When it comes to high anonymity and which proxies to choose, you immediately think of mobile proxies. Among all the options, mobile proxies are considered to be the must haves for SMM-specialists, marketers, scraping developers, and other specialists, if the task is to maximize anonymity.
You can learn what mobile proxies are and why they are considered the standard of anonymity in our material – mobile proxies – what they are and how they work. In this article we will look into the issue of choosing a mobile proxy provider, namely, we will perform stress testing of 10 proxy services. We will compare them by technical parameters, anonymity and usability. And of course, let’s evaluate each candidate.
On the “treadmill” are the following representatives of mobile proxy providers:
- Floppydata
- Onlineproxy
- Oxylabs
- ProxyMarket
- Infatica
- Brightdata
- Proxyrack
- ThorData
- DataImpulse
- Iproxy Online
Why test mobile proxies at all?
Proxy servers with IP addresses provided by mobile operators are valued for their high anonymity and low blocking rate. However, in practice, not all proxies can be equally useful. Here are a few reasons why it is important to test proxies before actually using them:
- Authentication and IP type verification. This is the most common variant of manipulation. Low quality vendors may sell data center proxies (server proxies) as resident or mobile proxies. Without verification, you risk getting an IP address not from a cellular operator, but from the cloud, and this can lead to quick blocking, because using server proxies for mobile tasks is a very bad idea.
- Assessing the degree of IP “spam rate”. Mobile IP addresses are “clean” in most cases, but there are exceptions. If the address has been abused by previous users, it could end up in spam databases. There is such an indicator as Fraud Score. It is issued by services such as Scamalytics and shows the reputation of the address: a score of no higher than 40 out of 100 is required for safe operation (otherwise the site will suspect you of malicious activity). Nevertheless, with mobile proxies this is the exception rather than the rule, but you should not neglect checking it.
- Blocking popular resources. If the IP address of the proxy is banned on some popular site or social network, it will be impossible to work. Sometimes a proxy is great in terms of speed, but, for example, Google immediately issues reCAPTCHA or does not let you in at all (by the way, Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3 is a frequent “headache” when using resident proxies, with mobile proxies it happens less often, but it is better to be safe).
- Speed and stability measurement. Performance is a critical parameter. Slow proxies = long page loads, scraping failures, lags when publishing posts. But mobile proxies themselves are not fast, and nevertheless, it can be useful to understand how slow they are.
- Rotation and IP pool analysis. For scraping and multi-accounting tasks, it is important how often the IP changes (if you have set up a rotator) and how large the provider’s address pool is (if there are no constant repetitions of the same addresses when you use them for a long time). If the provider claims a pool of millions of IPs, but in fact you get the same dozen of addresses in a circle, questions will arise.
Tools and testing approach – how we tested mobile proxy providers
What was tested
For an objective assessment, all providers were tested using the same scenario and tools. Here is what and how we tested:
- Speed and ping: Speedtest.net and Speedcheck.org services for measuring upload and download speeds. They allow you to check how fast the channel is provided by proxies in different regions. We used popular GEOs (USA, Germany and Vietnam).
- Anonymity and IP information: Whoer.net service and IPinfo.io – to see how the proxy is identified (country, region, ISP, network type). These services show the GEO and type (mobile / resident / server) of the proxy.
- Site blocking check: manually check each proxy provider for blocking on popular resources (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Gmail, YouTube, Google search, Amazon, Craigslist, eBay).
- IP reputation (fraud score): the main service is Scamalytics.com, IPQualityScore and Spamhaus database for cross-checking whether the pools contain ip addresses blacklisted by spammers.
- Leak tests: we used services – DNSLeakTest.com, Ideally the proxy should completely hide your IP – we checked that DNS queries go through the proxy.
- Usability and price: an important evaluation is the convenience of proxy setup, whether there are useful features, whether additional actions like KYC are required.
Test methodology
As stated earlier, the comparison process followed a standardized scenario:
- Initial setup: registration on the site, checking usability, prices, possibility to get a trial, KYC availability. Purchase of three pools of mobile proxies in three countries with 50 ports each.
- Automated testing via a script that checks:
- Connection speed – ping (ms), download and upload speed (Mbps).
- Geolocation and IP data: IP correspondence to the selected country and mobile network, ASN parameter (autonomous system): for mobile proxies it is usually a telecom operator, an additional signal of belonging to the mobile IP.
- Anonymity: DNSLeakTest.com was used to check for DNS leaks.
- Fraud Score: Each issued IP address was run through Scamalytics and IPQualityScore at the time of inspection to see if the IP address was in spam databases and what score was assigned to each address.
- Test the availability of sites: for each pool created several profiles in the anti-detection browser Gologin and in semi-automatic mode (using a script to run 10 profiles on the specified sites) tested the availability of popular resources, in case of inaccessibility (blocking, captcha, etc.) considered it a negative signal.
Test results: comparative table of parameters
We have summarized the key indicators of ten providers in a single table. A check mark ✅ means that the service successfully passed the test or has the declared function, ⚠️ – there were difficulties, ❌ – the test was not passed or its result is unsatisfactory.
| Provider | Speed | Access to websites Blockers/captchas |
Anonymity | Fraud Score | Final evaluation |
| Floppydata | ✅ ~0.3-1.2 s (depends on GEO),
Download speed 8-30 Mbps |
⚠️ no blocking / there were captchas on the first launches | ✅ no leaks | Low (Score ~10-20) | 4,7 |
| ProxyMarket | ⚠️ ~0.6-1.7 s, Download speed ~1-13 Mbps | ✅ o c main sites oc | ✅ no leaks | Low (Score ~0-20) | 4,4 |
| Thordata | ✅ ~0.37-1.5 s, Upload speed ~0.4-12 Mbps | ⚠️ no blocking / there were captchas on the first launches | ✅ no leaks | Medium (Score ~20-35) | 4,2 |
| DataImpulse | ⚠️ ~0.6-2.7 s, Download speed ~0.7-12 Mbps | ⚠️ There is a list of unavailable resources | ✅ no leaks | Low (Score ~5-15) | 4,1 |
| Proxyrack | ⚠️ ~1.1-2.7 s, Download speed 0.2-8 Mbps | ✅ main sites ok | ✅ no leaks | Low (Score ~10-25) | 4,1 |
| Onlineproxy | ❌ ~1.1-2.8+ s,
Download speed 0.5-3 Mbps |
⚠️ Google gives reCAPTCHA | ✅ no leaks | Medium (Score ~30-50) | 3,5 |
| Infatica | ❌ I couldn’t measure | ⚠️ TikTok, occasional captcha | ✅ no leaks | Medium (Score ~25-40) | 3,4 |
| Oxylabs | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Brigh Data | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| iProxy.online | ❌ depends on SIM: 3G – slow,
LTE ~10 Mbps |
✅ as you set it up – your IP is clear | ⚠️ depends on the setting | Varies (individual) | ✅ any (your phone) |
As you can see from the table, the results are quite widespread, most providers showed decent results in terms of anonymity and Fraud Score. However, there are some problematic points: mainly speed and in some cases Google captcha.
Now – a table with business parameters and convenience, because speed is speed, but prices and terms of use sometimes decide even more.
Prices, plans and terms
| Provider | Rates and model | Free test | KYC verification |
Target segment | Features |
| Floppydata | from $1/GB | ✅ 100MB trial | ✅ no | Freelancers, agencies | User-friendly dashboard, no hidden restrictions |
| Onlineproxy | from $1.49/day | ❌ none (minimum 1 day) | ✅ no | Freelancers | Rentals from 1 day, but each GEO is chargeable |
| Oxylabs | from ~$9/GB (minimum ~$99) | ⚠️ for legal entities only | ❌ mandatory for all | Large business | There is no way to register and start right away |
| Proxyrack | from $1.1/GB | ⚠️ 3-day refund | ✅ no | Freelancers, newbies | Easy integration |
| Infatica | from $8/GB | ⚠️ 7 days, same price | ❌ mandatory for all | Medium-sized projects, parsing | Traffic in packets (no expiration when subscribing) |
| ProxyMarket | from $3.45/GB | ⚠️ 7 days/100 mb | ✅ no | Freelancers, agencies | Shared wallet, topped up and can be distributed to different proxies |
| Brigh Data | from $15/GB | ⚠️ 7-day trial (KYC) | ❌ mandatory for all | Large projects, corporations | Great package (lots of other tools inside besides proxies) |
| Thordata | $5/GB | ✅ yes/100 mb | ✅ no | Freelancers, agencies | |
| DataImpulse | $2/GB, min. $50 one-time payment | ⚠️ paid $5 for trial | ✅ no | Startups, budget projects | Restrictions on working with some websites |
| iProxy.online | $6-10/month per device | ✅ yes (demo version) | ✅ no | Technicians | Allows you to make a 4G proxy from your Android;
is cheap at scale |
Dissection of results and conclusions
Testing has confirmed that there are clear leaders and outsiders on the mobile proxy market, and there is no perfect solution for everyone.
Floppydata is the best choice in general and for SMM in particular
Our winner is Floppydata. It proved to be quite balanced: average speed (in some regions ping reached ~0.77 s, which is typical for mobile proxies), no problems with anonymity or captchas.
Special mention should be made of the price, there is a promotion of $1 per gigabyte of traffic with no hidden conditions. For that kind of money you can now only buy server proxies for a month, but here you can buy mobile proxies.
Floppydata pleasantly surprised with its convenience: the control panel is simple and clear, there is integration with popular anti-defect browsers (Gologin, Multilogin, etc.). There is a function of instant site check via proxy right on the site – this is a must-have innovation, saves a lot of time when selecting a proxy for a particular service.
Results of runs on services:
There were no problems with duplication in each GEO, in general, no ip addresses were repeated in any pool. On the average for each pool of three GEOs the result is as follows: (Service rating/Maximum possible rating) – Speed/RTT: 4/5, Anonymity: 4.8/5 (reduced due to the addition of two server ip addresses in GEO USA and Germany), Fraud score: 4.8/5 (several complaints about ip addresses in some databases), DNS leaks – 5/5 (there were no leaks), Blocking on popular resources: 4.8/5 (captcha at first Google queries).
Overall score 4.7 out of 5.
Cons: According to the results of tests two ip addresses from three pools received a warning that they are server addresses and after the first launch when using Google a captcha fell out (later it was not present), but the captcha can be triggered by a brand new profile and virgin clean cookies, not by proxy.
Infatica io is a mid-market service with KYC verification
Mobile proxies are considered to be the benchmark of anonymity, in other factors, like speed, they are certainly not in the first place, but as for anonymity, they are ahead of the planet.
Accordingly, anonymity implies some privacy of the owner of these proxies, but some services have problems with this. And infatica has them. We are talking about KYC verification, this provider uses it. You can’t even make a top-up without identity verification.
As part of our research interest, let’s go through the verification process and test what’s behind it. The verification itself is simple – you scan the code, take a photo of your documents, take selfies and that’s it… In case of anything, your data is saved, and then you can think for yourself.
Infatica’s personal account is simple, but the procedure for refilling and getting a trial (there is no actual trial, you have to pay for it) is very complicated. To say that it causes inconvenience is not enough, in conjunction with KYC verification it is very stressful.
Results of runs on services:
Alas, no miracle happened, there was nothing to verify. Not only that I simply could not figure out how to generate pools from a specific country (by default only regions are available), but even this did not help, probably the problem with the completeness of pools, and therefore the provider does not split into countries. In the regional pool North America, Europe and Asia had duplicate ip addresses.
On average for each pool of three GEOs the result is as follows: (Service score/Maximum possible score) – Speed/RTT: 1/5 (it was impossible to measure the speed, because of the instability of channels and constant interruptions, but when manually checking availability – it was very slow), Anonymity: 3,5/5 (Duplicate ip addresses, inclusions in the pools of server and resident proxies), Fraud score: 4.5/5 (several complaints about ip addresses on some databases), DNS Leaks – 5/5 (no leaks), Blocking on popular resources: 3/5 (Tic Tok for some reason did not pass from some IP addresses).
Overall score 3.4 out of 5.
Cons: This is the case when it is easier to list the pluses than to count the minuses. The provider, unpleasantly surprised in all respects, but the support of the service is not bad, otherwise, a lot of minuses.
ProxyMarket – a service with a claim to simplicity
ProxyMarket gives an impression of a pretty good service. The usability of the cabinet can be rated 3 out of 5, it lacks a general page, a dashboard of all types of proxies and in general there is some confusion when generating proxies and uploading data.
The provider provides a test tariff, but only 100 mb, which is very little, for longer tests you need to buy traffic, the price of which, by the way, is not the highest – 3.45$ per GB, but in our rating there are representatives with more interesting offers, perhaps the provider will surprise by the quality.
Results of runs on services:
Impressions are blurred, the speed and the generation system itself let me down. All other things being equal, this can make a decisive difference when choosing an ISP. The connection speed on each GEO was below average, and it did not look good in contrast.
On average for each pool of three GEOs the result is as follows: (Service rating/Maximum possible rating) – Speed/RTT: 3.5/5 (better than Proxyrack but worse than other representatives), Anonymity: 4/5 (several inclusions in the pools of server and resident proxies), Fraud score: 4.5/5 (several complaints about ip addresses in some databases), DNS leaks – 5/5 (no leaks), Blocking on popular resources: 5/5.
Overall score 4.4 out of 5.
Bright Data – maximum reach and power for large projects
Bright Data is considered a benchmark in terms of technical capabilities. But this is on paper and marketing lendings, in reality, it can be difficult to use this service for the needs of a team of arbitrageurs or a freelance developer, for one reason – KYC verification is required.
And it’s not just verification by documents, you have to confirm your work email first, which not everyone can do, for various reasons. Otherwise (if you don’t pass KYC) – you won’t be able to use mass usage, you will be able to use only single connections, and there you will have to dance with a tambourine to make everything work.
Technical measurements could not be performed, for a simple reason – nothing started, the service stubbornly refused to work, even in their own sandbox. The conclusion is banal – we do not recommend using Bright Data for automation needs, it is better to look at other providers.
Cons: The main disadvantage is the price. For small teams, it is unaffordable: the minimum monthly bill will easily be several hundred $. Pay-as-you-go they have, but at $9 per GB – much more expensive than competitors. The second is mandatory KYC.
You’ll have to prove legitimate use: fill out a questionnaire, possibly provide company documents (we just didn’t get any further than corporate email), go through a video call. This is all very stressful, especially if you are a private person.
Oxylabs – first prove you’re worthy of KYC.
Oxylabs is a competitor of Bright Data in all matters, and in some places it is even superior (of course, this is sarcasm, the notorious KYC verification spoils everything). High quality, huge address pools, excellent support – all this is unnecessary, as you will hardly use the service for automation needs.
As with Bright Data, we really tried and wanted to go through KYC to get access to their proxies and test them, but we didn’t pass the interview for the opportunity for access.
Based on this follows a logical conclusion, the slightest hint of gray activity and violation of the policy of sites you plan to parse – and you are out of the race.
Thus, it was not possible to measure the technical parameters, but it makes us think that we should look for another provider, because there is no shortage of them.
DataImpulse – better economics for massive tasks
DataImpulse pleasantly surprised with the combination of price and quality. For $2/GB this service offers quite a working product. Yes, their IP pool is smaller (USA ~10k unique addresses, Germany and Vietnam within ~1.5k), yes, there were some “noisy” IPs (I mean complaints about some addresses), but otherwise, the pool is really small compared to competitors.
But the traffic does not burn up – you can buy 50 GB and use them for six months. And most importantly, there is no KYC (it’s not clear who was the first to think of losing customers with KYC).
Another interesting point is that the provider has clearly defined blocked resources that cannot be accessed with their proxies. The reasons are as trivial as possible, protection against illegal actions.
But it’s not a blocker – if you need access to a locked resource, in theory you can write to their email and they will consider the request… Or you can just use another service of your choice.
Results of runs on services:
A small pool, as implied, gave repetitions in IP addresses, but the most interesting thing is that on the Asian pool there were no repetitions, but on the U.S. was the most, although initially announced 10k addresses in the U.S. and 1.5k in Vietnam.
On average for each pool of three GEOs the result is as follows: (Service rating/Maximum possible rating) – Speed/RTT: 3/5 (below average, quite slow compared to competitors), Anonymity: 3/5 (Duplicate ip addresses, inclusions of server and resident proxies in the pools, blocking of some resources by the provider), Fraud score: 4.5/5 (several complaints about ip addresses on some databases), DNS leaks – 5/5 (no leaks), Blocking on popular resources: 5/5 (no blocking).
Overall rating 4.1 out of 5.
Cons: Not suitable for tasks requiring full coverage of all sites. If you need proxies for, say, mass mail registration or work with banking services, DataImpulse is not the best option – they cut such connections.
And the IP pool is still developing: we cannot compare it with global giants in terms of coverage. This was also confirmed by testing: in the main locations (USA, Europe, Asia), addresses were duplicated already during the first runs.
Thordata – record cheap proxies with nuances
Thordata does not offer a price of 1$ per GB of traffic, in fact, and in the tests with this provider was not all smooth: the speed is average, stability at the level (there were no slippages), blocking on popular sites, also not recorded, however – in the pools of this provider of the order of 15-20% of addresses that do not belong to mobile operators.
There were resident and even server ip addresses (example – AS36352 HostPapa). If it is mobile providers that you need – you should seriously filter pools before launching.
The service’s cabinet is a bit overloaded if you compare it to the leader – Floppydata, but in general everything is quite clear. It is difficult to set up, but after some time of work you get used to it.
Thordata has a Trial, but it is very limited (only 100 mb), for the test it is not enough, it was not enough even for a full-fledged test of the availability of resources from one GEO, we had to get traffic paid, at a not the most favorable rate – 5$ for 1 GB.
Results of runs on services:
No problems with duplication were detected in the US GEO and Germany, but in the Asian GEO (Vietnam), ip addresses began to repeat, on 50 addresses it is two repetitions, but it should be understood that on a larger volume the number can grow, which is not a good signal.
On average for each pool of three GEOs the result is as follows: (Service rating/Maximum possible rating) – Speed/RTT: 3.5/5, Anonymity: 3.5/5 (15-20% of addresses are not mobile), Fraud score: 4.4/5 (complaints about ip addresses on some databases), DNS leaks – 5/5 (no leaks), Blocking on popular resources: 4.8/5 (captcha at first Google queries).
Overall rating 4.2 out of 5.
Cons: The service is relatively new, the reputation is still forming, but the presence of such punctures that were revealed during the tests gives not a very good impetus for its growth.
Fraud Score is not high on average, but sometimes there were IPs with bad history (probably a consequence of the low price – it attracts not the whitest clients). I have the impression that Thordata is a lottery: you can get good proxies, or you can lose time filtering bad hosts.
Onlineproxy – not an option if you need IP pools
Onlineproxy – on the market of providers providing mobile proxies, this service managed to surprise. Not only it does not provide address pools (it is simply impossible to generate pools for different GEOs), but you also have to buy each GEO separately. If you need the USA, you buy the USA; if you need Germany, you buy Germany.
However, you do not pay for traffic, but for the use of proxies (rent). But you need to consider the economics, as private proxies are much more expensive than public ones. The speed is not very good – the pages opened noticeably slower than through other competitors. For social networks, where every second of delay is an annoying factor, this is a significant disadvantage.
Everything is not very good with blocking: we didn’t meet any obviously banned IPs, but Google perceives their addresses cautiously – reCAPTCHA jumped out more often than we would like (namely, every time we refreshed the page, maybe it will stop after 10-20 requests, but this is clearly not in favor of Onlineproxy).
Results of runs on services:
A lot of claims, speed, lack of a normal dash – the dash is so simplistic that even the Spartans in ancient Sparta had a richer house decoration than here. Captchas in Google, plus the presence of complaints about IP addresses in different services.
The average result is as follows: (Service rating/Maximum possible rating) – Speed/RTT: 1.5/5, Anonymity: 4/5, Fraud score: 4/5 (There were several complaints), DNS leaks – 5/5 (no leaks), Blocking on popular resources: 3/5 (a lot of captcha from Google).
Overall score 3.5 out of 5.
Cons: The main disadvantages are speed, blocking on some resources (Google) and user-friendliness. To be honest, with the speed that was demonstrated, it is hard to imagine what tasks this service is used for.
Proxyrack is a reference point for beginners
Proxyrack stood out for its friendliness and price: the site, support, materials – everything is done so that the client is not confused. Everything is clear at the start, but there are a few buts.
The price for 1 GB of traffic is inferior only to Floppydata, but only by 10 cents (1.1$ for 1 GB). Well, the lack of GEO selection did not please me, but if you can still specify a specific GEO in the cabinet, you will immediately lose usability, about which we originally said that it is quite user-friendly.
For a quick start it is quite a passable option, but for fine-tuning we would recommend looking at something more advanced.
Results of runs on services:
The main complaint is the lack of variability in the choice – as they say – “Eat what you’re given”, and the speed, of course. The average result is as follows: (Service rating/Maximum possible rating) – Speed/RTT: 2.8/5, Anonymity: 3.5/5 (there are unstable ASNs in the pool), Fraud score: 4.6/5 (single complaints on several services), DNS leaks – 5/5 (no leaks), Blocking on popular resources: 4.6/5 (mostly works, captcha at session start in some places; no system bans seen).
Overall rating 4.1 out of 5.
iProxy.online – your own proxies for maximum autonomy
Although iProxy.online is not exactly a typical provider, you should not skip it. This service is closer to software: you buy a license, install an application on Android, and your phone starts distributing mobile proxies from your SIM card. In our tests, the provider worked 100%: we successfully set up the proxies, connected to them from the browser – we can see the IP of these phones, all sites open, and the speed corresponds to the mobile Internet.
Of course, all technical risks are on you: if the connection drops or the SIM card runs out of traffic, the proxy will drop. And of course, it is hardly possible to use such proxies for mass operations, but for one-time tasks it is quite a good solution
Tariffs at this provider are quite adequate – 10$ for a tariff with no limits on the speed of connection, it is a fee for the inability to create such connections on their own, like – all in business.
Results of runs on services:
All data completely depends on your provider, and by good – this service gives the top results, IP belongs to you, it is not spammed, and quite a good speed. At least in our case it was like that. This provider is not included in the general rating, but for the sake of purity of the experiment here are the results: (Service rating/Maximum possible rating) – Speed/RTT: 5/5, Anonymity: 5/5, Fraud score: 5/5, DNS leaks – 5/5, Blocking on popular resources: 5/5.
Overall grade is 5 out of 5.
Cons: If you decide to build your own farm and use this provider, here are the main difficulties you will face: you will have to invest in equipment and understand how to set up networks. It’s hard to scale beyond a certain number of devices – each phone has to be placed somewhere, powered and connected to the internet.
In addition, the speed and quality of communication is limited by the mobile operator: in some regions 4G is flying, and somewhere 3G can barely even pull. For parsing big data, this option is not suitable, it is easier to use another service.
But for multi-accounting, registering on sites where you need the most “natural” mobile IP – iProxy is beyond competition. After all, these are real phones, no anti-fraud will distinguish their traffic from a regular smartphone user.
In conclusion, let us emphasize: test proxies before using them in combat! Tests have shown that the stated characteristics do not always correspond to reality, and small nuances (such as KYC requirements or hidden traffic restrictions) can pop up unexpectedly. It’s better to spend a day or two on testing than to lose a week trying to understand why accounts are “banned” or speed drops.
Mobile proxies are a powerful tool, but they must be handled carefully.
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