BuyProxy vs Oxylabs: Enterprise Polish vs Self-Serve Value
Oxylabs sits at the premium end of the residential proxy market. It's built for enterprise buyers — strong reported uptime, AI-focused scraper APIs, and well-documented SLAs backed by a dedicated account manager on Enterprise plans. BuyProxy takes a different approach: a self-serve residential proxy network with transparent per-GB pricing, an instant trial, and no sales call required to get started.
Both are legitimate options depending on what you're optimizing for. Here's how they actually stack up on price, coverage, and access.
Pricing: A Wide Gap at Every Tier
Oxylabs' pay-as-you-go residential rate runs around $8/GB. BuyProxy's pay-as-you-go rate is $1.99/GB — roughly a quarter of the cost per gigabyte, with a 5GB minimum top-up and credits that never expire.
BuyProxy's monthly plans push the effective rate lower still for teams with predictable volume:
- Pro — $30/mo, 20GB included
- Business — $90/mo, 75GB included
- Advanced — $300/mo, 300GB included
- Enterprise — custom pricing, unlimited
At 100GB/month pay-as-you-go, that's approximately $199 on BuyProxy versus $800 on Oxylabs — a difference that compounds quickly for any team running continuous scraping or monitoring pipelines. Full details on the BuyProxy pricing page.
IP Pool and Coverage — A Fair Comparison
Oxylabs advertises a very large residential IP pool with strong reported uptime, and doesn't publish an independently verified, apples-to-apples count. BuyProxy publishes a specific figure: 72.8M+ residential IPs across the same 195+ countries, with full city-level targeting. It would be inaccurate to claim BuyProxy's pool is definitively larger than Oxylabs' — Oxylabs' network is genuinely large. What can be said clearly is that BuyProxy's pool is large enough to support serious scraping, ad verification, and price-monitoring workloads at a fraction of the price.
Sessions, Protocols, and Latency
Both providers support rotating and sticky sessions across HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5. BuyProxy's sticky sessions persist for up to 30 minutes. On latency, BuyProxy reports an average under 150ms, while Oxylabs' typical reported latency runs closer to 300ms — worth checking against your own target sites, since real-world latency depends heavily on geography and destination server response time either way.
Getting Started: Self-Serve vs Sales-Assisted
This is one of the sharpest differences between the two. BuyProxy offers a 5-day free trial on the Pro plan that you activate yourself — no calls, no forms to fill out for a sales rep to follow up on. A card is required, and the first charge happens after the trial ends. Oxylabs offers a 7-day trial, but it's sales-assisted rather than self-serve, meaning you typically need to go through a qualification conversation before getting access. For teams that want to test a network today rather than next week, that's a meaningful difference.
Tooling, SDKs, and Support
Oxylabs ships SDKs in Python, Java, PHP, and Node.js, along with AI-focused scraper APIs and 24/7 chat support plus a dedicated account manager on Enterprise. BuyProxy offers native SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP, and Ruby, a REST API, a real-time analytics dashboard, and email plus priority support on paid tiers. BuyProxy also runs a reseller/white-label program on Business, Advanced, and Enterprise plans — something Oxylabs doesn't offer as a self-serve option.
Full Feature Comparison
| Feature | BuyProxy | Oxylabs |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go price | $1.99/GB | ~$8.00/GB |
| Monthly plans | $30–$300+ (20GB–300GB+) | Custom / enterprise quoting |
| Credits expire | Never | Varies |
| Residential IP pool | 72.8M+ IPs (published) | Very large (unquantified) |
| Countries covered | 195+ | 195+ |
| Session types | Rotating + sticky (up to 30 min) | Rotating + sticky |
| Protocols | HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 | HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 |
| Avg. reported latency | <150ms | ~300ms |
| Free trial | 5-day, self-serve (card required) | 7-day, sales-assisted |
| Reseller / white-label | Yes (Business/Advanced/Enterprise) | No |
| SDKs | TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby | Python, Java, PHP, Node.js |
| Support | Email + priority on paid tiers | 24/7 chat + dedicated AM (Enterprise) |
| AI scraper tooling | No | Yes |
See more providers compared side-by-side on BuyProxy's comparison hub.
Where Oxylabs Is Still the Right Call
If your team specifically needs AI-focused scraper APIs, wants formal enterprise SLAs and a dedicated account manager, or is already deep into Oxylabs' broader tooling ecosystem, it remains a strong choice — that extra layer of tooling and support is worth paying for if you're actually using it. It's simply not the most cost-efficient or fastest-to-access option for teams that just need reliable residential bandwidth.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much cheaper is BuyProxy than Oxylabs in practice?
On pay-as-you-go pricing, BuyProxy runs about $1.99/GB against Oxylabs' roughly $8/GB — close to a 4x difference. At 100GB/month that's roughly $199 versus $800, and the gap holds or widens at higher volumes.
Do I need to talk to sales to try BuyProxy?
No. BuyProxy's 5-day trial on the Pro plan is fully self-serve — sign up, add a card, and get network access immediately. Start here. Oxylabs' 7-day trial requires a sales-assisted qualification step.
Does BuyProxy have a bigger IP pool than Oxylabs?
Not provably — Oxylabs' pool is very large but not independently quantified in a directly comparable way. BuyProxy publishes 72.8M+ IPs. Treat pool-size claims from either side with some skepticism and evaluate based on actual success rates for your target sites.
Does BuyProxy offer enterprise SLAs like Oxylabs?
BuyProxy's Enterprise plan includes custom pricing and unlimited volume, with priority support. It doesn't currently match Oxylabs' formal enterprise SLA documentation and dedicated account manager structure — if that level of contractual assurance is a hard requirement, Oxylabs' Enterprise tier is built specifically for it.
Can I resell BuyProxy access to my own customers?
Yes, on the Business, Advanced, and Enterprise plans. Oxylabs doesn't offer a comparable self-serve reseller/white-label option.
What's the latency difference in practice?
BuyProxy reports average latency under 150ms; Oxylabs' typical reported figures run closer to 300ms. Actual performance depends heavily on your target sites and geographic routing, so test against your own workload before deciding based on averages alone.
Final Verdict
BuyProxy is the stronger choice for self-serve buyers who want to start testing today, pay a fraction of the per-GB cost, and optionally build a reseller business on top of the network. Oxylabs earns its premium for teams that specifically need its AI scraper tooling, formal SLAs, and dedicated enterprise support — but for most scraping, monitoring, and automation workloads, BuyProxy delivers comparable reliability at roughly a quarter of the price.
Compare more providers on the BuyProxy comparison hub, or browse more guides on the BuyProxy blog.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much cheaper is BuyProxy than Oxylabs in practice?+
On pay-as-you-go pricing, BuyProxy runs about $1.99/GB against Oxylabs' roughly $8/GB — close to a 4x difference. At 100GB/month that's roughly $199 versus $800, and the gap holds or widens at higher volumes.
Do I need to talk to sales to try BuyProxy?+
No. BuyProxy's 5-day trial on the Pro plan is fully self-serve — sign up, add a card, and get network access immediately. Start here. Oxylabs' 7-day trial requires a sales-assisted qualification step.
Does BuyProxy have a bigger IP pool than Oxylabs?+
Not provably — Oxylabs' pool is very large but not independently quantified in a directly comparable way. BuyProxy publishes 72.8M+ IPs. Treat pool-size claims from either side with some skepticism and evaluate based on actual success rates for your target sites.
Does BuyProxy offer enterprise SLAs like Oxylabs?+
BuyProxy's Enterprise plan includes custom pricing and unlimited volume, with priority support. It doesn't currently match Oxylabs' formal enterprise SLA documentation and dedicated account manager structure — if that level of contractual assurance is a hard requirement, Oxylabs' Enterprise tier is built specifically for it.
Can I resell BuyProxy access to my own customers?+
Yes, on the Business, Advanced, and Enterprise plans. Oxylabs doesn't offer a comparable self-serve reseller/white-label option.
What's the latency difference in practice?+
BuyProxy reports average latency under 150ms; Oxylabs' typical reported figures run closer to 300ms. Actual performance depends heavily on your target sites and geographic routing, so test against your own workload before deciding based on averages alone.
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