ProxyMonkey vs DataImpulse
ProxyMonkey, 5 GB order$4.60/GB
DataImpulse, 5 GB minimum≈$1.00/GB
DataImpulse is cheaper by≈4.6×
Ours drops to $1.75/GB on an order of 1,000 GB or more.
List prices checked 2026-09-30. Their rates change with plan and volume — check their pricing page.
DataImpulse is cheaper than we are. Not by a little: their published residential rate is a fraction of ours at every size, with no subscription, and the traffic you buy does not expire. If price per gigabyte is the only thing you are choosing on, you can stop reading here.
They also offer things we do not: free country targeting on residential, state, city, ZIP and ASN for an extra fee, mobile proxies, and round-the-clock human support by chat.
What we offer instead is the meter. Every request is logged with its byte count, every IP comes with its ASN, and unused balance comes back within 7 days on any top-up. Whether that is worth several times the price is a fair question, and for a lot of jobs the honest answer is no.
Line by line
Rows where they win are marked as such. There are some.
| What you are comparing | ProxyMonkey | DataImpulse |
|---|---|---|
| Residential, small volume | $5.50/GB for the first GB, no commitment | Yes:$1.00/GB pay-as-you-go; a $5 intro package of 5 GB for new users, then from $50, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Residential, at volume | $1.75/GB on an order of 1,000 GB or more, no plan | Yes:$0.80/GB from 1 TB, custom pricing from 5 TB, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Does bought traffic expire? | Yes:No. Top up from $5; the balance never expires | Yes:No. They state traffic never expires, with no subscription. |
| Location targeting | Residential: no country selection. ISP and datacenter: country picked at checkout | Yes:Residential: country included free; state, city, ZIP and ASN for an extra fee |
| Mobile proxies | No:Not sold | Yes:Sold, from $2/GB, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Crypto payment | Yes:CoinGate and Cryptomus, ~70 coins | Yes:Accepted, alongside cards, Alipay, Apple Pay and Google Pay |
| Per-request usage log | Yes:Every request: timestamp, host, status, bytes in, bytes out, cost. CSV export. | Partly:A per-request log is not described on their public product or pricing pages. |
| IP network type published | Yes:ASN and network type shown for every IP you are given. | Partly:Not described on their public pages as a per-IP field. You can whois it yourself. |
| Support channel | Yes:Public Discord with the people who run it, plus email. | Yes:24/7 human support by chat or email; they quote an average response under 1.5 minutes |
| Refunds | Yes:Unused balance back within 7 days, one message | Partly:7 days, on the first "Intro" purchase only; may be refused once less than 20% of the traffic remains; crypto payments never refunded |
Claims in our column are things we control and can be held to. Claims in theirs come from their public pages, or say what is not published rather than guessing. Prices last checked .
Which one should you actually buy?
Pick DataImpulse if…
- Price per gigabyte is what matters most. Theirs is lower at every size either of us publishes.
- You need residential IPs from one country, which they include free, or from a city or ZIP code.
- You need mobile proxies, or datacenter traffic billed by the gigabyte.
- You want a human on chat at any hour.
Pick ProxyMonkey if…
- You want to reconcile the bill against your own logs, request by request.
- You want the ASN and network type of every IP you are given, in the dashboard.
- You want a refund window on every top-up, not only the first one.
Questions about this comparison
Is ProxyMonkey cheaper than DataImpulse?
At 5 GB: $4.60/GB here, $1.00/GB on their 5 GB package. DataImpulse is cheaper.
At 50 GB: $3.00/GB here, $1.00/GB on their 50 GB package. DataImpulse is cheaper.
At 1,000 GB: $1.75/GB here, $0.80/GB on their 1 TB package. DataImpulse is cheaper.
Their prices as of 2026-09-30, from their own pricing page.
Then why would anyone pay more?
Only if the meter, the IP evidence or the refund terms are worth the difference for your job. For a disposable scrape where a few percent of billing drift does not matter, they probably are not. For a job where someone else is paying and wants the bill reconciled line by line, they might be.
We would rather you buy the right thing than buy from us.
Can I run the same job through both and compare?
Yes, and it is the only comparison that counts. Their smallest package for new users is $5, as of 2026-09-30, and our minimum top-up is $5. Run the same fixed set of URLs through each, count the bytes yourself, and compare against what each one billed and how many requests succeeded.
Think a row here is unfair or out of date? Say so in Discord — we would rather fix it than be caught with it. See also why we are cheap and still legit.
Ask people who have used both.
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