Oxylabs and Decodo sell the best mobile proxies for most buyers. In Proxyway's April 2026 tests, each returned a new IP on almost every one of 1.2 million requests, and about 99.5% of those IPs were classified as mobile. Decodo is the better value, with the most US mobile IPs in testing and a promotional $4 per GB as of October 2026. For narrower jobs, Evomi led on US success, DataImpulse on real websites and the starting rate per GB for US traffic, Byteful on average speed, and SOAX on the share of US IPs classified as mobile.
A mobile proxy server, also called a cellular proxy, sends your traffic out through a phone or SIM modem on a 4G or 5G network. Websites then see an IP address that belongs to a carrier such as T-Mobile, Verizon or Vodafone. Technically it is a forward proxy that relays your traffic like any other. The carrier address is what you pay extra for. In the same tests, the share of IPs not classified as mobile ran from 0.45% to about 13% across the six ranked pools, so check what you get.
This guide covers both ways mobile proxies are sold. Rotating pools are billed by the gigabyte, and Proxyway has published tests of many of them. Per-device plans are rented by the hour, day, week or month, and we found no published test of them. No vendor sponsored this guide and no link in it earns us a commission. We wrote it for app testing, ad and search checks and localized research, not for running accounts against a platform's rules.
Quick Answer: Best Mobile Proxies
How Did We Compare These Mobile Proxy Providers?
We compared each mobile proxy provider on what decides whether you get real carrier IPs and what you pay for them, using published sources only. Our longlist started from the providers named in the mobile proxy rankings that appeared in US search results in October 2026. These were the criteria:
- → Independent test data: how many distinct IPs Proxyway's 2026 mobile tests reached, plus success rate and response time, each with its test month.
- → Mobile share: the percentage of tested IPs that an IP database classified as mobile. This is the check most rankings skip.
- → Real entry cost: the smallest purchase you can make and the price at around 50 and 100 GB, or per device per day and month.
- → Carrier and location targeting: whether you can choose a carrier or ASN, and which combinations the provider refuses or charges extra for.
- → Rotation and sessions: how long one IP can be held, and what happens when the phone or modem behind it drops off.
- → Billing, KYC, restricted sites and refunds: what gets billed, when traffic expires, who must verify their identity, and which sites are blocked by default.
We read every price, limit and policy on the vendors' own pricing pages, docs and help centers on October 4 to 6, 2026, and quote prices in US dollars before tax. Pool sizes, country counts and carrier counts are what vendors claim, and when two of a vendor's pages disagree, we give both versions.
Proxyway supplies the test figures: its Proxy Market Research 2026 report (published June 30, 2026, with most data collected in March and April 2026) and its provider reviews, which name each test month. Its mobile test sent 1.2 million requests over 14 days through each provider's unfiltered global pool to a CDN endpoint and counted distinct IPs, successful connections and response times. It classified an IP as mobile when the IP2Location database listed it with a mobile network code, and a separate US test measured results on Amazon, Google and Instagram.
Proxyway has a commercial tie of its own: it says it uses affiliate links. Its mobile ranking puts Decodo first, while ours follows the distinct IPs its test reached and puts Oxylabs first. Every other 2025 or 2026 mobile benchmark we found has a commercial tie or gives no test dates. As of October 2026, AIMultiple lists Bright Data, Oxylabs, Decodo, Byteful, DataImpulse and NodeMaven as subscribers to its benchmarking, and the other "tested" lists we read are published by proxy sellers, carry affiliate links or give no test dates.
Ranking rule for rotating pools: a provider needed published Proxyway mobile results from April 2026 with at least 99% success, and the six that qualified are ordered by how many distinct IPs that test reached. All six landed between 99.59% and 99.84%, so success rate barely separates them, while distinct IPs show how much of an advertised pool a buyer can actually reach (the test's ceiling is 1.2 million). Dedicated devices have no comparable test, so they get their own section, judged on published price, data limits, rotation, refunds and KYC, without a numbered rank.
What we did not do
Changes that shaped this list
Six rotating pools passed the ranking rule, and the table below sets their test results against entry prices and refund terms.
Best Mobile Proxies Compared: Which Provider Fits Which Job?
There is no single best mobile proxy provider for every job. Oxylabs suits large global pools, Decodo is the best value and reached the most US IPs in testing, and Evomi had the best US success rate. DataImpulse suits tight budgets, Byteful had the fastest average response, and SOAX suits US work where every IP should be a carrier address. Distinct IPs, success rates and mobile share below are Proxyway's global-pool figures from 1.2 million requests in April 2026, and prices are the cheapest way in as of October 2026.
| Provider | Best For | IPs, Success, Mobile (April 2026) | Entry Price (Oct 2026) | Trial and Refund |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxylabs | Large global pools, ASN choice | 1,192,449 IPs; 99.84%; 99.55% mobile | 4 GB for $30 ($7.50/GB); no pay-as-you-go | One free trial, size not stated; self-service purchases non-refundable |
| Decodo | Best value, most US IPs in testing | 1,190,939 IPs; 99.75%; 99.50% mobile | $4/GB pay-as-you-go (50% promo; list $8) | 3-day, 100 MB trial; 14-day refund |
| Evomi | Best US success rate | 460,077 IPs; 99.66%; 98.63% mobile | $3.98/GB pay-as-you-go (Evomi shows 1 GB; Proxyway reports a 4 GB minimum); never expires | 3-day trial; 30-day refund on plans, not pay-as-you-go |
| DataImpulse | Budget, best on real websites | 373,240 IPs; 99.69%; 86.97% mobile | $2/GB; 2.5 GB for $5 (new users); never expires | Free test traffic for company-email sign-ups (mobile not stated); Intro plan refundable within 7 days, first purchase only |
| Byteful | Fastest average response | 371,704 IPs; 99.59%; 97.18% mobile | 10 GB for $42.50 ($4.25/GB); never expires | No free trial; 24-hour refund at its discretion |
| SOAX | US IPs classified as mobile, carrier choice | 177,428 IPs (European IPs only, see review); 99.74%; 97.64% mobile | US traffic at $5/GB on the no-fee Sandbox; Builder plan $200 a month | A paid $1.99, 3-day, 400 MB trial, listed only on its product page (no free trial); generally no refunds |
Two figures in this table need context. Decodo's 99.75% comes from Proxyway's mobile ranking, because the mobile table in its Decodo review repeats the residential figures. And the success figures measure connections to a CDN test endpoint, not real websites: the median mobile pool reached 99.63% there but only 75.26% on Amazon, Google and Instagram.
All six support SOCKS5 as well as HTTP, so a mobile SOCKS5 proxy is not a separate product to hunt for. Use the table to shortlist; the job decides whether you need a rotating pool at all or one dedicated device.
Rotating Pool or Dedicated Device: Which Mobile Proxy Do You Need?
Buy a rotating pool when you need many carrier IPs across many places, and rent a dedicated device when you need one carrier connection that stays put for hours or days. Rotating mobile proxies, often sold as 4G rotating proxies, are billed per GB and draw from a large, shifting pool of phones. A dedicated mobile proxy, which some sellers call a private mobile proxy, is usually one modem or SIM reserved for you. It is billed by the hour, day, week or month and is often sold as unlimited, though some plans set fair-use thresholds or daily data caps.
| Question | Rotating Pool | Dedicated Device |
|---|---|---|
| How is it billed? | Per GB of traffic | Per device per hour, day, week or month |
| How many IPs do you get? | A new IP per request, or a sticky session that holds one IP for minutes to hours | One IP at a time, changed when you reset the device |
| Location choice | Country, often city and carrier, per request | One location at a time; some plans let you switch it |
| Session stability | Ends early if the phone behind it goes offline | Held until you reset it or the carrier reassigns it |
| Who supplies the IPs? | Mostly people's phones, through apps that share bandwidth | SIM cards in modems the provider runs |
| Published third-party tests | Yes, for the six ranked here | None that we found |
Match the type to the job before you compare providers:
- → Checking ads, search results or prices as carrier users in many cities: a rotating pool with city targeting, such as Decodo or Oxylabs. Oxylabs blocks ad-tag domains such as DoubleClick by default, so clear ad checks with its support first.
- → Testing an app or mobile site on one carrier for hours: a dedicated device on that carrier, such as MobileHop or ProxyEmpire on Verizon.
- → US-only work where every IP should be a carrier address: SOAX, which led on US mobile share, or Evomi for smaller jobs, since it led on US success but reached only 16,595 distinct US IPs.
- → High volume at country level on a budget: DataImpulse, after you check its mobile share in your target country.
- → One stable address for weeks, mobile not required: a static ISP proxy, usually rented per IP per month.
Why carrier IPs are treated differently: most mobile carriers put many subscribers behind one public IPv4 address, a setup called carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT). A peer-reviewed study by Richter and colleagues, presented at the 2016 ACM Internet Measurement Conference, found it in more than 90% of the cellular networks it examined. Blocking one such address can lock out many ordinary users, and proxy sellers and reviewers cite this as the reason sites hesitate to block carrier IPs.
Cloudflare's data points the other way. It reported in October 2025 that CGNAT addresses were rate-limited three times as often as other IPs by its customers' rules, even though their median bot rates were almost the same (4.8% against 4.7%). Cloudflare built CGNAT detection to reduce that collateral damage.
So carrier IPs are not clean: you share each address with strangers and can inherit another user's block. Shared addresses are not permission either. A carrier IP does not change what a site's terms allow.
Mobile vs residential proxies: both route through consumer connections and both are sold per GB. Proxyway's research published in June 2026 found mobile pools "sometimes" cost less than residential ones, but the median mobile plan still cost more: $4.38 against $3.75 per GB on 5 GB plans, with a $30 median entry price against $4. Choose mobile when the job needs a carrier network itself, such as checking how an app or mobile page behaves for carrier users. For crawling ordinary websites, residential traffic is usually enough; our scraping proxy guide shows which type each job needs.
Where pooled mobile IPs come from: most rotating pools borrow bandwidth from people's phones through apps, though Proxidize, which also sells per GB, says its mobile proxies run on 4G and 5G SIM cards. Decodo says its mobile IPs come "from consenting users", Evomi says it pays "opt-in volunteer nodes", and SOAX says devices carry traffic only when idle. App-based supply is under pressure. Google Play allows an app to provide proxy services to third parties only when that is its "primary, user-facing core purpose". In January 2026, Google said it had found more than 600 apps across several download sources with code tied to the IPIDEA proxy network and that Play Protect removes apps carrying its SDKs.
Next come the six rotating pools that met our ranking rule.
The 6 Best Rotating Mobile Proxies, Reviewed
Ranked by the distinct IPs Proxyway's April 2026 mobile test reached, the best rotating mobile proxies we could document are Oxylabs, Decodo, Evomi, DataImpulse, Byteful and SOAX. Every price in these reviews is as of October 2026. SOAX sits sixth partly because its default routing kept its April 2026 test to European IPs.
1. Oxylabs: Best for Large Global Mobile Pools
Oxylabs sells a shared mobile pool that it says holds 20M+ IPs from real mobile devices in 140+ countries, about 4.4 million of them in the US. Targeting by continent, country, state, city, coordinates or ASN costs nothing extra. Sessions last up to 24 hours (10 minutes by default), and HTTP(S) and SOCKS5 run with unlimited concurrent sessions; HTTP/3 needs a SOCKS5 UDP option Oxylabs lists as beta. It does not sell private mobile IPs: its FAQ says the pool "is shared between users," though only one customer uses a given IP at a time.
Where it wins
- The most distinct IPs in Proxyway's April 2026 test (1,192,449 of 1.2 million requests), the best global success rate (99.84%), a 0.76 s average and 99.55% of IPs classified as mobile
- Carrier choice by ASN, documented with a T-Mobile example (ASN 21928)
- Round-the-clock support and an account manager on every plan, even the $30 Starter
Where it falls short
- Weaker in the US: 97.14% success across 107,225 distinct US IPs in the same round
- No pay-as-you-go and no refunds on self-service purchases; the smallest plan works out to $7.50 per GB, and the "from $3.5/GB" rate needs the $2,500 plan
- ASN targeting cannot be combined with country targeting (the country wins if you send both), and some ASNs are open only to customers who passed KYC
- Every customer fills in a KYC questionnaire, and mobile IPs cannot reach streaming, banking, government, gaming, ticketing, mail, ad-tag or IP-checking sites by default; a further short KYC check opens some of them
Pricing as of October 2026: Starter 4 GB for $30 ($7.50/GB), Basic 15 GB for $100 ($6.67/GB), Advanced 100 GB for $500 ($5/GB) and Corporate 715 GB for $2,500 ($3.50/GB), billed monthly with VAT where it applies. An older Oxylabs mobile page still shows $8.25 per GB, 30-minute sessions and 2,214,912 US IPs (the main product page says about 4.4 million), so go by the main product and pricing pages. Its help center says "All purchases made through self-service are non-refundable," and its self-service terms, last updated October 5, 2026, call all purchases "final and non-refundable", so use its one-time free trial before you buy.
Verdict: the strongest choice when you need the largest number of distinct mobile IPs worldwide and want to pick carriers by ASN. Skip it if your work is mostly in the US, where its success rate was lower, or if you want to start below $30.
2. Decodo: Best Value for Most Buyers
Decodo, formerly Smartproxy, sells rotating mobile traffic from a pool it says holds 10M+ IPs from 700+ carriers in 160+ locations, about 3.9 million of them in the US. Its docs allow targeting by continent, country, state, city, ZIP code (US only) and ASN, sticky sessions from 1 to 1,440 minutes (10 by default), and HTTP(S) or SOCKS5 connections.
Where it wins
- 1,190,939 distinct IPs from 1.2 million requests, 99.75% success and a 0.74 s average in Proxyway's April 2026 test, with 99.50% classified as mobile
- The most distinct US mobile IPs in that research, 152,424, and the fastest responses on Amazon, Google and Instagram, 2.71 s
- Pay-as-you-go at $4 per GB at the promo rate, usable for 12 months
- A 14-day refund on a first purchase used below 20% or 1 GB, whichever comes first
Where it falls short
- Every price on its mobile pricing page carries a "SAVE 50%" promo with no end date; list prices are double, $8 per GB pay-as-you-go
- You pay for the target's error pages (403, 404 and 503 responses) and for TLS handshake bytes
- An ASN cannot be combined with any other location filter, whether city, state, country or continent, so you choose a carrier or a place, not both
- Banking, government, app store (Apple and Google), ticketing, gaming, mail and streaming sites are restricted by default on mobile. ID verification opens mail, streaming and business sites only on residential plans, and its compliance team reviews other requests case by case
- Unused plan traffic is lost if you renew early or downgrade, and activating the trial, which rolls into a paid plan unless you stop it, voids the 14-day refund
Pricing as of October 2026 (plus VAT, at the 50% promo): pay-as-you-go $4/GB (list $8); monthly plans of 2 GB for $7.50 ($3.75/GB), 8 GB for $28, 25 GB for $81.30, 50 GB for $150 ($3/GB) and 100 GB for $275 ($2.75/GB).
Verdict: the pick for most teams, pairing top test results, including the most distinct US mobile IPs, with the only pay-as-you-go entry of the two leaders. Budget at the list price in case the promo ends. Skip it if you need a carrier and a location in the same request, or Apple and Google app store pages over mobile IPs.
3. Evomi: Best US Success Rate
Evomi sells mobile traffic from what it describes as 3M+ mobile IPs in 150+ countries, supplied by paid, opt-in volunteer nodes. Country, region, city and carrier targeting are included at no extra cost, with carriers picked by a short code from a list in its dashboard. Sessions default to 30 minutes and last up to 24 hours. HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5 run on ports 3000 to 3002 with unlimited concurrent sessions.
Where it wins
- The best US success rate in Proxyway's April 2026 research, 99.95%, and the fastest US response, 0.41 s
- 98.63% of its global IPs were classified as mobile, and Proxyway wrote that "these were truly mobile IPs"
- Pay-as-you-go at $3.98 per GB that never expires (Proxyway reports a 4 GB minimum, about $16)
- A 3-day trial and a 30-day refund on a first plan used below 10% or 1 GB, whichever is smaller
Where it falls short
- A small pool: Proxyway found only 16,595 distinct US IPs and fewer than 100,000 in Europe
- Slower toward Asia-Pacific, with 1.71 s averages in India and 1.81 s in Australia, where the test found only 1,568 distinct IPs
- Pay-as-you-go traffic and top-ups cannot be refunded, plan bandwidth does not roll over, and the trial renews as a paid plan unless canceled
- Every request is billed at least 512 bytes, and no ASN targeting is documented for mobile. Its terms also ban using IP checkers or IP-echo pages to collect your assigned IPs, and breaking that rule can close your account without a refund
Pricing as of October 2026: pay-as-you-go $3.98/GB; monthly plans of 8 GB for $30 ($3.75/GB), 25 GB for $90, 50 GB for $170 ($3.40/GB) and 100 GB for $320 ($3.20/GB), down to $2.20/GB on 5,000 GB for $11,000.
Verdict: best for smaller US jobs where each request needs to succeed, such as checking pages or ads in a few US markets. Skip it for large US rotations, or where response time matters in India or Australia.
4. DataImpulse: Best Budget Pick
DataImpulse sells mobile traffic that never expires, from a pool it says holds 16M+ mobile IPs in 195 countries, at $2 per GB with free country targeting. Sticky sessions last 1 to 120 minutes (30 by default), connections run over HTTP, HTTPS or SOCKS5, and each plan allows 2,000 threads.
Where it wins
- Of all mobile pools in Proxyway's 2026 research, it did best on real sites: 85.31% of US requests to Amazon, Google and Instagram succeeded
- The lowest starting rate for US traffic here, $2 per GB: 2.5 GB for $5 for new users, then 25 GB for $50, and traffic never expires
- 99.69% success and a 1.00 s average on the April 2026 infrastructure test
- No KYC needed to buy; DataImpulse asks for ID to unblock restricted sites, enable UDP, raise the thread limit or open extra ports, and when it finds a use unclear
Where it falls short
- The lowest mobile share of the six: 86.97% of global IPs were classified as mobile, 95.78% in the US and only 29.69% in Brazil
- Targeted traffic is billed at double, so $2 becomes $4 per GB once you pick a city or carrier ASN
- No open free trial: its help center offers free test traffic to company-email sign-ups but does not say whether that covers mobile. Refunds apply only to the first Intro purchase within 7 days, never to crypto payments
- Government and banking sites are blocked by default (ID plus $100 or $1,000 of spending can open them), and UDP is off by default
Pricing as of October 2026: Intro 2.5 GB for $5 (new users only), Basic 25 GB for $50 ($2/GB), Advanced 1 TB for $1,600 ($1.60/GB) and custom plans from $8,000 for 5 TB or more.
Verdict: the cheapest way to start buying mobile gigabytes, with the best real-site result in the test. Check the mobile share in your target country with a small purchase before you scale, and skip it if every exit IP must be a carrier address.
5. Byteful: Fastest Mobile Pool
Byteful, which traded as Ping Proxies until an April 2026 rebrand, sells mobile bandwidth that never expires, from a pool it advertises as 6M+ IPs across 195+ countries and 1,000+ carriers. Country, region, city and ISP targeting are free, IPs can rotate per request or be held for up to 24 hours, and connections run over HTTP or SOCKS5 with unlimited concurrent sessions.
Where it wins
- The fastest mobile pool in Proxyway's 2026 research: a 0.48 s average (0.36 s median), with 99.59% success and 371,704 distinct IPs in April 2026
- 97.18% of IPs classified as mobile globally and 99.81% in the US
- Bandwidth never expires, and country, region, city and ISP targeting cost nothing extra
Where it falls short
- Proxyway says the advertised 6M+ likely counts IPs seen over a month: when it checked the dashboard in August 2026, it saw under 300,000 proxies available and about 30 countries with more than 1,000 IPs
- No free trial, and one refund per customer, at its sole discretion, only within 24 hours if no more than 2 GB or 25% is used, whichever is lower
- No IP-whitelist login on mobile; username and password only
- The smallest plan on its mobile page is 10 GB; its pricing FAQ mentions buying 1 GB to test but lists no price for it
Pricing as of October 2026: 10 GB for $42.50 ($4.25/GB), 25 GB for $96.25 ($3.85/GB) and 100 GB for $345 ($3.45/GB), with custom pricing above that.
Verdict: pick it for latency-sensitive work in well-covered countries. Skip it if you need depth in many smaller countries or IP-whitelist authentication.
6. SOAX: Highest US Mobile IP Share
SOAX sells residential and mobile traffic from one prepaid credit balance, priced by country tier, and advertises 33M+ mobile IPs, the largest advertised pool in Proxyway's research. Country, region, city and carrier (ISP) targeting come with every plan, while ASN and ZIP code targeting start on the $1,500 Scale plan. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, UDP and QUIC.
Where it wins
- The highest US mobile share in Proxyway's April 2026 test: 99.98% of 111,269 distinct US IPs, with 99.85% US success
- 99.74% success on the global infrastructure test
- Carrier targeting on all plans, even the no-fee Sandbox
- Enterprise pricing for US traffic from $0.85 per GB, with lower volume bands past 5 TB and 15 TB a month (0.75 and 0.50 credits per GB, a credit being roughly $1)
Where it falls short
- In Proxyway's April 2026 test, SOAX's default routing kept the unfiltered pool to European IPs near the tester, and the test reached 177,428 distinct IPs against 33M advertised. As of October 2026, its docs list a country-any setting for the full global pool
- Credits expire 60 days after they are added, payments are "generally non-refundable", and the no-fee Sandbox gets "Basic" support, with 24/7 support from the $200 Builder plan
- Only ports 80 and 443 are open by default (others need ID verification), and partial responses, retries and interrupted connections are billed
- Its pages conflict on KYC (required for any paid plan in its policy, only for crypto or restricted sites in its help center) and on how long a sticky session lasts
Pricing as of October 2026 (US tier, per GB): Sandbox top-ups at $5 with no monthly fee, Builder $200 a month ($3/GB), Team $500 ($2.20/GB), Scale $1,500 ($1.50/GB) and enterprise from $3,000 a month at $0.85/GB, with lower rates above 5 TB a month. Cheaper country tiers start at $4 and $2 per GB on Sandbox.
Verdict: a strong pick for US work where every IP should be a carrier address and you want carrier choice without a large plan. Skip it if you need a refund window; for worldwide rotation, the April 2026 test does not show how its full global pool performs.
Providers We Did Not Rank, and Why
These providers appear in other lists of the best mobile proxies. As of October 2026, each sells no mobile pool we could buy, failed our ranking rule, or is marketed for uses this guide excludes:
| Provider | Why It Is Not Ranked |
|---|---|
| Bright Data | No mobile product on its pricing or proxy pages; Proxyway reports it was discontinued in April 2026 |
| NetNut | Google said in July 2026 that it disrupted NetNut's network with the FBI and others; NetNut's site shows an FBI seizure notice |
| Webshare | Does not sell mobile proxies |
| Infatica | 96.59% success in April 2026, below our 99% bar, and only 86.16% of its US IPs classified as mobile; it says some of its mobile proxies "may be using Wi-Fi connections" |
| Rayobyte | 98.39% success globally and 98.59% in the US in April 2026, below our 99% bar; its mobile IPs come from US carriers, and plans are sold through its sales team |
| ProxyEmpire (rotating) | Proxyway's 2026 research lists only its mobile share, 97.55% of IPs globally and 96.02% in the US, and no success rate, which our ranking rule needs. Its dedicated plans are covered below |
| IPRoyal (rotating), Proxyrack, Proxidize (per GB), NodeMaven, Proxy-Cheap, ProxyScrape, HydraProxy, IPBurger, ASocks, Live Proxies, Roundproxies, Floppydata, MobileProxy.Space | No Proxyway mobile test, which our ranking rule requires; the only published NodeMaven mobile test we found is AIMultiple's, and NodeMaven subscribes to its benchmarking |
| Proxy-Seller | Rents per-IP mobile proxies, but its shared option puts an undisclosed number of users on each IP, and its Facebook proxy page says "The main task of the server is to prevent the ban of user accounts on Facebook" |
| Coronium, MarsProxies, LTESocks, iProxy.online, AirProxy | Their own pages market these products for uses we exclude: sneaker or limited-edition drops (MarsProxies, Coronium), ticketing sites such as Ticketmaster (Coronium), betting bots (LTESocks), account farming (iProxy.online), and Instagram bots such as Jarvee, with a sister service selling numbers for sign-up SMS (AirProxy) |
IPRoyal and Proxidize also sell per-device plans, which are judged in the next section with ProxyEmpire's and MobileHop's.
Which Dedicated 4G and 5G Mobile Proxies Are Worth Renting?
Four per-device plans are worth a shortlist: MobileHop for trying one Verizon 5G modem by the hour, IPRoyal for the widest choice of countries and named carriers, Proxidize for the lowest monthly price, and ProxyEmpire for a monthly line in the US or a four-country pack. A dedicated 4G LTE or 5G proxy is one SIM-connected modem or line rented to you by the hour, day, week or month. The IP still belongs to the carrier and changes when the device reconnects, and ordinary subscribers may share the same public address.
So dedicated does not mean a clean IP; at best it means no other proxy customer shares your connection. ProxyEmpire, IPRoyal and MobileHop rent you a fixed device, while Proxidize's per-proxy plan draws on a pool of devices, which it says can be briefly shared when a location is congested. Per-device plans are also where unlimited mobile proxies live, because you pay for the connection rather than the gigabytes. Two of the four still set data limits: 30 GB a day at IPRoyal and a 50 GB monthly fair-use threshold at Proxidize.
None of them has a published third-party test, so this section compares their published terms, checked on October 4 to 6, 2026; treat a short paid rental as your test.
| Provider | What You Rent | Price (Oct 2026) | Data and IP Changes | Refund and KYC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProxyEmpire Dedicated | A private SIM connection: USA 5G on Verizon in 50+ US locations, or a multi-country pack (US, UK, Austria, Israel) | $250 a month (USA 5G); $125 a month (multi-country) | Unlimited under carrier fair use; IP resets on demand (USA 5G) or 4 to 5 times a day (multi-country) | No right to a refund (only at its discretion); ID check for sensitive sites, or at its discretion before payment |
| Proxidize | A managed US mobile proxy on 4G/5G SIMs, city and carrier set per proxy; devices are pooled, not permanently assigned | $59 per proxy a month (listed in its help center; its pricing page shows only per-GB plans) | Unlimited, with a 50 GB fair-use threshold per proxy per month, above which a proxy may be deprioritized; rotate by button, timer or rotation URL | 30-day refund if under 10 GB used (at most two refund requests); KYC required |
| IPRoyal | A dedicated mobile proxy in 15 countries, with carriers named, such as T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone and Orange | From $10.11 a day; from $130 for 30 days; from $117 a month on 90 days (starting prices) | 30 GB a day per proxy; IP changes by button, link or timer, at most once every 6 minutes (3 in Lithuania), and manual only on 1-day plans | Refund (500 MB or less used) for a connection fault support cannot fix in 24 hours or an unwanted renewal within 72 hours; no crypto refunds; ID check optional but "highly recommended" |
| MobileHop | One Verizon 5G modem per customer, never shared, in 50+ US locations | SingleHop: $5 an hour, $8 a day, $50 a week, $180 a month (MultiHop, with unlimited location changes: $225 a month) | Unlimited; IP reset as often as once a minute | Weekly and monthly plans refundable within 24 hours, hourly and daily not; KYC required for PayPal and card payments |
ProxyEmpire Dedicated is pitched most squarely at testing work: its page lists mobile QA, ad verification, app testing, mobile SEO checks and market research. Its USA 5G plan lists 50 Verizon locations on the product page and 52 across 38 states on the pricing page, with HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5 and HTTP/2 support.
Where it falls short: its refund policy says "All sales and charges are final", so you have no right to a refund even in the first days; any refund is "at Our sole discretion". Plans are monthly only, the multi-country pack allows just 4 to 5 IP resets a day, and its 50% discount code covers only GB-based plans, so dedicated plans stay at full price.
Verdict: pick it for month-long Verizon 5G testing across many US locations; skip it if you need a guaranteed refund or a plan shorter than a month.
Proxidize is the cheapest monthly option at $59 per US proxy as of October 2026. The plan is listed in its help center rather than on its pricing page, and it runs on 4G and 5G SIMs from US carriers it does not name. It requires KYC, and its acceptable-use policy bans ticket bots and fake accounts.
Where it falls short: it is not a fixed device. Proxidize says the upstream connections behind its proxies "are pooled rather than permanently assigned" and that "on congested locations there is a small chance of brief sharing." Even without a manual rotation, it says, the carrier may reassign the IP, typically every 1 to 4 hours. Its help center limits the mobile product to the United States, while its mobile page describes "a managed global mobile proxy network across thousands of locations". Support hours are not published, and the self-hosted Android app that older guides describe was archived in June 2026.
Verdict: the lowest monthly price for one US carrier connection that stays under 50 GB a month; skip it if you need the same physical device throughout.
IPRoyal is the only option here that rents a device for a single day outside the US, and it names more carriers than the other three.
Where it falls short: its pricing page promises "Zero bandwidth and session limits" and its USA page unlimited bandwidth, while its main mobile page and help center cap each dedicated proxy at 30 GB a day. Prices are "starting from" figures, so the location or carrier you pick may cost more. There is no free trial, and refunds outside the cases in the table above are at its sole discretion.
Verdict: the pick for a one-day test on a named carrier outside the US; skip it if one proxy must move more than 30 GB a day.
MobileHop's $5 hourly rental, as of October 2026, is the cheapest of these four plans for seeing how an app behaves on a real carrier connection, and its homepage lists two free location changes on SingleHop plans (a June 2025 help article says one change, then a 10-day lock).
Where it falls short: it is US-only and Verizon-only, hourly and daily licenses cannot be refunded, paying by PayPal or card requires a KYC check, and its terms were last updated in March 2024.
Verdict: pick it for short US tests on Verizon, from an hour to a week; skip it if you need another carrier or country.
Two questions for any dedicated provider
Price is where dedicated and rotating plans are easiest to compare, so that comes next.
What Do Mobile Proxies Cost Per GB and Per Port?
As of October 2026, mobile proxy prices run from $2 to $7.50 per GB on the smallest plans of the six ranked rotating pools, and from $59 to $250 a month for the four per-device plans. Proxyway's 2026 research, with data from March and April 2026, put the median mobile entry price at $30 and the median rate at $4.38 per GB on 5 GB plans, $3.50 on 50 GB and $2.48 on 500 GB.
| Provider | Smallest Purchase (Oct 2026) | About 50 GB | About 100 GB | Unused Traffic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxylabs | 4 GB for $30 | No 50 GB plan (15 GB for $100) | 100 GB for $500 | Expiry not published; plans renew monthly |
| Decodo | $4 per GB pay-as-you-go, or 2 GB for $7.50 (promo) | 50 GB for $150 (list $300) | 100 GB for $275 (list $550) | Pay-as-you-go lasts 12 months; plan traffic lost if you renew early or downgrade |
| Evomi | $3.98 per GB pay-as-you-go (Proxyway reports a 4 GB minimum, about $16) | 50 GB for $170 | 100 GB for $320 | No expiry on pay-as-you-go; plan bandwidth does not carry over |
| DataImpulse | 2.5 GB for $5 (new users) | No 50 GB plan; $100 at $2/GB | No 100 GB plan; $200 at $2/GB | Never expires |
| Byteful | 10 GB for $42.50 | No 50 GB plan (25 GB for $96.25) | 100 GB for $345 | Never expires |
| SOAX | US top-up at $5/GB; minimum not published | Builder, $200 a month, buys about 67 GB of US traffic | Team, $500 a month, buys about 227 GB of US traffic (nearest plan) | Credits last 60 days from each top-up |
Per GB or per port? Sellers often call one device or proxy connection a port. Divide a per-device plan's monthly price by a pool's price per GB and you get the monthly traffic at which the two cost the same. Above that volume on one connection, the device is cheaper, within the data limits in the dedicated-plan table; below it, or whenever you need many locations at once, the pool is.
The break-even table below uses two rates (our arithmetic, prices as of October 2026). The first, $2 per GB, is DataImpulse's country-level rate, which applies only if any city and carrier will do. The second, $4 per GB, is its rate with city or carrier targeting and also Decodo's promo pay-as-you-go rate.
| Dedicated Plan | Monthly Price | Same Cost at $2/GB | Same Cost at $4/GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proxidize US proxy | $59 | About 30 GB | About 15 GB |
| IPRoyal dedicated (30 days, lowest price) | $130 | 65 GB | About 33 GB |
| MobileHop (monthly) | $180 | 90 GB | 45 GB |
| ProxyEmpire USA 5G | $250 | 125 GB | About 63 GB |
Take two cases, at October 2026 prices. Say a test phone moves 100 GB a month through one US connection. MobileHop's $180 monthly modem, which publishes no data cap, costs less than half the $400 that traffic would cost at $4 per GB. Proxidize's $59 plan would cost less still, but 100 GB is twice its 50 GB monthly fair-use threshold.
Now take an ad check run at the same time from 10 US cities, using 20 GB a month in total. Each device or per-proxy connection sits in one city at a time, so ten Proxidize proxies would cost $590, while 20 GB of city-targeted traffic costs $80 at DataImpulse's doubled rate or about $81 on Decodo's 25 GB promo plan.
To size a plan, multiply the pages or app sessions you expect to load in a month by their average size, and add a margin for retries. For a web page, your browser's developer tools show how much data it transfers. Then use the break-even table to see whether a device or a pool is cheaper.
The rate per GB is only part of the bill. Before you compare plans, check what each provider counts as traffic:
- → Decodo bills target error responses such as 403, 404 and 503, plus TLS handshake bytes; errors from its own network are not counted.
- → SOAX counts "partial responses, retries, and interrupted connections" and defines 1 GB as one billion bytes.
- → Evomi bills every request at least 512 bytes.
- → Oxylabs, DataImpulse and Evomi do not publish whether failed requests count, so ask before you run a large job.
Which Are the Cheapest Mobile Proxies?
Of the six ranked pools, DataImpulse sells the cheapest mobile proxies for US traffic at entry level: $2 per GB as of October 2026, falling to $1.60 on its 1 TB plan; SOAX matches $2 only in its cheapest country tier. At higher spend SOAX can undercut it: its $1,500 Scale plan works out to $1.50 per GB for US traffic, and enterprise plans start at $3,000 a month with US rates from $0.85 per GB.
Untested offers match or beat DataImpulse's entry rate: as of October 2026, Proxyrack's product page lists pay-as-you-go mobile traffic at $1.10 per GB, and Proxidize sells 25 GB for $50, also $2 per GB but expiring after a month. Neither has a published third-party mobile test.
A cheap mobile proxy can still cost more in the end: DataImpulse's lowest rate covers country targeting only, and about 13% of its tested IPs were not classified as mobile. That makes targeting the next thing to check.
Can You Choose the Mobile Carrier, City or 5G Network?
On rotating pools you can choose the country and usually the city and carrier. As of October 2026, though, each provider limits which filters you get, what they cost or how they combine, and none of the six documents a way to pick 5G. Carrier choice is often the reason to buy mobile in the first place, for app and ad checks that must run on a specific network, so read these limits before you pay.
| Provider | Carrier Targeting | Known Limits | Longest Sticky Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxylabs | By ASN, such as 21928 for T-Mobile US | ASN cannot be combined with country (the country wins if you send both); some ASNs need KYC; city coverage not guaranteed at any moment | 24 hours, but "may end sooner" |
| Decodo | By ASN, such as 20057 for AT&T Mobility | No ASN plus any location filter (city, state, country or continent); ZIP codes in the US only | 1,440 minutes; the IP may rotate earlier |
| Evomi | By carrier short code from its dashboard list | No ASN targeting documented for mobile | 24 hours on a standard session, which may switch IP; a hard session holds one IP for as long as possible |
| DataImpulse | By ASN, together with a country | State, city, ZIP code and ASN traffic billed at double | 120 minutes |
| Byteful | By ISP, at no extra cost | Its mobile page lists country, region, city and ISP only | 24 hours |
| SOAX | By ISP on every plan | ASN and ZIP code only from the $1,500 Scale plan; set the network to mobile, since a package that also has residential defaults to it | Its pages disagree: 60 minutes or up to a week |
When the phone behind a session drops off, most pools quietly hand you a new IP: by default, Oxylabs, Decodo, Evomi, DataImpulse and SOAX all switch to a replacement automatically. Oxylabs' one-IP option, Decodo's IP lock, Evomi's locked session and SOAX's fail-on-error setting return an error instead. Choose the error if a changed IP would spoil your test, because a silent switch can make results from two carriers look like one.
Which ASNs Belong to T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T?
In the ARIN registry, checked October 4, 2026, T-Mobile USA's wireless network is registered as AS21928, Verizon Wireless (Cellco) as AS6167 and AS22394, and AT&T Mobility as AS20057. If you need a T-Mobile, Verizon or AT&T proxy, that autonomous system number (ASN) is how you can check the carrier yourself, and how Oxylabs, Decodo, DataImpulse and SOAX (from its Scale plan) let you target it:
| Carrier | ASN | Registered To (ARIN) | Where Providers Document It |
|---|---|---|---|
| T-Mobile USA | AS21928 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. | Oxylabs' ASN example; Evomi's carrier code example (tmobileusainc); named by IPRoyal |
| Verizon Wireless (Cellco) | AS6167 and AS22394 | Verizon Business (Cellco handles) | The 5G modems of ProxyEmpire Dedicated and MobileHop; named by IPRoyal |
| AT&T Mobility | AS20057 | AT&T Enterprises, LLC | Decodo's ASN example |
A carrier can route traffic through more than one ASN, so treat this as a starting list rather than a complete one.
City targeting on carrier IPs is less precise than it looks. IPinfo says mobile geolocation can reflect "the location of the carrier's network infrastructure rather than the end user's exact position," which is why carrier IPs often geolocate to a regional hub. Judge city targeting by region and carrier, not by the exact town a lookup shows.
Can You Tell Whether a Mobile Proxy Is Really 5G?
Not from the IP address. To IP databases such as MaxMind, a 5G mobile proxy and a 4G mobile proxy look the same: MaxMind's "Cellular" connection type covers 3G, 4G, 5G and LTE alike, so no exit IP can prove 5G. Phones also move between networks. In Opensignal's July 2026 US report (data from April 1 to June 29, 2026), users with 5G phones and plans had a 5G connection 66.6% of the time on Verizon, 89.8% on AT&T and 91.8% on T-Mobile.
Radio speed is rarely the bottleneck. Proxyway notes that "A 5G label doesn't automatically make a proxy faster," and the median mobile pool in its research averaged 0.96 s, close to the 0.93 s residential median. If you need 5G itself, rent it on a dedicated device, such as the Verizon 5G modems from ProxyEmpire and MobileHop; Opensignal's figures describe users' phones, not modems in a fixed spot. Whatever you rent, measure speed on your own targets and check which carrier IPs you receive.
How Can You Verify a Mobile Proxy Uses Real Carrier IPs?
Even the best mobile proxies hand out some IPs that are not classified as mobile. Check a sample before you buy mobile proxies in bulk. On the smallest plan or a trial, confirm that the exit IPs you receive sit on carrier networks, carry no datacenter flag and land in the country and region you chose, and that none stands out with blacklist listings. Then run your real job from a test device before you pay for a full month.
Collect the sample through an IP-echo address, a URL that returns the IP your request came from. Use the one in the provider's own setup examples, such as the checkers Oxylabs, Decodo and SOAX run, rather than a public IP checker of your choice, because Oxylabs restricts IP-checking sites on its mobile pool. Evomi's terms go further: they ban requests made mainly to log or collect the IPs you are assigned, IP-echo pages included, and close the account without a refund. On Evomi, ask support before you sample, or note exit IPs only from your real job's traffic. Save the exit IPs to a file, pick 20 or 30 at random, and check them from your normal connection, not through the proxy.
1 Confirm the carrier network
2 Check the mobile and datacenter flags
3 Confirm the location
4 Compare fraud scores
5 Test from a real device
If your sample's carrier share falls well below the mobile share in the first comparison table, ask for a refund inside the provider's window, which the same table lists. Oxylabs self-service purchases are non-refundable, and SOAX payments generally are too. One more step before that first trial: rule out the buying mistakes below.
What Mistakes Do Buyers Make With Mobile Proxies?
The ones that cost money directly are paying for a "mobile" or "5G" label without checking the IPs, trusting advertised pool sizes and paying per GB for a job one dedicated device would do. All seven below come from published tests and data or the providers' own terms, as of October 2026:
- Trusting advertised pool sizes. The median advertised mobile pool in Proxyway's research was 16 million IPs, but tests and dashboards can reach far fewer, as the SOAX and Byteful reviews above show.
- Assuming every IP is mobile. None of the six ranked pools was fully mobile. Their mobile shares ran from 86.97% to 99.55%. Infatica's US IPs came in at 86.16%, and Infatica says part of its pool may run over Wi-Fi.
- Confusing network uptime with acceptance on real sites. A 99%+ connection rate to a CDN shows the network is up, not that your target will accept the request.
- Paying extra for 5G you cannot verify. No IP lookup can confirm the radio, and phones on 5G plans still spend part of their time on older networks.
- Missing targeting limits. If your job needs a carrier in a specific city, check the targeting table first: Oxylabs, Decodo and SOAX each restrict how a carrier ASN combines with a location or a plan.
- Paying per GB for one long connection. Above the break-even volumes in the cost section, a dedicated device costs less.
- Treating a carrier IP as clean or as permission. You inherit other users' history, and providers such as Infatica and Proxidize ban fake accounts in their acceptable-use policies.
Catch this one first: paying for mobile and getting something else
Six questions to ask before you pay
- What share of the pool in the target country is classified as mobile, and by which IP database?
- Where do the IPs come from, apps on people's phones or SIMs in your own modems, and how do app users consent?
- Can one request target both a carrier and a city, and does targeting raise the price per GB?
- Do error pages, retries and TLS handshakes count as billed traffic?
- Which sites are blocked by default, and what identity check opens them?
- Does starting the trial change the refund terms, and when does unused traffic expire?
With those checks ready, the last decision is which provider to start with.
The Short Version
For most buyers, Oxylabs and Decodo are the best mobile proxies we could document: both reached about 1.19 million distinct IPs in Proxyway's April 2026 test, with roughly 99.5% of them classified as mobile. Oxylabs suits worldwide work with carrier choice by ASN. Decodo is the better value, reached the most US mobile IPs and sells pay-as-you-go traffic at $4 per GB on its promo as of October 2026. Evomi leads on US success, DataImpulse on US starting price and real-site results, Byteful on speed, and SOAX on the share of US IPs classified as mobile.
If you need one carrier connection for hours rather than many IPs, rent by the device instead. As of October 2026, Proxidize's $59-a-month US proxy is the cheapest of the four we shortlist, though it runs on pooled devices with a 50 GB monthly fair-use threshold. MobileHop rents Verizon 5G modems by the hour, and ProxyEmpire covers 50+ US locations but does not guarantee refunds. If carrier IPs are not essential, ISP proxies keep one address for weeks at a fixed fee per IP, and for sites that let datacenter IPs through, our datacenter proxy picks cost far less.
We read these prices and terms on October 4 to 6, 2026; recheck them before you pay. Then check a sample of exit IPs on the first day: the Deep IP Scan below shows whether an address sits on a carrier network or a server.