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PacketStream

The $1/GB residential proxy marketplace

3.8(0)3.8 out of 5 from 0 reviews
Founded 2018
7.6

$1.00/GB

from $1.00/GB /GB

IP Pool
7M+
Countries
150+
Uptime
99.3%
Avg. response
1.4s
Free trial
No
Founded
2018

Our verdict

PacketStream is the cheapest legitimate way to put residential IPs in front of a scraper. The flat $1/GB price and true pay-as-you-go model make it the obvious starting point for small projects and learning.

The trade-off is consistency: the P2P pool is smaller and churns more than premium networks, targeting stops at country level, and hard targets will produce more retries than you would like.

Use it for light scraping, testing, and price-sensitive workloads; graduate to a bigger network when success rates start costing you more than the savings.

Speed test & performance

Residential IPs
7M+

150+ countries

Starting price
$1/GB

Flat pay-as-you-go

Targeting
Country

No city/ASN

Model
P2P opt-in

Packeter marketplace

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Flat $1/GB — lowest mainstream entry price
  • True pay-as-you-go, no subscription
  • Transparent opt-in P2P sourcing
  • Country targeting across 150+ countries
  • Simple, beginner-friendly dashboard

Cons

  • No city or ASN targeting
  • Success rates dip on protected targets
  • Pool freshness varies with P2P supply
  • Support can be slow

Overview

PacketStream is a peer-to-peer residential proxy marketplace founded in 2018 in Las Vegas. Its model is unusually transparent: everyday users ("Packeters") knowingly install the app and sell their spare bandwidth, and proxy customers buy it at a flat $1 per GB — still one of the lowest entry prices in the industry.

Network and coverage

The network advertises 7M+ residential IPs across 150+ countries with country-level geo-targeting. HTTP(S) is fully supported, sessions can be held sticky or rotated, and everything is pay-as-you-go — no subscription, no monthly minimum.

Who it is for

PacketStream suits students, hobbyists, and small scraping projects where budget beats everything else. At $1/GB you can experiment freely, and the opt-in P2P sourcing model is easier to defend ethically than opaque SDK bundling.

Trade-offs

Pool freshness and success rates lag the premium networks, there is no city or ASN targeting, session control is basic, and support is slow at peak times. Serious commercial scraping usually outgrows it — but as a first proxy account, it is hard to argue with the price.

Features & capabilities

Pay-as-you-go pricing

Top up any amount; bandwidth is billed at a flat $1/GB.

Sticky & rotating sessions

Hold an IP for a session or rotate per request.

Country targeting

Choose exit country from 150+ options.

City/ASN targeting

Targeting stops at country level.

SOCKS5 support

HTTP(S) proxies only.

Unlimited concurrency

No hard thread caps on standard use.

Integrations & supported tools

Puppeteer· AutomationSelenium· AutomationScrapy· FrameworkcURL· HTTPGoLogin· Anti-detect

Privacy & compliance

Opt-in bandwidth sourcing
GDPR compliant
Crypto payment accepted
KYC for sensitive use
Public sourcing documentation

Frequently asked questions

Residential bandwidth is a flat $1 per GB, pay-as-you-go. There are no subscriptions or monthly minimums — you top up your balance and use it whenever.

From its own peer-to-peer marketplace. Users install the Packeter app deliberately to sell spare bandwidth and get paid for it, which makes the sourcing model unusually transparent and consent-based.

No. Targeting is country-level only across 150+ countries. If you need city, state, or ASN precision, a premium network like Bright Data, Oxylabs, or Decodo is a better fit.

It works for light and moderate volumes, but the ~7M pool and P2P churn mean success rates fall behind premium providers on hard targets. It is best as a budget or starter network.

PacketStream is primarily an HTTP(S) proxy service. If your tooling strictly requires SOCKS5, check current documentation or pick a provider with first-class SOCKS5 support.

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