Webshare
A self-service proxy provider offering datacenter, residential, and static residential (ISP) proxies with a permanent free tier and pay-as-you-go pricing.
What is Webshare?
Webshare is a proxy provider known for its low-cost, self-service model and a permanent free tier of shared datacenter proxies. It offers datacenter, rotating residential, and static residential (ISP) proxies with an API-first workflow aimed at developers. The company was acquired by proxy provider Oxylabs in 2023.
Best known for: Affordable datacenter proxies and a genuinely free proxy tier for developers.
Key features
- Permanent free plan with 10 datacenter proxies
- Datacenter, residential, and static residential (ISP) proxy types
- Per-IP and per-GB pay-as-you-go pricing
- API and dashboard for proxy management and rotation
- Country-level geo-targeting across a large IP pool
- Self-service signup with instant provisioning
Who Webshare is best for
- Developers and hobbyists testing scraping projects on a budget
- Small teams needing cheap datacenter proxies at scale
- Users who want a free tier to prototype before committing
Ideal team: Technically comfortable developers and small data/scraping teams who want affordable, API-driven proxies and are happy to self-serve without hands-on account management.
Webshare pricing
Free
$0
- 10 shared datacenter proxies
- ~1 GB monthly bandwidth
- No credit card required
Datacenter Proxy
$3/flat / mo
- Dedicated/shared datacenter IPs from ~$0.05/IP
- Scales into thousands of proxies
- Unlimited bandwidth on paid plans
Residential Proxy
$4/per GB
- Rotating residential IPs across many countries
- Usage-based per-GB billing
- Large IP pool with country targeting
Enterprise / Custom
Custom
- Volume discounts and higher limits
- Static residential (ISP) options
- Priority support
Costs to watch before you commit
- Residential and ISP proxy plans are usage-based per GB, so heavy crawling can escalate costs quickly
- Advertised low per-GB rates often reflect temporary promotional discounts off higher list prices
- Free and cheapest datacenter tiers use shared IPs that can be slower or more likely to be blocked
- Advanced features and higher bandwidth may require stepping up to pricier tiers or annual commitments
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