Byteful alternatives ranked by cost at 20 GB

Byteful, formerly Ping Proxies, has a computed residential checkout of $78 at a 20 GB requirement. The selected published tier includes 24 GB, and its total is derived from the rate attached to that same tier. Five alternatives have lower complete checkouts at the stated volume. They are ranked by that cost rather than by referral terms or headline rates. Byteful residential pricing evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:42:41.156Z Price-data calculation dated 2026-07-26

Ranked residential checkout table

Bold marks the cheapest published checkout at the sampled volume. Dataset calculation dated 2026-07-26

The fixed-volume ranking

For each provider, the engine selects the least expensive published residential purchase that covers 20 GB. It includes the cost of unused bundle traffic and rejects dependent add-ons or rates with no standalone checkout. The five lowest qualifying alternatives are:

1. Geonode: $18.45 for 25 GB. Geonode residential pricing evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T15:42:45Z
2. Squid Proxies: $40 for 30 GB and three proxy slots. Squid Proxies residential plans, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:41:11.108Z
3. Evomi and DataImpulse tie within rounding: Evomi costs $49.99 for 100 GB, while DataImpulse costs $50 for 50 GB. A one-cent difference is not a meaningful ordering signal. Evomi residential pricing evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z DataImpulse residential pricing evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z
4. ProxyScrape: $53 for 20 GB. ProxyScrape residential pricing API, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z

What Byteful still publishes better

Byteful’s residential row publishes traffic that never expires, rollover on the provider’s page, account-wide pooling, unrestricted concurrent sessions, rotating and sticky access, and sticky sessions up to 24 hours. Its recorded targeting is country and city. The plan is billed monthly, and the captured terms say displayed payments exclude taxes. The thread limit is not published and therefore cannot be treated as unrestricted. Byteful residential FAQ and validity terms, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:42:41.156Z Byteful payment terms, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:42:41.156Z

That combination gives Byteful several supported stay cases. Geonode and DataImpulse do not publish concurrency or sticky duration. Squid Proxies publishes neither sticky access nor those limits. ProxyScrape matches unrestricted concurrency but has a 120-minute sticky limit and 30-day traffic without rollover on the provider’s page. Evomi matches unrestricted concurrency and the 24-hour session maximum, but its Core traffic expires after 30 days without rollover. Byteful is the only option in this set that publishes all four together: non-expiring traffic, rollover, unrestricted concurrency, and a 24-hour sticky limit. Byteful residential pricing evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:42:41.156Z

1. Geonode

Geonode’s $18.45 checkout is $59.55 below Byteful and includes 25 GB. Both providers publish non-expiring traffic and both rotation modes. Geonode adds ASN targeting, but its concurrency and sticky duration are not published. Byteful’s documented 24-hour sticky limit and unrestricted sessions are the stronger evidence for parallel, stateful workloads, while Geonode is the clear cost choice when those controls are unnecessary. Geonode residential pricing evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T15:42:45Z Byteful residential FAQ and validity terms, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:42:41.156Z

2. Squid Proxies

Squid Proxies costs $40 and includes 30 GB, but the selected package also has three proxy slots. Its row publishes rotating access and a 30-day term. Sticky access, geo targeting, concurrency, rollover, and sticky duration are not published. Its pages conflict on the rotation interval and refund window. Byteful costs $38 more before tax, yet publishes non-expiring rollover, sticky access, a 24-hour limit, and unrestricted sessions. Squid Proxies residential plans, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:41:11.108Z

Joint 3. Evomi

Evomi’s $49.99 Core plan includes 100 GB, leaving 80 GB unused at this requirement. It matches Byteful’s unrestricted concurrency and 24-hour sticky limit, and it publishes a broader targeting set. The difference is traffic treatment: the Core allowance expires after 30 days and does not roll over, while Byteful publishes non-expiring rollover. Irregular usage is therefore the strongest data-supported reason to pay Byteful’s higher price. Evomi pricing and validity evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z Byteful residential FAQ and validity terms, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:42:41.156Z

Joint 3. DataImpulse

DataImpulse costs $50 for 50 GB and also publishes non-expiring traffic with rollover. It has deeper recorded targeting, including state, ZIP, and ASN. Its concurrency ceiling and sticky duration are not published. Byteful costs $28 more before tax, and that premium buys documented unrestricted sessions and a 24-hour sticky maximum rather than better traffic validity. DataImpulse residential pricing evidence, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z

5. ProxyScrape

ProxyScrape costs $53 for exactly 20 GB. It publishes unrestricted concurrency, country, state, and city targeting, and sticky sessions up to 120 minutes. Its traffic expires after 30 days and does not roll over. Byteful costs $25 more before tax but publishes non-expiring rollover and a session limit twelve times as long. That premium is relevant for intermittent use or long account sessions, not for a short stateless scrape. ProxyScrape residential product details, retrieved 2026-07-25T16:33:08.221Z

Decision rule

Geonode wins on checkout. Evomi is the closest control match, while DataImpulse is the closest traffic-validity match. Byteful remains defensible when non-expiring rollover, unrestricted concurrency, and 24-hour sticky sessions are all used. Remember that Byteful’s captured price excludes taxes, so the $78 dataset total is not a final tax-inclusive bill. Obtain the unpublished thread limit before scaling. Byteful payment terms, retrieved 2026-07-25T17:42:41.156Z Price-data methodology dated 2026-07-26