ProxyScrape vs Webshare: residential prices change winner six times
ProxyScrape and Webshare are the clearest example of why a pair cannot have one price winner. Across the sampled residential ladder, the lower checkout changes six times before the two providers tie at 1,000 GB. The crossing brackets are 1 to 2, 5 to 10, 10 to 20, 20 to 50, 50 to 100, and 250 to 500 GB. Pair analysis dated 2026-07-26
Every sampled checkout
| Requested traffic | ProxyScrape checkout | Webshare checkout | Cheaper public checkout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | $7.50 | $3.50 | Webshare |
| 2 GB | $7.50 | $27.50 | ProxyScrape |
| 5 GB | $14.25 | $27.50 | ProxyScrape |
| 10 GB | $28.50 | $27.50 | Webshare |
| 20 GB | $53 | $65 | ProxyScrape |
| 50 GB | $187.50 | $122.50 | Webshare |
| 100 GB | $220 | $225 | ProxyScrape |
| 250 GB | $487.50 | $500 | ProxyScrape |
| 500 GB | $975 | $875 | Webshare |
| 1,000 GB | $1,500 | $1,500 | Tie |
At the first change, Webshare costs $3.50 against ProxyScrape’s $7.50 at 1 GB, while ProxyScrape costs $7.50 against Webshare’s $27.50 at 2 GB. At the second, ProxyScrape leads $14.25 to $27.50 at 5 GB, but Webshare leads $27.50 to $28.50 at 10 GB. At the third, the 20 GB prices are $53 from ProxyScrape and $65 from Webshare. ProxyScrape pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25 Webshare pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25
The middle and large-volume reversals are just as concrete. At 50 GB, Webshare is cheaper at $122.50 versus $187.50. At 100 GB, ProxyScrape is cheaper at $220 versus $225. It stays cheaper at 250 GB, $487.50 versus $500, before Webshare becomes cheaper at 500 GB, $875 versus $975. At 1,000 GB both covering checkouts are $1,500, so neither provider has a strict price win there.
Why the ladder zigzags
Each provider sells discrete bundles, and their bundle boundaries do not line up. The engine selects the cheapest published plan that covers the request and charges the full checkout. A provider can therefore be cheaper immediately before its rival opens a new bundle, then lose when its own next bundle is larger. The $1 gap at 10 GB and $5 gap at 100 GB show why comparing advertised per-GB rates without the checkout configuration gives the wrong answer.
The crossing points are brackets between sampled volumes, not claimed exact break-even quantities. This data also does not compare success rate, latency, pool overlap, or support. Dataset method dated 2026-07-26
Webshare-winning rungs need a constraint check
ProxyScrape’s recorded residential row publishes a 30-day traffic window, no rollover on the provider’s page, account-wide pooling, unlimited concurrent sessions, rotating and sticky modes, and a 120-minute sticky maximum. It records country, state, and city targeting. ProxyScrape pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25
Webshare’s recorded row publishes a monthly commitment, rotating service, and country and city targeting. It does not publish bandwidth expiry, rollover, concurrency, sticky sessions, state targeting, ZIP targeting, or ASN targeting in the captured fields. Those missing fields matter specifically at 1, 10, 50, and 500 GB, where Webshare has the lower checkout but ProxyScrape publishes more of the operating constraints. Webshare pricing, retrieved 2026-07-25
At 2, 5, 20, 100, and 250 GB, where ProxyScrape is cheaper, it still does not publish ZIP or ASN targeting. Webshare does not publish those controls either, so a workload requiring either should verify another product rather than infer support from silence.
Decision rule
Use the table, not a provider-wide label. Webshare is cheaper at 1, 10, 50, and 500 GB. ProxyScrape is cheaper at 2, 5, 20, 100, and 250 GB. They tie at 1,000 GB. Near any bundle boundary, check the actual checkout again and confirm expiry, rollover, concurrency, session mode, and targeting before purchase.