Storm Proxies vs Oxylabs
Oxylabs is built for data teams working at scale: a 175M+ residential pool, ZIP and ASN targeting, and enterprise plans from $2,500/month. Storm Proxies is a smaller, simpler service for people who run their own tools and want a fixed monthly bill with no data meter. If you’re weighing the two, the question is how much of Oxylabs you really use.
Pick Storm Proxies if…
- You don’t need 195 countries. USA and EU residential IPs cover your targets, and 10 ports cost $90/month with unlimited data.
- Your budget is closer to $50 than $500 a month, and you still want residential IPs.
- You want dedicated US datacenter IPs with no traffic threshold: 5 for $10/month, with 100 concurrent threads.
- You’d like a refund window on your first order: 24 hours on the smallest package of each type.
Pick Oxylabs if…
- You need precise geo data: country, state, city, ZIP, coordinates or ASN, across 195 countries.
- You want residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter proxies under one subscription.
- Your software needs SOCKS5 or HTTP3, or sticky residential sessions of up to 24 hours.
- You buy at enterprise scale: Oxylabs residential drops to $2.5 per GB at 1K+ GB, with account managers and wire transfer billing.
Storm Proxies vs Oxylabs: side by side
| Storm Proxies | Oxylabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat monthly price per port, thread or proxy | Monthly subscription (Starter, Basic, Flexible, Enterprise) charged at per-GB or per-IP rates |
| Entry price | $10/mo for 5 dedicated proxies; $19/mo for 1 residential port | Starter $30/mo: residential at $6 per GB, up to 5 GB |
| Mid tier | Residential 10 ports $90/mo; 20 ports $160/mo | Basic $100/mo (up to 20 GB residential); Flexible $500/mo (up to 125 GB at $4 per GB) |
| Enterprise | 100 residential ports $550/mo | Plans from $2,500/month; residential $2.5 per GB at 1K+ GB |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited on every plan | Residential: the GB in your plan, top up when it runs out. Dedicated datacenter: unlimited with fair usage |
| Residential pool | 20M+ IPs, USA or EU | 175M+ IPs in 195 countries |
| Targeting | USA or EU (residential); USA, EU, USA+EU, Worldwide (rotating) | Country, state, city, continent, ZIP, coordinates, ASN |
| Dedicated datacenter | $2 per proxy; 100 concurrent threads; USA | $2 per IP up to 15 IPs; 100 sessions per IP until 100 GB in a cycle, then 10; 188 countries |
| Protocols | HTTP(S) | HTTP(S), HTTP3, SOCKS5 |
| Trying it | 24-hour money-back on the smallest package, first order | $5 welcome credit; its pricing FAQ says self-service purchases are non-refundable |
| Payment | Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex, PayPal | Cards, PayPal, AliPay, wire transfer (USD or EUR); no Bitcoin |
Oxylabs facts are taken from Oxylabs’s own website and help pages, checked October 2026. Prices change, so check their site before you buy.
Looking for a Oxylabs alternative?
Oxylabs is excellent at what it’s built for: large, precisely targeted data collection, with an account manager to call when you hit a plan limit. For a smaller job, check the plan sizes first. The Starter plan is $30/month for up to 5 GB of residential traffic, Flexible is $500/month for up to 125 GB, and Oxylabs’ pricing FAQ says self-service purchases are non-refundable.
Storm Proxies is the cheaper, narrower option. You get USA and EU residential ports, rotating datacenter threads and US dedicated IPs, all with unlimited bandwidth, starting at $10/month. What you lose is the targeting depth, the global reach, SOCKS5 and the mobile and ISP proxies. If you never touch those, you may not need to pay for them.
Oxylabs Flexible vs a Storm residential plan
Oxylabs marks Flexible as its most popular plan. Here it is next to Storm’s 10-port residential plan, for a team that sends roughly 125 GB a month through residential IPs in the USA.
Need more parallel connections? Storm’s 20 ports are $160/month and 50 ports are $300/month, still with no data limit. On Oxylabs, going past Flexible means an Enterprise plan, which starts at $2,500/month.
This comparison only holds if USA or EU IPs are enough. If you need one city outside the USA and EU, mobile IPs or a ZIP code in Texas, Oxylabs can deliver it and Storm can’t. Oxylabs also puts mobile, ISP and datacenter proxies on the same subscription, which has real value if you use them.
One subscription vs one plan per job
Oxylabs sells a single subscription that opens every product: residential, mobile, ISP and datacenter proxies. Each product has its own rate. On Starter, residential is $6 per GB and dedicated datacenter $2 per IP. On Flexible, residential falls to $4 per GB and dedicated datacenter to $1.45 per IP.
Storm keeps each product separate and flat. A residential plan is a number of ports, a rotating plan is a number of threads, a dedicated plan is a number of IPs. None of them meter traffic. You won’t get Oxylabs’ breadth, but you also won’t need to estimate gigabytes before you buy.
Where Oxylabs is ahead
- Network size. 175M+ residential IPs in 195 countries, and up to 1.9M dedicated datacenter IPs in 188 countries.
- Targeting depth. City, ZIP, coordinates and ASN. Storm targets by region only.
- Protocols. HTTP(S), HTTP3 and SOCKS5. Storm supports HTTP(S).
- Session control. Sticky residential IPs for up to 24 hours.
- Buying at scale, with enterprise plans from $2,500/month, account managers and wire transfer billing.
Where Storm Proxies is ahead
- Lower entry point. Dedicated proxies from $10/month and rotating threads from $14/month.
- Unlimited data on residential. Ports, not gigabytes, so heavy months cost the same as light ones.
- No traffic threshold on dedicated IPs. 100 concurrent threads and unlimited bandwidth.
- A money-back window. 24 hours on the smallest package of each type, first order.
- Setup in minutes. Whitelist your IP, copy the gateway addresses, done.
Who each one is best for
Large data projects with global targets
Oxylabs. Its targeting and pool size are made for this.
Scraping and monitoring in the USA or EU
Storm residential keeps the price fixed however much you crawl. For SERP checks and SEO software, the rotating gateway gives a new IP on every request from 700,000+ datacenter IPs.
Sneakers and tickets
Storm’s ready-made residential packs for AIO Bot and ticket sites are 20 ports for $160/month. Private ticket proxies are 200 for $600/month.
Social accounts
Storm’s Instagram and Facebook proxies cost 5 for $15/month. Oxylabs’ ISP proxies are another option for static IPs.
Sources for Oxylabs facts (checked October 2026): Oxylabs pricing · Residential pricing and refund FAQ · Residential proxies · Datacenter proxies. Storm Proxies facts come from our Residential proxies page and refund policy.
Storm Proxies vs Oxylabs: questions people ask
What’s the best Oxylabs alternative?
For a smaller budget and targets in the USA or EU, Storm Proxies: residential ports from $19/month and rotating datacenter threads from $14/month, all with unlimited bandwidth. If you depend on Oxylabs for city or ASN targeting, SOCKS5 or mobile IPs, it’s worth staying put.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Oxylabs?
Yes, if you can live without global targeting. Oxylabs’ Flexible plan is $500/month for up to 125 GB of residential traffic. Storm’s 10 residential ports are $90/month with unlimited data (prices checked October 2026).
How much does Oxylabs cost per month?
Oxylabs lists Starter at $30/month, Basic at $100/month and Flexible at $500/month, with Enterprise plans from $2,500/month. Usage is charged at per-GB or per-IP rates, for example residential at $6 per GB on Starter and $4 per GB on Flexible. VAT may apply.
Does Oxylabs offer a free trial or refunds?
Oxylabs gives new accounts a one-time $5 welcome credit, and its pricing FAQ says self-service purchases are non-refundable. Check its current terms before you buy. Storm has no free trial, but the smallest package of each proxy type has a 24-hour money-back guarantee on your first order.
Does Storm Proxies offer SOCKS5 or ASN targeting like Oxylabs?
No to both. Storm sells HTTP(S) proxies targeted by region (USA or EU on residential). If you need SOCKS5 or ASN targeting, Oxylabs is the better fit.
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