Storm Proxies vs ProxyEmpire
ProxyEmpire sells residential, mobile and rotating datacenter proxies mostly by the gigabyte, with rollover data and a $1.97 trial. Its unlimited residential option is priced by line speed. Storm Proxies keeps it simpler: a fixed monthly price per port, thread or proxy, and no data meter on any plan. Here’s where each one makes sense.
Pick Storm Proxies if…
- Your residential usage is high and steady. Storm’s 5 residential ports are $50/month with no GB limit.
- You want unlimited bandwidth without paying for a dedicated line speed. Every Storm plan is unlimited, from $14/month.
- Your SEO software rotates through datacenter IPs on every request. Storm’s gateway has 700,000+ of them and doesn’t count traffic.
- You want a money-back window: 24 hours on the smallest package of each type, first order.
Pick ProxyEmpire if…
- You need mobile proxies. ProxyEmpire sells rotating and dedicated 4G/5G mobile IPs; Storm doesn’t sell mobile.
- You need many countries: 170+ for rotating residential and 62 for rotating datacenter.
- Your software needs SOCKS5 or HTTP/2. ProxyEmpire supports both; Storm sells HTTP(S) only.
- Your usage goes up and down. Unused GB roll over on eligible plans instead of disappearing.
- You want a cheap first test: the $1.97 trial includes 100 MB of residential and 50 MB of mobile traffic.
Storm Proxies vs ProxyEmpire: side by side
| Storm Proxies | ProxyEmpire | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat monthly price per thread, port or proxy | Per GB (rotating residential, mobile, datacenter); per IP (static residential); per Mbit of speed (unlimited residential) |
| Entry price | $14/mo for 10 rotating threads; $19/mo for 1 residential port | $3.50 for 1 GB of residential with code EMPIRE50 ($7 listed price); $25/mo for 40 GB of datacenter |
| Residential, 500 GB | $50/mo (5 ports, unlimited bandwidth) | $875 with code EMPIRE50, $1,750 listed price |
| Unlimited bandwidth | Included on every plan | Unlimited residential from $1,500/month (100 Mbit). Other plans are metered |
| Residential pool | 20M+ residential IPs, new IP every 5 minutes | 30M+ IPs in 170+ countries; per-request, timed or sticky rotation |
| Rotating datacenter | 700,000+ IPs, USA, EU, USA+EU or Worldwide, flat price per thread | About 197,000 IPs in 62 countries, priced per GB |
| Mobile proxies | Not offered | Rotating mobile and dedicated 4G/5G |
| Protocols | HTTP(S) | HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP/2 and SOCKS5 |
| Trial | No trial. 24-hour money-back on the smallest package, first order | $1.97 trial (100 MB residential, 50 MB mobile), non-refundable |
| Refund policy | 24 hours, smallest package of each type, first order | No money-back guarantee; refunds only at ProxyEmpire’s discretion |
| Payment | Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex, PayPal | Card, PayPal, crypto, bank transfer |
ProxyEmpire facts are taken from ProxyEmpire’s own website and help pages, checked October 2026. Prices change, so check their site before you buy.
Looking for a ProxyEmpire alternative?
ProxyEmpire covers a lot of ground: residential in 170+ countries, mobile IPs, a scraping API and data that rolls over. The catch is the meter. Residential and datacenter plans are sold by the gigabyte, and the unlimited residential option is billed by line speed, starting at $1,500 a month.
If your work is in the USA or EU and your crawls are large, Storm Proxies gives you unlimited bandwidth on plans that start at $14/month. You lose mobile IPs, SOCKS5 and the long country list. You gain a bill that doesn’t move when your traffic does.
Two real workloads, priced both ways
A residential scraping job of 500 GB a month is a fair middle ground: it’s one of ProxyEmpire’s own plan sizes. ProxyEmpire currently shows a 50% discount with the code EMPIRE50, so we use the discounted price and note the listed price.
Datacenter shows the same pattern at a smaller scale. ProxyEmpire’s rotating datacenter plan with 500 GB costs $225 a month. Storm’s rotating gateway with 40 threads costs $39 a month and doesn’t count gigabytes. For SEO tools that hammer search pages all day, that difference adds up.
Where ProxyEmpire comes out ahead: tiny or occasional jobs. If you need 7 GB of residential traffic outside the USA and EU this month, a $20 pack with the current code does it, and Storm’s residential IPs are USA or EU only. And if you’d rather pay for line speed than for connections, its unlimited plans are sold by the Mbit, which Storm doesn’t offer.
Metered vs flat: the core difference
ProxyEmpire meters most products. Rotating residential runs from a 1 GB pack to a 1000 GB plan, with custom deals from $0.75/GB. Rotating datacenter is sold in GB tiers from 40 GB to 5,000 GB. Static residential IPs are per IP with a 100 GB monthly soft cap per IP under its fair use policy. Rollover softens the meter: unused traffic carries over on eligible plans.
Storm doesn’t meter anything. You choose the number of residential ports, rotating threads or dedicated proxies. Each plan has a flat monthly price and unlimited bandwidth, so there’s no rollover to track because there’s nothing to run out of.
That changes how you plan. On a metered plan you estimate next month’s traffic, buy a tier and hope the estimate holds. On Storm you estimate how many connections your tool opens at once and buy that many ports or threads. If a target site doubles in size, your bill stays where it was.
Where ProxyEmpire is stronger
- Mobile IPs. Rotating mobile and dedicated 4G/5G proxies, from a 4M+ mobile pool.
- Global reach. 170+ countries on residential with region, city and ISP targeting.
- Protocols. SOCKS5 and HTTP/2 alongside HTTP and HTTPS.
- Rollover data for jobs that come in bursts.
- Scraping APIs, if you’d rather not run proxies yourself.
Where Storm Proxies is stronger
- Unlimited bandwidth from the cheapest plan. Not a premium tier: 1 residential port at $19/month is already unlimited.
- Flat-price rotation for SEO tools. 10 to 200 threads, $14 to $147 a month, new IP per request or every 3 or 15 minutes.
- A refund window you can count on. 24 hours on the smallest package of each type, first order.
- Private US proxies. 5 dedicated proxies for $10/month, with social and ticket-site packs on top.
Who each one is best for
High-volume scraping
Hundreds of GB a month against US or EU sites: Storm residential, because the price stays flat. Targets that need mobile IPs or a country outside Storm’s list: ProxyEmpire.
SEO and SERP tools
Storm’s rotating gateway gives each request a new datacenter IP without a GB counter.
Social and app accounts
Mobile carrier IPs are ProxyEmpire’s territory. For desktop-based account work, Storm’s private Instagram and Facebook packs start at 5 proxies for $15/month.
Sneaker and ticket bots
Storm sells 20-port residential packs for AIO Bot and ticket sites at $160/month, unlimited bandwidth.
Sources for ProxyEmpire facts (checked October 2026): ProxyEmpire pricing · Rotating residential · Rotating datacenter · Refund policy. Storm Proxies facts come from our Residential proxies page and refund policy.
Storm Proxies vs ProxyEmpire: questions people ask
What’s the best ProxyEmpire alternative?
If the per-GB bill is the issue and you work in the USA or EU, Storm Proxies: unlimited bandwidth on every plan, residential ports from $19/month and rotating datacenter threads from $14/month. If you need mobile IPs or SOCKS5, pick another provider that sells those.
Is Storm Proxies cheaper than ProxyEmpire?
For heavy traffic, yes. 500 GB of ProxyEmpire rotating residential is $875 with its current EMPIRE50 code ($1,750 listed price), against $50/month for 5 Storm residential ports with unlimited data. For a few GB a month, ProxyEmpire’s small packs cost less. Prices checked October 2026.
Does ProxyEmpire have unlimited bandwidth?
It has an unlimited residential product priced by speed, from $1,500 a month for 100 Mbit (or $200 a day). Its other residential, mobile and datacenter plans are sold by the gigabyte.
Does ProxyEmpire offer refunds?
Its refund policy says it does not offer a money-back guarantee and that refunds are at its sole discretion; the $1.97 trial fee is final. Storm offers a 24-hour money-back guarantee on the smallest package of each proxy type, on your first order.
Does Storm Proxies sell mobile proxies?
No. Storm sells rotating datacenter, residential and private dedicated proxies. For 4G/5G mobile IPs, ProxyEmpire is the better fit.
Do unused gigabytes matter on Storm Proxies?
No, because nothing is counted. ProxyEmpire rolls unused GB over on eligible plans; Storm plans have unlimited bandwidth, so there’s no balance to carry.
Still have questions? Contact us here. A real person answers.
Keep comparing
Other providers people weigh against Storm Proxies:
No gigabytes to count. No rollover to track.
Flat monthly plans with unlimited bandwidth, live after payment. 24-hour money-back on the smallest package.