Proxy type decision
Mobile proxies vs residential proxies: cost, carriers and sessions
Choose a specifically advertised mobile pool when your task requires a cellular-network exit. If it does not, compare the available residential and mobile plans against the same location, session and budget requirements. The product name alone does not establish carrier selection, an unchanged IP or better access to a target. This guide separates those decisions and calculates published purchase costs for HProxy, Evomi and Oxylabs.
Choose by the requirement that must hold
| Your requirement | What to compare | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|
| Must the exit use a mobile carrier? | What to compare Start with a mobile product whose documented network scope matches the task. HProxy advertises 4G/5G carrier IPs; Evomi documents carrier selection within its mobile product. | What can go wrong A mobile pool does not guarantee a specific carrier. HProxy’s per-GB mobile FAQ says carrier selection is unavailable. Evomi uses a carrier shortcode and recommends adding the country; verify its current dashboard pool before purchasing. HProxy mobile product and FAQ ↗ · Evomi mobile carrier targeting ↗ |
| Must a session keep exactly the same IP? | What to compare Compare what happens when the selected peer disconnects. Evomi documents a locked session that stops instead of replacing the IP; Oxylabs documents a one-IP session that returns HTTP 502 if the exit goes offline. | What can go wrong A long session setting is an upper limit, not guaranteed availability. Evomi’s ordinary session may switch peers to maintain connectivity; Oxylabs’ ordinary session can also replace an offline exit. Choose the failure behaviour your workflow can handle. Evomi mobile session control ↗ · Oxylabs mobile session control ↗ |
| Do you need many exits or one persistent identity? | What to compare Treat rotation and network type as separate choices. Oxylabs documents session controls for both its residential and mobile pools, including a default 10-minute session and an idle limit of 60 seconds. | What can go wrong Oxylabs allows a configured session up to 24 hours, but the peer can disconnect earlier. A persistent gateway address or session name does not establish that the public exit address stayed unchanged. Oxylabs mobile session control ↗ · Oxylabs residential session control ↗ |
| Is purchase cost the deciding factor? | What to compare Use the paired rows below to compare the same requested GB amount within each provider. Read the amount actually purchased and whether the bill is one-time or monthly. | What can go wrong At the reviewed tiers, Oxylabs’ $500 purchase buys 125 residential GB or 100 mobile GB. Equal spend therefore does not mean equal allowance. Different plan restrictions also prevent a universal mobile-price multiplier. |
| Are you buying mobile to avoid blocks? | What to compare Treat target access as an unverified requirement to assess with a small, authorised trial. Our source comparison supplies no measured success-rate or speed winner. | What can go wrong Shared public addresses do not confer immunity: the IETF describes how one subscriber’s activity can cause IP-based restrictions affecting others. A carrier label is not evidence that your target will accept a request. |
What is the difference between mobile and residential proxies?
A mobile product promises a carrier-network exit within its advertised scope. “Residential” is not a universal promise of fixed home broadband: Bright Data’s residential documentation explicitly includes end-user devices on household or mobile connections. If cellular-only routing is essential, require that property from the specific product or targeting filter; do not infer it from a general residential label.
HProxy mobile product and FAQ ↗ · Bright Data residential network definition ↗
Carrier targeting is a separate buying requirement
For a country-only mobile task, HProxy’s published mobile scope may be sufficient. For a named-carrier task, its per-GB offer does not meet the requirement because the FAQ excludes carrier selection. Evomi documents a mobile carrier filter, but a documented filter is not a live inventory check. Confirm the country and carrier combination, the selected plan and the treatment of unavailable peers before funding an account.
HProxy mobile product and FAQ ↗ · Evomi mobile carrier targeting ↗
Sticky sessions can fail or change the exit
Evomi distinguishes ordinary, hard and locked sessions. Its ordinary lifetime setting defaults to 30 minutes and can be set up to 1,440 minutes; that lifetime setting does not apply to hard or locked sessions. Locked sessions stop when their peer is unavailable. Oxylabs similarly distinguishes reconnecting to another exit from returning an error for a one-IP session. Select the failure behaviour explicitly if changing IP would invalidate your workflow.
Evomi mobile session control ↗ · Oxylabs mobile session control ↗
Read the outlay, allowance and billing period together
In our reviewed sample, HProxy’s published tiers produce $5 for 10 residential GB and $15 for 10 mobile GB. Oxylabs requires a $100 purchase in both 10-GB scenarios, buying 20 residential GB at $5/GB, or about 15 mobile GB at $6.67/GB (Oxylabs lists the plan as up to 14 GB). These are purchase calculations, not equal-sized packs or evidence of network quality. The full table preserves the 100-GB and 1,000-GB cases, plan conditions and missing comparable tiers instead of extrapolating a rate.
HProxy residential pricing ↗ · HProxy mobile product and FAQ ↗ · Oxylabs residential pricing ↗ · Oxylabs mobile pricing ↗
Residential and mobile costs at the same GB amounts
Each provider’s residential and mobile products appear together. Compare the purchase size and billing period alongside the total. These are calculations from published tiers, not checkout quotes or performance rankings. Taxes, payment fees and custom offers are not included.
| Provider & purchase conditions | 10 GB | 100 GB | 1,000 GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| HProxySources checked 2026-10-26 Residential proxies At 100 GB: Lite, 100 GB+ Lite pricing; Premium and Classic have different terms. Wallet funding starts at $3 by crypto or $10 by card/local wallets. Pool availability is covered for 30 days; migration within that window requires a reasonable equivalent pool. Terms checked 2026-10-26 ↗ Plan details and calculations10 GB: $5.00 Residential Lite list rate (4M+ IPs, country targeting) 100 GB: $48.00 Lite, 100 GB+ 1,000 GB: $450 Lite, 1,000 GB+ Traffic expiry: Wallet funds do not expire unless an expiry is explicitly displayed at purchase. Purchased GB are advertised as nonexpiring. The terms cover pool availability for 30 days and promise migration if the pool disappears within that window only where a reasonable equivalent exists. Later credit remains usable when a compatible pool is available; it does not guarantee the same pool indefinitely. Product-level terms can vary between plans. Residential purchase conditionsResidential Lite metered traffic funded from the HProxy wallet. Premium, Classic and time-based IP products have separate terms. Purchase sources checked · Review due
Published conditions; purchase completion and trial eligibility have not been tested. | 10 GB $5.00one-time purchase | 100 GB $48.00one-time purchase | 1,000 GB $450one-time purchase |
| HProxySources checked 2026-10-26 Mobile proxies At 100 GB: One rate at every volume; 1 GB minimum Metered mobile traffic costs $1.50/GB at every volume, with a 1 GB minimum and no monthly modem rental. New wallet funding starts at $3 in crypto or $10 by card/local wallets; all three example orders exceed those floors. The quoted pool advertises country targeting and rotating or sticky sessions. Terms checked 2026-10-26 ↗ Plan details and calculations10 GB: $15.00 One rate at every volume; 1 GB minimum 100 GB: $150 One rate at every volume; 1 GB minimum 1,000 GB: $1,500 One rate at every volume; 1 GB minimum Traffic expiry: The prepaid account balance does not expire. The mobile pricing page describes a GB balance with no monthly fee; a separate purchased-GB expiry duration was not stated in the opened mobile source. Product-level terms can vary between plans. | 10 GB $15.00one-time purchase | 100 GB $150one-time purchase | 1,000 GB $1,500one-time purchase |
| EvomiSources checked 2026-10-26 Residential proxies At 100 GB: Core Residential: $49/month includes 100 GB; each additional GB costs $0.49. One-day trial renews into the paid plan unless cancelled. PAYG nonexpiry does not establish monthly rollover. Core monthly pricing includes 100 GB for $49, then $0.49 per additional GB. PAYG is a separate purchase. Some advanced filters can increase the rate. Terms checked 2026-10-26 ↗ Plan details and calculations10 GB: $14.85 Core Residential pay as you go from 15 GB; traffic never expires Buys 15 GB, the minimum for $0.99 per GB. 100 GB: $49.00 Core Residential: $49/month includes 100 GB; each additional GB costs $0.49. One-day trial renews into the paid plan unless cancelled. PAYG nonexpiry does not establish monthly rollover. 1,000 GB: $490 Core Residential: $49/month includes 100 GB; each additional GB costs $0.49. One-day trial renews into the paid plan unless cancelled. PAYG nonexpiry does not establish monthly rollover. Traffic expiry: PAYG traffic has no expiry. Unused subscription traffic does not roll over, and traffic added to a subscription expires at its next renewal. A PAYG balance does not establish subscription rollover. These traffic rules do not establish the expiry of a separate cash-wallet balance. Product-level terms can vary between plans. Residential purchase conditionsEvomi Core residential PAYG and monthly subscription. Premium residential is a separate purchase with different prices/minima; cash balance and optional expert targeting were not assigned standalone traffic expiry. Purchase sources checked · Review due
Published conditions; purchase completion and trial eligibility have not been tested. Evomi Core trial and targeting terms ↗ · Evomi Core expiry and subscription rollover terms ↗ | 10 GB $14.85one-time purchaseBuys 15 GB | 100 GB $49.00monthly billing | 1,000 GB $490monthly billing |
| EvomiSources checked 2026-10-26 Mobile proxies At 100 GB: Performance Plan The 10-GB example uses $3.98/GB PAYG. The 100- and 1,000-GB examples use distinct $320 and $2,600 monthly plans. The mobile product page publishes the full ladder. Do not repeat smaller monthly packs or apply PAYG nonexpiry to a subscription. Terms checked 2026-10-26 ↗ Plan details and calculations10 GB: $39.80 Pay as you go from 1 GB; traffic does not expire 100 GB: $320 Performance Plan 1 × the 100 GB plan ($320/month). 1,000 GB: $2,600 Max Plan 1 × the 1 TB plan ($2,600/month). Traffic expiry: Mobile PAYG traffic has no expiry. Evomi's FAQ states that unused subscription traffic does not roll over and subscription top-ups expire at renewal. Product-level terms can vary between plans. | 10 GB $39.80one-time purchase | 100 GB $320monthly billing | 1,000 GB $2,600monthly billing |
| OxylabsSources checked 2026-10-26 Residential proxies At 100 GB: Flexible ($500/mo credit plan, $4/GB); top-ups of any amount, which expire at the end of the cycle Plans are shared-credit subscriptions (Starter $30, Basic $100, Flexible $500, Enterprise from $2,500). For 100 GB the model still selects the $500 Flexible plan ($4/GB, up to 125 GB). Top-ups are any dollar amount, but the rate they buy at is not published. The free five-DC-IP offer has been replaced by a $5 welcome credit usable on any product. Terms checked 2026-10-26 ↗ Plan details and calculations10 GB: $100 Basic ($100) credit plan; top-ups of any amount, which expire at the end of the cycle 1 × the 20 GB plan ($100/month): 20 GB in total. 100 GB: $500 Flexible ($500/mo credit plan, $4/GB); top-ups of any amount, which expire at the end of the cycle 1 × the 125 GB plan ($500/month): 125 GB in total. Traffic expiry: Unused plan credit and top-ups expire at the end of each billing cycle unless carried over by an upgrade. The ToS PAYG three-month clause remains, but no self-service PAYG purchase is offered. Product-level terms can vary between plans. Residential purchase conditionsSelf-service residential monthly subscriptions at published regular rates. PAYG contractual retention exceptions are reported separately; enterprise contracts and dashboard top-up pricing may differ. Purchase sources checked · Review due
Published conditions; purchase completion and trial eligibility have not been tested. | 10 GB $100monthly billingBuys 20 GB | 100 GB $500monthly billingBuys 125 GB | 1,000 GB No comparable tier |
| OxylabsSources checked 2026-10-26 Mobile proxies At 100 GB: Flexible ($500/mo credit plan); top-ups of any amount, which expire at the end of the cycle The 10-GB example buys the Basic monthly plan for $100, published as up to 14 GB at $6.67/GB (Starter, $30/month, covers up to 4 GB). The 100-GB plan is Flexible at $500/month. A 1,000-GB price is omitted because the largest published package is Enterprise, 714+ GB at $3.50/GB from $2,500/month ('Get an offer'), and public top-up rates were not verified. VAT may apply. Terms checked 2026-10-26 ↗ Plan details and calculations10 GB: $100 Basic ($100/mo credit plan; the price page labels this tier 'Up to 14 GB' at $6.67/GB, so $100 buys about 15 GB); top-ups of any amount, which expire at the end of the cycle 1 × the 15 GB plan ($100/month): 15 GB in total. 100 GB: $500 Flexible ($500/mo credit plan); top-ups of any amount, which expire at the end of the cycle 1 × the 100 GB plan ($500/month). Traffic expiry: Monthly traffic plans. Unused-traffic expiry or rollover was not established by the opened price page. Product-level terms can vary between plans. | 10 GB $100monthly billingBuys 15 GB | 100 GB $500monthly billing | 1,000 GB No comparable tier |
This is a selected sample with product-specific pricing checks, not a complete market ranking. Rates may refer to different pools or sharing arrangements. A provider’s other targeting, protocol and session capabilities do not necessarily apply to the tier quoted here.
How this comparison is maintained
We compare provider-published facts from the open directory dataset. Each record links to its sources and provider profile. Providers that are not selling yet, have no source links or have not been checked in the last 30 days are omitted. Editorial reviews are also due every 30 days.
These traffic calculations use regular published tiers and recorded minimum initial payments; one-time trial offers are excluded. Requested GB and purchased GB are shown separately when the smallest suitable pack is larger. Monthly plans must offer one adequate pack or a documented metered rate. Unsupported estimates are omitted. The CSV includes the billing period, calculation notes and product-specific qualifications. Confirm funding, expiry, targeting and tax terms for the plan you select.
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