Oxylabs is the better fit if you want scraping APIs and proxies on one bill, a 175M+ residential pool and a 20M+ mobile pool, or shared ISP IPs, which cost less than ours between about 14 IPs and 980 IPs. For residential and mobile traffic Loopway costs less ($1.10/GB at 10 GB against Oxylabs' $6/GB Starter rate, $0.57/GB at 1 TB against $2.50/GB on a $2,500 Enterprise plan) and is pay as you go, where Oxylabs sells monthly credit that expires each cycle, requires a KYC questionnaire from everyone and doesn't refund self-service purchases.
Head to head, row by row
12Loopway wins
1Ties
3Oxylabs wins
Counted from the comparison table below. Rows where the two can't be ranked (different billing models, a product only one of them sells) are shown but not counted. See every row
Side by side
Loopway vs Oxylabs
Prices at the same volume, then the policies that decide whether a cheap gigabyte stays cheap. A tick marks the better side of each row.
Oxylabs$2,500[2]$2.50/GB · Enterprise from $2,500 (monthly)
Each figure is the cheapest way to buy that much from the provider's own published price list: when a plan's minimum is larger than what you need, you pay for the whole plan, and a bigger plan wins whenever its lower rate makes up for it. Taxes excluded. The lowest cost in each row is blue.
[Test before you switch]
Run your Oxylabs targets on Loopway — free
Up to 250 MB of residential traffic with no card. Point the same scraper or bot at our gateway and compare success rates on the sites you actually use.
One credit subscription covers every self-service product: proxies, Web Scraper API, Web Unblocker and Agent Browser.[8]
HTTP/3 (MASQUE over QUIC) is supported on residential alongside HTTP(S) and SOCKS5.[11]
Dedicated ISP proxies let you pick the ASN, such as Comcast, Verizon, Orange or Vodafone.[25]
A $5 welcome credit with no payment details, and paid plans from $30 a month.[13]
24/7 support by live chat and email, with a dedicated account manager on exclusive plans.[26]
Where Oxylabs is limited
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No pay as you go: beyond the $5 welcome credit, self-service products need an active monthly plan.[8]
Unused plan credit and top-ups expire at the end of each billing cycleThey carry over only on an upgrade.[8]
All self-service purchases are non-refundable.[19]
Every customer must complete a KYC questionnaire, and Oxylabs says it rejects at least a quarter of customer enquiries each year.[16]
The residential network blocks some targets, including Apple domains, banking, some Google domains, government, streaming, ticketing and mailing sites.[2]
The lowest residential rate, $2.50/GB, needs an Enterprise plan from $2,500 a monthThe Starter rate is $6/GB.[2]
You want proxies and scraping tools on one account: Oxylabs' monthly credit pays for its Web Scraper API, Web Unblocker and Agent Browser as well as proxies, none of which Loopway sells.
You need a very large residential pool (175M+ IPs claimed) or a 20M+ mobile pool across 140+ countries.
You run static ISP IPs in quantity: its shared ISP plans cost $1.50 to $1.10 per IP a month and undercut ours between about 14 IPs and 980 IPs.
You want dedicated ISP IPs from a specific ASN such as Comcast or Verizon.
You pay by PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or by wire through a sales team.
Choose Loopway if…
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You want residential traffic for less: $1.10/GB at 10 GB and $0.57/GB at 1 TB, against Oxylabs' $6/GB Starter and $2.50/GB Enterprise rates.
Your usage varies month to month: our balance never expires, while Oxylabs credit and top-ups lapse at the end of each billing cycle.
You need mobile traffic: ours is $1.89/GB at 10 GB, against $7.50/GB on Oxylabs' Starter plan.
You'd rather not fill in a KYC questionnaire to start; we ask for verification only when a risk check calls for it.
You want to pay with crypto.
You need UDP on residential, IPv6 proxies or an unlimited-bandwidth plan.
Switching
Moving from Oxylabs takes an afternoon
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Test on your own targets
Create an account and use the free residential traffic on the sites you actually scrape or run — no card needed.
2
Swap the gateway
Replace host, port and credentials in your tool. Country, city and session settings go in the username string, so most code doesn't change.
3
Move volume over
Top up a balance that never expires and shift traffic job by job. The per-GB rate drops automatically as your volume grows.
[Switch in an afternoon]
Same gateway format. No monthly plan. Credit that never expires.
Swap host, port and credentials, keep your targeting in the username, and move volume over job by job.
No asterisks. Six things that are true on every plan.
01 · Pricing
The price you see is the price you pay
Every rate on this site is computed from the same price book checkout charges from. No hidden setup fees, no contracts, no sales call.
02 · Balance
Credit that never expires
Top up once and spend it on any of the nine networks, whenever you need it. Unused balance stays in your account.
03 · Speed
Credentials in seconds
Sign up, pick a plan and your endpoint, username and password are live before the checkout tab closes.
04 · Network
One gateway, every protocol
HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 on every product, plus UDP on UDP Residential and Static ISP. Point your stack at one host.
05 · Control
Sessions on your terms
Rotate on every request or hold a sticky IP. Country, city, state and carrier targeting are set in the username.
06 · Support
Humans on chat, around the clock
Talk to people who run the network, not a ticket queue. Most questions are answered in minutes, any time of day.
[FAQ]
Oxylabs alternative: questions
Can't find the answer? A real person is on chat around the clock, or find us here:
For residential proxies, yes, at every volume from 1 GB to 5 TB. At 10 GB we charge $1.10/GB against Oxylabs' $6/GB on the $30 Starter plan; at 1 TB we're at $0.57/GB against $2.50/GB on its Enterprise plan from $2,500 a month. Oxylabs' shared ISP proxies are cheaper than our static ISP between about 14 IPs and 980 IPs.
Not on its current pricing. Oxylabs sells one monthly credit subscription shared across all self-service products; beyond the $5 welcome credit you need an active plan, and unused credit and top-ups expire at the end of each billing cycle. Loopway is pay as you go and the balance never expires.
Every new account gets a one-time $5 welcome credit with no payment details, which covers about 0.8 GB of residential traffic at $6/GB. Larger trials go through sales. Loopway gives free residential traffic with no card.
Yes. Oxylabs says every customer must answer a KYC questionnaire (company details, use case, documents on request) before getting access, and some restricted ISP-proxy targets need a further check. Loopway asks for verification only when a risk check calls for it.
No. Oxylabs' help center says all self-service purchases are non-refundable, and unused balance expires at the end of the final cycle.
Create an account, claim the free trial and swap the gateway host, port and credentials in your tool. Country, city and session settings go in the username string, so most scrapers need only a new proxy URL. If you use Oxylabs' Web Scraper API or Web Unblocker, keep those or replace them with your own scraping code; Loopway supplies the proxies.
