IPBurger Review & Alternatives in 2024

In the digital age, maintaining security, anonymity, and achieving optimal online performance is paramount. Companies rely on proxy providers to help them achieve these goals. One service that is gaining popularity in the proxy services space is IPBurger. But how does IPBurger measure up to its competitors, and is it worth your investment?

This article puts IPBurger under the microscope to find out what services it offers and the pros and cons of using it.

If you do not wish to use IPBurger and are interested in IPBurger alternatives, here is a table comparing some other options.

Table 1. Top IPBurger alternatives comparison based on market presence criteria

Table 2. Top IPBurger alternatives comparison based on vendor capabilities criteria

Notes for the table:

• * Based on LinkedIn
• ** Only from B2B platforms such as G2, Trustradius and Capterra.
• *** Proxy types are explained in the ‘supported proxy types of all vendors’ section
• The vendors are ranked based on their average user ratings scores, with the exception of the products of the article’s sponsors, which are linked to sponsor websites.

Supported proxy types of all vendors:

• Smartproxy: Residential, datacenter, mobile and ISP.
• Bright Data: Residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter.
• IPBurger: Residential, ISP, Fresh, and mobile.
• Oxylabs: Residential, ISP, mobile, and datacenter.
• SOAX: Residential, datacenter, mobile and ISP
• IPRoyal: Residential, datacenter, mobile, ISP, Sneaker, private,
• Infatica: Residential, Mobile, and Datacenter
• NetNut: Residential, datacenter, mobile, and ISP.

Vendor selection criteria

• The criteria are divided into market presence and vendor capabilities categories with the following criteria:
  • Number of employees: This helps understand the size of the company and its capacity regarding customer support and service.
  • Number of reviews: These are the total number of reviews from all review platforms considered in this review.
  •  User ratings (AVG): The average user ratings of all the review platforms.
  • PAYG option: If the vendor offers a pay-as-you-go option.
  • Free trial: If the vendor offers any free trials and what type of trials it offers.
• We selected vendors with more than 20 reviews on review sites such as G2, Trustradius, and Capterra.
• We included vendors that have over 10  employees listed on LinkedIn, apart from IPBurger, which is a significantly smaller company.

IPBurger overview

IPBurger is a web data platform specializing in providing proxies and a VPN service to access and scrape public data. At its core, the company offers IP addresses and dedicated IPs to individual users or businesses.

Features & capabilities of IPBurger

IPBurger has the following offerings:

• Residential proxies: Claims to offer 75M rotating residential IPs with city-level targeting. 
• Static residential proxies (ISP): Proxy locations include the UK and USA and support HTTP, HTTP(S), and SOCKS protocols.
• Mobile proxies: Target cellular ISPs, including AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile, Sprint, Cellco, Qwest, and more.
• Dedicated IPs: IPBurger offers dedicated IPs that are assigned to a user or entity.
• VPN service: A VPN service is also offered.

IPBurger’s pricing

IPBurger offers a range of pricing models for individual and business users. The proxy provider:

• Has a subscription model and doesn’t offer a pay-as-you-go option.
• Doesn’t offer free trials and refunds for their proxy network.

Here are the pricing plans for its proxies:

1. Residential proxies:

2. Status residential proxies:

3. Fresh proxies:

4. Mobile proxies:

IPBurger’s performance evaluation

To understand the effectiveness and reliability of IPBurger, we’ve gathered customer reviews from multiple third-party platforms to help shed light on what its users are saying. IPBurger, unlike larger proxy services, was not reviewed on B2B review platforms as of October 2023. Therefore, we identified B2B reviews from B2C platforms such as Trustpilot.

Positive reviews

Here are some positive reviews identified by B2B customers:

• Some customers found IPBurger’s proxies beneficial for their e-commerce business. ¹ 
• Users also claimed that IPBurger’s residential proxies performed better than its other offerings.²

Negative reviews

Here are some negative reviews identified by B2B customers:

• A B2B customer was not satisfied with their customer support.³

• Customers also state that their proxies are detected as VPNs, and they do not offer a refund.⁴

Observations from customer reviews

• While some reviews were positive, most of the customer reviews were identified to be negative.
• Most reviews stated IPBurger’s customer support to be unsatisfactory.
• Some reviews complained that IPBurger’s proxies were being detected and were not working.
• Other reviews identified its 30-day refund guarantee to be fake.

Transparency statement

AIMultiple serves numerous emerging tech companies, including the vendors linked in this article.

Further reading

• An In-Depth Look at Smartproxy’s Web Scraping Solutions
• Top 5 Infatica Alternatives & Competitors
• Top 5 IPRoyal Alternatives & Competitors

If you need help finding a vendor or have any questions, feel free to contact us:

External resources

• 1. IPBurger review regarding e-commerce use case. Trustpilot. Accessed: 26/October/2023
• 2. IPBurger review regarding residential proxies. Trustpilot. Accessed: 26/October/2023
• 3. IPBurger review regarding bad customer support. Trustpilot. Accessed: 26/October/2023
• 4. IPBurger review regarding bad not working proxies and no refunds. Trustpilot. Accessed: 26/October/2023