DataImpulse
Pay-as-you-go residential proxies from $1/GB
$1.00/GB
from $1.00/GB /GB
- IP Pool
- 10M+
- Countries
- 190+
- Uptime
- 99.5%
- Avg. response
- 1.1s
- Free trial
- No
- Founded
- 2022
Our verdict
DataImpulse delivers the most convincing $1/GB offer we have seen: real pay-as-you-go pricing with country and city targeting, SOCKS5, and sticky sessions included rather than upsold. For budget scraping it resets expectations of what cheap should include.
As a young network its long-term consistency is still being proven, and heavy-duty targets expose the gap to premium pools.
For light-to-moderate scraping, testing, and cost-sensitive production work, it is arguably the best value in the market right now.
Speed test & performance
- Residential IPs
- Tens of millions
- Starting price
- $1/GB
- Targeting
- Country & city
- Protocols
- HTTP & SOCKS5
190+ countries
Pay-as-you-go
Included at base price
All plans
Pros & cons
Pros
- Residential traffic from $1/GB
- True pay-as-you-go, no subscription
- Country and city targeting included
- HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 support
- Responsive support for a budget provider
Cons
- Young network, less proven at scale
- Trails premium pools on hard targets
- No unblocker or scraping API
Overview
DataImpulse is a newer budget provider, founded in 2022, that undercuts the market with residential traffic from $1 per GB on a pure pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, no expiry pressure — while keeping a surprisingly capable feature set.
Network and coverage
The network advertises tens of millions of residential IPs with country and city targeting across 190+ countries, HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, and both rotating and sticky sessions. Mobile and datacenter options are available alongside. Concurrency is generous, with plans sized by traffic rather than threads.
Who it is for
Cost-driven scrapers and developers who want premium-style features — geo-targeting, SOCKS5, sticky sessions — at bottom-of-market prices. Support is responsive for the price tier, which is rare among budget providers.
Trade-offs
The brand is young and the pool, while large on paper, is less proven under sustained enterprise load. Success rates on the most defended targets remain a step behind the premium tier, and advanced tooling like unblockers or scraping APIs is absent.
Features & capabilities
$1/GB pay-as-you-go
Bottom-of-market pricing with no subscription.
Country & city targeting
Geo-target at no extra cost.
Sticky & rotating sessions
Hold an IP or rotate per request.
Mobile & datacenter options
Additional IP types alongside residential.
Non-expiring traffic
Purchased traffic stays until used.
Scraping API / unblocker
Raw proxies only.
Integrations & supported tools
Privacy & compliance
Frequently asked questions
Yes — residential traffic starts at $1/GB pay-as-you-go, with no subscription required. Larger packages lower the effective rate further, and traffic does not expire on a monthly cycle.
Yes. Country and city-level targeting is included at the base price across 190+ countries, which most competitors reserve for higher tiers.
Yes, both HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 are supported, so it works with scrapers, automation frameworks, and anti-detect browsers alike.
It performs well for light and moderate volumes. As a 2022-founded network it is still proving itself under sustained enterprise load, where Bright Data, Oxylabs, or Decodo remain safer bets.
You top up a balance and consume traffic as you go. There are no monthly subscriptions or thread-based limits on standard plans — you pay for gigabytes, not seats.
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