Cheap datacenter proxy roundups compare prices measured in different units, so nothing lines up. This one uses a single test: 20,000 IPs, unlimited bandwidth, one month.
⚡ Quick answer: RedScrape charges $24/month for unlimited bandwidth across a 20k+ IP pool in 180+ locations. ProxyScrape charges $833/month for a comparable 20,000-proxy configuration in 9 locations. Same headline product, 35× the price.
⚡ Unlimited datacenter proxies at a glance
| RedScrape | ProxyScrape | |
|---|---|---|
| Price / month | $24 | $833 excl. VAT |
| IP pool | 20k+ | 20,000 |
| Locations | 180+ | 9 |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited | Unlimited, fair use |
| Threads | 100, up to 2,000 | Unlimited |
| Allocation | Shared pool | Dedicated |
| Free test | 1 GB, no card | 100 proxies, 10 GB |
ProxyScrape's number comes from their own configurator with 20,000 proxies, all locations and unlimited bandwidth selected. Figures from their datacenter product page.
⚖️ Two places the comparison favours ProxyScrape. Their allocation is dedicated, so nobody else burns your IPs' reputation, and their concurrency is uncapped. RedScrape's $24 covers 100 threads; at the 2,000-thread ceiling the same month costs $359, still 57% below $833.
That premium is worth paying when a target bans hard at IP level. It is not worth 35× for price monitoring, SEO crawling or market research.
💰 Same bandwidth, two prices
ProxyScrape's configurator prices bandwidth in steps on top of the 20,000-proxy allocation. Here is each step against the equivalent RedScrape spend:
| Bandwidth | RedScrape | ProxyScrape | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 GB | $15 | $415 | 96% |
| 1 TB | $45 | $498 | 91% |
| 5 TB | $160 | $597 | 73% |
| Unlimited | $24 | $833 | 97% |
Per gigabyte, that ladder works out at $1.66, $0.50 and $0.12 for ProxyScrape, against $0.06, $0.045 and $0.032 for RedScrape.
Two patterns worth noticing. The gap narrows as volume rises, from 96% at 250 GB to 73% at 5 TB, because ProxyScrape's bandwidth steps are cheap relative to their fixed IP cost. And unlimited undercuts metered traffic on both sides: RedScrape's $24 unlimited beats its own $160 5 TB tier, and ProxyScrape's $833 is the only step where you stop counting gigabytes. If your volume is anywhere near 5 TB, the unlimited plan is the one to buy.
💵 RedScrape unlimited pricing
Flat rate, no metering, 100 threads included.
| Plan | Price | Per day |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | $8 | $1.14 |
| 28 days | $24 | $0.86 |
| 90 days | $52.50 | $0.58 |
The 28-day plan saves 12%, the 90-day plan saves 25%. Extra threads are $0.05 each per week, up to 2,000.
📦 Or pay per GB instead
Traffic never expires, so a quiet month costs nothing.
| Volume | Price | Per GB |
|---|---|---|
| 10 GB | $1 | $0.10 |
| 100 GB | $7 | $0.07 |
| 500 GB | $25 | $0.05 |
| 1 TB | $45 | $0.045 |
| 5 TB | $160 | $0.032 |
| 10 TB | $250 | $0.025 |
| 20 TB | $420 | $0.021 |
Claim the free 1 GB and test the pool on your own targets first. No card needed.
📊 Full comparison
| RedScrape | ProxyScrape | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Per-GB or unlimited | Per-IP subscription |
| Starts at | $1 for 10 GB | $19/mo for 10 proxies |
| 250 GB | $15 | $415 |
| 1 TB | $45 | $498 |
| 5 TB | $160 | $597 |
| 20k IPs unlimited | $24 | $833 |
| Cheapest per GB | $0.021 at 20 TB | $0.12 at 5 TB |
| Locations | 180+ | 9 |
| Protocols | HTTP & SOCKS5 | HTTP & SOCKS5 |
| Traffic expiry | Never, on per-GB | Monthly reset |
Two things fall out of that. At the small end the gap is $1 against $19, because a subscription rents you capacity you never touch. Everywhere above it, the gap is structural: your RedScrape bill tracks the traffic you move, while a per-IP bill tracks the size of the allocation you reserved.
One caveat on the bottom rows: ProxyScrape's bandwidth figures come from the 20,000-proxy configuration. Their 10-proxy and 1,000-proxy plans are far cheaper in absolute terms, but they are a different product with a fraction of the IP count, so putting them in the same column would flatter nobody.
⚠️ What else decides your real cost
- 📍 Locations. Every country you lack is a job you cannot run, or one you run through the wrong geo and get wrong data from. 180+ against 9 is functional, not cosmetic.
- ⏳ Traffic expiry. Subscriptions reset whether you used them or not. Non-expiring traffic means project work costs nothing in the gaps.
- ⚡ Thread cap. Unlimited bandwidth behind a low concurrency limit is not unlimited throughput. Read that number as carefully as the price.
- 🎯 Success rate. $0.02/GB that fails 40% of requests costs more than $0.05/GB that succeeds. It is the one number no pricing page shows you, which is why free allowances matter.
🚫 When datacenter proxies are the wrong buy
Datacenter IPs are cheap because their origin is obvious. They sit in known hosting ASNs, and any site that cares can spot them.
| ✅ Good fit | ❌ Wrong fit |
|---|---|
| Price monitoring | Social platforms |
| SEO crawling | Sneaker releases |
| Market research | Ad verification |
| Inventory tracking | Strict anti-bot targets |
For the right column you need residential or mobile IPs. Paying $0.02/GB for traffic that gets blocked is not a saving.
🏁 Verdict
Pick ProxyScrape if you need a dedicated allocation with uncapped concurrency and accept the price tracking IP count up to $833 a month.
Pick RedScrape for everything else: unlimited bandwidth on a 20k+ pool for $24 a month across 180+ locations, or $0.021/GB if you would rather pay for traffic. 🎁 The free 1 GB needs no card.
Competitor pricing was taken from public pages at the time of writing and paraphrased. Proxy pricing changes often, so check current figures.
