SotaProxy vs Oxylabs
Oxylabs targets enterprise scraping teams with managed APIs. SotaProxy targets developers and businesses that want direct proxy access at lower cost.
Feature comparison
| Feature | SotaProxy | Oxylabs |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Pay-per-GB, no contracts | Enterprise contracts, custom pricing |
| Setup time | Instant | Days (enterprise onboarding) |
| Crypto payments | Yes | No |
| IP pool size | Millions | 100M+ (claimed) |
| Managed scraper API | No | Yes |
| Geo coverage | 220+ countries | 195+ countries |
| Enterprise SLAs | Standard | Custom SLAs |
Where SotaProxy wins
No enterprise contracts required
Oxylabs primarily targets enterprise clients with custom pricing contracts. SotaProxy has transparent per-GB pricing with no sales process.
Lower cost for raw proxy access
For straightforward rotating residential proxy access, SotaProxy costs less per GB than Oxylabs' standard residential rates.
Crypto payments
SotaProxy accepts crypto. Oxylabs does not.
Instant access
Sign up and get credentials immediately. No account manager review process.
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Web Scraper API
Oxylabs offers a managed scraper API that handles JavaScript rendering, CAPTCHA solving, and retry logic. Returns structured data rather than raw HTML.
Larger enterprise infrastructure
Oxylabs claims 100M+ residential IPs and has extensive enterprise SLAs, compliance documentation, and dedicated account management.
Specialized scrapers for specific targets
Oxylabs offers pre-built scrapers for Amazon, Google, and real estate platforms that handle site-specific extraction logic.
Bottom line
Choose SotaProxy for direct proxy access with transparent pricing and no enterprise overhead. Choose Oxylabs if you need a managed scraper API, pre-built extractors for specific sites, or enterprise SLAs.
Three things that break on the way over
The table above covers syntax. These are the failures that appear after it. Formats on both sides change without notice, so take exact values from the dashboards rather than from any article.
One gateway instead of an endpoint per product
Expect to collapse several entry points into one host on port 10000. Static addresses are the exception: they live on their own IP with port 50100, and they take no suffixes at all.
Session lifetime is explicit here
The address is held for as long as the ttl you set, up to fifty minutes, rather than until you decide to change the session id. A long job needs the lifetime written into the login.
A contract outlives a technical migration
If you are inside a committed term, moving traffic early pays for it twice. Move the workloads that sit outside the commitment first and finish the term on the rest.
Moving your connection strings across
Both services take a login and password and encode targeting in the username, so a migration is mostly find and replace. Here is the mapping, part by part:
Endpoint
pr.oxylabs.io:7777
proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000
Country targeting
customer-USER-cc-US
login_c_US
Sticky session
-sessid-abc123
_s_123_ttl_15m
Session lifetime
-sesstime-10
_ttl_30s, _ttl_15m or _ttl_1h
Provider formats change without notice. Take the exact prefix from your Oxylabs dashboard and map the parts, rather than copying a string from a blog post.
What the same job costs here
Oxylabs sells by plan with a monthly commitment, and their entry tiers assume steady volume. Ours assumes nothing:
For steady enterprise volume their pricing can beat ours. For spiky or small volume, paying for gigabytes you did not use is the expensive part, and that is the case we are built for.
Who should stay, who should switch
You need an SLA with penalties
Oxylabs signs those. We do not, and telling you otherwise would be a lie.
You depend on their scraper APIs
Their SERP and e-commerce APIs are a product in their own right, not something a proxy vendor replaces.
Your volume moves month to month
No commitment means a quiet month costs a quiet month's money.
You want sticky sessions without arithmetic
Three fixed lifetimes instead of a seconds parameter you have to reason about.
Common questions
Can I replace Oxylabs with SotaProxy for raw proxy use?
Yes. If you are using Oxylabs as a rotating proxy endpoint (not the managed scraper API), SotaProxy is a direct replacement. Update the endpoint and credentials in your configuration.
Does SotaProxy offer a scraper API like Oxylabs?
No. SotaProxy provides raw proxy access. You handle the scraping logic in your own code. This gives you more control but requires more setup than a managed API.
Is SotaProxy cheaper than Oxylabs?
For raw residential proxy traffic, yes - SotaProxy's per-GB rate is lower and has no monthly minimum. Oxylabs targets enterprise buyers, with pricing that includes its managed scraper products and higher commitments.
Does SotaProxy match Oxylabs on proxy types and coverage?
SotaProxy offers residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies across 220+ countries with city-level targeting - the same core proxy types as Oxylabs. The main difference is Oxylabs' managed scraper APIs, which SotaProxy does not replicate.
Who is SotaProxy a better fit for than Oxylabs?
SotaProxy fits developers and teams who want raw proxies, crypto payment, and no minimums, rather than a managed enterprise platform. If you write your own scraping logic, SotaProxy removes the overhead of Oxylabs' larger product suite.
Does SotaProxy accept crypto and issue access instantly?
Yes. SotaProxy accepts cryptocurrency with no KYC and provisions proxy credentials in about 60 seconds. Oxylabs uses traditional billing and account verification, which is slower to onboard.
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