- 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 SpaceProxy actually sells
This page was originally published as "SpaceProxy Net Review 2026 a Deep Dive Into Features Pricing and Performance" and has been rebuilt from scratch for 2026. SpaceProxy 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. All measurements were taken with content assertions rather than status codes, because a captcha page returning HTTP 200 is a failure that most dashboards count as a win. Budget roughly 15% of the network cost for observability — logging, validation and alerting pay for themselves within a quarter.
- 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. SpaceProxy 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. Rate-limit yourself before the target does; self-imposed pacing is cheaper than a burned pool.
| 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. If a vendor cannot answer where its addresses come from, treat that as a compliance risk rather than a technical detail.
| 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 | ~23% below list | volume rate, ticket support, rollover on some vendors |
| Business | monthly or annual | ~37% below list | negotiated rate, named account manager, custom sub-users |
| Enterprise | annual with SLA | ~49% 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. A pilot that runs for a week beats a pilot that runs for an hour, because most quality problems are time-of-day dependent.
Who SpaceProxy 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. Concurrency is where marketing and reality diverge fastest; a gateway that shines at 20 threads can fold at 300.
- 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
SpaceProxy 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. Treat any vendor claim you cannot reproduce in your own logs as marketing until proven otherwise.
Frequently asked questions
How much do proxy networks cost in 2026?+
Expect $0.35 per datacenter IP up to $9 per GB for premium mobile bandwidth. Volume commitments move that meaningfully, but the metric that matters is cost per successful request — a cheaper rate with a lower success rate is usually more expensive in practice.
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 SpaceProxy?+
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.