data tools, you can keep datacenter IPs on the same bill.

What it does well. Bright Data says it has more than 1,300,000 datacenter IPs in 98 countries. Its datacenter page prints every tier and showed no promo prices.

Key features:

• Shared and dedicated plans from 10 to 1,000 IPs
• Pay as you go per GB with no monthly fee
• 100 GB fair-use allowance per IP each month

Pricing. Ten shared IPs cost $14 a month, or $1.40 each. Ten dedicated IPs cost $22, or $2.20 each. Pay-as-you-go traffic costs $0.60 per GB. See Bright Data pricing.

Best for: You, if you already use Bright Data tools and need up to 1,000 IPs.

Limitations. A shared IP costs far more here than at Webshare or Decodo. Targeting is by country only. Proxyway lists Bright Data as not tested recently, so we have no outside speed figure.

8 Evomi: Best for pay as you go per GB

If your volume jumps around each month, skip the plan and pay per GB.

What it does well. Evomi sells rotating datacenter traffic from 1 GB, with no plan and no expiry. Sticky sessions hold an IP for 30 minutes by default and up to 24 hours.

Key features:

• Pay as you go from 1 GB
• Sticky sessions up to 24 hours
• Free country and ISP targeting

Pricing. Pay as you go costs $0.45 per GB. Monthly plans cost $80 for 200 GB, $175 for 500 GB and $300 for 1,000 GB. See Evomi pricing.

Best for: You, if you want rotating IPs and a bill that follows your usage.

Limitations. Evomi sells no dedicated or per-IP datacenter product. The trial needs a payment method and renews into a paid plan. Pay-as-you-go purchases aren’t refundable.

Who we left out. DataImpulse sells rotating traffic at $5 for 10 GB that never expires. It had the lowest success rate of the five providers in Proxyway’s test, at 97.86%, so Evomi took that slot. SOAX and NetNut are out for the reasons above.

How Much Do Datacenter Proxies Cost?

Datacenter proxies cost about $0.03 to $1.40 a month for a shared IP and $1.33 to $2.50 a month for a dedicated US IP. Rotating traffic costs $0.30 to $0.60 per GB. Most providers in this guide let you start for $14 or less. Oxylabs needs a $30 monthly plan.

What is not in the sticker price:

• Minimum spend. Oxylabs needs a $30 monthly plan. Rayobyte needs 5 static IPs or 3 GB. Decodo’s pay-per-IP plans start at 100 IPs.
• Expiry. Oxylabs credit expires each cycle, top-ups included. Webshare says its bandwidth limits do not roll over.
• Add-ons. Webshare allows 1 IP authorization unless you pay $5 a month for unlimited. Its “high quality IPs” option adds 30%.
• Fair-use caps. “Unlimited” plans have them. See the next section.
• Tax. Decodo prices are plus VAT. Oxylabs says VAT may apply.
• Refund limits. Webshare refunds within 2 days if you used under 1 GB. Decodo’s 14-day refund ends at 20% of your traffic or 1 GB, whichever comes first.

This table shows the monthly cost for 10, 100 and 500 IPs. It is our math from published tiers.

Webshare and Decodo sell shared IPs in packs of 100, so 10 IPs cost the same as 100. Webshare’s smallest dedicated pack is 20 IPs. Its dedicated prices are shown beside struck-through regular prices of $28, $140 and $660.

IPRoyal is missing because its volume prices aren’t public. Oxylabs bills by plan. So 100 shared IPs use $90 of its $100 Basic plan, and the other $10 expires if you don’t spend it.

Per-GB math is simpler. In one month, 100 GB costs $28 at Rayobyte, $45 at Evomi, $54 at Decodo and $60 at Bright Data (our math). The Rayobyte figure assumes its tier rate applies to the whole order.

At 100 IPs, shared plans run $2.99 to $100 a month. Dedicated plans run $119 to $213.

What Does “Unlimited Bandwidth” Really Mean on Datacenter Proxies?

“Unlimited bandwidth” on datacenter proxies means your traffic isn’t billed per GB. It does not mean there is no limit. Most providers set a fair-use line. Rayobyte’s is 30 GB per dedicated IP every 30 days. IPRoyal, Bright Data and Oxylabs set theirs at 100 GB per dedicated IP a month.

Concurrent sessions are the connections you can run at the same time. So Oxylabs caps your connections, but doesn’t cut you off.

Decodo and Proxy-Seller also say “unlimited” for dedicated IPs. We found no fair-use figure for either, so ask support in writing.

Ten Rayobyte dedicated IPs give you 300 GB a month before the fair-use line (our math). Ten IPRoyal or Bright Data IPs give you 1,000 GB.

How to Choose, and When Datacenter Proxies Are the Wrong Buy

Work through this list before you pay any of these datacenter proxy providers.

• Pick the unit first. Few IPs and lots of data? Buy per IP. Many IPs and little data? Buy per GB.
• Match the type to the job. Shared IPs suit easy public pages. Dedicated datacenter proxies suit jobs where one IP must stay yours, like QA tests on a site that only lets in approved IPs.
• Read the fair-use line. Divide your monthly GBs by the cap per IP. That shows how many IPs you really need.
• Test small. Try Webshare’s free plan, Oxylabs’ $5 credit or a $0.90 week at Proxy-Seller.
• Check the rules. Collect public data only. Read each site’s terms and your local law first. Several vendors here block government and bank sites by default.

Now the honest part. Proxyway says websites are much more likely to ban datacenter IPs than residential or mobile ones. So cheap datacenter proxies can be the wrong buy for tough targets.

Proxyway’s 2026 market research found that datacenter proxies fell from 85% of Rayobyte’s revenue in 2023 to 42.4% in 2025. The same report calls ISP proxies a good substitute.

An ISP proxy is hosted on a server but registered to a home internet provider. Proxyway puts a dedicated ISP proxy at $2 to $4 per IP. Compare your options in our guide to the best ISP proxies.

Is your target a big store, search engine or social site? Then look at the best residential proxies. And if you only need keyword positions, an AI rank tracking tool may save you the proxy work.

How We Researched This Guide

We read every price on the vendor’s own pages on October 7, 2026. We used rendered pages and opened each tab, toggle and hidden FAQ.

We could not confirm a few things. They are the traffic on Decodo’s pay-per-IP plans, IPRoyal’s single-proxy price and volume discounts, and the size of Rayobyte’s free trial. We also couldn’t match Proxy-Seller’s “from $0.49” claim to a monthly price.

We did not test these proxies ourselves. Speed and success figures come from Proxyway, a named third party that earns affiliate commissions. Pool sizes and uptime numbers are vendor claims.

The cost tables are our math from published rates. No vendor pays to be listed or ranked. You can read more in our editorial policy.

Prices last checked: October 7, 2026.

The Bottom Line

First, the unit matters more than the brand. Per IP suits heavy traffic on a few addresses, and per GB suits many IPs with light traffic. Second, shared IPs cost pennies because you share them. Third, “unlimited” has a number behind it, from 30 GB to 100 GB per IP.

For most small jobs, I’d start with Webshare at $2.99 a month. Need one private IP? Try Proxy-Seller at $1.80. Need cheap rotating traffic? Try Rayobyte at $0.30 per GB.

Write down your monthly GBs and how many IPs you need. Then run the free Webshare plan on your real target today. You’ll know fast if datacenter IPs can do the job.

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