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The IPRoyal alternative with a curve that falls
IPRoyal charges around $1.75/GB and stays there. ProxyGen starts at $2.00 and drops to $1.19/GB as you scale, so from roughly 100 GB upward you pay less with us, and by a terabyte you pay a third less.
- 195+ countries
- No subscription
- Bandwidth never expires
- Residential, mobile, ISP, datacenter
Their published entry rate, which stays broadly flat as volume rises. Ours falls with every tier, so the gap widens the more you buy.
Why teams move to ProxyGen
A curve that actually falls
Their rate is broadly flat with volume. Ours drops through $1.70 at 100 GB and $1.48 at 250 GB to $1.19 at a terabyte, so the more you scale the wider the gap gets.
Our own edge, in three regions
Entry nodes in Amsterdam, Las Vegas and Singapore, with your session entering at the one closest to the pool it needs. That is where handshake latency gets decided, and it is not something most resellers can influence at all.
Sourcing standards in writing
We publish the consent standards required of every network we use, what disqualifies a source outright, and a removal process open to people who are not customers. Ask us the same questions you ask everyone else.
ProxyGen compared with IPRoyal
Every IPRoyal figure below was read off their own published pricing page in September 2026. Prices change, so check the source before you decide.
| Volume or feature | ProxyGen | IPRoyal |
|---|---|---|
| 5 GB | $2.00/GB | From ~$1.75/GB |
| 100 GB | $1.70/GB | ~$1.75/GB |
| 250 GB | $1.48/GB | ~$1.75/GB |
| 1 TB | $1.19/GB | ~$1.75/GB |
| Does the rate fall with volume | Yes, every tier | Broadly flat |
| Bandwidth expiry | Never expires | Never expires |
| Subscription required | No | No |
| Own edge infrastructure | Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Singapore | Not publicly detailed |
| Pool types on one API | Residential, mobile, ISP, datacenter | Residential, mobile, ISP, datacenter |
Figures taken from iproyal.com/pricing, checked September 2026.
What we do not sell. Both companies sell non-expiring bandwidth with no contract, so that is not a difference between us. Below roughly 100 GB their flat rate is competitive with ours. The case for switching is volume pricing, infrastructure and transparency.
What the same bandwidth actually costs
A flat rate and a falling curve cross at a specific point, so it is worth finding it rather than arguing about averages. Below is the same bandwidth in whole dollars at five volumes, using their published entry rate against our published packages.
| Volume | ProxyGen | IPRoyal | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 GB | $9.99 | $8.75 | IPRoyal is $1.24 cheaper here |
| 100 GB | $169.99 | $175.00 | $5.01 |
| 250 GB | $369.99 | $437.50 | $67.51 |
| 500 GB | $669.99 | $875.00 | $205.01 |
| 1 TB | $1,199.99 | $1,750.00 | $550.01 |
Their column applies their published entry rate at each volume. The crossover sits around 100 GB: below it they are cheaper, above it the gap moves steadily our way.
A scraping team running 250 GB a month, over a year
Take a mid-sized data collection workload, 250 GB a month, which is 3,000 GB across twelve months. Neither side expires bandwidth, so this is a straight comparison of what the volume costs.
The saving here comes entirely from the shape of the curve rather than from billing tricks, because on billing the two companies work the same way. Buy in larger blocks and the difference grows; buy in small ones and it disappears.
What the numbers above actually mean
Flat pricing costs you as you grow
A flat rate looks friendly on a small invoice and gets expensive on a large one. At 250 GB you are paying roughly 18% more with them. At a terabyte, a third more. If your usage is heading up rather than down, that is the number that matters.
Our own edge, in three regions
We run entry nodes in Amsterdam, Las Vegas and Singapore and route your session through the one closest to the pool it needs. That matters most for interactive work and for jobs where a slow handshake multiplied across thousands of requests turns into real wall-clock time.
We publish where the addresses come from
Our sourcing page sets out the consent standards we require of every network we use, what disqualifies a source outright, and a removal process anyone can use without being a customer. Most of this industry will not put that in writing.
What switching involves
This is the most mechanical migration on the site, because the two products are built on the same commercial idea: buy bandwidth, keep it until you use it.
- 1Create a package and take the connection details. Standard HTTP CONNECT and SOCKS5 on both sides, so the change is a connection string.
- 2Translate your targeting and session modifiers from their username format to ours. Same concepts, different field names.
- 3Because neither side expires bandwidth, run both in parallel for as long as you like and shift traffic across as you gain confidence.
- 4Buy in the largest block your cash flow allows rather than topping up in small amounts, since that is where the pricing difference lives.
Questions people ask
At what volume does ProxyGen become cheaper?
Around 100 GB. Below that their flat rate is competitive and at 5 GB they are cheaper outright. From 100 GB our curve is already ahead, and by a terabyte it is $1,199.99 against $1,750 for the same bandwidth.
Does IPRoyal bandwidth expire?
No, and neither does ours. Both companies sell non-expiring traffic with no contract, so this is not a point of difference.
What else is different?
We run our own edge nodes in Amsterdam, Las Vegas and Singapore rather than routing everything through a single gateway, and we publish the sourcing standards we require of every network we use.
If I only use 20 GB a month, should I switch?
On price alone, probably not. At that volume the difference is small and runs in their favour. The reasons to move at low volume are the edge infrastructure and the published sourcing standards, not the invoice.
Can I buy a terabyte and use it over two years?
Yes. There is no expiry and no subscription, so buying at the best rate and drawing it down slowly is a perfectly normal way to use the product.
Do you publish network quality data?
Yes. We measure per-country success rate and latency on our own edge and publish it, rather than relying on a pool size figure that nobody outside the company can verify.
Find your crossover point
Take your real monthly volume, find the nearest row in the table above, and see which side of the crossover you are on. If you are above 100 GB the arithmetic is already in our favour. Start with 200 MB free and check the pool on your targets first.
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About these figures
Every figure attributed to IPRoyal was read off their own published pricing page in September 2026, and where a promotional rate was showing we compared against the promotional rate rather than the higher list price. Pricing changes. If you find something here that is out of date, tell us at compliance@proxygen.io and we will correct it. You can also read where our own IP capacity comes from on our sourcing page.