Side by side
DataImpulse vs Shifter
The short answer
On residential, Shifter is the cheaper of the two at $0.75/GB against DataImpulse's $0.80/GB, a gap of about 6%. One thing to read before you decide: we carry a warning on DataImpulse and none on Shifter.
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Just an email
Just an email
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None
None
IPs (their number)
90 million
31 million
Countries
194
130
Won't work for
Nothing we know of
Nothing we know of
Warnings
Gets its IPs from bundled apps
None
DataImpulse against Shifter, product by product
Residentialcompared above
$0.80/GBon Advanced, $800/mo, read 12 Augfrom $5/mo on Intro, 3 plans
$0.75/GBon Popular (200 GB), $149/mo, read 12 Augfrom $50/mo on Starter (50 GB), 4 plans
Fixed ISP
Does not sell this
—priced per IP addressfrom $42/mo on Starter (25 IPs), 4 plans
Datacenter
$0.45/GBon Advanced, $450/mo, read 12 Augfrom $5/mo on Intro, 3 plans
Does not sell this
Mobile
$1.60/GBon Advanced, $1,600/mo, read 12 Augfrom $5/mo on Intro, 3 plans
Does not sell this
Choose DataImpulse if
the country list is wider, 194 against 130.
Choose Shifter if
the rate is lower, $0.75/GB against $0.80, and we carry no warning on Shifter and one on DataImpulse: gets its ips from bundled apps.
Questions
Does DataImpulse or Shifter ask for ID?
Both ask for the same thing: just an email.
Which is cheaper, DataImpulse or Shifter?
Shifter, at $0.75 per GB against DataImpulse's $0.80 per GB, both residential rates read from the providers' own pages and dated above.
Which has more addresses, DataImpulse or Shifter?
DataImpulse, on their own numbers: 90 million, 194 countries against Shifter's 31 million.
Neither of these?
We don't pick a winner, the numbers are the same ones on each provider's page, checked yesterday.