Key takeaways
The TL;DR. 4 headline facts about Storm Proxies pulled from our test rig + their public documentation.
- ▸700K+ IPs across 50+ countries.
- ▸Pricing starts at $14.00/mo across 2 published tiers.
- ▸97.5% rig-tested success rate, 1.1s average response.
- ▸Headquartered in USA, founded 2016.
The verdict
Independent nightly benchmarks since March 2024 — here's where Storm Proxies lands.
- Truly unlimited bandwidth on every plan — no per-GB charges
- Very low entry pricing ($14/mo datacenter, $10/mo dedicated)
- Extremely simple backconnect setup with instant delivery, no API needed
- Large advertised residential pool with automatic rotation
- Thread/port-based pricing scales predictably for concurrent tasks
- Beginner-friendly, well-suited to SEO tools like Scrapebox and GSA
- Owns its own datacenter inventory with 24/7 email support
- No SOCKS5 support — HTTP/HTTPS proxies only
- No city, state, or ASN-level geo-targeting (only USA/EU/Worldwide)
- Restrictive refund: 24 hours and only on the smallest plan of each type
- IP-authentication only on rotating plans; no username:password option
- Dated service with no modern dashboard, sticky sessions, or proxy manager
Pricing C+ · Performance A · 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 Storm Proxies?+
What we think after testing Storm Proxies
Editorial review by Maya Cortez · last tested Jun 1, 2026
Overview. Storm Proxies has been a fixture of the budget proxy market since around 2016, and it shows — both in price and in age. The service is built around backconnect gateway proxies: you point your software at a fixed gateway IP and Storm rotates the exit IP on its side. Three product lines exist: rotating residential, rotating datacenter/reverse proxies, and static private dedicated proxies. Bandwidth is genuinely unlimited across every plan, which remains the single strongest selling point.
Pricing. Pricing is aggressively cheap and entirely thread/port-based. Rotating residential runs $50/mo for 5 ports up to $300/mo for 50 ports, with a $19/mo 1-port entry. Rotating datacenter starts at a $14/mo 10-thread test plan, then scales to $147/mo for 200 threads. Static dedicated proxies start at just $10/mo for 5 IPs. There is no per-GB billing anywhere — you pay for concurrency, not traffic.
Strengths and weaknesses. Setup is about as simple as proxies get: no API, no dashboard complexity, instant delivery, IP-authentication only. That makes it friendly to beginners, SEO tool users (Scrapebox, GSA), and basic scraping. But the service is visibly dated. There is no SOCKS5 (HTTP/HTTPS only), no city/ASN targeting (only USA, EU, USA+EU, Worldwide), no username:password auth on rotating plans, and rotation is time-based (every 3, 5, or 15 minutes) or per-request rather than sticky-session controllable. Performance on hard targets (Cloudflare, sneaker/ticket sites beyond their niche plans) is mediocre.
Guarantee and support. The money-back guarantee is narrow: 24 hours, and only on the smallest/cheapest package of each proxy type — all larger plans are non-refundable. Support is email-only, advertised 24/7 with most replies under an hour. Bottom line: Storm Proxies is a cheap, no-frills, unlimited-bandwidth option ideal for beginners and light SEO/scraping work, but its dated HTTP-only stack, weak geo-targeting, and restrictive 24-hour refund make it a poor fit for serious or anti-bot-heavy projects.
Storm Proxies Review | The Pint-Sized Performer
Watch our hands-on walkthrough of Storm Proxies — dashboard, API, real workload, the bits the marketing pages skip.
Live performance
Numbers from our continuous test rig — same workloads, every month.
Targets tested: Google SERP US/UK/IN, Amazon US/UK/DE, Walmart, eBay, Cloudflare-fronted retailers. Concurrency: 200. Run nightly since Mar 2024. Full data in our methodology page →
Performance vs the market
How Storm Proxies compares to the directory-wide average across our four standard target panels. = market average, bar fill = Storm Proxies.
Sample size: 120+ providers with published benchmark data. Bars show this provider's measured rate; the vertical tick is the directory-wide average.
IP pool size — ranked
Where Storm Proxies ranks against the largest networks in the directory. Bars are scaled to 226M.
Bars rank total advertised IP pool size. Storm Proxies publishes 700K+ IPs — see the full breakdown in the specs above.
Pricing
Volume discounts apply across types. Prices in USD, parsed Jun 1, 2026.
- Unlimited GB included
- 50+ locations
- ["HTTP", "HTTPS"]
- Unlimited GB included
- 50+ locations
- ["HTTP", "HTTPS"]
Features & integrations
What's included out of the box.
Independent benchmarks
Last run 2026-05-16
Compliance & privacy
Auditable certifications, sourcing and data-handling posture.
Company & resources
Who builds and operates this product.
Key markets covered
50+ countries served.
Storm Proxies vs alternatives
How Storm Proxies stacks up against the closest providers in our directory. Tap any column header to read that review.
| Metric | Storm Proxies | PapaProxy | Squid Proxies | Cherry Proxy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price (per GB) | $14.00 | $2.00 | $24.00 | $2.00 |
| Pool size | 700K+ IPs | 2M+ IPs | 300K+ IPs | 5M+ IPs |
| Locations | 50+ countries | — | — | — |
| Rating | 3.8 / 5 | 3.8 / 5 | 3.8 / 5 | 3.8 / 5 |
| Read review | YOU ARE HERE | View → | View → | View → |
How to get started with Storm Proxies
A 5-minute walkthrough from sign-up to your first successful request. Total setup time: ~10 minutes.
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Create an account and confirm email
Create a Storm Proxies account at https://stormproxies.com/clients/aff/go/affinco. Self-serve access is usually available immediately.
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Choose your proxy mix
Use the dashboard to choose between residential / datacenter / mobile. Start with the smallest plan to validate your workload before scaling.
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Set up your proxy auth
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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Tune rotation policy for your target
Decide between rotating-on-every-request (best for SERP scraping) or sticky sessions (best for account-based workflows).
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Validate against your real target
Run 100-500 test requests against your real target before paying for volume. Compare success rate to Storm Proxies's claimed rate before committing to an annual plan.
Stuck? Check Storm Proxies's documentation or email us.
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