What are our data sources?
We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in residential proxies category. Our data sources in residential proxies category include;
Residential proxies leverage IP addresses assigned to residential internet users by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). They act as intermediaries between a user's device and the internet, preventing websites and online services from tracking users' online activities. Unlike datacenter and mobile proxies, residential proxies are associated with real households and devices. Based on IP rotation, residential proxies can be divided into two groups:
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We use the data sources on the side for ranking solutions and awarding badges in residential proxies category. Our data sources in residential proxies category include;
review websites
social media websites
search engine data for branded queries
According to the weighted combination of 7 data sources
Apify
Bright Data Proxies
Oxylabs Proxies
SOAX
Infatica
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current residential proxies market leaders. Market leaders are not the overall leaders since market leadership doesn’t take into account growth rate.
Apify
Bright Data Proxies
Oxylabs Proxies
SOAX
Infatica
These are the number of queries on search engines which include the brand name of the solution. Compared to other IT / Tech categories, Residential Proxies is more concentrated in terms of top 3 companies’ share of search queries. Top 3 companies receive 77%, 3% more than the average of search queries in this area.
108 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 87 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 5 companies with >10 employees are offering residential proxies. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 878 employees. The largest company building residential proxies is Bright Data with more than 400 employees.
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the fastest growing solutions:
Apify
Bright Data Proxies
Oxylabs Proxies
SOAX
Infatica
We have analyzed reviews published in the last months. These were published in 4 review platforms as well as vendor websites where the vendor had provided a testimonial from a client whom we could connect to a real person.
These solutions have the best combination of high ratings from reviews and number of reviews when we take into account all their recent reviews.
According to customer reviews, most common company size for residential proxies customers is 1-50 Employees. Customers with 1-50 Employees make up 69% of residential proxies customers. For an average IT / Tech solution, customers with 1-50 Employees make up 49% of total customers.
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all Residential Proxies. Residential Proxies is most positively evaluated in terms of "Overall" but falls behind in "Ease of Use".
This category was searched on average for 13.1k times per month on search engines in 2022. This number has increased to 15.2k in 2023. If we compare with other it / tech solutions, a typical solution was searched 711 times in 2022 and this increased to 784 in 2023.