Proxy category

Mobile proxies: compare the best in 2026

Mobile proxies borrow real handset carrier IPs, which helps when targets expect cellular ASN paths or mobile-heavy fingerprints. Compare vendors here on session control, country coverage, and whether the stack is raw proxies or bundled with tooling.

  1. Top 1
    Oxylabs
    TypeRotating residential IPs (real consumer…
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Per IP / …
  2. Top 2
    Bright Data
    TypeRotating residential IPs (real consumer…
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Per IP / …
  3. Top 3
    SOAX
    Pool155M+ residential
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Recurring…
  4. Top 4
    Decodo
    TypeRotating residential IPs (real consumer…
    BillingTraffic priced per gigabyte · Per IP / …

Comparison

Mobile proxy providers compared (2026)

4 providers in this hub

  1. #1Table rank

    Provider

    Bright Data

    Starting from

    ~$500/mo entry PAYG residential (indicative; volume quotes)

    Headquarters

    Israel

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

  2. #2Table rank

    Provider

    Oxylabs

    Starting from

    ~$10/GB residential (public tiers; varies by product)

    Headquarters

    Lithuania

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

  3. #3Table rank

    Provider

    Decodo

    Starting from

    ~$4/GB residential PAYG (public list; promos change)

    Headquarters

    Lithuania

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

  4. #4Table rank

    Provider

    SOAX

    Starting from

    Traffic packs from checkout ($/GB varies by plan)

    Headquarters

    Networks Rotating residential IPs (real consumer or busi…

    Protocols HTTP proxy · HTTPS / TLS proxy · SOCKS5

Mobile proxies explained

Mobile proxy networks: when carrier IPs beat residential pools

Mobile proxies borrow real handset carrier ranges (3G, 4G, 5G). Targets that expect cellular ASNs, app-like traffic, or strict mobile web checks often respond better than to generic residential pools alone.

Use the comparison table to line up vendors on sessions, country coverage, and whether they sell raw mobile IPs alongside broader stacks. If budget or throughput matters more than ASN type, compare datacenter and ISP options in parallel.

Typical mobile proxy use cases

Social workflows, mobile ad verification, and some marketplace flows assume carrier paths. Pair mobile exits with solid session stickiness when you must keep cookies aligned.

For desktop-heavy SERP monitoring, many teams still standardize on residential proxies or SEO-focused hubs; mobile is not automatically better, it is target-specific.

How mobile compares to ISP and residential

ISP proxies keep long-lived endpoints with ISP-like trust but without true carrier signaling. Residential pools cover more generic web scraping when mobile ASN fidelity is unnecessary.

If you want APIs that manage retries and rendering, evaluate scraping APIs and browsers in addition to raw mobile endpoints.

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Browse web scraping proxies for extraction-heavy stacks, or return to the proxy hub to switch network types without losing the same comparison format.

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