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ProxyRack

Unmetered residential plans billed by threads

3.7(0)3.7 out of 5 from 0 reviews
Founded 2012
7.4

$49/mo

from $49/mo /GB

IP Pool
2M+
Countries
140+
Uptime
99.4%
Avg. response
1.3s
Free trial
Yes
Founded
2012

Our verdict

ProxyRack's thread-based unmetered model is a genuinely useful alternative: if your workload is bandwidth-heavy but concurrency-light, it beats per-GB billing handily and removes the meter-watching stress.

The network itself is mid-tier — a 2M+ pool with country-level targeting that handles everyday targets but yields to premium pools on hard ones.

Pick it for the billing model when it matches your workload shape; pick something else for peak success rates or fine geo-targeting.

Speed test & performance

Residential IPs
2M+

140+ countries

Billing
Threads

Unmetered bandwidth

Protocols
HTTP & SOCKS5

All products

Founded
2012

Australia

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Unmetered bandwidth on residential plans
  • Thread-based billing suits heavy-bandwidth jobs
  • HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 support
  • 140+ country targeting
  • Long track record

Cons

  • Mid-tier pool quality
  • No city targeting
  • Expensive at very high concurrency

Overview

ProxyRack, founded in 2012 in Australia, takes a different angle on residential pricing: plans are unmetered on bandwidth and billed by concurrent connections (threads) instead, alongside budget datacenter and mixed rotating products.

Network and coverage

The network advertises 2M+ residential IPs (unmetered plans) plus large mixed/datacenter pools, with country targeting across 140+ countries, HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, and rotating or sticky sessions. Because you pay for threads, heavy-bandwidth jobs at moderate concurrency can be very economical.

Who it is for

Scrapers with high bandwidth but controllable concurrency — think large page bodies, media, or long crawls — and anyone who hates per-GB anxiety. The thread model rewards exactly what per-GB billing punishes.

Trade-offs

The pool is mid-sized and quality is mid-tier: fine on tolerant targets, weaker on protected ones. City targeting is absent, and the thread model becomes expensive if you need massive concurrency with light bandwidth.

Features & capabilities

Unmetered residential plans

No bandwidth caps — billing by concurrent threads.

Rotating & sticky sessions

Per-request rotation or held sessions.

Country targeting

140+ countries.

Budget datacenter pools

Cheap mixed and DC options for tolerant targets.

City-level targeting

Country granularity only.

Scraping API / unblocker

Raw proxy access only.

Integrations & supported tools

Scrapy· FrameworkPuppeteer· AutomationSelenium· AutomationcURL· HTTPSOCKS5 clients· Protocol

Privacy & compliance

Ethically sourced IPs
GDPR compliant
Crypto payment accepted
KYC for sensitive use
No-logs on traffic content

Frequently asked questions

Residential plans are unmetered on bandwidth and priced by concurrent connections (threads). You choose a plan sized to how many simultaneous connections you run, and pull as much data as you like within it.

When you move a lot of data through relatively few simultaneous connections — large pages, media files, long crawls. Per-GB providers punish exactly that pattern.

Around 2M+ residential IPs on the unmetered plans plus larger mixed and datacenter pools, covering 140+ countries with country-level targeting.

Yes, both HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 are supported across the product range.

It is a mid-tier pool: dependable on everyday sites, but heavily defended targets convert better on premium networks like Bright Data or Oxylabs.

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