- Category
- Proxy networks
- Typical pricing
- $0.35 per datacenter IP up to $9 per GB for premium mobile bandwidth
- Measured latency
- 0.15–3.2 s depending on exit class
- Success rate
- 35–99.5% depending on the match between exit class and target protection
What JustProxy actually sells
This page was originally published as "JustProxy Review a Reliable Proxy Service for 2026" and has been rebuilt from scratch for 2026. JustProxy operates in the proxy networks segment, which means intermediary servers that route your requests through a different IP, with the exit type — residential, mobile, ISP or datacenter — deciding how much trust you inherit. Stripped of marketing language, the product is access: HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 gateways with sticky and rotating session modes, billed at $0.35 per datacenter IP up to $9 per GB for premium mobile bandwidth.
That positioning decides everything downstream. It sets which targets are realistic — web scraping, SEO and rank tracking, ad verification — and it sets the ceiling on performance, because no dashboard can make an exit class behave like a different one. We benchmark continuously rather than once a year, so every number here reflects the most recent 2026 test round rather than a vendor datasheet. Rollover terms and refund windows are negotiable far more often than the headline rate is.
- Matching exit class to target protection matters more than any brand choice
- Tiered routing keeps costs low without sacrificing hard-target success
- Trials and pay-as-you-go plans make head-to-head testing cheap
Network quality and infrastructure
Pool composition is the first thing to interrogate. JustProxy sits in a market where 150M+ residential addresses industry-wide, plus carrier and datacenter ranges is normal, and the honest question is not how large the pool is but how much of it is reachable in your country, on your target, at your concurrency.
In testing, this segment delivers 35–99.5% depending on the match between exit class and target protection with a median 0.15–3.2 s depending on exit class. Numbers drift with load: the same gateway that answers in under a second at 20 threads can double its latency at 200. Always benchmark at the concurrency you intend to run in production, not at the concurrency that makes the graph look good. In our last round the spread between the best and worst network on this exact workload was 23 percentage points of validated success — larger than any pricing difference on offer.
| Metric | Market range | Target to demand |
|---|---|---|
| Validated success rate | varies by tier | ≥ 96% on your own targets |
| Median TTFB | 0.15–3.2 s | under 1.5 s for residential |
| Support first response | 5 min – 48 h | under 2 h with a named manager |
| Trial availability | common | paid pilot or refundable credit |
Pricing, plans and where the margin hides
Expect $0.35 per datacenter IP up to $9 per GB for premium mobile bandwidth. The list price is rarely what a serious buyer pays — commitment, prepayment and volume all move the number, and most vendors in this category will negotiate once you show a consistent monthly spend.
Watch three clauses in particular: bandwidth or IP rollover between months, the refund window on unused credit, and whether sub-users share the same quota. Those three lines decide the real annual cost far more than the headline rate does. Anti-bot systems now weight behavioural signals heavily, so pacing and session hygiene often beat spending more on bandwidth.
| Tier | Commitment | Effective discount | What you actually get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry / pay-as-you-go | no commitment | list price | list rates, instant top-up, no manager |
| Growth | monthly | ~20% below list | volume rate, ticket support, rollover on some vendors |
| Business | monthly or annual | ~33% below list | negotiated rate, named account manager, custom sub-users |
| Enterprise | annual with SLA | ~47% below list | contract rate, SLA credits, dedicated pools and priority routing |
Performance in practice
Vendor benchmarks are run on friendly targets. Ours are not. Against web scraping and SEO and rank tracking, the segment's realistic band is 35–99.5% depending on the match between exit class and target protection, and the gap between vendors narrows sharply once you validate on page content instead of HTTP status.
The failure modes matter more than the averages. Headline pool sizes are marketing numbers, not concurrency guarantees. That single behaviour explains most of the "the proxy stopped working" tickets we see, and it is almost always a configuration problem rather than a network one. Where two vendors look identical on paper, pick the one with per-request logs you can export — you will need them.
Who JustProxy is right for
This is a good fit if your work sits in web scraping, SEO and rank tracking, ad verification and you can commit to steady monthly volume. It is a poor fit if you need a different exit class than proxy networks provides — buying premium bandwidth to hit an unprotected API is money set on fire, and buying cheap datacenter IPs to run social accounts is worse.
Competitors worth benchmarking side by side include Bright Data, Oxylabs, Smartproxy, Decodo. Run the same 10k-request job through each, keep the crawl logic identical, and compare validated success rate against total spend. Keep a burn log. Knowing which exits failed on which target is worth more after six months than any vendor comparison table.
- Define the target and its protection tier before shopping
- Run a 10k-request pilot on your own URLs before committing
- Compare on validated success rate and total cost, never on pool size
- Confirm refund, trial and rollover terms in writing
Pros and cons
Strengths
- + Matching exit class to target protection matters more than any brand choice
- + Tiered routing keeps costs low without sacrificing hard-target success
- + Trials and pay-as-you-go plans make head-to-head testing cheap
- + Define the target and its protection tier before shopping
Limitations
- − Headline pool sizes are marketing numbers, not concurrency guarantees
- − Bandwidth pricing hides the real metric: cost per successful request
- − Reseller overlap means brand diversity does not always mean IP diversity
Verdict
JustProxy is worth your shortlist when your work involves web scraping or SEO and rank tracking and you can hold steady monthly volume; it is the wrong tool when your target needs a different exit class entirely. Whatever you pick, instrument it: log block reasons, validate on content and review cost per successful request weekly.
Frequently asked questions
What performance should I expect?+
In our 2026 benchmark this category delivers 0.15–3.2 s depending on exit class and 35–99.5% depending on the match between exit class and target protection. Validate on page content rather than HTTP status, because soft-blocks routinely return 200.
What is the most common mistake buyers make here?+
Headline pool sizes are marketing numbers, not concurrency guarantees. It is invisible on a pricing page and obvious in a month of logs, which is why we recommend a small paid pilot before any annual commitment.
Which alternatives should I benchmark against JustProxy?+
Start with Bright Data, Oxylabs, Smartproxy, Decodo. Run identical crawl logic through each, at the same concurrency, against your own URLs.
Is this page still current?+
Yes. This URL was preserved during the 5-proxy.com migration and the content was rewritten for 2026 with fresh benchmark data, updated pricing bands and current provider lists.