Choose ASocks if
- Teams that want API-generated location-specific proxy ports
- Comparing a per-port unlimited plan with metered residential or mobile traffic
ASocks provides API-created location-specific ports and advertises monthly per-proxy options. Proxy-Cheap sells rotating residential GB and fixed-term IP products, with a Chrome extension for proxy configuration. A programmatic port fleet and a browser operator buying residential traffic need different comparisons.
Published entry offers, reviewed 2026-09-14
Compare the actual traffic commitment, session controls and cost of a usable response. If you already fetch and parse pages, run your existing HTTP client against the same permitted pages, country target and session policy on both residential gateways.
| Decision | ASocks | Proxy-Cheap | ProxyLane |
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| Example route for this job | ASocksResidential proxy gateway | Proxy-CheapResidential proxy gateway | ProxyLaneResidential proxy gateway for the HTTP client or browser you already run |
| Charging basis | Traffic allowance; confirm the selected GB or port plan | Traffic allowance; confirm the selected GB or port plan | Prepaid GB that never expires |
| How you pay | The homepage advertises per-proxy monthly unlimited mobile, residential and corporate plans. Its separate comparison page lists pay-as-you-go residential/mobile GB pricing; check the live account for plan availability, geo restrictions and the actual charging unit. | Rotating residential is metered by purchased GB with pay-as-you-go and advertised monthly bundle options; static ISP, datacenter and mobile IPs are sold per IP for fixed terms. Check live product checkout for the selected term and any promotion. | 350 MB trial for $1.95, then prepaid packages from $6.50/GB for 1 GB down to $2.50/GB for 1 TB. Unused traffic never expires. |
| Integration work | Use the documented v2 API to search proxies by country/type or create a proxy port with country, city, ASN, TTL and traffic-limit fields; pass the resulting address and credentials to a proxy-capable client. | Choose bandwidth and generate rotating-residential username/password credentials in My Proxies, then configure a browser or HTTP(S)/SOCKS5 client; a Chrome extension can manage proxy settings. | HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 endpoints on three regional gateways: Europe, the Americas and Asia. Export proxy lists in 8 formats for scripts, scrapers and antidetect browsers. |
| A small or irregular job | Compare a monthly per-port commitment against a GB-based pay-as-you-go option only after confirming both are currently offered for your chosen proxy type. | A small residential GB order can test a target without buying many IPs; compare checkout's pay-as-you-go option with a monthly bundle. | Start with the 350 MB trial for $1.95 or a 1 GB package. Unused traffic never expires. |
| Browser workflow | Select a residential or mobile port and configure it in your own browser; a sticky/port setting is not a hosted browser product. | Use its Chrome manager or enter generated credentials in your own browser; sticky sessions are offered for a multi-page visit. | Sticky sessions from 1 second to 72 hours, with a named session ID for each browser profile. |
| Connecting an agent | The v2 search and create-port endpoints let agent code provision proxies; keep the API key server-side and confirm the plan's traffic meter. | Configure Proxy-Cheap credentials as the proxy of your MCP browser or scraper; do not assume its residential GB includes managed scraping calls. | Point your agent's fetcher or browser tool at the proxy endpoint. ProxyLane supplies the network, not a hosted browser. |
| A growing production workload | Check per-port quantity discounts versus metered traffic in the actual dashboard, then sample the exact geography and target before allocating many ports. | Choose between bandwidth-driven residential rotation and count/term-driven static IPs; verify concurrency at your plan level. | Target by country, region, city, ZIP, ISP or ASN across 195 countries. Larger packages lower the rate to $2.50/GB. |
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An orchestrator that assigns locations to jobs can search ASocks' available proxies and create ports with city, ASN and TTL parameters. For a person testing the same pages in Chrome, Proxy-Cheap's manager can configure a purchased proxy, while its rotating residential credentials also work in ordinary proxy-capable clients. Neither port creation nor the extension hosts browser execution. Check the required session change in the actual browser workflow.
For a small residential crawl, measure transferred GB and compare Proxy-Cheap's pay-as-you-go checkout with its advertised bundle. If a fixed identity is essential, its static ISP or datacenter product shifts the bill to IPs and terms. ASocks presents monthly per-proxy plans alongside a separately listed GB option; establish which one covers your selected pool before comparing costs. Do not infer its results from an extension's convenience or a plan's headline unit.
ProxyLane offers premium residential IPs with ultra-low fraud scores, from ethically sourced, real devices.
Test your workload for $1.9598.7%
of 1,000 sampled IPs rated low risk by Scamalytics
Low risk: scores 0–19 on Scamalytics’ 0–100 scale. Aggregate sample result; individual countries vary.
Advertised starting offers use different products and billing units. Price the matched route before choosing a plan.
$3per GB
Residential unlimited: $5 per proxy/month on the homepage; a separate official comparison advertises residential/mobile pay-as-you-go at $3/GB. Confirm availability and plan unit in the account.
$2.99per GB
Residential product page advertises starting at $2.99/GB; rotating-residential page displays a 3 GB monthly bundle with a promotional $1.50/GB, but the displayed total/minimum is ambiguous. Confirm exact cart amount.
$1.95350 MB trial
350 MB trial for $1.95. Packages from $6.50/GB for 1 GB down to $2.50/GB for 1 TB, with traffic that never expires.
Try 350 MB for $1.95Same targets, same fields. Compare the cost of each usable record. Worksheet
Same targets on both routes
Not just 200 responses
Minimums, expiry, add-ons
Keep a rollback ready
From $2/GB. Buy the traffic you need, keep it until you use it.
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For your first requests
per GB · Traffic never expires
For projects taking shape
per GB · Traffic never expires
For everyday workflows
per GB · Traffic never expires
For growing workloads
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ASocks starts at $3 per GB (pay-as-you-go residential), Proxy-Cheap at $2.99 per GB (advertised residential start rate). Billing units differ, so compare the cost of a usable record on the same workload, not the headline rate.
Compare the actual traffic commitment, session controls and cost of a usable response. ASocks: Residential proxy gateway. Proxy-Cheap: Residential proxy gateway.
Yes. The 350 MB trial costs $1.95 and runs on the same residential network as paid packages. Unused traffic never expires.
Country, region, city, ZIP, ISP and ASN targeting across 195 countries. Sessions can rotate on every request or stay sticky from 1 second to 72 hours, over HTTP(S) or SOCKS5.
No. ProxyLane is a residential proxy network for the client, scraper or browser you already run. Your team keeps control of fetching, rendering and parsing.
Run the targets you would send to ASocks or Proxy-Cheap. Get 350 MB of residential traffic with sticky sessions up to 72 hours. Keep any unused traffic for later.