This is our page, not a neutral review
Proxynade is the smaller name here, and pretending otherwise would waste your time. This page exists because the same support question keeps showing up: IPRoyal has the cheaper-looking headline, so why try us first? The answer depends on what your target actually costs at the TCP layer, not on the per-GB rate alone.
IPRoyal's published numbers
With their pricing page open in May 2026: residential proxies from $1.75/GB at volume; smaller pay-as-you-go purchases run higher — $7.35/GB for 1 GB, $6.25/GB for 2 GB, $5.51/GB for 10 GB, $5.15/GB for 50 GB (as listed on their pricing page). Static ISP proxies list from $2.40/proxy for a 90-day lease, with a 24-hour option from $1.80/proxy.
Their product page lists HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, password auth and IP whitelisting, sticky sessions up to 7 days, and unlimited concurrent sessions. That is a real feature set and worth testing against your target directly.
Proxynade's published numbers
Volume Residential: $0.89/GB. Premium Residential: $5.00/GB. Datacenter: $0.65/GB. Static ISP starts at $2.00/IP with unlimited bandwidth — no per-GB meter on those lines. All residential and datacenter billing is per transferred byte with no monthly minimum.
The gateway is http://proxynade.net:2555 with username/password auth. The expanded username carries routing: base user, plan token (volume, premium, or datacenter), optional country code, and an optional lifetime-<minutes> rotation window. Datacenter lines skip the lifetime token. The dashboard network logs show host, outcome, latency, and byte totals per connection; usage logs export as CSV.
Short ISP leases have a catch
IPRoyal's 24-hour ISP option is useful for a one-day check. For a full month of crawler work, compare $1.80/proxy-day against $2.00/IP-month with unlimited bandwidth. The per-day rate compounds quickly once the job runs longer than planned.
Provider bytes are not app bytes
Your scraper counts what it kept: parsed rows, usable responses. The proxy meter counts every byte at the TCP layer — redirects, blocked pages, image loads, TLS handshakes, and requests the parser throws away. That gap is why app-level counters look cleaner than the bill.
On a first run, log provider bytes, app bytes, 403 count, 429 count, kept rows, and whether the session held through the whole flow. If the IPRoyal run stays clean, no argument from us. If the usage logs show retries eating the savings, the headline rate is not the full cost.
Proxynade vs IPRoyal FAQ
What does IPRoyal charge for residential proxies? As listed on their pricing page, residential starts at $1.75/GB at higher volumes; smaller pay-as-you-go purchases are priced higher. Check their current pricing page for exact tiers.
What does Proxynade charge for residential proxies? Volume Residential is $0.89/GB. Premium Residential is $5.00/GB. Both are billed per transferred byte with no monthly minimum.
Does IPRoyal offer short static ISP leases? As listed on their pricing page, yes — 24-hour ISP leases are available. The per-IP rate is higher than a longer-term assignment, so the value depends on how long the job actually runs.
Why does provider bandwidth differ from what my scraper reports? Providers bill every byte transferred at the TCP layer: redirects, blocked pages, TLS handshakes, and failed requests all count. Your app only sees what it kept.
What logs does Proxynade expose? The dashboard network logs show host, outcome, latency, and byte totals per connection. Usage logs export as CSV.