Webshare

Datacenter, ISP, and residential proxies with a free tier

By Nathan KesslerUpdated Jul 27, 2026

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What is Webshare?

Webshare is a proxy infrastructure provider founded in 2018. It sells three proxy product lines: datacenter proxies (400,000+ IPs), static residential/ISP proxies sourced from providers like Comcast and AT&T, and rotating residential proxies (80 million+ IPs across 195 countries) with country and city targeting. Access is through a REST API, an account dashboard, and a Chrome extension, with a free tier of 10 datacenter proxies and no credit card required. The company reports more than 60,000 paid customers and over 650 billion monthly proxy requests.

Our verdict

Webshare's per-IP pricing on datacenter and static residential proxies, plus a no-card free tier, makes it easy to test before committing to a larger plan. It is a hosted service only, with no open-source or self-hosted option for teams that want to run their own proxy infrastructure.

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