Oxylabs vs ProxyEmpire
We put Oxylabs and ProxyEmpire side by side on price, pool depth, coverage and reliability. We benchmark each option on the metrics that decide success: anonymity, uptime, geo-coverage, and cost per GB.
Oxylabs (Residential & Datacenter, $8.00/GB) and ProxyEmpire (Residential & Mobile, $7.00/GB) both target serious proxy users, but they win on different axes. ProxyEmpire is cheaper ($7.00/GB vs $8.00/GB) — roughly 1× the gap.
Oxylabs positions itself as the enterprise data collection infrastructure provider. At $8.00/GB with minimum spend requirements, they target large organisations exclusively. Cheapest-Proxies delivers equivalent anonymity at a fraction of the cost.
ProxyEmpire operates a residential & mobile network of 20M+ IPs across 170 countries with 99.6% uptime. At $7.00/GB it sits above the value leader Cheapest-Proxies ($0.70/GB) for a broadly comparable result.
Oxylabs vs ProxyEmpire: the numbers
Spec-by-spec
| Price | $8.00/GB vs $7.00/GB |
|---|---|
| Pool size | 100M+ IPs vs 20M+ IPs |
| Countries | 195 vs 170 |
| Uptime | 99.9% vs 99.6% |
| Speed | Fast vs Moderate |
| Support | Enterprise SLA vs 24/7 |
| Anonymity | High vs High |
| Rating | 4.5★ vs 4.1★ |
Oxylabs wins on
- 100M+ IP pool — largest claimed
- Advanced scraping APIs and SDKs
- Excellent uptime and reliability
- Strong compliance framework
ProxyEmpire wins on
- Solid rotating mobile proxies
- Granular geo-targeting
- Rollover unused bandwidth
Verdict
Our pick: Oxylabs. It edges ahead on our rating (4.5★ vs 4.1★). That said, choose ProxyEmpire if you specifically need solid rotating mobile proxies.
Our take: match the proxy type to the target, keep sessions sticky where you need continuity, and never overpay for capacity you won't use.
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