Top 5+ Geonode Alternatives: Pricing & Features in 2025

Proxy services are essential for companies to use technologies such as web scraping, ad verification, and market research. Geonode is one of the proxy providers with unlimited bandwidth features at a more affordable price than its competitors; however, our research and user reviews show that it struggles to provide high upload speeds and low latency. Moreover, Geonode does not offer (ISPs) and mobile proxies.

We reviewed Geonode and its top competitors including Bright Data, Webshare, Oxylabs, Smartproxy, SOAX, and IPRoyal. See pricing, user ratings, and features:

Proxy pricing: ISP & mobile proxies

Pricing ranges are evaluated for minimum proxy service prices based on per GB/month prices for regular plans (annual billing).

Proxy pricing: Residential & datacenter proxies

Lowest unit price:

• Residential proxies: SOAX ($2.20 for 5,000GB) and IPRoyal ($2.45 for 5,000GB).
• Datacenter proxies: Webshare ($0.0179 for 60,000 proxies) and SOAX ($0.40 for 10,000GB).

Note that, plans with low unit prices are suitable for organizations with high-volume web scraping needs, however, these plans might be less feature-rich.

Reviews & pricing structure

Disclaimer: Insights come from our experience with these solutions as well as other users’ experiences shared in Capterra ¹ , G2² , and TrustRadius³ .

Geonode review

Geonode is a Singapore-based proxy service provider that recently launched a beta version offering proxy services and web data extraction technology for various use cases, such as HTML data scraping, data analysis sentiment analysis, and social media automation.

Geonode’s proxy pool holds over two million IP addresses distributed throughout 140 countries.  The service offers rotating proxies with the IPs sourced from peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, with the option to utilize geo-targeting at the country, city, and ISP levels; however, the company only provides residential proxies and datacenter proxies.

Geonode offers a pay-as-you-go plan with its pay-per-concurrent-request license (a type of license that is based on the maximum number of users who will use the software simultaneously).

Additionally, Geonode is compatible with popular internet protocols, such as SOCKS5 and HTTP(S).

Geonode features

• Bandwidth: Geonode has no limit on data transfer volume.
• Pay-per-concurrent-request: Geonode users can control costs by only paying for the total number of requests created.
• Proxy manager: The software supports HTTP, HTTPS, and Socks5 protocols.
• Proxy pool: 2+ million
• Number of countries covered: 140+ countries
• IP support: Both rotating and static IPs are supported
• Rotating proxies: IP rotation is automatic. Allows users to change the IP address at specific intervals (5, 10, or 30 minutes).
• Authentication:  IP whitelisting authentication with password and ID

Geonode limitations

Insufficient proxy service options: Geonode does not offer diversity in purchasing proxy service options since it only focuses on residential and datacenter proxies, and there are no options for ISPs (static residential proxies) or mobile proxies. 

Low speed: Some users requested a refund from Geonode since the software was slow and sluggish; however, they could not receive a refund.⁴

Pricing: There is only one limited pricing category for proxy services, which is the pay-as-you-go residential section. The pricing ranges from $1.50 to $4.00 per GB per month and varies based on the bandwidth used.⁵

Bright Data

Bright Data is a proxy service provider with 20,000+ customers worldwide.⁶ Bright Data offers:

• different types of proxy servers (residential, mobile, datacenter, and static ISP proxies)
• a no-code web scraper, data-collection APIs
• out-of-the-box datasets
• dynamic code integration scenarios

Bright Data’s residential proxy network has over 72 million IPs,  IP rotation rules, adjustable bandwidth, and integration capabilities with Windows, macOS, or Linux. Its residential proxies are compatible with HTTP(S), and SOCKS5 protocols. 

Performance features:

• Residential Proxies: 72+ million residential IPs
• Datacenter proxies: 1.6+ million shared and dedicated datacenter proxies
• ISP proxies: 700,000+ static residential proxies (ISP) with dedicated IPs.
• Mobile proxies: 7+ million mobile proxies
• Total countries covered: 195

Other features:

• Mobile proxy servers: 3G/4G/5G mobile proxy servers.
• Protocols: HTTP(S), SOCKS5
• Location targeting: A mobile proxy network targeting any country, location, carrier, or ASN and ZIP code.
• Authorization: IP authorization or login-password authorization
• IP rotation: A rotating proxy browser plug-in that may be used for one-click IP rotation (every request with customizable sticky sessions).

Why we like it:

• Proxy services: Long-term users claim that the proxy services are stable, and they’ve solved millions of challenges with Bright Data’s proxy service, which has helped them avoid unnecessary expenses.⁷

• Technical functionality: Users are confident in the uptime, speed, and technical proficiency of Bright Data.
• Customer support: Bright Data’s service quality and support are well-appreciated by users.

What needs improvement:

• Global availability: Bright Data’s availability of IPs is not high (currently, the product offers 72+ million residential IPs).
• Pricing: The price of Bright Data is not particularly competitive compared to one of its competitors, IPRoyal (if cost is your primary concern and your projects are modest in scope, IPRoyal would meet your needs).

Webshare

Webshare offers shared, dedicated, and rotating data centers, ISP, and residential proxy networks. They offer 10 shared datacenter proxies for free, as well as 1GB of bandwidth.

Performance features:

• Residential: 30 million (country targeting)
• Datacenter: 400,000 IPs covering 50 countries
• ISP: 60,000 IPs covering 3 countries

Other features:

• Location targeting: Country and city. Protocols: SOCKS5, HTTP(S).
• IP Rotation: Every connection request
• Authorization: IP authorization, login-password authorization.

Why we like it:

• Proxy performance: Static proxies can perform high-volume tasks like web scraping and data extraction.
• APIs: Robust API functionality with detailed documentation.
• Easy to use dashboard: Customizable dashboards are easy to use.

What needs improvement:

• Coverage: Limited locations compared to other providers.
• Customer support: Support is only available via email, no live chat.

Oxylabs 

Oxylab is a proxy company offering a variety of proxy servers and web data scraper tools. It offers residential, datacenter, ISP (rotating and static), SOCKS5 proxies, and mobile proxy services. 

Oxylab’s data extraction services offer features such as Google search API and e-commerce scraper APIs, which can be used with an additional “Web Unblocker Plan”, a plan that uses adaptive HTML parsing to avoid CAPTCHAs.

Performance features:

• Residential Proxies: 175+ million IPs
• Datacenter proxies: 2+ million IPs
• ISP proxies: 360,000+ ISP proxies
• Mobile proxies: 20+ million IPs
• Total countries covered: 195

Other features:

• Proxy servers: 3G/4G/5G/LTE mobile 
• IP rotation: Static 30-minute sessions
• IP addresses: IPv4 and IPv6 support

Why we like it:

• Implementation: Developers state that it is easy to implement Oxylabs with a high success rate in Python script applications.⁸

• Cost structure: Users gave credit to the no-extra-cost country targeting option.
• Customization: Options for customizing the way requests (including bulk requests) make users’ business processes seamless.

What needs improvement:

• Self-service: self-service options are still limited compared to competitors.⁹

• Customer support: An account manager could be added to the customer service team to receive support for certain functionalities.
• Analytics: An enhanced dashboard offering deeper analytics and insights could be added.

Smartproxy

Smartproxy has a browser and session management extension that provides “no-code” options for web scraping. Smartproxy offers four types of proxy networks: residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter.

In addition, the company offers data collection solutions such as no-code web data scraping tools and web scraping API for different use cases such as eCommerce scraping, SERP scraping, and social media scraping. (see below). 

• No-code scraper: Smartproxy has a ‘no-code’ option for automated web scraping in the form of a browser extension. Users can select an existing template, specify some settings via the point-and-click interface, and then click on any part of a website to scrape information.
• APIs: Smartproxy also provides a variety of APIs, such as social media APIs, SERP APIs, and eCommerce APIs.

Performance features:

• Residential proxies: 55+ million residential IPs
• Datacenter proxies: 100,000+ shared and dedicated datacenter IPs globally
• ISP proxies: 2.6+ million ISP proxies (excluding the State of Texas, USA)
• Mobile proxies: 10+ million mobile IP pools at 130 locations and 700 ASNs
• Total countries covered: 186 locations, including the US 50 states

Other features:

• Protocols: HTTP(S), SOCKS5
• Location targeting: Country and city-level targeting
• IP rotation: For every request, 10 or 30 minutes with rotating and sticky sessions
• Dedicated DC proxies: 400K+ static private datacenter IPs in the US with unlimited traffic

Why we like it:

• Performance: Reviewers state that Smartproxy’s APIs are versatile, the interface is well-designed, the failure rate is nearly zero, and the speed is high.¹⁰

• Flexibility: There are no restrictions on IP rotation requests per minute.
• Customer support: Customer support is always ready to assist and provide solutions to any issues or concerns that may arise.

What needs improvement:

• Costs: In comparison to their rivals, mobile proxies—and particularly static (ISP) proxies—cost more.
• Sticky IP sessions: The IP’s occupancy stickiness periods could be longer.
• Remaining requests: Users cannot verify their remaining requests directly using an API call; thus, users must log in to their account each time to find out the remaining requests.

SOAX

The SOAX platform has over 185 million IPs, 1,000+ clients, and 80+ employees worldwide. SOAX offers a variety of GEOs, as well as the flexibility to refine targeting options to a certain city, country, region, or provider, with the opportunity to access the full pool of IP addresses with the most basic SOAX starter package.

Performance features:

• Residential Proxies: 155+ million IP addresses from 100 countries
• Datacenter proxies: 300,000+ IPs with shared and dedicated datacenter proxies
• ISP proxies: 2.6+ million ISP proxies (excluding the State of Texas, USA) 
• Mobile proxies: 33+ million mobile proxies
• Total countries covered: 195

Other features:

• Proxy servers: 3G / 4G / 5G / LTE
• Protocols: HTTP(S), SOCKS5 and UDP
• Location targeting: (ASNs)/IPs rotation
• IP rotation: The rotation period ranges between 90 seconds and 600 seconds with customizable options

Why we like it:

• Ease-of-use: Users highlight that Smartproxy has an easy interface to use.¹¹

• Performance: The connection speed is steady, allowing efficient browsing and downloading.
• Stickiness periods: SOAX has long stick IP sessions compared to other proxy services.

What needs improvement:

• Customer support communication: According to some users, communication is not very convenient with the account manager since their support team is not supportive of speaking their native language.
• Bandwidth: There is no unlimited bandwidth for a residential proxy.
• Quotes: Small quotes for starting packages can be added.
• Integrations: Website integrations can be improved.

IPRoyal

IPRoyal is a proxy service provider that offers four types of proxy servers, including datacenter, residential, mobile, and ISP (static residential proxies).

Proxy pool: However, IPRoyal’s proxy pool is smaller than Bright Data and Oxylabs. Depending on the specific requirements of the projects, it might be an appropriate solution. For example, if you intend to collect a limited number of web pages, IPRoyal’s IP pool can be sufficient.

If the size of the proxy pool is a concern for your organization, you can consider alternatives such as Smartproxy or Bright Data, which offer large proxy pools. 

Pricing: IPRoyal offers more affordable prices, making it suitable for businesses and individuals on a tight budget. 

Performance features:

• Residential Proxies: 8+ million IPs
• Datacenter proxies: Dedicated IPs from 30 countries
• Mobile proxies: 1+ million IPs (only Lithuanian, US, and UK locations are available)
• Total countries covered: 195

Other features:

• Unlimited bandwidth: 4G proxy requests 100+ Mbps without any bandwidth limitations
• Protocols: HTTP/HTTPS and SOCKS5 
• Rotating proxies: Automatically replace the IP address in specific intervals of 1, 5, or 10 minutes.

Why we like it:

• Customer Support: IPRoyal support always helps quickly.
• Success rate: Their residential proxies have high success rates, thus users don’t lose any unused traffic.

What needs improvement:

• Web scrapers: IProyal does not offer web scraping features.
• ISPs: Its static residential IP cannot be used on some banks and stock websites.
• IOS support: It does not support IOS devices.

Further reading on proxies

• Top 5 IPRoyal Alternatives & Competitors
• Top 5 SOAX Alternatives & Competitors
• Geonode Proxies Features, Pricing and Reviews
• Top 10 Proxy Service Providers for Web Scraping

External Links

• 1. Capterra: Find The Right Software and Services. Capterra
• 2. Bewertungen von Geschäftssoftware und -diensten | G2. G2
• 3. TrustRadius: Software Reviews, Software Comparisons and More. TrustRadius
• 4. geonode.com reviewed by etyla santos on 12/8/2021.
• 5. Try Geonode Residential Proxies for Just $5.
• 6. Bright Data - All in One Platform for Proxies and Web Scraping. Bright Data
• 7. Bright Data Reviews 2025: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2.
• 8. Oxylabs Reviews 2025: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2.
• 9. Oxylabs Reviews 2025: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2.
• 10. Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) Reviews 2025: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2.
• 11. SOAX Reviews 2025: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2.