Oxylabs Review: Enterprise Proxies and Scraping APIs
Oxylabs fits teams that want several proxy types and a scraper API from one vendorIn this Oxylabs review, Residential Starter is 5 GB at $6 per GB, and Free Datacenter IPs share one 5 GB traffic limit, read on Sep 29, 2026.
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Oxylabs in three sentences
Oxylabs is a web data platform with proxies, scraper APIs and datasets, read on Sep 29, 2026. Residential Starter is 5 GB at $6 per GB, $30 a month, billed monthly, read on Sep 29, 2026. This Oxylabs review holds no tagged review count.
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What it costs
Seven plans. Every figure read on the vendor's pricing page on Sep 29, 2026.
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- Included volume
- 3 IPs
- Rate per unit
- $2.25 per IP
- Included volume
- 20 GB
- Rate per unit
- $0.59 per GB
- Included volume
- 10 IPs
- Rate per unit
- $1.20 per IP
- Included volume
- 10 IPs
- Rate per unit
- $1.60 per IP
- Included volume
- 5 IPs
- Rate per unit
- $3.20 per IP
- Included volume
- 5 GB
- Rate per unit
- $6 per GB
- Included volume
- 4 GB
- Rate per unit
- $7.50 per GB
Prices read on the pricing pages: Residential Starter $30 and Mobile Starter $30 a month, each billed monthly.
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What you get, what you don't
Five things Oxylabs does, one it doesn't. The miss is marked because it decides for some readers.
- ZapierNative
- MakeNative
- n8nNative
- Data hostedNot published
- GDPR data processing agreementPublished
- SOC 2 reportType 2 (2 products)
- Single sign-onNot published
- ChannelsLive chat, email
- Hours24/7
- PhoneNot published
- Tagged reviewsNone discuss support
The data behind the score
Our five scores against the average of the tools we score.
Should you buy it?
Name your dealbreaker. No profile is scored on its own yet: too few tagged reviews per profile, so the page shows the overall score.
Buy it if You want Residential, Mobile, Datacenter and ISP proxies plus a Web Scraper API from one vendor, with Residential Starter at $30 a month, billed monthly. Skip it if You need fewer than 5 Dedicated ISP IPs, which carry a 5-IP minimum purchase, or more than 20 concurrent threads on the Free Datacenter IPs.
Free Datacenter IPs share one 5 GB limit The help center states that the 5 GB traffic limit is shared across all 5 IPs, read on Sep 29, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Free Datacenter IPs allow 20 concurrent threads The help center states a limit of 20 concurrent threads (sessions) per user, read on Sep 29, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
ISP Proxies cap sessions at 100 per IP The ISP Proxies page states a cap of 100 concurrent sessions per IP until 50 GB of monthly usage per IP is reached, read on Oct 5, 2026. We hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better.
Questions to ask the vendor
- Can the 20-thread limit on Free Datacenter IPs be raised?The help center states a limit of 20 concurrent threads per user, read on Sep 29, 2026.
- What do ISP Proxies allow once 50 GB of monthly usage per IP is reached?The ISP Proxies page states a cap of 100 concurrent sessions per IP until that point, read on Oct 5, 2026.
- How long does the ISP Proxies free trial last?The ISP Proxies page answers yes to its free trial question, read on Oct 5, 2026.
- What does the Web Scraper API cost for a given volume of results?The Web Scraper API is listed with parsers and scheduling, read on Sep 29, 2026.
If Oxylabs isn't it
Three tools we score in this category. Each card names where the tool is weaker. Free IP traffic cap, Free IP thread cap and ISP session cap have no card: we hold no published fact that shows another tool here does better. Click a card, or a name below, to put it next to Oxylabs.
- Visual builder with no code, drag-and-drop with AI auto-detect, read on Sep 29, 2026
- Credits and quotas draws 1 negative mention, its most cited drawback
- AI extraction with natural-language queries or JSON rules, read on Sep 29, 2026
- Customization draws 1 negative mention
- Page fetching in HTML, Markdown, JSON, screenshots and metadata, read on Sep 29, 2026
- Stability draws 1 negative mention, its most cited drawback
Oxylabs vs Octoparsethe three alternatives
 Oxylabs |
Octoparse |
ScrapingBee |
ZenRows |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.6* | 8.0* | 7.9* | 7.7* |
| Price and plan | ||||
| Entry price | $6.75 /mo | From $83 /mo | $19 /mo (billing period not stated) | $19 /mo |
| Free plan | No free plan stated | Free plan | No free plan stated | Free plan |
| Free trial | Free trial (length not stated) | 14-day free trial | No free trial stated | No free trial stated |
| Four dimensions, same grid | ||||
| Ease of setup | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
| Feature depth | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.2 |
| Value for money | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 |
| Support quality | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Fit | ||||
| Commitment | No signed contract for self-service plans | Auto-renews; cancel a day before renewal | Cancel anytime | Cancellation from next billing period |
| Support channels | Live chat, email | Chat and email | Email, chat | |
| Main strength | Residential proxies and scraper API | No-code visual web scraper | Headless Chrome JavaScript rendering | Web page fetching and extraction |
Its API access needs a paid plan, Standard and above, read on Sep 29, 2026.
A stealth proxy request costs 75 credits, read on Sep 29, 2026.
A JavaScript-rendered request costs 5 credits and a protected request 25, read on Oct 5, 2026.
Commitment, read on Sep 29, 2026: Oxylabs needs no signed contract for self-service plans; ScrapingBee lists cancel anytime; ZenRows applies cancellation from the next billing period; Octoparse auto-renews.
Same five-dimension grid for every tool; the fifth dimension changes with the category and stays out of this table. Prices and integrations read on each vendor's public pages between Sep 29 and Oct 5, 2026. * Under 10 tagged reviews: the score is weighted toward the site average; with none, it is the site average. Some of these prices have not been read again for 6 months. Check the vendors' pages before you buy.
What the vendor's pages say, in depth
Oxylabs sells four proxy types and scraping tools
The homepage lists Residential Proxies with 175M+ ethically sourced IPs and Mobile Proxies with 20M+ IPs, read on Sep 29, 2026. It also lists Datacenter Proxies and ISP Proxies, read on Oct 5, 2026.
On the scraping side the homepage lists Web Scraper API, Web Unblocker, AI Studio and custom web datasets, read on Sep 29, 2026, and Agent Browser for browser automation, read on Oct 5, 2026.
The Oxylabs API for scraping adds parsers and scheduling
The Oxylabs API for scraping is the Web Scraper API. Its page lists reliable premium proxies, CAPTCHA handling, adaptive custom parsers, real-time data at scale and automated scheduling, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Agent Browser is listed as compatible with Puppeteer, Playwright and CDP libraries, read on Oct 5, 2026. The compliance page states that Web Scraper API and Web Unblocker hold SOC 2 Type 2 certification, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Residential Starter is 5 GB at $6 per GB
Residential Starter lists 5 GB at $6 per GB, $30 a month, billed monthly, with top-ups of up to 100 GB, read on Sep 29, 2026. Mobile Starter lists 4 GB at $7.50 per GB, $30 a month, billed monthly, with the same top-up limit.
Shared pay per GB Datacenter Proxies list 20 GB at $0.59 per GB, $11.80 a month, billed monthly, read on Sep 29, 2026. ISP Proxies Starter lists 10 IPs at $1.60 per IP, $16 a month, billed monthly, and Dedicated ISP Starter lists 5 IPs at $3.20 per IP, $16 a month, billed monthly.
The Oxylabs free trial and contract terms
The ISP Proxies page answers yes to its free trial question, read on Oct 5, 2026. The free proxies page lists 5 free proxies with no credit card required, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Self-service plans need no signed contract, read on Sep 29, 2026. Dedicated ISP Proxies carry a 5-IP minimum purchase, read on Oct 5, 2026.
Oxylabs lists live chat, email and 24/7 support
The vendor lists live chat and email, read on Sep 29, 2026, and 24/7 support on the Residential Proxies pricing page, read on Sep 29, 2026.
The vendor publishes a data processing agreement, read on Sep 29, 2026, and states that it does not accept cryptocurrency payments, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Before you commit
Residential Starter lists $6 per GB, with 5 GB for $30 a month, billed monthly, and top-ups of up to 100 GB, read on Sep 29, 2026. Mobile Starter lists $7.50 per GB, and shared Datacenter Proxies list $0.59 per GB, so a per-GB rate depends on the proxy type.
The ISP Proxies page answers yes to its free trial question, read on Oct 5, 2026, and the free proxies page lists no credit card required, read on Sep 29, 2026. For pay-as-you-go style access, the pricing pages list pay per GB and pay per IP Datacenter plans, billed monthly, read on Sep 29, 2026.
This page holds no fact on what volume makes Oxylabs worthwhile, so it sets no claim on it. Self-service plans need no signed contract, and Residential Starter is 5 GB for $30 a month, billed monthly, read on Sep 29, 2026.
This page holds no fact on success rates on ecommerce sites, so it sets no claim on it. The homepage lists e-commerce among its use cases and Residential Proxies with 175M+ ethically sourced IPs, read on Sep 29, 2026.
Its page lists reliable premium proxies, CAPTCHA handling, adaptive custom parsers, real-time data at scale and automated scheduling, read on Sep 29, 2026. The compliance page states that Web Scraper API holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification, read on Sep 29, 2026.
This page does not rank providers on price, because a per-GB rate only compares within the same proxy type. Oxylabs lists $6 per GB on Residential Starter and $7.50 per GB on Mobile Starter, billed monthly, read on Sep 29, 2026.
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