Detailed Review — Products, Pricing & Performance

Below we unpack each product line, explain pricing mechanics, real-world performance, and when to choose one proxy type over another.

Residential Proxies — $1.80 / GB

ThorData’s residential product is priced by traffic (per gigabyte), which makes it straightforward for teams that process large web pages or multimodal data (images, video snippets, and HTML). At $1.80/GB, ThorData positions itself competitively against large residential providers while claiming a broad IP footprint (60M+).

Residential proxies are ideal when target sites employ strict bot protection and fingerprinting. The benefits are: human-like IPs, broad geo-coverage, and flexible rotation. The downside of GB-pricing is that image- and video-heavy scraping can increase costs quickly compared to IP-month models.

Mobile Proxies — $2.20 / GB

Mobile proxies are billed at $2.20/GB and provide access to real 4G/5G carrier networks. Mobile IPs are excellent for mobile-only content, apps, or when the target enforces carrier-based checks.

Mobile proxies typically have higher reliability against anti-bot systems that flag datacenter or regular residential IPs. However, mobile networks can introduce higher latency or short-lived sessions — ThorData mitigates this with automatic rotation and carrier diversity.

Static ISP Proxies — $0.75 – $1.50 / IP

Static ISP IPs come from known ISP ASNs and support city-level targeting. Pricing from $0.75/IP up to $1.50/IP reflects location and exclusivity. These are excellent for long-lived sessions and tasks requiring consistent IP identity (e.g., account testing or persistent monitoring).

Static ISP proxies are often the sweet spot between residential realism and datacenter performance — they provide stable connections and unlimited traffic without frequent IP resets.

Datacenter Proxies — $0.75 – $1.50 / IP

Datacenter proxies offer the lowest latency and are sold per IP. With prices starting at $0.75/IP, they’re cost-effective for large-scale crawling where the target is less strict about botting. These are ideal for fast, concurrent scraping tasks (price monitoring, bulk data extraction) where IP fingerprinting is not a primary concern.

High-Bandwidth Proxies — On-Demand Pricing

For heavy media scraping and high-throughput workflows, ThorData offers on-demand high-bandwidth proxy options. Pricing is custom and typically negotiated for enterprise-level transfers, streaming, or video extraction projects.

Billing & Trial Info

ThorData offers pay-as-you-go GB billing for residential and mobile proxies and IP-based billing for ISP and datacenter IPs. According to the provider, there is an instant full-access trial without a credit card required — useful for testing integration and initial performance checks.

Integration & Developer Experience

ThorData provides standard proxy endpoints and sample code for popular languages. Typical usage involves username:password authentication or IP whitelisting. The developer documentation includes examples for Python, Node.js, cURL, PHP, Go, Java, and C#.

// Example (Python)
username = "USERNAME"
password = "PASSWORD"
proxy = "user.pr.thordata.net:9999"

proxies = {
  'http': f'http://{username}:{password}@{proxy}',
  'https': f'http://{username}:{password}@{proxy}'
}

response = requests.get('https://ipinfo.thordata.com', proxies=proxies)
print(response.text)

The dashboard features fine-grained controls for rotation, rotation interval, geotargeting, whitelisting, and session management. For teams automating ingestion, the API and consistent endpoints reduce integration friction.

Real-World Testing & Performance Notes

We tested ThorData across three common workflows: 1) SERP scraping, 2) e-commerce product data collection, and 3) mobile-app API checks. Results showed consistent success rates for residential proxies against common anti-bot systems. Average response times fell under the provider’s stated <0.5s latency in many major regions, with slightly higher times in certain remote locations.

Key observations:

• Residential: strong success rate on sites with fingerprinting; GB billing requires monitoring for media-heavy targets.
• Mobile: excellent for app-centric scraping but watch for session churn and slightly higher per-GB cost.
• Static ISP: great for long sessions with minimal drops.
• Datacenter: fastest and cheapest per-IP for scale when target enforcement is light.

Security, Compliance & Enterprise Readiness

ThorData lists enterprise-grade certifications and compliance: ISO 27001, SOC2, GDPR, and CCPA. These attestations are particularly important for organizations operating under privacy regulations or processing user-related data for model training. For enterprise customers, ThorData offers 99.95% uptime commitments and dedicated support.

Pros & Cons

Pricing Comparison Table

Typical Use Cases

ThorData covers a large range of enterprise use cases. Here are short profiles showing where each product fits best:

• AI & ML data pipelines: Use residential proxies for diverse, human-like data collection; datacenter for bulk, high-speed crawls to collect non-sensitive public datasets.
• E-commerce monitoring: Static ISP or residential proxies for reliable scraping of competitors, product listings, and price changes.
• SERP & SEO tools: Residential proxies for realistic queries and lower block rates when collecting search engine results.
• Brand protection / Cybersecurity: Combine residential and static ISP resources for broad coverage and stable monitoring.

Customer Feedback & Testimonials

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Final Verdict

ThorData is a modern, well-rounded proxy provider with a large residential footprint and clear product segmentation. For teams building AI datasets or operating multi-region scraping pipelines, ThorData offers flexibility, enterprise-grade compliance, and an integration-friendly developer experience.

Choose ThorData if you need human-like residential IPs at scale, reliable mobile carrier access, and a dashboard that supports fine-grained control. If your workload is heavily media-based, budget for GB pricing or negotiate high-bandwidth enterprise rates.