Side by side
PacketStream vs Shifter
The short answer
On residential, Shifter is the cheaper of the two at $0.75/GB against PacketStream's $1/GB, a gap of about 25%. One thing to read before you decide: we carry a warning on PacketStream and none on Shifter.
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Just an email
Just an email
Pay with
Card
Card, crypto
Free trial
None
None
IPs (their number)
7 million
31 million
Countries
190
130
Won't work for
Streaming
Nothing we know of
Warnings
Gets its IPs from paid volunteers
None
PacketStream against Shifter, product by product
Residentialcompared above
$1.00/GBon Residential Proxies, read 12 Aug1 plan
$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
Choose PacketStream if
the country list is wider, 190 against 130.
Choose Shifter if
the rate is lower, $0.75/GB against $1, and we carry no warning on Shifter and one on PacketStream: gets its ips from paid volunteers.
Questions
Does PacketStream or Shifter ask for ID?
Both ask for the same thing: just an email.
Which is cheaper, PacketStream or Shifter?
Shifter, at $0.75 per GB against PacketStream's $1 per GB, both residential rates read from the providers' own pages and dated above.
Which has more addresses, PacketStream or Shifter?
Shifter, on their own numbers: 31 million 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.