SotaProxy vs Webshare
Webshare competes on cheap datacenter IPs. SotaProxy offers a broader product range including mobile proxies and better residential pool quality.
Feature comparison
| Feature | SotaProxy | Webshare |
|---|---|---|
| Residential quality | High | Medium |
| Mobile proxies | Yes | No |
| Geo coverage | 220+ countries | Limited |
| Crypto payments | Yes | Limited |
| Datacenter price | $2.25+/month/IP | Very low (shared) |
| Free tier | No | Yes (limited) |
| 24/7 support | Yes | Limited hours |
Where SotaProxy wins
Mobile proxies
SotaProxy offers 4G/LTE mobile proxies. Webshare does not include mobile proxies in their standard product line.
Higher residential quality
SotaProxy's residential pool maintains better success rates on anti-bot protected sites than Webshare's residential offering.
Wider geo coverage
220+ countries versus Webshare's more limited geographic distribution.
Crypto payments
SotaProxy accepts cryptocurrency. Webshare's payment options are more limited.
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Very cheap datacenter IPs
Webshare offers very low-cost shared datacenter proxies. For basic scraping tasks on non-protected sites, their datacenter pricing is hard to beat.
Free datacenter proxies
Webshare offers a limited free tier with shared datacenter proxies - useful for testing.
Bottom line
SotaProxy is the better choice for residential proxies, mobile proxies, and international scraping. Webshare is worth considering only for bulk, low-cost shared datacenter IPs on non-protected targets.
Three things that break on the way over
The table above covers syntax. These are the failures that appear after it, and the first of them is structural rather than textual.
A proxy list becomes a gateway
Code that iterates rows of address, port, user and password has to become one host with rotation controlled in the login. The loop over a list disappears, and session control replaces it. This is the largest single change in the migration.
Pick one authentication method and keep it
If you rely on whitelisting your own address, decide whether to keep that or move to a login and password. Mixing both across one deployment is where the first 407s come from.
Datacenter-first assumptions do not survive retail
A job that passed on cheap datacenter addresses elsewhere still gets a 403 from retail and classifieds here. The fix is residential rather than more datacenter addresses, and the ladder on our use-cases page spells out when to switch.
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
p.webshare.io:80
proxy.sotaproxy.com:10000
Country targeting
myuser-us
login_c_US
City targeting
myuser-us-city_los_angeles
login_c_US_city_Los-Angeles
Rotate versus sticky
-rotate or -1234
omit _s_ to rotate, add _s_1234_ttl_15m to hold
Provider formats change without notice. Take the exact prefix from your Webshare dashboard and map the parts, rather than copying a string from a blog post.
What the same job costs here
Webshare is known for cheap datacenter proxies and a free tier, and both are real advantages at the entry level. Compare on the type you actually need:
For a hobby project or a first scraper, their free tier is hard to argue with. For account work, ad verification or anything where a hosting range gets you blocked, the comparison moves to residential and ISP, where the gap narrows and the flat rate matters.
Who should stay, who should switch
You are starting out and need free proxies
We do not have a free tier. Theirs is a legitimate way to begin.
You only need cheap datacenter IPs in bulk
Their per-IP price at volume is aggressive and hard to beat on datacenter alone.
Your targets block hosting ranges
Residential and ISP are the answer, and that is where the choice actually gets made.
You need mobile or carrier-specific addresses
Carrier choice across 26 countries, from $5.76 per day.
Common questions
Is Webshare's free proxy tier useful for scraping?
Webshare's free shared datacenter proxies work for basic testing, but they are heavily used by many users and frequently blocked. Not suitable for production scraping.
Does SotaProxy have a discount or promo code?
Yes. Use promo code WELCOME10 at checkout for 15% off your first order on residential, datacenter, and ISP proxies. No monthly minimum, no commitments.
How do SotaProxy and Webshare differ on proxy types?
Webshare focuses on cheap datacenter proxies with a limited residential offering. SotaProxy provides residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies, so it covers protected targets that block the datacenter IPs Webshare specializes in.
Is Webshare or SotaProxy better for hard targets?
SotaProxy. Sites with strong anti-bot systems block datacenter IPs, which are Webshare's core product. SotaProxy's residential and mobile pools carry trusted ISP and carrier ASNs that pass those checks far more reliably.
Does SotaProxy offer datacenter proxies too?
Yes. SotaProxy offers dedicated and shared datacenter proxies alongside residential, ISP, and mobile. So you can use fast datacenter IPs where they work and switch to residential for targets that block them - without changing providers.
Can I pay with crypto on SotaProxy?
Yes. SotaProxy accepts cryptocurrency with no KYC and issues credentials in about 60 seconds. This makes it a strong fit for users who want privacy-friendly, instant checkout that Webshare's card-based billing does not offer.
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