MANAGED API
Choose SOAX if
- Teams testing residential and mobile exits under one account balance
- Location-specific collection where country pricing can be modeled before purchase
All comparisons
PROXY PROVIDER COMPARISON
SOAXvs Zyte
SOAX supplies residential and mobile proxy exits, metered from monthly credits at country-tier GB rates, and lists a separate Web Data API. Zyte API provides managed HTTP or browser responses and extraction, with pay-as-you-go successful-response charges. A working crawler can compare its SOAX-routed output with a Zyte response on the same targets.
AT A GLANCE · ENTRY OFFER
- SOAXMANAGED API $200per month
- ZyteMANAGED API $0.13per 1K requests
- ProxyLaneRESIDENTIAL PROXIES $1.95350 MB trial
Published entry offers, reviewed 2026-09-14
QUICK VERDICT
Pick by the job,
not the logo
MANAGED API
Choose Zyte if
- Target-aware managed scraping where request costs can be modeled per website tier
- Teams using Scrapy or Python that want managed browser rendering and extraction
THIRD ROUTE · PROXYLANE
Choose ProxyLane if
- You can run your own fetcher and parser
- You want residential traffic instead of per-credit API pricing
- You want prepaid traffic that never expires
THREE ROUTES SIDE BY SIDE
What changes
for your workload
Compare usable output and required integration work under each API contract. Request the same permitted pages with equivalent rendering and output requirements; validate the returned fields before comparing the bill.
| Decision | SOAX | Zyte | ProxyLane |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example route for this job | SOAXWeb Data API | ZyteZyte API | ProxyLaneResidential proxy gateway for your own fetcher or browser; no managed scraping API |
| Charging basis | Product-specific requests, results or credits | Product-specific requests, results or credits | Prepaid GB that never expires |
| How you pay | The current pricing page shows a Sandbox with no included credits, then prepaid monthly credits on Builder, Team, Scale and Enterprise. Residential and mobile traffic draw from plan credits at a geo-tier rate; higher plans lower the rate. Monthly credits roll over for 60 days on listed paid plans; Enterprise annual terms differ. Postpaid overage requires approval and signed terms. | Zyte API offers pay-as-you-go without a monthly commitment and discounts at monthly commitments. Successful requests are charged according to the website tier and HTTP versus browser mode; extraction, forced residential, extended geo and some advanced actions can add usage costs. The CDP session meter is the greater of page navigations or rounded-up 15-second units at the domain's browser tier. | 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 | Generate login:password@host:port proxy-list entries or use IP authorization; set a country, region, city or ISP target in the dashboard, then configure HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 on the browser or HTTP client. The help center documents API-based whitelist management. | POST to https://api.zyte.com/v1/extract with the API key as Basic-auth username and request HTTP body, browser HTML or extraction; proxy mode uses api.zyte.com:8011. Eligible verified accounts can connect Playwright/Puppeteer to browser.zyte.com via CDP. | 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 the $200 Builder commitment and country-tier burn rate against actual destination geographies; the Sandbox listing shows no included credits. | Enter the actual domain in Zyte's calculator and price its HTTP/browser tier plus options; the $0.13 Simple rate is not universal. | Start with the 350 MB trial for $1.95 or a 1 GB package. Unused traffic never expires. |
| Browser workflow | Use a rotating or sticky SOAX endpoint in your browser client and account for page assets against the relevant country-tier GB rate. | Use a browser-rendered API response for one page; use CDP only if interactive control is needed and verification/spending-limit requirements are met. | Sticky sessions from 1 second to 72 hours, with a named session ID for each browser profile. |
| Connecting an agent | Put the authenticated proxy in your own MCP tool; an agent needing a managed fetch should evaluate the separately listed Web Data API meter and account access. | Wrap Zyte API in a custom MCP tool as Zyte documents, or evaluate the explicitly community-built Zyte Labs server; do not label it a hosted official API MCP service. | Point your agent's fetcher or browser tool at the proxy endpoint. ProxyLane supplies the network, not a hosted browser. |
| A growing production workload | Model geo-tier traffic and credit rollover, then move to Team/Scale only if their lower GB rates and targeting limits fit measured demand. | Track per-site request tiers and RPM limits, then choose a commitment only if actual billed usage justifies the discount. | 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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In a country-specific product crawl, run the current client through SOAX residential and log transferred traffic, retries and usable records. Send the same URLs to Zyte API in HTTP mode, adding browser HTML or a geo option only when required. Verify SOAX country or city availability under the selected plan and Zyte's geo charges for the same market. SOAX Web Data API merits its own managed comparison if it replaces the crawler.
SOAX's country tiers determine residential or mobile GB consumption, with monthly commitment and rollover conditions. Zyte bills successful responses by site tier and access mode; extraction and forced residential can add cost, and CDP browser access is separately gated. SOAX has no verified native MCP endpoint in reviewed sources. Zyte documents building an API-backed MCP server and a community repository rather than a generally hosted first-party endpoint. Neither route should be sold as turnkey MCP without that setup distinction.
IP QUALITY
Give your browser a clean residential IP
ProxyLane offers premium residential IPs with ultra-low fraud scores, from ethically sourced, real devices.
Test your workload for $1.95IP reputation snapshot
98.7%
of 1,000 sampled IPs rated low risk by Scamalytics
- Sample
- 1,000 unique IPs
- Setup
- Top 10 countries · 100 IPs each
- IPs collected
- 14 October 2026
- Checked
- 14 October 2026
Low risk: scores 0–19 on Scamalytics’ 0–100 scale. Aggregate sample result; individual countries vary.
Exit IP203.0.113.24Residential ISP
Fraud scoreUltra-low
What a clean IP gets you
- See fewer CAPTCHAsReal-device IPs trip far fewer challenge pages
- Keep sessions aliveOne residential IP from sign-in to export
- Pay for data, not retriesMore of every GB turns into results
PUBLISHED ENTRY OFFERS
What it costs
to start
Advertised starting offers use different products and billing units. Price the matched route before choosing a plan.
SOAX
$200per month
Sandbox is listed free with no included credits. First listed paid Builder: $200/month plus VAT, 200 credits; residential/mobile traffic is $5/GB Tier 1, $3.75/GB Tier 2 or $2/GB Tier 3 on that plan. Older indexed $90 Starter pricing conflicts with the live page.
Zyte
$0.13per 1K requests
$5 free Zyte API credit for a 30-day trial; pay-as-you-go has no monthly commitment. Simple-tier HTTP response body starts at $0.13 per 1,000 successful requests; browser-rendered Simple tier starts $1.01 per 1,000. Target tier and options set the real cost.
ProxyLane
$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 $1.95BEFORE SWITCHING
Test both routes
on one job
Same targets, same fields. Compare the cost of each usable record. Worksheet
Run one sample
Same targets on both routes
Count usable records
Not just 200 responses
Read the fine print
Minimums, expiry, add-ons
Move one job first
Keep a rollback ready
RESIDENTIAL PROXY PRICING
Premium Proxies
ready to scale
From $2/GB. Buy the traffic you need, keep it until you use it.
Test our IP quality: 350 MB$1.95
Explore
For your first requests
$6.50
per GB · Traffic never expires
1 GB$6.50 total
- 98.7% low-risk IPs on Scamalytics
- Real residential devices
- ≈0.35s average response time
- One clean IP for up to 72h
- 195 countries & cities
- ZIP, ISP & ASN targeting
- Sub-users with GB limits
Build
Room to growFor projects taking shape
$5.48
per GB · Traffic never expires
25 GB$137 total
- 98.7% low-risk IPs on Scamalytics
- Real residential devices
- ≈0.35s average response time
- One clean IP for up to 72h
- 195 countries & cities
- ZIP, ISP & ASN targeting
- Sub-users with GB limits
Run
For everyday workflows
$4.50
per GB · Traffic never expires
50 GB$225 total
- 98.7% low-risk IPs on Scamalytics
- Real residential devices
- ≈0.35s average response time
- One clean IP for up to 72h
- 195 countries & cities
- ZIP, ISP & ASN targeting
- Sub-users with GB limits
Scale
For growing workloads
$3.90
per GB · Traffic never expires
100 GB$390 total
- 98.7% low-risk IPs on Scamalytics
- Real residential devices
- ≈0.35s average response time
- One clean IP for up to 72h
- 195 countries & cities
- ZIP, ISP & ASN targeting
- Sub-users with GB limits
Grow
Room to growFor bigger operations
$2.75
per GB · Traffic never expires
500 GB$1,375 total
- 98.7% low-risk IPs on Scamalytics
- Real residential devices
- ≈0.35s average response time
- One clean IP for up to 72h
- 195 countries & cities
- ZIP, ISP & ASN targeting
- Sub-users with GB limits
Volume
For high-volume data
$2.50
per GB · Traffic never expires
1 TB$2,500 total
- 98.7% low-risk IPs on Scamalytics
- Real residential devices
- ≈0.35s average response time
- One clean IP for up to 72h
- 195 countries & cities
- ZIP, ISP & ASN targeting
- Sub-users with GB limits
Enterprise
For your business, at your scale
Custom
Let's build your setup together
From 5 TBFrom $2 / GB
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Dedicated Account Manager
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Teams management
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Traffic limits per team
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API / MCP to scale your business and team with AI agents
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Questions before
you choose
Is SOAX or Zyte cheaper?
SOAX starts at $200 per month (builder plan plus traffic), Zyte at $0.13 per 1K requests (simple-tier HTTP responses). Billing units differ, so compare the cost of a usable record on the same workload, not the headline rate.
What is the main difference between SOAX and Zyte?
Compare usable output and required integration work under each API contract. SOAX: Web Data API. Zyte: Zyte API.
Can I test ProxyLane before switching?
Yes. The 350 MB trial costs $1.95 and runs on the same residential network as paid packages. Unused traffic never expires.
Which targeting and sessions does ProxyLane support?
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.
Does ProxyLane offer a managed scraping API?
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.
STILL DECIDING?
Test ProxyLane for $1.95
before you choose
Run the targets you would send to SOAX or Zyte. Get 350 MB of residential traffic with sticky sessions up to 72 hours. Keep any unused traffic for later.
