Byteful (formerly Ping Proxies)

Proxy network provider with four proxy types and a REST API

By Nathan KesslerUpdated Jul 27, 2026

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What is Byteful (formerly Ping Proxies)?

Byteful, formerly Ping Proxies, is a proxy network provider founded in 2020 that rebranded in 2026 (pingproxies.com now redirects to byteful.com). It has four proxy products: residential (35M+ IPs across 195+ countries, from $1.75/GB), datacenter (from $1.60-2.50/IP, claimed 99.97% uptime), static residential/ISP (from $3.50/IP), and mobile (6M+ 3G/4G/5G IPs, from $2.25/GB). All four share one REST API, with client libraries for PHP, Python, .NET, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, and C#. The company states it has 50,000+ customers, 300+ ISP subnets, and 100 Gbps of network capacity.

Our verdict

Byteful covers residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxies under one account, which suits buyers who want a single vendor for multiple proxy types rather than combining several providers. There is no free trial, and scale claims such as 35M+ residential IPs, 50,000+ customers, and 99.97% datacenter uptime are self-reported, with no funding or third-party coverage disclosed to check them against.

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