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1. Proxy Market
Research 2019

2. The best performing
proxy services
Based on proxy service ability to withstand the load of
concurrent connections.
Our tests show that two providers, Oxylabs and
Geosurf, clearly outperform the rest of the
industry. Both providers have extremely stable
and reliable residential proxies.
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25
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75
100
100 200 300 400 500
Concurrent sessions
Successrate
Oxylabs Luminati Geosurf Netnut Microleaves
Rsocks Stormproxies Theproxystore Smartproxy
Best Performance

3. 0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Oxylabs
Geosurf
Smartproxy
Netnut
Luminati
Rsocks
StormProxies
TheProxyStore
Microleaves
The best proxy
providers by
success rate
Measured using our own testing script.
The top three providers are Oxylabs, Geosurf, and
Smartproxy. In terms of success rate, all three
stand almost at the same level, but Oxylabs wins
over by a small number.
Best Success Rate

4. The fastest proxy
services
Measured by the average response time.
Looking at the overall response time, the winner
is Storm Proxies, but coming really close are
Oxylabs and Smartproxy. All of them have less
than 5s of average response time.
Best Speed
0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
StormProxies
Oxylabs
Smartproxy
Microleaves
Geosurf
Luminati
Rsocks
Netnut
TheProxyStore

5. 3
The best customer
support
Based on the number of support channels, accepted
payment methods, and testing options.
Out of all proxy providers, Luminati, The Proxy
Store, Smartproxy, and Oxylabs stand out when it
comes to customer service. However, Smartproxy
still provides the best overall customer support.
Best Customer Service
StormProxies
Oxylabs
Smartproxy
Microleaves
Geosurf
Luminati
Rsocks
Netnut
TheProxyStore
Support channels
Avg. response time
Payment methods
Free trial / Money
back guarantee
3 3 3 58 1 7 4
3 2 3 3 32 4 51
+ + - + ++ + ++
30 min 5 min 1 hour 15 min
24
hours 15 min 1 hour 30 min
Immediately

6. The proxy service with the
most website visitors
Based on the SimilarWeb data.
The proxy service websites accumulate close to
6 million visits per annum. The providers with
the most website visits are Luminati, Storm
Proxies, and Oxylabs.
Most Web Traffic
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1
2
3
Oxylabs
Lum
inati
Geosurf
Netnut
M
icroleaves
Rsocks
Storm
Proxies
The
ProxyStore
Sm
artproxy
4
Totalvisitors(M)

7. The most valuable
proxy websites by
domain rating
Domain rating indicates the strength of a website's
backlink profile. For this research, we're using the Ahrefs
data.
The proxy service providers with the most solid
brands based on the domain rating measure are
Luminati, Microleaves, and Storm Proxies.
Best Domain Rating
Oxylabs
Luminati
Geosurf
Netnut
Microleaves
Rsocks
Storm Proxies
The Proxy Store
Smartproxy
0 20 40 60
Domain rating

8. Top Countries
Based on the SimilarWeb data.
The United States is sending the most traffic to
the proxy service providers websites. Oxylabs,
Luminati, Geosurf, Storm Proxies, and
Smartproxy are among the picks for this
particular audience.
United States
Storm Proxies
Geosurf
Smartproxy
Oxylabs
Luminati
28.56%
23.20%
22.49%
18.60%
14.96%
Israel
Netnut 34.45%
Russia
Rsocks 24.98%
Vietnam
Microleaves 22.49%

9. The proxy service with
the best referral
program
Based on the revenue share that each proxy provider
offers to their affiliate partners.
The majority of proxy providers offer referral
programs that are based on revenue shares. The
highest offers by Luminati, Oxylabs, and Smartproxy
go up as high as 50%. The proxy provider offering the
highest payout limit is Oxylabs ($2,000).
Top 3 Referral Programs
Oxylabs
Luminati
Geosurf
Netnut
Microleaves
Rsocks
Storm Proxies
The Proxy Store
Smartproxy
0% 10% 20% 30%
Revenue share
40% 50%

10. Best Rated
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4.00
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8.00
10.00
The best-rated proxy
service providers
Based on the proxyway.com, privateproxyreviews.com,
stupidproxy.com, and bestproxyproviders.com ratings.
Summing up all of the reviews, the best
performing proxy provider is Oxylabs.
60
Oxylabs
Lum
inati
Sm
artproxy
Geosurf
Storm
Proxies
M
icroleaves
Netnut
Rsocks
The
ProxyStore
9.33
9.13
9.00
6.75 6.60
6.35
4.35
1.98 1.93

11. Performance
Customer
service
Referral
programs
Review
ratings
Digital marketing
performance
The proxy market
landscape
Summing up all of the metrics, Oxylabs and
Geosurf outrank others with their performance.
However, Luminati is ahead of the competition
when it comes to online presence. Smartproxy
provides the best overall customer support.
While the majority of proxy providers offer very
convenient referral programs.
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80%
60%
40%
20%
Oxylabs Luminati Geosurf
Netnut Microleaves Rsocks
Stormproxies Theproxystore Smartproxy
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60%
40%
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60%
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