ProxyMonkey vs IPRoyal
ProxyMonkey, first GB$5.50/GB
IPRoyal, list≈$7.35/GB
Difference≈1.3×
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.
IPRoyal is closer to us than most providers on this list. Their residential traffic never expires, you can buy it pay-as-you-go without a plan, and they take crypto. If you are choosing between the two of us, the differences are narrower than the marketing on either side suggests.
On price, their published pay-as-you-go rates are higher than ours at every size they list, and their subscription takes 5% off. On features, they sell things we do not: residential targeting down to city level, and mobile proxies.
So the question is mostly whether you need what they have that we lack. If you do not, the table below is about the rate and the meter.
Line by line
Rows where they win are marked as such. There are some.
| What you are comparing | ProxyMonkey | IPRoyal |
|---|---|---|
| Residential, small volume | Yes:$5.50/GB for the first GB, no commitment | $7.35/GB pay-as-you-go for 1 GB, or $7.00/GB on a subscription, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Residential, 10 GB | Yes:$3.95/GB on an order of 10 GB | $5.51/GB pay-as-you-go, or $5.25/GB on a subscription, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Residential, at volume | $1.75/GB on an order of 1,000 GB or more, no plan | $1.84/GB pay-as-you-go or $1.75/GB on a subscription, both from 10,000 GB, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Does bought traffic expire? | Yes:No. Top up from $5; the balance never expires | Yes:No. They state that purchased traffic never expires. |
| Location targeting | Residential: no country selection. ISP and datacenter: country picked at checkout | Yes:Residential: country, state and city |
| Mobile proxies | No:Not sold | Yes:Sold, from $10.11 a day, as of 2026-09-30 |
| Crypto payment | Yes:CoinGate and Cryptomus, ~70 coins | Yes:Accepted, alongside cards, PayPal and Alipay |
| 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. | Partly:A help centre and customer support; the channels are not described on their residential page |
| Refunds | Yes:Unused balance back within 7 days, one message | Partly:Fees are non-refundable unless the service fails in its first 24 hours and they cannot fix it within that time, their subscription terms allow it, or they choose to at their discretion; crypto payments are 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 IPRoyal if…
- You need residential IPs from a particular country, state or city. We cannot pin residential to a location.
- You need mobile proxies. We do not sell them.
- You buy 10,000 GB or more and want a custom plan. Their page offers one; our published ladder stops falling at 1,000 GB.
Pick ProxyMonkey if…
- You buy residential without targeting and want the lower pay-as-you-go rate, at every size they publish.
- You want to see the byte count for every request, not a total.
- You want a refund path for unused balance that does not depend on the service having failed.
Questions about this comparison
Is ProxyMonkey cheaper than IPRoyal?
At 1 GB: $5.50/GB here, $7.35/GB on their pay-as-you-go 1 GB. ProxyMonkey is cheaper.
At 2 GB: $5.20/GB here, $6.25/GB on their pay-as-you-go 2 GB. ProxyMonkey is cheaper.
At 10 GB: $3.95/GB here, $5.51/GB on their pay-as-you-go 10 GB. ProxyMonkey is cheaper.
Their prices as of 2026-09-30, from their own pricing page.
Their subscription is 5% below their pay-as-you-go price. Sizes they do not list, between 10 GB and their custom plans, are not published.
Both of you say traffic never expires. What is actually different?
Mostly targeting and the meter. They let you pick a country, state or city on residential and we do not. We show every request with its byte count and they do not describe a per-request log on their public pages. Pick on whichever of those matters to your job.
Can I pay IPRoyal and ProxyMonkey in crypto?
Yes, both. Note that their terms make crypto payments non-refundable in every case, so check the refund terms of whichever you choose before paying in crypto.
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