Side by side
IPRoyal vs PacketStream
The short answer
On residential, PacketStream is the cheaper of the two at $1/GB against IPRoyal's $1.75/GB, a gap of about 43%.
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Just an email
Just an email
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None
None
IPs (their number)
34 million
7 million
Countries
195
190
Won't work for
Nothing we know of
Streaming
Warnings
Gets its IPs from a phone app
Gets its IPs from paid volunteers
IPRoyal against PacketStream, product by product
Residentialcompared above
$1.75/GBon Custom plans Subscription (5% off), read 12 Aug8 plans
$1.00/GBon Residential Proxies, read 12 Aug1 plan
Fixed ISP
—priced per IP address4 plans
Does not sell this
Datacenter
—priced per IP address3 plans
Does not sell this
Mobile
$5.20/GBon 100GB, read 12 Aug8 plans
Does not sell this
Choose IPRoyal if
the country list is wider, 195 against 190, and your targets matter and PacketStream rules out streaming.
Choose PacketStream if
the rate is lower, $1/GB against $1.75.
Questions
Does IPRoyal or PacketStream ask for ID?
Both ask for the same thing: just an email.
Which is cheaper, IPRoyal or PacketStream?
PacketStream, at $1 per GB against IPRoyal's $1.75 per GB, both residential rates read from the providers' own pages and dated above.
Which has more addresses, IPRoyal or PacketStream?
IPRoyal, on their own numbers: 34 million, 195 countries against PacketStream's 7 million, 190 countries.
Neither of these?
We don't pick a winner, the numbers are the same ones on each provider's page, checked yesterday.