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Proxy type · reviewed 2026-09-28

Mobile proxies

Carrier$2.00/GB

Mobile proxies exit on carrier networks, the 4G and 5G addresses behind CGNAT. You pay per GB, usually more than residential. The reputation is a phone network, not a house and not a server. That is the entire product.

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UnitPer GB
From$2.00/GB
MeterCarrier
Cheapest cellDataImpulse

In brief

What to know before you buy

Published rates

Mobile pricing

Published entry rates. Quotes stay blank. Confirm the live price before you pay.

ProvidersScopeBillingSessionRateOpen provider
OxylabsMobile proxies are sold. The $6/GB residential rung is not a mobile price.CarrierQuoteRotating or stickyQuote

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Bright DataMobile is a separate product and usually KYC. Do not copy the residential list rate across.Carrier, ASNQuoteRotating or stickyQuote

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SOAXMobile is a separate pool from residential. The $5 sandbox figure is residential, not mobile.Carrier, countryQuoteRotating or stickyQuote

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DataImpulseVendor rate: mobile at $2/GB. Same caveat as their residential meter. Confirm the live top-up before you treat $2 as a contract.CarrierPay as you goRotating$2.00/GB

OpenRead review

Our reading

Who this type is for

Buy mobile when the target distinguishes carrier traffic and residential already failed on your own test. Do not buy it as a default upgrade. It is the expensive meter. If you cannot name the carrier check you failed, you are paying for a story.

Buy it if Targets that treat mobile carrier IPs differently, and tests where a residential exit was not enough. Public data you are allowed to collect.

Skip it if Residential or ISP already works. You wanted a stable desktop login. You are looking for account farming or app abuse. Not this site.

How we compare rates

Facts

What you are actually buying

Mobile proxies · per GB

How the product is sold

Meter
USD per GB
Session
Rotating, sometimes sticky
Targeting
Carrier and country
Entry rate
$2.00/GBDataImpulse vendor rate

Only one mobile row in this sample has a published number. The others stay Quote until the vendor page shows a cell I can cite.

Trade-offs

Pros and cons of Mobile proxies

What this type is for, and when it is the wrong bill.

Strengths

  • Carrier reputation is a real category, distinct from residential and datacenter
  • Some budgets publish a per-GB rate you can read before a sales call
  • Useful as a second pool, not as the first invoice

Limits

  • The honest entry in this sample is still a vendor’s $2/GB, not a lab
  • Major networks hide mobile behind a quote or a different SKU
  • Latency and session length are worse than a static ISP
  • Retries on a per-GB mobile meter get expensive fast

Shapes

Ways Mobile proxies are sold

Same type, different session or commit. Read the row you will actually buy.

ShapeMeterSessionTypical buy
Rotating 4G/5GPer GBCarrier rotationTargets that treat carrier IPs differently
Sticky mobilePer GBHold a carrier exitShort sessions, not a desktop login

A carrier exit is not a faster house

Mobile proxies are not premium residential. They are a different network. Sites that key off ASN will see a carrier. They will also see CGNAT, which means your exit is already a crowd. That helps some targets and hurts sessions that needed a clean sticky IP.

I will not invent Oxylabs or Bright Data mobile prices by copying their residential grids. If the page says quote, the page says quote.

How I would buy it

  1. 01

    Fail residential first

    On your URLs. A blog telling you to start on mobile is selling the expensive meter.

  2. 02

    Read the per-GB cell

    If it is not published, it is a quote. Do not average it with $2.

  3. 03

    Cap the test

    A few gigabytes, one country, then stop. Mobile retries are the bill.

FAQ

Mobile questions

How much do mobile proxies cost?+

DataImpulse publishes $2/GB for mobile in its own comparison. Other major vendors sell mobile without a cell I am willing to copy from their residential page. Expect more than a careful residential plan, and confirm it.

Mobile vs residential proxies?+

Both are usually per GB. Residential is a household ISP. Mobile is a carrier. Use mobile when the carrier ASN is the requirement. Otherwise residential is the broader, usually cheaper pool.

What is the cheapest published mobile rate in this catalog?+

The cheapest published cell in this sample is $2.00/GB on DataImpulse. Vendor rate: mobile at $2/GB. Same caveat as their residential meter. Confirm the live top-up before you treat $2 as a contract. Cheapest is not the default rank. Read the methodology.

When was this mobile page reviewed?+

Editorial review 2026-09-28. Rates are public list or cited entry prices, not a live feed. Confirm the vendor page before you pay.

Keep comparing

Alternatives to Mobile proxies

A different type, not a cheaper logo. Match the job before you match the rate.

Residential proxies

Same unit. Compare the entry cell, not the floor.

From$1.00/GB

Read the verdict

ISP proxies

Different unit. Do not divide one price by the other.

From$0.30/IP/mo

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Sources

Where these numbers come from

Vendor pricing pages and cited public grids. Open them. Then confirm the live rate.