Choose Proxy-Cheap if
- Small pay-as-you-go residential tests
- Browser users who want to manage their purchased proxies in a Chrome extension
Webshare can start with limited free shared datacenter access, then paid proxy-count or monthly rotating residential plans. Proxy-Cheap offers residential GB purchases, fixed-term IPs and a Chrome proxy manager. Testing client routing for free and evaluating a residential browser session are distinct steps.
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 | Proxy-Cheap | Webshare | ProxyLane |
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| Example route for this job | Proxy-CheapResidential proxy gateway | WebshareResidential 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 | 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. | Ten shared datacenter proxies are free with a limited monthly bandwidth allowance. Paid datacenter and static residential plans charge by proxy count on monthly or yearly terms; rotating residential charges for a chosen monthly GB allowance. Check plan limits and fair-use terms. | 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 | 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. | Download a proxy list from the dashboard or API; the API supports username or source-IP authorization, and residential lists use the backbone endpoint mode. | 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 | 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. | Try the free datacenter tier for basic connection testing; a residential evaluation needs a paid monthly GB plan. | Start with the 350 MB trial for $1.95 or a 1 GB package. Unused traffic never expires. |
| Browser workflow | Use its Chrome manager or enter generated credentials in your own browser; sticky sessions are offered for a multi-page visit. | Use a listed proxy or residential backbone endpoint in your own browser; the free shared IPs may be blocked by some sites. | Sticky sessions from 1 second to 72 hours, with a named session ID for each browser profile. |
| Connecting an agent | Configure Proxy-Cheap credentials as the proxy of your MCP browser or scraper; do not assume its residential GB includes managed scraping calls. | Use the official API or webshare-cli to obtain proxy endpoints for an MCP browser/fetch tool you operate; its free datacenter tier is distinct from paid residential traffic. | Point your agent's fetcher or browser tool at the proxy endpoint. ProxyLane supplies the network, not a hosted browser. |
| A growing production workload | Choose between bandwidth-driven residential rotation and count/term-driven static IPs; verify concurrency at your plan level. | Choose count-based datacenter/ISP or GB-based residential capacity and verify bandwidth, thread and fair-use limits at the intended plan size. | 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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Use Webshare's capped free shared datacenter tier to verify a client's proxy settings. Shared IPs may be blocked by some sites, so compare Proxy-Cheap rotating residential with Webshare's paid monthly residential backbone for the actual target. Proxy-Cheap's Chrome extension can configure the browser; Webshare lists can be downloaded by dashboard or API, with residential backbone mode required. Test the same page sequence and account for assets, retries and session changes.
Price Proxy-Cheap's selected residential pay-as-you-go or advertised bundle against Webshare's chosen monthly GB allowance over active and idle months. If the job needs a fixed exit, both sell static residential or datacenter options with per-IP or proxy-count terms; count identities and required duration instead of using rotating GB. Neither the free connection check nor a convenient extension proves that a particular target succeeds on the paid proxy. The matched browser or crawler test is the deciding evidence.
ProxyLane offers premium residential IPs with ultra-low fraud scores, from ethically sourced, real devices.
Test your workload for $1.9598.7%
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Advertised starting offers use different products and billing units. Price the matched route before choosing a plan.
$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.
$7per GB
Free: 10 shared datacenter proxies with 1 GB/month. Rotating residential starts at a 1 GB monthly plan advertised at $3.50/month under a 50% discount ($7 list rate).
$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
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Proxy-Cheap starts at $2.99 per GB (advertised residential start rate), Webshare at $7 per GB (1 GB monthly plan at list 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. Proxy-Cheap: Residential proxy gateway. Webshare: 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 Proxy-Cheap or Webshare. Get 350 MB of residential traffic with sticky sessions up to 72 hours. Keep any unused traffic for later.