Node4 Residential Proxies vs Rayobyte
Node4 Residential Proxies
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Rayobyte
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| Figure | Node4 Residential Proxies | Rayobyte |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $0.23/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 26 | 32 |
| Spec score · Datacenter Proxy Services | 9.0 (#2) | 8.4 (#6) |
| Spec score · Residential Proxy Services | 9.0 (#7) | 9.3 (#4) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States | Rayobyte lists 233 S. 13th Street, Suite 1100, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, USA. |
| Integrations | Any client that accepts standard HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy settings can connect, and Node4 provides examples for Node.js, Python, cURL, PHP, Go and Java. | Rayobyte's browser integration documentation lists Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy, and OpenClaw, and says Selenium is not supported. |
| Protocols | Residential plans support HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 on the same credential. | Proxy documentation supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and SOCKS5-hostname connections; residential service can also carry UDP, HTTP/3 and STUN when enabled. |
| Support | Technical support is available 24/7 by email and support ticket, while sales inquiries are answered Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00 EST. | Rayobyte offers support tickets, email support and live chat, while TechRadar noted that phone technical support was unavailable. |
Plans
Node4 Residential Proxies
- Residential 3 GB$7.47 a month
- Residential 5 GB$11.45 a month
- Residential 10 GB$19.90 a month
- Residential 25 GB$42.25 a month
- Residential 50 GB$69.50 a month
- Residential 100 GB$79 a month
- Residential 250 GB$187.50 a month
- Residential 500 GB$350 a month
- Residential 1 TB$650 a month
- Residential Entry$7.47 a month
Rayobyte
- Rotating Data Center Starter$0.30 a month
- Rotating Data Center Personal$0.28 a month
- Rotating Data Center Business$0.25 a month
- Rotating Data Center Corporate$0.23 a month
- Rotating Data Center EnterprisePrice not published
- ISP Rotating Starter$3.75 a month
- ISP Rotating Personal$3.50 a month
- ISP Rotating Consumer$3.25 a month
- ISP Rotating Professional$3 a month
- Rotating Data Center IPs — Corporate$0.23, paid once
In their own words
Node4 Residential Proxies
Node4 Residential Proxies provides residential proxy exits for location-specific data access and other proxy-enabled workloads. Residential plans cover more than 170 countries and support country, state, city, and ASN targeting. HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 are supported on paid plans; the free tier supports HTTP(S) only. The free tier never expires and requires no card, but is limited to 3 proxies, 1 GB per month, and 10 concurrent threads. Paid plans are billed monthly, starting with Residential 3 GB at $7.47 a month; Residential Entry is also listed at $7.47 a month with 3 GB and unlimited threads. Users can choose a new IP per connection or use best-effort sticky sessions without a set duration. The REST API has scoped keys, an OpenAPI specification, and a limit of 60 requests per minute per key. A dashboard reports bandwidth and requests by date range, proxy type, and country. Node4 says it does not inspect traffic or terminate TLS. Standard HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy clients can connect, with examples for several programming languages. The service supports API, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows.
Rayobyte
Rayobyte offers proxy services and web scraping products for collecting public web data. Its products include a Web Scraping API, Web Unblocker and a self-hosted Chromium browser, with API, web and self-hosted access. The company names e-commerce data extraction, AI development, ad verification and SERP data analysis as high-volume use cases. Its Web Scraping API includes proxy and browser management, JavaScript rendering, and charges only for successful scrapes. Residential proxies offer city, region or country targeting, sticky sessions, and unlimited threads and sessions. Rayobyte says residential IP partners consent to participation, can limit how connections are used or opt out, and are compensated. Browser integrations include Playwright, Puppeteer, Scrapy and OpenClaw; Selenium is not supported. Proxy authentication can use username and password or IP whitelisting where available. Rayobyte lists a free plan and a free trial. Rotating Data Center Starter costs $0.30 per month for 1-50 GB traffic; prices vary by product and traffic tier. Static residential proxy use is capped at 200 GB.