What ProxyLook is
ProxyLook is an editorial directory of every notable residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile proxy network — currently 219+ entries — plus the major antidetect browsers used to manage proxy traffic. Each provider gets a hand-written review backed by benchmark data — success rate, response time, IP-pool size and entry price — combining our own test data, independent lab reports and providers' published specifications. How each number is sourced and vetted is documented on /methodology.
We publish the numbers on our benchmarks page and document where each figure comes from on the methodology page. No "trust us" black boxes — third-party numbers are attributed to their source, and providers without reliable data show "—" rather than an estimate.
Where the numbers come from
Every benchmark figure on ProxyLook comes from one of three sources, in order of preference:
- Our own test data — hands-on runs we perform against providers we hold accounts with, paid at full retail.
- Independent lab reports — third-party benchmark studies (e.g. industry testing labs), always attributed on the provider page.
- Published specifications — the provider's own documented figures, used only when no independent measurement exists and labeled as such.
We never invent or extrapolate a number. Providers with no reliable data show — instead of an estimate. The full methodology page documents how each metric is sourced and vetted.
If you want to know where a specific number came from, email us and we'll point you to the source.
How we make money
Affiliate commissions. When you click "Visit Bright Data" and end up signing up, Bright Data pays us a small percentage of your first invoice. Same for most major providers. We disclose this on every page in the top bar, and the link is always honest — clicking through doesn't change what you pay or what plan you can choose.
What we don't take: sponsored reviews, paid placements in rankings, "exclusive partnerships" that change our editorial line, or money to remove a negative review. Several providers have offered. We've said no in writing each time.
Our affiliate revenue funds provider test accounts and the editorial salary. We're not VC-backed. We don't have a growth team. We're three people.
Meet the editorial team
Three named editors with combined 20+ years across web scraping, proxy infrastructure, AI tooling and vendor compliance. Each one owns a beat — and signs every review they write.
Maya runs ProxyLook's nightly benchmark rig and writes the deep-dive editorial reviews on residential and ISP networks.
Helena audits the consent, KYC, and ISO-certification posture of every provider in our directory and writes the procurement-grade reviews.
Devansh covers the AI-native scraping stack — Firecrawl, ScrapingBee, Zyte, Apify, Bright Data Web Unblocker — and the LLM/MCP integration angle.
Need to verify an author's identity for a journalism request, vendor due-diligence, or compliance check? Email [email protected] — we share LinkedIn profiles and prior work 1:1.
Editorial standards
- Every provider review states a "Last updated" date. If it's older than 60 days, we revisit it.
- Every numeric claim traces to a source — our own test data, an attributed independent lab report, or the provider's published spec.
- Every affiliate link is marked
rel="sponsored". - If a provider asks for a correction and they're right, we correct in-place and add a changelog entry.
- If we're wrong about something material, we add a "Correction:" block at the top of the affected page.
Contact
Editorial: [email protected]
Corrections / takedowns: same address, subject line "Correction".
Vendors: please go through the contact form; we read every message but don't promise we'll get back same-day.