The honest IPRoyal alternative
IPRoyal hits a great price point — but ask anyone running serious volume and they'll mention the IP quality variance, the slow ticketing, and the captcha rates on hard targets. Rainproxy meets their price and fixes the things that cost you retries.
Same low pricing — without the IP quality lottery.
Why teams leave IPRoyal
IPRoyal's pool has noticeable retry rates on Cloudflare-protected sites. Ours maintains 99.9% across tracked targets.
Critical scrape failures shouldn't wait on a ticket. Our chat responds in under 2 minutes.
Sticky sessions max out at 10 minutes there. Ours hold up to 24 hours.
Only major capitals. We cover 700+ cities including secondary markets.
Rainproxy vs IPRoyal
Real, public numbers — no asterisks, no "starting from".
| Feature | IPRoyal | Rainproxy |
|---|---|---|
| Residential entry price | $1.75/GB | $1.50/GB at volume, $4.50 entry |
| Success rate (Cloudflare) | ~92% | ~99% with Web Unblocker |
| Sticky session max | 10 minutes | Up to 24 hours |
| City targeting | Capital cities only | 700+ cities globally |
| Support | Email ticket | Live chat <2 min |
| Mobile 4G/5G | Limited inventory | Full inventory, public pricing |
How to switch from IPRoyal
Most teams migrate in an afternoon. Our chat will review your code while you do it.
- 1Match your current spend
Send us a screenshot of your IPRoyal usage — we'll mirror it on your trial account.
- 2Drop-in credentials
Same HTTP/SOCKS5 protocol, just swap hostname and login.
- 3Validate side-by-side
Run 5% of traffic through Rainproxy for a week. Compare success rates yourself.
FAQ — switching from IPRoyal
If IPRoyal is cheaper on entry, why switch?+
Effective cost = price ÷ success rate. A $1.75/GB tier with 92% success is more expensive than $4.50/GB at 99%, because you pay for retries.
Do you have a similar Royal Residential plan?+
Our pay-as-you-go residential matches it on price at volume, and beats it on speed and rotation freshness.
What about sneaker/release work?+
Our ISP and mobile pools are tuned for it. We've handled major drops without throttling.
Try Rainproxy on us — 250 MB with Google sign-up.
Run the same scraper through both networks. If we don't win on success rate and price, you owe us nothing.
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