proxy.wiki reviews proxy networks and web-scraping infrastructure. We publish the source and the date behind every figure, and we say plainly when we have not tested something.
#Why this site exists
Proxy providers are unusually hard to compare. Almost every published comparison repeats vendor marketing as if it were measurement. Pool sizes in particular get quoted as facts when no third party has ever counted them, and prices go stale within weeks of publication while the article keeps ranking.
We built this site around a narrower promise: you should always be able to see where a number came from and when we last checked it.
#What we publish
- Provider reviews. One provider each, scored on the same rubric, with a specification table where every row is either sourced or marked as unknown.
- Best-of shortlists. Ranked picks for one buying intent, built from the underlying reviews rather than written separately.
- Original research. Benchmarks we ran ourselves, published with the method and the sample size.
- Guides and a glossary. How the technology works, in plain language.
- Free tools. A proxy checker, a connection and leak test, and a cost calculator.
#Three rules we do not bend
#1. A figure without a source does not get published
Our publishing system refuses it. A price with no link to the price list, or a pool size with no link to the page claiming it, is rejected before the article can go live. This is enforced in software, not by memory.
#2. A vendor claim is labelled a vendor claim
Every provider page declares its data status: measured by us, vendor-reported, or not yet tested. A figure only appears as measured when a test date, a sample size and a link to the method all exist. A success rate with no sample size is not a measurement, and our editor will not accept one.
#3. A gap looks like a gap
Where we hold no verified number you see an em dash. Never a zero, never an estimate, never a rounded guess. The same field is null in our public dataset, and the API response says in plain words that null means unknown.
#What we are not
We are not a proxy provider, and we do not resell proxy access. We are not a certification body, and a review here is not an endorsement or a guarantee. We do not accept payment for a score, a ranking, or a place on a shortlist — see how we make money.
#Corrections
If a figure on this site is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will fix it and note the change. Substantive updates are recorded on the page itself under the byline, so you can see what changed rather than just a bumped date.