Proxy-Cheap vs Webshare
We put Proxy-Cheap and Webshare side by side on price, pool depth, coverage and reliability. Every number here is pulled from our provider database and updated as the market moves — no vague marketing claims.
Proxy-Cheap (Residential & Datacenter, $4.99/GB) and Webshare (Datacenter (Shared), $2.99/GB) both target serious proxy users, but they win on different axes. Webshare is cheaper ($2.99/GB vs $4.99/GB) — roughly 2× the gap.
At $4.99/GB they still charge 7x more than Cheapest-Proxies while offering a dramatically smaller pool and fewer countries.
Webshare targets the budget segment with shared datacenter proxies. At $2.99/GB still 4x more expensive than Cheapest-Proxies with datacenter-only detection limitations.
Proxy-Cheap vs Webshare: the numbers
Spec-by-spec
| Price | $4.99/GB vs $2.99/GB |
|---|---|
| Pool size | 6M+ IPs vs 30M+ IPs |
| Countries | 127 vs 45 |
| Uptime | 99.2% vs 99.0% |
| Speed | Moderate vs Moderate |
| Support | Email & Chat vs Email |
| Anonymity | Moderate vs Low |
| Rating | 4.2★ vs 4★ |
Proxy-Cheap wins on
- Lower price than major providers
- Solid datacenter infrastructure
- Simple pay-as-you-go model
Webshare wins on
- Affordable relative to peers
- Large IP pool for datacenter
- API access included
Verdict
Our pick: Proxy-Cheap. It edges ahead on our rating (4.2★ vs 4★). That said, choose Webshare if you specifically need affordable relative to peers.
The right choice balances block-rate against cost per GB — and on that axis the value leader wins for the overwhelming majority of use cases.
Frequently asked questions
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The right choice balances block-rate against cost per GB — and on that axis the value leader wins for the overwhelming majority of use cases.