Residential and web-scraping proxies
Webshare review
Webshare is the cheapest credible way into residential proxies, free tier included, and it is the easiest provider here to start on. The trade is speed: it is reliable but slow. For budget jobs where latency is not critical, it is hard to argue with the price.
| Starting price | from $3.50/GB |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | subscription + per-GB |
| Pool size | 80M+ |
| Free trial | 10 free proxies, no card |
| Best for | budget, seo, web-scraping |
Pricing checked 2026-06-21 from the official pricing page. Entry rate shown is a current 50% promo; list entry is about $7 per GB.
Pricing
Residential lists at $7/GB but an auto-applied 50% discount takes entry to $3.50/GB, falling toward $1.40/GB at very high volume. No code needed. On top of that there is a genuinely free tier: 10 proxies and 1 GB a month of datacenter bandwidth, no card. The free bandwidth is datacenter, not residential, but it costs nothing to test the platform.
Performance
Webshare scored 99.28% success in Proxyway's 2026 test, which is high, but at 0.86s it was the slowest of the high-success networks. Reliability is fine; speed is the weak spot. If your work is latency-sensitive, this is the thing to weigh.
Pool and targeting
80M+ monthly residential IPs (self-reported), up from 30M a couple of years ago, with country and recently city targeting. It is thinner than the premium names on state and ASN controls and on advanced session management.
Getting in
Pure self-serve, no KYC, no card to start, plus the free tier. This is the lowest-friction onboarding of any provider in this comparison.
Weaknesses
Speed, as noted. Shared-proxy rate-limiting on the cheapest plans, where the fix is buying dedicated. Historically thin session and location controls, though city targeting has closed part of that gap. Google can throw CAPTCHAs on hard targets.
Where it fits
budgetseoweb-scraping
The verdict
Webshare wins on price and on how little it asks of you to start. The free tier means you can test it for nothing, and at $3.50/GB it undercuts the field. Just go in knowing it is the slowest of the reliable networks.
For budget and simplicity it is the obvious pick. For speed or hard targets, pay up for Decodo or Bright Data.
See verified Webshare coupon codes (checked 2026-06-21)
FAQ
Does Webshare have a free plan?
Yes, permanently: 10 proxies and 1 GB a month of datacenter bandwidth, no card. Residential bandwidth is paid.
Is Webshare fast?
Reliable but slow. Proxyway measured 99.28% success at 0.86s in 2026, the slowest of the high-success networks.
How cheap is Webshare?
Residential starts at $3.50/GB with the auto-applied 50% discount, the lowest entry in this comparison, down to about $1.40/GB at high volume.