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PacketStream vs SOAX

The short answer

On residential, PacketStream is the cheaper of the two at $1/GB against SOAX's $5.60/GB, a gap of about 82%. One thing to read before you decide: we carry a warning on PacketStream and none on SOAX.

PacketStream$1.00 /GBResidential
SOAX$5.60 /GBResidential
Sign-up
Just an email
ID required
Pay with
Card
Card
Free trial
None
$1.99 for 3 days
IPs (their number)
7 million
155 million
Countries
190
190
Won't work for
Streaming
Ticketing
Warnings
Gets its IPs from paid volunteers
None

PacketStream against SOAX, product by product

Residentialcompared above
$1.00/GBon Residential Proxies, read 12 Aug1 plan
$5.60/GBon Starter, $49/mo, read 3 Augfrom $49/mo on Starter, 3 plans
Mobile
Does not sell this
$8.25/GBon Mobile Starter, $99/mo, read 3 Augfrom $99/mo on Mobile Starter, 1 plan

Choose PacketStream if

the rate is lower, $1/GB against $5.60, and sign-up is just an email where SOAX wants identity documents first.

Choose SOAX if

you read an ID check as a signal rather than a hurdle, which SOAX asks for and PacketStream does not, and we carry no warning on SOAX and one on PacketStream: gets its ips from paid volunteers.

Questions

Does PacketStream or SOAX ask for ID?

PacketStream needs just an email to open an account and SOAX needs id required.

Which is cheaper, PacketStream or SOAX?

PacketStream, at $1 per GB against SOAX's $5.60 per GB, both residential rates read from the providers' own pages and dated above.

Which has more addresses, PacketStream or SOAX?

SOAX, on their own numbers: 155 million, 190 countries against PacketStream's 7 million, 190 countries.

We don't pick a winner, the numbers are the same ones on each provider's page, checked 9 days ago.