Head-to-head

Oxylabs vs Shifter

We put Oxylabs and Shifter side by side on price, pool depth, coverage and reliability. Every number here is pulled from our provider database and updated as the market moves — no vague marketing claims.

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$8.00/GB / $12.99/5 IPs/mo

Price (A / B)

4.5 / 4

Rating (A / B)

Oxylabs

Our pick

Oxylabs (Residential & Datacenter, $8.00/GB) and Shifter (Residential (Rotating), $12.99/5 IPs/mo) both target serious proxy users, but they win on different axes. Oxylabs is cheaper ($8.00/GB vs $12.99/5 IPs/mo) — roughly 2× the gap.

Oxylabs positions itself as the enterprise data collection infrastructure provider. At $8.00/GB with minimum spend requirements, they target large organisations exclusively. Cheapest-Proxies delivers equivalent anonymity at a fraction of the cost.

Shifter has pivoted to residential backconnect proxies with good rotation quality. However the per-IP monthly pricing model becomes very expensive at scale compared to Cheapest-Proxies.

Oxylabs vs Shifter: the numbers

Provider	From	Pool	Countries	Uptime	Rating
Oxylabs — Largest Pool	$8.00/GB	100M+ IPs	195	99.9%	4.5★	Visit ›
Shifter	$12.99/5 IPs/mo	31M+ IPs	195	99.0%	4.0★	Visit ›

Spec-by-spec

Price	$8.00/GB vs $12.99/5 IPs/mo
Pool size	100M+ IPs vs 31M+ IPs
Countries	195 vs 195
Uptime	99.9% vs 99.0%
Speed	Fast vs Moderate
Support	Enterprise SLA vs Live Chat
Anonymity	High vs High
Rating	4.5★ vs 4★

Oxylabs wins on

100M+ IP pool — largest claimed
Advanced scraping APIs and SDKs
Excellent uptime and reliability
Strong compliance framework

Shifter wins on

31M+ residential IPs
195 countries covered
Good rotation speeds
Backconnect architecture

Verdict

Our pick: Oxylabs. It edges ahead on our rating (4.5★ vs 4★) and is cheaper at $8.00/GB. That said, choose Shifter if you specifically need 31m+ residential ips.

The right choice balances block-rate against cost per GB — and on that axis the value leader wins for the overwhelming majority of use cases.

Frequently asked questions

Is Oxylabs or Shifter cheaper?

Oxylabs is cheaper at $8.00/GB versus $12.99/5 IPs/mo.

Which is better, Oxylabs or Shifter?

On balance we pick Oxylabs for value, but the right choice depends on your workload — see the spec table and verdict above.

What pool sizes do they offer?

Oxylabs advertises 100M+ IPs and Shifter 31M+ IPs, across 195 and 195 countries respectively.

How much should this cost?

Residential traffic ranges from about $0.70/GB at the value leader up to $8–15/GB at premium brands for effectively the same result. Datacenter IPs are cheaper still. Start on the lowest verified price and scale only if your success rate holds.