Proxy-Cheap sells budget SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies with crypto accepted at checkout. But per-IP rentals and a dashboard-first flow hide the real cost for developers and AI agents. Here's the honest comparison.
Pay-Per-GB, Crypto-Native Infrastructure
Residential and mobile SOCKS5 proxies billed per gigabyte of actual traffic. No account, no KYC, no dashboard — your wallet pays, the API provisions, and your agent connects in under 60 seconds.
Budget Per-IP Proxy Marketplace
One of the best-known budget providers, with SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies from ~$0.15 per IP and crypto accepted alongside cards. But the model is per-IP rental: you pay for addresses, manage them in a dashboard, and replace them yourself when they burn.
Compare the pricing model, payments, and automation side by side.
| Feature / Metric | ProxyBase.xyz | Proxy-Cheap.com |
|---|---|---|
| Core Focus | AI Agents, LLM Tools, Programmatic Access | Budget SOCKS5 & HTTP for General Use |
| Identity Verification | None (Wallet Native & Anonymous) | Email Registration |
| Payment Methods | Crypto-Native: USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL | Credit Card, Crypto (BTC, ETH, USDT) |
| Pricing Model | Pay-as-you-go per GB, credits never expire | Per-IP rentals & per-GB plans |
| Entry Price | $3.00 minimum (per-GB residential) | From ~$0.15 per IP (datacenter) |
| Residential Price | $3.00 / GB | From ~$5.99 / GB |
| API-First Provisioning | Yes — register, pay, poll, connect | No — dashboard ordering |
| IP Rotation | Programmatic — POST /rotate, same credentials | Manual — buy replacement IPs |
| AI Native Integrations | Yes (Native MCP Server & SOCKS5 Auth Tags) | No (standard proxy lists) |
| Time to First Proxy | Under 60 seconds | Minutes (account + dashboard setup) |
Rent 10 IPs at ~$0.15 each and you pay for all ten even if only two carry traffic. For bursty or agent-driven workloads, per-GB billing is nearly always cheaper — ProxyBase bills only the gigabytes that actually flow.
When a datacenter IP gets flagged — and budget datacenter IPs get flagged constantly — you buy replacements by hand. ProxyBase rotates programmatically: one API call swaps the IP while your credentials stay the same.
Proxy-Cheap's flow is human-shaped: log in, pick IPs, check out, configure. ProxyBase's flow is agent-shaped: register, pay, poll, connect — all via API, with an MCP server for LLM agents.
Proxy-Cheap accepts BTC, ETH, and USDT at checkout — but you still hold an email account tied to the purchase. ProxyBase's crypto flow is the entire account system: wallet in, credentials out, nothing in between.
For raw datacenter IPs, yes — ~$0.15/IP is among the lowest on the market. But per-IP rental means paying for idle addresses, and budget datacenter IPs get blocked fast. Per-GB residential from $3 with programmatic rotation often costs less in practice.
Yes — BTC, ETH, USDT, and others at checkout. But the account remains email-based. For a fully wallet-native flow, buy proxies with crypto on ProxyBase.
No heavy KYC — an email account is enough. ProxyBase removes even that: no email, no name, no documents. See how no-KYC proxies work.
ProxyBase. Datacenter IPs from budget providers are flagged by most anti-bot systems, and the dashboard flow can't be automated by an agent. ProxyBase offers residential SOCKS5, API-first provisioning, and MCP support — built for agents.
Pay per gigabyte, rotate programmatically, and never touch a dashboard. Residential SOCKS5 from $3/GB, crypto-native, no KYC.