ProxyShard vs Webshare
ProxyShard
proxyshard.com
Webshare
webshare.ioSide by side
| Figure | ProxyShard | Webshare |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.20/mo | $2.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 20 |
| Spec score · Residential Proxy Services | 7.9 (#46) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Integrations | ProxyShard says its proxies connect with browsers, scrapers, SEO tools, and automation applications. | Webshare publishes more than 50 setup guides covering browsers, scrapers, bots, automation tools and anti-detect browsers. |
| Protocols | The service supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, and UDP connections. | Proxy endpoints support HTTP and SOCKS5 connections. |
| Proxy types | residential | The service offers datacenter Proxy Servers, Static Residential ISP proxies and Rotating Residential proxies. |
| Support | The SLA lists weekday support hours of Monday to Friday, GMT+3, 10:00–22:00, and says urgent inquiries are addressed 24/7. | Webshare advertises 24/7 expert support and dedicated account managers. |
| What it does | ProxyShard sells residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies for browsing, scraping, automation, SEO, ad verification, and data collection. | Webshare provides proxy infrastructure for lawful public-data collection, market research, price comparison, aggregation, malware analysis and related business uses. |
Plans
ProxyShard
- Standard Residential$2 a month
- Premium Residential$3 a month
- Unlimited Residential$30 a month
- Residential PremiumFree
- Residential StandardFree
- Datacenter$1.20 a month
- ISP$2 a month
- Mobile$10, paid once
- Residential Unlimited$30, paid once
Webshare
- Free Proxy ServerFree
- Proxy Server - 100 proxies$2.99 a month
- Proxy Server - 250 proxies$7.47 a month
- Proxy Server - 500 proxies$14.95 a month
- Proxy Server - 1,000 proxies$29.90 a month
- Proxy Server - 2,500 proxies$74.75 a month
- Proxy Server - 5,000 proxies$149.50 a month
- Static Residential - 20 proxies$6 a month
- Static Residential - 100 proxies$30 a month
- Free Proxy ServerFree
In their own words
ProxyShard
ProxyShard has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Webshare
Webshare provides enterprise proxy services for businesses collecting, aggregating, and analyzing publicly available data. Its products include proxy servers, static residential proxies, and rotating residential proxies, with HTTP and SOCKS5 endpoints. The network is described as more than 80 million IPs in 195 countries, with targeting by country, state, city, or ZIP code. Listed uses include market research, price comparison, data aggregation, malware analysis, ecommerce scraping, SEO, and reputation management. More than 50 integration guides cover browsers, scrapers, bots, automation tools, and other software. The REST-based API uses JSON request and response bodies with token authentication, and includes Python and JavaScript examples. Webshare lists Android, iOS, macOS, web, Windows, extension, and API access. The free plan includes 10 proxies and 1 GB of bandwidth per month. Paid plans start at $2.99 a month for 100 proxies and 250 GB bandwidth. Proxy-server bandwidth ranges from 250 GB to unlimited and 500 to 3,000 threads, subject to its Fair Usage Policy.