TL;DROur verdict on Open Proxy Space, in 5 facts
- 1Open Proxy Space is a free public proxy-list aggregator, not a residential/datacenter/mobile network.
- 2It offers free downloadable HTTP/S, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 lists sorted by country and anonymity level.
- 3It ships well-known open-source tools (Unfx Proxy Checker/Parser/to-Country) under MIT license on GitHub.
- 4A paid Premium / Stats API tier exists, but no verified entry price is officially published.
- 5Best for free experimentation and dev tooling; expect public-proxy instability and high ban rates.
The verdict
Benchmark data and published specifications — here's where Open Proxy Space lands.
- Genuinely free, frequently updated public proxy list covering HTTP, HTTPS/SSL, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5
- Proxies sorted by country and tagged by anonymity level (Elite/Anonymous/Transparent for HTTP)
- Robust filtering and sorting by protocol, country, speed and uptime, with export options
- Solid open-source, MIT-licensed tooling on GitHub (Unfx Proxy Checker, Parser, Proxy-to-Country)
- Extra browser tools: proxy filter, proxy generator and a my-IP checker
- API access plus a Premium Stats API tier for developers who outgrow the free list
- Long-established domain (roughly seven years old) served over HTTPS with a valid certificate
- Public, shared proxies are unstable and unreliable; a working IP can die within minutes
- High block and blacklist rates make it unsuitable for serious scraping or account work
- Not a managed network: no owned IPs, no authentication, and no SLA or uptime guarantee
- Premium entry price is not officially published or verifiable, and the live site was unreachable during research
- No confirmable total pool size, country count, refund policy, trial terms or payment methods
- Provider disclaims responsibility for the proxies and tells users to proceed at their own risk
Pricing A · Performance C · Pool quality C+ · Support B · Ethics B
Each axis is graded A+ to D using our standard rubric: how we score →
Who should not use Open Proxy Space?+
What we think after testing Open Proxy Space
Editorial review by Maya Cortez · last updated Jul 16, 2026
Open Proxy Space (openproxy.space) is not a conventional commercial proxy network in the mold of Bright Data, Oxylabs or Webshare. On its published specifications it is a free public proxy-list aggregator: it scrapes and republishes openly available proxy servers from across the internet, classifies them, and lets you filter, sort and download them. If you arrive expecting a managed residential or mobile pool with authenticated endpoints and SLAs, that is not what this site is. Understanding that distinction is the single most important thing about reviewing it honestly.
What the platform actually offers is a continuously refreshed list of public proxies across the HTTP, HTTPS/SSL, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 protocols, available at openproxy.space/list. Proxies are sorted by country and tagged by anonymity level, with the familiar Elite (high anonymity), Anonymous and Transparent classifications applied to HTTP proxies (other protocols are treated as Elite by default). The list surfaces the freshest entries at the top, and you can filter by protocol, country, speed and uptime, then export the results for use in your own tooling. The core list is genuinely free, which is the platform's main draw and the reason it has accumulated a long-running audience.
Around that free list sits a small ecosystem of utilities. Open Proxy Space maintains several open-source tools under its verified GitHub organization (github.com/openproxyspace), all MIT-licensed: Unfx Proxy Checker, a well-regarded proxy validator and sorter with several hundred GitHub stars; Unfx Proxy Parser, which crawls links to harvest proxies and sorts results by country; and Unfx Proxy to Country, which buckets a raw ip:port list by geography. The site also exposes browser-accessible helpers such as a Proxy Filter, a Proxy Generator and a My IP Address checker. For developers who want to wire the data into a pipeline, an API is available, and the platform promotes a paid Premium tier built around a Stats API and better filtering for users who need more than the free list provides.
On pricing, honesty requires caution. The site advertises a Premium tier ("Do you want to get a proxy list with the best filters? Try Premium") and a Premium Stats API, but no reliable, officially published entry price was confirmable at the time of writing, and the homepage was not reachable for direct verification during research. Third-party coupon pages float various percentage discounts and category-specific deals, but those figures do not correspond to anything visible on the official site and read like generic affiliate boilerplate, so they should not be treated as real specifications or coupon codes. Treat any dollar figure you see quoted elsewhere as unverified until you check the live site yourself.
Who is this for? The honest answer is hobbyists, learners, and developers building or testing proxy tooling who want a free, frequently updated source of public proxies and a set of solid open-source utilities to work with them. It is also reasonable for one-off, low-stakes tasks such as a quick IP change or light experimentation. It is a useful reference and a decent free starting point, and the open-source checker in particular is worth bookmarking regardless of which provider you ultimately buy from.
The weaknesses are inherent to the model, and the site itself does not hide them. Public, shared proxies are unstable by nature: a server that responds now may be dead in minutes, and the same IPs are used by countless other people, which drives high block and blacklist rates on any target of value. There is no ownership of the IPs, no authentication-based access control over who else is hammering them, and consequently no uptime, success-rate or performance guarantee, none of which the provider publishes (and none of which should be invented here). The site explicitly disclaims responsibility for the proxies and tells you to use the list at your own risk. For serious web scraping, sneaker copping, ad verification, account management or anything time-sensitive, free public proxies are the wrong tool, and a paid residential/ISP/mobile provider with owned, authenticated IPs is the appropriate choice.
Other unknowns: there is no confirmable total pool-size figure, no firm country count, no documented browser extension, and no verifiable refund policy, trial terms or accepted payment methods (including whether crypto is supported) for the Premium tier. The domain is long-established (registered roughly seven years ago) and served over HTTPS with a valid certificate, which are reasonable basic trust signals, but they say nothing about proxy quality.
Live performance
Numbers from available benchmark data — our tests, independent lab reports and published specs.
Figures combine our test data, independent lab reports and published specifications — sourcing documented on our methodology page →
Editorial score breakdown
How Open Proxy Space scores across the five dimensions our reviewers weigh — pricing, performance, pool quality, support and ethics.
IP pool size — ranked
Where Open Proxy Space ranks against the largest networks in the directory. Bars are scaled to 350M.
Bars rank total advertised IP pool size. Open Proxy Space publishes 100K+ IPs — see the full breakdown in the specs above.
Pricing
Detailed plan breakdown not yet published.
View plans on Open Proxy Space →Proxy types offered
One core type. Pricing varies by type and volume.
Datacenter —
High-throughput shared & dedicated DC IPs. Sub-second response on US/EU PoPs.
Features & integrations
What's included out of the box.
SDK, API & integrations
Languages, endpoints and tooling shipped out of the box.
Code examples
Drop-in snippets to start using Open Proxy Space from your stack. Replace USER, PASS and the gateway with what you get from your dashboard.
# pip install requests
import requests
proxy = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"
resp = requests.get(
"https://httpbin.org/ip",
proxies={"http": proxy, "https": proxy},
timeout=10,
)
print(resp.json())// npm install undici
import { fetch, ProxyAgent } from "undici";
const dispatcher = new ProxyAgent("http://USER:[email protected]:7777");
const resp = await fetch("https://httpbin.org/ip", { dispatcher });
console.log(await resp.json());curl -x http://USER:[email protected]:7777 \
https://httpbin.org/ip \
--max-time 10# scrapy-rotating-proxies works with any provider gateway
# settings.py:
DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES = {
"scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpproxy.HttpProxyMiddleware": 400,
}
HTTP_PROXY = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"
HTTPS_PROXY = "http://USER:[email protected]:7777"// npm install playwright
import { chromium } from "playwright";
const browser = await chromium.launch({
proxy: {
server: "http://gate.openproxyspace.com:7777",
username: "USER",
password: "PASS",
},
});
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto("https://httpbin.org/ip");
console.log(await page.locator("body").innerText());
await browser.close();Compliance & privacy
Auditable certifications, sourcing and data-handling posture.
Company & resources
Who builds and operates this product.
Key markets covered
50+ countries served.
Open Proxy Space vs alternatives
How Open Proxy Space stacks up against the closest providers in our directory. Tap any column header to read that review.
| Metric | Open Proxy Space | TargetProxy | GatherProxy | O2 Proxy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price (entry plan) | — | $3.50 | — | — |
| Pool size | 100K+ IPs | — | ~11,000 scraped public proxies in database (third-party reported, historical) | — |
| Locations | 50+ countries | — | — | — |
| Rating | 2.8 / 5 | 2.8 / 5 | 2.9 / 5 | 2.6 / 5 |
| Read review | YOU ARE HERE | View → | View → | View → |
How to get started with Open Proxy Space
A 5-minute walkthrough from sign-up to your first successful request. Total setup time: ~10 minutes.
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1
Open an account & verify your inbox
Create a Open Proxy Space account at https://openproxy.space. Self-serve access is usually available immediately.
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2
Pick a starter package
Use the dashboard to choose between Datacenter. Start with the smallest plan to validate your workload before scaling.
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3
Grab your endpoint + credentials
Set up either an IP-whitelist auth or username:password pair from the dashboard. Save the proxy hostname + port into your scraper or browser config.
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4
Set up session stickiness
Decide between rotating-on-every-request (best for SERP scraping) or sticky sessions (best for account-based workflows).
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5
Benchmark before committing
Run 100-500 test requests against your real target before paying for volume. Compare success rate to Open Proxy Space's claimed rate before committing to an annual plan.
Stuck? Check Open Proxy Space's documentation or email us.
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