Best Shared Proxies: How Many Users Share Each IP, What It Costs and When It Hurts

As of October 2026, Rayobyte sells the best shared proxies for most buyers. Its semi-dedicated datacenter IPs carry at most three users each, cost $1 per IP in the US and Canada, and come with one replacement credit per IP. Oxylabs prints the same three-user cap and offers a $5 credit to try it. Evomi sells shared static residential IPs with unlimited bandwidth. Proxy6 and Proxys.io rent capped shared IPv4 addresses for less than $1 a month, and BuyProxies.org sells capped US and European IPs.

A shared proxy is an IP address that a seller rents to several customers at once, so their traffic leaves from the same address as yours. If proxies are new to you, start with how proxies hand off your requests. Sharing is why these plans cost less, and it is also why another customer's behavior can follow you. The catch is that many sellers never say how many customers share each IP.

This guide ranks six sellers that print a shared price you can pay without a sales call, scored on written sharing caps, independent tests and buyer protections. It is written for legitimate work on public web pages, such as price and ad checks, SEO monitoring and site testing. Free public proxy lists carry a separate set of risks and are not covered. Nobody paid for a spot here, and none of our links pay us a commission.

Author: Christopher Vance Web Infrastructure Specialist

I work as a network engineer in Chicago, and for more than ten years my job has dealt with IP routing and the systems websites use to filter traffic. From the filtering side, a shared IP is one address carrying several strangers' habits. Rate limits, blocklist entries and reputation scores attach to that address, whoever earned them. That is the lens for this guide: what you inherit when you share.

Neither TrustMyIP nor I bought or tested any plan here. The caps, prices and refund terms below are quoted from each seller's site as I read it on October 20, 2026. All test numbers are Proxyway's. Proxyway discloses that it uses affiliate links to sustain itself. Where two pages from the same seller disagree, I quote both and score the weaker promise.

How Were the Best Shared Proxies Ranked?

We started with the six sellers in Proxyway's shared proxy ranking, last modified October 15, 2026. Then we ran web searches on October 20, 2026, and added every shared or semi-dedicated seller they surfaced. Our queries covered "best shared proxies", "buy shared proxies", "shared datacenter proxies" and "semi dedicated proxies". For each seller with a shared product, we read its product page, prices, help articles and terms, then noted five things:

• → Users per IP in writing: a number, or only words like "multiple" and "a few".
• → Independent evidence: Proxyway's 2025 and 2026 tests, labeled by what each one measured.
• → Buyer protections: free replacement of a flagged IP, plus refund or trial terms.
• → Price per IP: what 1, 10 and 100 IPs cost, plus the smallest order the seller lets you place.
• → Caps behind "unlimited": traffic allowances per IP, speed limits and session limits.

We found no 2026 test of a shared IP list against real websites. The closest is Proxyway's 2025 benchmark of shared datacenter proxies, which ran nine providers from February to April 2025 against Amazon, Google and a CDN. Proxyway's 2026 scorecard figures for Rayobyte, Oxylabs and Evomi come from rotating datacenter pools sending requests to a CDN page. They show that a network works, not that its IPs avoid blocks.

Ranking rule: a seller qualified only if it sells shared IPs at a printed price you can pay without talking to sales, and it passed our exclusion rule. Each qualifying seller then got five yes-or-no checks, listed in the scorecard below. Sellers with a 2026 Proxyway test of their network rank above the rest, because an outside test was the only independent evidence we found that a network works at scale. Inside each group, the seller with more checks goes higher. A tie goes to the seller that prints a users-per-IP number, and then to whoever charges less per IP at 100 IPs. The list ends at six picks.

Shared vs Dedicated Proxies: How Many Customers Use Each IP?

The whole difference in shared vs dedicated proxies is one number: how many customers hold the same IP at the same time. Dedicated means one. Shared means several, and many sellers never say how many. Here is how each seller words its shared offer, as read on October 20, 2026:

Three things stand out. Every seller that prints a number stops at three users per IP. Sellers without a number fall back on words like "a couple" or "a limited number", and Webshare's "more than two other customers" sets a floor, not a ceiling. Labels drift too: at Webshare, "shared private proxies" is not a contradiction, because its private tier is shared.

The clearest label comes from a seller that does not share its datacenter IPs. Byteful, whose datacenter proxies are all dedicated, says that any shared datacenter plan it ever sells will be "clearly marked as such". Hold every seller to that standard: a number of users per IP, in writing, before you pay.

Pick a shared proxy when the job touches public pages and an occasional block costs you a retry, not an account. Pick a dedicated IP when the address must carry only your own history, such as a login you own or an IP you add to an allowlist. Our guide to single-user proxy sellers compared covers that side.

What Is a Semi-Dedicated Proxy?

A semi-dedicated proxy is a shared IP with a small, fixed group of users and a printed cap. Rayobyte says its semi-dedicated IPs carry "traffic from a small, fixed group of users" and do not rotate. Oxylabs calls its shared ISP addresses "Semi-dedicated IPs", and BuyProxies.org sells its three-customer tier under the same name.

Semi-dedicated proxies hold most of the value in this category. You get a cap you can quote, and entry tiers cost half or less of the same seller's dedicated IPs. The label alone guarantees nothing, though. Decodo describes its whole shared network as "semi dedicated" and still prints no user number.

Best Shared Proxies Compared on Caps, Tests and Price

Every check below is a yes or a no. The test column uses Proxyway's 2026 benchmarks of each seller's network, and the other four use what each seller's terms said on October 20, 2026:

The test column is a connection test: 70,000 requests over seven days from each seller's US datacenter pool to a CDN page, all from April 2026. None of these tests used the plan we rank. A CDN lets almost any IP through, so read the column as "the network works", not "the IPs avoid blocks". A refund or trial marked "no" means there is none, the pages disagree, or we could not check the terms. LimeProxies also cleared the gates with one check but lost the tie to BuyProxies.org, which prints a cap.

The 6 Best Shared Proxy Providers in Detail

Each review quotes the seller's own sharing terms, puts real limits next to the strengths and dates every price to October 2026. The order follows the ranking rule: sellers with a 2026 network test first, then the rest. Every test figure is Proxyway's, and TrustMyIP measured nothing.

1. Rayobyte: A Three-User Cap and a Swap Credit per IP

Rayobyte sells semi-dedicated datacenter proxies as a plan of their own, next to its dedicated ones. Its product page states the cap several ways, from "shared with at most 2 other users" to "At most 3 users per IP". Each address stays with you: "The IP does not rotate, so you keep the same address for as long as you keep the plan." Datacenter IPs come from 11 countries.

Pricing as of October 2026: US and Canadian semi-dedicated IPs cost $1 each from 5 to 99 IPs, $0.85 from 100 and $0.75 from 1,000. That puts 10 IPs at $10 and 100 IPs at $85 a month. The other nine countries start at $1.20 per IP. The product page takes a further 5%, 10% or 15% off for paying 3, 6 or 12 months ahead, but the pricing page shows no prepay discount for this plan.

Verdict: the best shared proxy plan for buyers who want a written cap and a free way to replace a burned IP. Test it on your real target before you scale, because Proxyway's 2025 benchmark could not get it working on Google. Keep each IP under the 15 GB monthly line in its terms.

2. Oxylabs: Capped Shared IPs in Datacenter and ISP Form

Oxylabs sells shared datacenter IPs as "Datacenter Proxies per IP", with a product card that reads "Max 3" under "Users per IP". Its shared ISP proxies carry the same three-user cap, and its ISP page names Lumen, Comcast, BT Group, Orange and Cox Communications among its networks. One subscription pays for every Oxylabs product, and a free $5 welcome credit covers up to five shared datacenter IPs.

Pricing as of October 2026: shared datacenter IPs cost $1 each up to 30 IPs, $0.90 up to 111 and $0.80 up to 625. Enterprise plans bring the rate to $0.60 from about 4,170 IPs. The smallest paid plan is $30 a month. Ten IPs use $10 of it, and 100 IPs use $90 of the $100 plan. Shared ISP IPs start at $1.50 each, and 100 of them need the $500 plan.

Verdict: the pick for teams that want the three-user cap on ISP addresses as well as datacenter ones. Budget for the $30 entry plan, and plan your traffic around the 50 GB fair-use line on each IP.

3. Evomi: Shared Static Residential IPs Without a Data Meter

Evomi sells static residential (ISP) IPs in three grades: Shared, Private and Virgin. Its product page says "Shared IPs are used by a limited number of other customers and are the entry-level option." Evomi says the grades differ in how many other customers have used an address, not in speed. Its pricing table lists "Shared IPs, unlimited bandwidth" and does not state a minimum order.

Pricing as of October 2026: the Shared grade costs $1.00 per IP a month, against $2.50 for Private and $4.50 for Virgin. Evomi bills monthly per IP, "Subscription only, no pay as you go", with no volume discount on the pricing page. Proxyway lists the plan as $20 for 20 IPs, so check the minimum at checkout.

Verdict: the pick for shared ISP addresses at about the price of a capped datacenter IP, with no traffic meter. Get the refund terms confirmed in writing first, because its two refund statements disagree.

4. Proxy6: The Cheapest Shared IPv4 Proxy With a Written Cap

Proxy6 rents an "IPv4 Shared Proxy" next to individual IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. The shared card reads "Suitable for all sites. Use up to 3 persons", and its FAQ says every other product goes to one customer. You can rent a single shared IP for one week, which keeps a first test cheap.

Pricing as of October 2026: shared IPv4 costs $0.413 per IP a month from 1 to 99 IPs and $0.375 from 100. So 1, 10 and 100 IPs cost about $0.41, $4.13 and $37.50 a month. An individual IPv4 address costs $1.50 a month at the same seller.

Verdict: the cheapest capped IPv4 shared proxy here, if you can live without a refund. Rent one week first, run the checks below on day one, and ask for a replacement the same day if an IP is listed.

5. Proxys.io: Capped Shared IPs in Four Countries

Proxys.io, run by ONLINE CONNECT LTD of London according to its footer, rents shared IPv4 proxies marked "Used up to 3 persons". Its shared proxy page explains that "several users share the same proxy server", which is what keeps the price low. Shared IPs come only from Russia, the Netherlands, France and Ukraine.

Pricing as of October 2026: shared IPs start at $0.67 per IP a month, on terms from 1 to 12 months. The page prints no volume tiers, so 10 and 100 IPs come to about $6.70 and $67 before any term discount.

Verdict: a low-cost capped option when your job needs IPs in one of those four countries. Use the free trial, and get the refund terms in writing, since we could not check them.

6. BuyProxies.org: Capped Semi-Dedicated IPs in the US and Europe

BuyProxies.org sells only dedicated and semi-dedicated proxy lists. Its order page says each semi-dedicated IP is "Shared by no more than three customers in a controlled pool". You pick a location in the USA or Europe during setup. Its own guide calls semi-dedicated IPs "a practical fit for research, scraping, SEO checks, and testing where price per IP is important".

Pricing as of October 2026: 10 semi-dedicated IPs cost $12.50 a month, 100 cost $106.25 and 1,000 cost $837.50, before any taxes. That works out to $1.25, about $1.06 and about $0.84 per IP. Five dedicated IPs cost $12.50 at the same seller, or $2.50 each.

Verdict: a capped option for buyers who want US or European IPs, several protocols and no traffic meter on the plan. Ask support to confirm the refund window in writing, because its homepage and terms do not match.

Shared Proxy Sellers Left Out, and Why

Some familiar names are missing from the six picks. Here is the reason for each, from its own pages or the source named, as read in October 2026:

Which Shared Proxies Are Cheapest per IP?

The cheapest shared proxy depends on whether you count IPs or traffic. With a written cap, Proxy6 is the cheapest, at $0.413 per IP a month as of October 2026. For fixed shared IPs, these are one-month prices for a self-serve buyer, before VAT:

Two sellers look far cheaper than the rest. Webshare sells 100 shared IPs for $2.99 a month with 250 GB of traffic, and Proxyway lists Decodo at $3.50 for 100 IPs with 50 GB. These two cheap shared datacenter proxies lead Proxyway's shared ranking, and neither prints a users-per-IP cap. Both are left out here under our exclusion rule. At about 3 cents an IP, the traffic allowance decides how much work a plan can do.

What sets the floor under a shared price? IPXO, an IPv4 leasing marketplace, reports that average leases on its platform ran $0.34 to $0.40 per IP a month from June 2025 to May 2026. Sellers add servers, bandwidth and support on top. Three Proxy6 customers paying $0.413 each bring in about $1.24 per IP. That is a little below the $1.50 one customer pays for an individual address. At the same seller, dedicated vs shared proxies compare like this, as of October 2026:

• → Rayobyte: $1 per semi-dedicated US IP against $2.50 for a dedicated one, 2.5 times as much.
• → Oxylabs: $1 against $2 per datacenter IP, and $1.50 against $3 per ISP IP, on entry tiers: twice as much.
• → Evomi: $1.00 for a Shared ISP IP against $2.50 for a Private one, 2.5 times as much.
• → Proxy6: $0.413 for shared IPv4 against $1.50 for an individual address, about 3.6 times as much.
• → BuyProxies.org: $1.25 per IP for 10 semi-dedicated IPs against $2.50 for 5 dedicated ones, twice as much.

Those gaps of 2 to 3.6 times sit close to Proxyway's estimate that a shared IP "costs 2-3 times less compared to dedicated proxies". A shared plan priced near a dedicated one should come with a clear answer about what the extra money buys.

For bulk shared proxies, Rayobyte drops to $0.75 per IP from 1,000 IPs, and Oxylabs to $0.60 on Enterprise plans. Proxy6 lists its shared speed at 10 Mbit/s, so look elsewhere if you need fast shared proxies. If you only need traffic, per-GB pools can cost less than a capped IP list: Evomi's rotating datacenter pool runs $0.30 to $0.45 per GB, as of October 2026. Our guide to per-GB rotating pools compared covers that model.

When Does Sharing an IP Hurt You?

Sharing hurts in two separate ways, and only one of them involves the other customers. The first is the label. Most shared proxies sit in datacenters, and detection databases tag those ranges as hosting: MaxMind, for example, sets is_hosting_provider to true when an IP belongs to a hosting provider. A dedicated datacenter IP carries the same label, so paying for exclusivity does not remove it.

The second is the neighbors: whatever the other customers on your IP do lands on the address you use. This table breaks the two problems into four effects and shows what helps with each:

The combined effect is large. In Proxyway's 2025 benchmark, shared datacenter IPs reached a CDN with a median success rate of 99.87%, but Amazon and Google with a median of 59.80%. Proxyway's verdict: "Shared datacenter IPs aren't exactly great for scraping protected targets." That test cannot separate the hosting label from the neighbors, so read it as both at once.

Rate limits are where neighbors hurt most. On Cloudflare's Free and Pro plans, rate limiting rules can count requests by IP only, so every customer on a shared address spends one budget. Cloudflare research on shared addresses found that carrier-grade NAT IPs, where many people share one address, faced rate limits three times as often as other IPs. Their median share of bot traffic was about the same, and their average share was lower. That figure covers carrier NAT, not proxies, but the mechanism is the same, as our explainer on how address sharing spreads blame describes.

Listings stick to the address. The Spamhaus Blocklist covers both single IPs and ranges. Only the network or hosting company responsible for a listed IP can deal with an SBL removal, so a shared proxy buyer depends on the seller for a clean swap. A 2020 study of 151 public blocklists found reused addresses on 53 to 60 percent of them. It estimated that one reused address could affect up to 78 legitimate users for up to 44 days. It studied NAT and dynamic addresses rather than proxies.

Google's help page on "unusual traffic" says the warning can appear when others on the same network or VPN send automated searches. A shared proxy is that setup by design. Here is how the usual jobs split:

How Can You Check a Shared Proxy IP Before You Rely on It?

Check every shared IP on the day it arrives, while you can still swap it or ask for money back. Most checks below need only the address, so you can run them from your normal connection. First, know what each pick offers when an IP arrives already flagged, as of October 2026:

Then run these six checks on every address in your list:

No tool can tell you how many customers share your IP right now. Detection vendors estimate it. MaxMind's user_count field gives the estimated number of users on an IP or network over the past 24 hours. Spur reports the average number of daily clients it sees on an address. A shared IP that looks busy to them can look busy to the sites you visit.

What Do Buyers Get Wrong About Shared Proxies?

Most mistakes people make when they buy shared proxies come from reading a price without its conditions. Each example below comes from a seller's page or a source quoted above, as of October 2026:

1. Assuming "shared" means three users. Only a printed number is a promise. Evomi prints none, and Webshare's FAQ sets only a floor of more than two other customers.
2. Putting a shared IP on an allowlist. Every other customer on that address passes the same firewall rule, so allowlists belong on dedicated IPs.
3. Logging in to your own accounts through shared IPs. The IETF's RFC 6269 warns that on a shared address, one user's failed logins "may block out other users who have not made any previous attempts".
4. Ignoring the cap behind "unlimited". Oxylabs allows 10 sessions per IP, down from 100, once an IP passes 50 GB in a month. Rayobyte's terms call semi-dedicated use above 15 GB per IP in 30 days excessive. IPRoyal temporarily suspends a shared IP once it reaches 100 GB.
5. Committing for months before testing for a week. Proxy6 rents shared IPs by the week with no refund, so a one-week order is the cheap way to learn.
6. Reading a CDN test as a block test. A 99%+ score against a CDN proves the network answers; it says nothing about protected sites.
7. Using a free proxy list to save money. Free public proxies are shared with anyone who finds them, a different and larger risk that this guide does not cover.

Which Shared Proxy Should You Buy?

For most buyers, the best shared proxies as of October 2026 come from Rayobyte. It prints a cap of three users per IP, charges $1 per US or Canadian IP and includes a replacement credit for each one. Oxylabs offers the same cap with a $5 credit to try it. Evomi suits shared ISP needs. Proxy6 and Proxys.io are the low-cost capped options, and BuyProxies.org adds capped US and European IPs.

If the IP must be yours alone, a dedicated IP costs 2 to 3.6 times as much at the five sellers in the price section's same-seller list. It also takes the neighbors out of the picture. For the low end of that market, see our cheapest datacenter plans by seller.

Whichever seller you choose, read the users-per-IP line first and the replacement terms second. Everything here reflects the sellers' pages on October 20, 2026. If a seller updates its terms, tell us where, and the next review will reflect it. Check each new shared IP on day one with the six checks above, starting with the blocklist scan. If a site still refuses a clean IP, the hosting label may be the reason, and our guide on how sites filter datacenter traffic shows the defender's view.