Side by side

PacketStream vs ProxyEmpire

The short answer

On residential, PacketStream is the cheaper of the two at $1/GB against ProxyEmpire's $1.50/GB, a gap of about 33%. One thing to read before you decide: we carry a warning on PacketStream and none on ProxyEmpire.

PacketStream$1.00 /GBResidential

ProxyEmpire$1.50 /GBResidential

Sign-up

Just an email

Pay with

Card

Card, crypto

Free trial

None

IPs (their number)

7 million

9 million

Countries

190

170

Won't work for

Streaming

Nothing we know of

Warnings

Gets its IPs from paid volunteers

None

PacketStream against ProxyEmpire, product by product

Residentialcompared above

$1.00/GBon Residential Proxies, read 12 Aug1 plan

$1.50/GBon Enterprise (1000 GB), $1,500/mo, read 12 Augfrom $3.5/mo on Pay As You Go (1 GB), 8 plans

Datacenter

Does not sell this

$0.35/GBon Company (5000 GB), $1,750/mo, read 12 Augfrom $25/mo on Testing (40 GB), 6 plans

Mobile

Does not sell this

$2.00/GBon Mobile 1000 GB (1000 GB), $2,000/mo, read 12 Augfrom $4.5/mo on Pay As You Go (1 GB), 8 plans

Choose PacketStream if

the rate is lower, $1/GB against $1.50, and the country list is wider, 190 against 170.

Choose ProxyEmpire if

we carry no warning on ProxyEmpire and one on PacketStream: gets its ips from paid volunteers, and your targets matter and PacketStream rules out streaming.

Questions

Does PacketStream or ProxyEmpire ask for ID?

Both ask for the same thing: just an email.

Which is cheaper, PacketStream or ProxyEmpire?

PacketStream, at $1 per GB against ProxyEmpire's $1.50 per GB, both residential rates read from the providers' own pages and dated above.

Which has more addresses, PacketStream or ProxyEmpire?

ProxyEmpire, on their own numbers: 9 million, 170 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.