This started as a support reply
Search Console kept surfacing "Proxynade vs Webshare" and "Webshare proxy pricing," so it became a page. Most people asking are not doing a brand study. They are buying proxies for a specific job and want to know where the surprise line on the bill comes from.
The useful comparison is not name against name. It is per-GB rate against job profile, and session behavior against how the target responds to request one versus request two.
Static ISP: Webshare is cheaper per IP at most block sizes
Webshare static IPs were listed at around $0.30 per IP for small blocks and around $0.225 per IP at the 10,000-IP tier as of their pricing page in April 2026. Proxynade Static ISP is pay-per-IP with unlimited bandwidth — the math shifts once traffic per IP is high, but the per-IP entry price is higher.
If the job needs a few hundred assigned IPs and traffic per IP is light, Webshare's pricing page is the one to read first.
Residential bandwidth: the rate depends on which tier fits the job
Webshare residential proxies were listed at $3.50/GB on a 1 GB monthly tier and $2.25/GB at 100 GB, as shown on their pricing page in April 2026. Proxynade Volume Residential is $0.89/GB; Premium Residential is $5.00/GB. Neither rate matters in isolation — a browser acting like a browser loads thumbnails, follows redirects, retries blocked pages, and pulls CDN assets your parser never saves. The billed bytes are what moved through the exit, not what your code stored.
Volume Residential at $0.89/GB is competitive at scale. Premium Residential at $5.00/GB targets targets that block datacenter and residential-volume pools.
The app counter and the provider meter measure different things
The app counter records accepted rows or parsed results. The provider meter counts everything that moved through the exit: redirect chains, failed TLS attempts, blocked HTML, image requests, and retries. On runs where Chrome is doing the heavy lifting, those two numbers can diverge quickly. A scraper report showing clean output in the morning can sit several GB ahead on the provider side by noon because the browser kept loading CDN assets no one saved.
Proxynade's dashboard network logs show host, outcome, latency, and byte totals per request. Usage logs export as CSV. Running those alongside the app's own count before scaling tells you which number to trust for the invoice.
Session mode affects what the target sees
On Proxynade, the session behavior lives in the expanded username: the base user plus a plan token (volume, premium, or datacenter), an optional country code, and an optional lifetime-<minutes> token that holds the same exit for the specified window. A login flow that needs 30 minutes on one exit uses lifetime-30. Datacenter lines skip the lifetime token.
Rotating, sticky, and hard sessions are easy to skim past during setup. They matter when the target distinguishes session one from session two — for example when a cookie check on page two requires the same IP that hit page one.
Log the HTTP codes beside the run
A 407 means credentials failed at the proxy. A 403 means the proxy connected and the target refused. A 429 after a few minutes means the target is rate-limiting. When those failures get folded into a success count, a plan looks fine until the invoice arrives.
Run a small capped test before committing to a larger block. Log provider-reported bytes beside the app's own count on that test. The gap between those two numbers is the working estimate of what the real run will bill.
Read the fair-use terms before pushing volume
Webshare's refund thresholds are low for residential tests, and static residential bandwidth sits under fair-use wording as of their terms page in April 2026. Read those terms before pushing real traffic, not after. Cap the first run to a day and verify the billing behavior matches the published rate before scaling.
FAQ
Which is cheaper for residential bandwidth, Proxynade or Webshare? Proxynade Volume Residential is $0.89/GB. Webshare residential pricing varies by tier; check their current pricing page before buying.
Which is cheaper for static ISP proxies? Webshare static IPs are listed at a lower per-IP price at most block sizes. Proxynade Static ISP is pay-per-IP with unlimited bandwidth, which changes the math when traffic per IP is high.
Why does the provider meter show more bytes than my app logged? The proxy meter counts everything that moved through the exit: redirects, failed loads, images, retries. The app counter records accepted rows or parsed results, which is a subset.
How do I set a sticky session on Proxynade? Add a lifetime-<minutes> token to the expanded username, for example lifetime-30 to hold the same exit for 30 minutes. Datacenter lines skip the lifetime token.
What should I check before scaling a residential run? Run a small capped test first. Log HTTP status codes beside provider-reported bytes. If 403 or 429 rates are high before scaling, they will be high after.