Comparison
ProxyPanda vs IPRoyal
For residential traffic bought pay as you go, we are the cheaper of the two at both ends: our entry rate per GB is lower than IPRoyal’s, and so is our lowest volume rate. On datacenter IPs it depends on the size of the order: their published starting rate is below ours for a few IPs, and ours drops below it on a larger order. The table below shows both. They are also bigger and older than us. This page says what they do better, and when to buy from them instead.
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You buy residential traffic, a few gigabytes or a thousand at a time, or datacenter IPs in larger orders, and want the lower price, you want to see the meter behind your bill, and you would rather ask a question in Discord than open a ticket.
You buy datacenter IPs a few at a time, where their published starting rate is lower than ours. Or you need a very large pool or a product we do not sell. At high scale their pool depth is worth paying for, and we will tell you so.
Price
What it costs
| Product | ProxyPanda | IPRoyal |
|---|---|---|
| Residential, entry rate | $5.50/GB | from ~$7.35/GB |
| Residential, at volume | $1.75/GB (1000 GB+) | from ~$1.84/GB |
| Datacenter | $1.90/IP, down to $0.89/IP from 500 IPs | from ~$1.57/IP |
| Minimum spend | $5 | Residential: a 1 GB pay-as-you-go order; varies by product |
IPRoyal figures are their publicly listed rates as we read them in September 2026. Prices move. If this table is out of date, tell us in Discord and we will correct it.
Trust
What each of us publishes
This table compares what each company publishes. Where a cell says “not published”, we have not guessed at how somebody else runs their meter.
| Commitment | ProxyPanda | IPRoyal |
|---|---|---|
| Usage meter | Per-request log, exportable as CSV | Daily usage by website, exportable as CSV; per-request log not published |
| What counts as traffic | Response bytes only, headers included in the count | Not published in detail |
| Failed requests | Timeouts, resets and our own gateway errors not billed; pages the site sends back are traffic | Not published |
| IP labelling | Country and network type, re-checked weekly | Country and city targeting; how IPs are re-checked is not published |
| Refunds | Unused balance back for 30 days, only to the card or wallet that paid, no questions | Within 24 hours, for a fault they cannot fix; never for crypto payments |
| Crypto accepted | Yes, through CoinGate, no card required | Yes, 25+ cryptocurrencies |
| Support | Public Discord, plus email | Email and live chat, listed as 24/7 |
Credit where it is due
What IPRoyal is good at
A long-running, well-known proxy provider with a broad catalogue, aimed at everyone from hobbyists to businesses.
- Much bigger IP pool than ours, which matters at serious scale
- A wider catalogue, including products we do not sell
- A lower published starting rate than ours on a small datacenter order
- Residential traffic that their help centre says does not expire under standard conditions, though some cases may require regular top-ups or an active subscription
- Been around long enough to have a real track record
For 30 days after a top-up, unused balance goes back the way you paid, so testing both is cheap.
Used both? Say so.
There is a channel for this. Comparisons from people paying for both beat any table we could write, including when they do not flatter us.