Best Mobile Proxies for Web Scraping in 2026: 9 Ranked

Mobile proxies route your requests through IP addresses that mobile carriers assign to phones and cellular modems. Carriers put many subscribers behind one public IP using carrier-grade NAT, so a single address can represent hundreds of real people. Blocking it risks blocking real customers, which is why sites hesitate to ban mobile IPs.

Carriers don't have enough public IPv4 addresses for every phone, so they hand devices private addresses and translate them to a shared public address at the edge of their network. RFC 6598 reserves 100.64.0.0/10 as shared address space for exactly this. RFC 7021, which assessed the impact of CGN on applications, notes that abuse attribution gets harder behind it and that blacklisting a shared address can hurt the legitimate users behind it. That's the standards-backed version of "sites hesitate to block mobile IPs."

The exit IP also belongs to the carrier's network, identified by its autonomous system number (ASN), not to a data center. That's what IP-reputation systems look up first, and a carrier ASN reads as ordinary consumer traffic.

A mobile IP is still only one signal. Sites also check request headers, TLS and browser fingerprints, request rate, and behavior, so a careless scraper gets flagged on a carrier IP too. Not sure which proxy type fits which job? Start with our guide to proxy types for web scraping.

Decodo is the best all-round pick for most scraping teams, and Oxylabs suits teams that need precise carrier and ASN targeting at volume. SOAX gives the most rotation control. IPRoyal and Proxy-Seller sell dedicated mobile IPs, DataImpulse is the cheapest per GB, and Rayobyte, NodeMaven, and AirProxy fill narrower needs.

Table 1: Mobile proxy providers compared (prices as of October 2026)

"Not stated" means the provider's own mobile pages didn't say, not that the feature is missing, so ask before you buy if it matters to you.

Best for, in one line each:

1. Decodo: most scraping teams that want a rotating mobile pool with ASN targeting and a money-back window.
2. Oxylabs: high-volume jobs that need carrier, ASN, or coordinate-level targeting.
3. SOAX: teams that want to script exactly when the IP rotates.
4. IPRoyal: anyone who wants to choose between a rotating pool and a dedicated mobile IP from one vendor.
5. DataImpulse: the lowest pay-as-you-go price per GB, with traffic that never expires.
6. Rayobyte: steady monthly volume on US carrier networks.
7. Proxy-Seller: picking a specific carrier and location for each IP.
8. NodeMaven: sessions that must keep one mobile IP for hours.
9. AirProxy: one dedicated 4G SIM for European targets.

We scored each provider on facts it publishes and you can check: which mobile networks it covers (3G, 4G, LTE, 5G), how finely you can target carriers or ASNs, session control (rotation and sticky time), protocols, how transparent the pricing is, and the trial or refund terms. We ignored vendor-claimed pool sizes, success rates, and speeds.

There's no success-rate benchmark here, on purpose. Success depends on the target, the day, and your client, so a number measured on someone else's targets doesn't transfer to yours. Run the test script below against your own targets during each trial instead.

A few names didn't make the cut. Bright Data also sells mobile IPs over real 3G, 4G, and 5G connections and requires a short KYC (know your customer) review before you can use them. Its public pricing page didn't show a mobile rate, so we couldn't price it fairly against the others. Webshare doesn't sell mobile proxies. Several providers from the 2021 version of this list no longer load or no longer sell mobile proxies, so they're gone.

Nine providers made the list. As of October 2026, rotating mobile traffic costs about $2 to $7.50 per GB on entry plans, falling below $3.50 per GB at volume. Dedicated mobile IPs cost from about $10 a day or week to around $130 a month, usually with unlimited bandwidth.

Prices exclude VAT where the provider says so.

Pick Decodo for a capable rotating mobile pool without enterprise paperwork. Pay as you go lists at $8 per GB, and the pricing page shows it at $4 with a 50% promotion. Monthly plans list from $7.50 per GB on 2 GB down to $5.50 per GB on 100 GB, also shown at half price. The pool covers 3G, 4G, and 5G, supports HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, and includes country, city, and ASN targeting at no extra charge. Its product page offers both rotating sessions and sticky sessions. Plans carry a "Start free trial" button and a 14-day money-back option. Drawback: the headline prices depend on a promotion that may end. In the trial, check that ASN targeting returns the carrier you asked for.

Pick Oxylabs if targeting precision matters more than entry price. Its rotating mobile pool bills per GB: $7.50 on the smallest tiers, $6.67 up to 14 GB, $5 up to 100 GB, and $3.50 from 714 GB. It covers 3G, 4G, LTE, and 5G and supports HTTP(S), HTTP3, and SOCKS5. You can target by continent, country, state, city, coordinates, or ASN, with carrier targeting and no extra fees. Static sessions hold one IP for up to 24 hours. New accounts get a $5 welcome credit that works on mobile proxies. Drawback: self-service purchases are non-refundable, so spend the credit on your real targets before you subscribe. In the trial, confirm that a 24-hour sticky session really holds one IP across your job.

Pick SOAX to decide exactly when your IP changes. One rate covers its residential and mobile networks, varying by the exit country's tier. For tier-1 countries such as the US, the no-fee Sandbox tier bills $5 per GB, Builder is $200 a month at $3 per GB, and Enterprise starts from $0.85 per GB. The mobile network covers 3G, 4G, and 5G over HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS5. You can rotate per request, after N requests, after a set time, or on error, or lock a sticky node. Targeting covers country, region, city, and ISP, with ASN and ZIP on the Scale tier and above. Drawback: there's no free trial, and the deepest targeting needs a bigger plan. Test on-error rotation against your hardest target.

Pick IPRoyal if you're undecided between a shared pool and your own mobile IP. It sells both. Rotating plans cost $6.80 per GB for 2 GB, falling to $5.20 per GB at 100 GB. Dedicated mobile proxies start at $10.11 for 24 hours or $130 for 30 days, with longer terms slightly cheaper per month. The network covers 5G, 4G, 3G, and LTE, supports HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, and filters by country, state, city, or carrier. The 24-hour plan is the cheapest way on this list to test a carrier IP that's yours alone. Drawback: at low volume, a dedicated plan costs much more over a month than a shared pool. In the trial, time how long the IP takes to change after a rotation call.

Pick DataImpulse if price per GB decides it. Pay as you go costs $2 per GB, with a $5 starter pack of 2.5 GB for new users and a $50 plan for 25 GB. Volume lowers the rate to $1.60 per GB on its $1,600 plan for 1 TB, and traffic doesn't expire. The pool covers 3G, 4G, 5G, and LTE over HTTP(S) or SOCKS5, with rotating or sticky sessions of up to 120 minutes. Country targeting is included in the price, and state, city, ZIP, and ASN targeting are listed as new. A 7-day refund policy applies. Drawback: fewer session and support controls than the enterprise vendors. In the trial, check how often the new ASN filter returns the network you asked for.

Pick Rayobyte if you scrape US targets at a steady monthly volume. Its mobile IPs run on US carrier networks, sticky or rotating, and plans are sold through sales. Professional is $250 a month for 83 GB ($3 per GB), Business is $1,000 for 571 GB ($1.75 per GB), and Corporate is $2,500 for 2,632 GB ($0.95 per GB). Its page explains the CGNAT point in plain words: many phone users share each carrier IP. Sales can add carriers in other countries for a project. Drawback: plan bandwidth expires after 30 days, there's no self-serve mobile trial, and its mobile page doesn't state SOCKS5 or 5G support. In the first month, measure how much of the 83 GB your pages actually use.

Pick Proxy-Seller if you need a specific carrier in a specific market. It sells mobile access per IP rather than per GB. Shared access starts at $10 per IP with a minimum of one address for one week, and dedicated IPs are priced in its configurator. You choose the access type, location, and carrier before you pay. Its page lists 5G, 4G, and LTE, HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, and unlimited bandwidth within the carrier's fair-use policy. The IP rotates on demand by link or automatically every 5 or 30 minutes. Drawback: there's no standard free trial for mobile, though enterprise teams can request a free proof of concept. In your first week, confirm that the exit ASN matches the carrier you picked.

Pick NodeMaven if your job needs one mobile IP to last for hours. Mobile traffic bills per GB from $2.20, and plans include both its residential and mobile pools. The mobile network covers 5G, 4G, and LTE. Sticky sessions last up to 24 hours, or you can rotate automatically. Plans list country, city, and ISP targeting, and the mobile page adds ZIP and carrier options. You connect with HTTP or SOCKS5 credentials, and unused traffic rolls over to the next billing period. There's no free trial, but a $3.50 paid trial includes 750 MB. Drawback: its pages focus on multi-account and social workflows, so check the fit on your scraping targets. In the trial, hold one sticky session for a few hours and log every IP change.

Pick AirProxy if you want a whole 4G SIM card to yourself for European targets. Each proxy is a dedicated SIM located in Italy, priced at €67 per 30 days with unlimited data. You control rotation: at a custom interval, at set times of day, with a "change IP" button, or through an API link that rotates the IP each time you load it. A 72-hour trial costs €9.90 and doesn't renew automatically. The first payment on an account is refundable in full within 48 hours. Drawback: one country only, so it suits European targets and long stable sessions, not global scraping. In the trial, use the rotation link with the script below and confirm the new IP still belongs to an Italian mobile carrier.

WebScrapingAPI doesn't sell mobile proxies. If you're buying them only to get pages back from protected sites, the Scraper API is the managed alternative. You send a URL, and it handles proxy routing, rotation, retries, and optional JavaScript rendering. Rendering and geotargeting cost no extra credits, and the trial includes 5,000 requests.

Our Scraper API plans run from $19 a month for 7,000 requests up to $599 for 450,000. Every plan includes country targeting, and you can add supported city, state, or ASN context when location changes the response. JSON responses report what each call cost, so you can track spend per target.

It's the wrong tool when you need a real carrier IP in your own client: app-only endpoints, logged-in account work, or content that changes by carrier. For those, buy a mobile proxy from the list above.

If you want raw IPs that cost less than mobile, our residential proxies start at $8.50 per GB on pay as you go.

For most scraping, no. 4G and 5G describe the radio link between a device and the carrier, which mainly affects speed and latency. Target sites see the carrier's public IP and ASN, not the radio generation. Pay extra for 5G only when throughput matters, and judge any network by your own trial results.

The 3GPP 5G system overview explains what 5G changes in the network itself: a new radio and core designed for higher capacity and lower latency. None of that reaches the site you scrape as a different kind of IP.

When a pricing page says "3G/4G/LTE/5G," it usually means the pool includes devices on those networks. You rarely get to pick the generation per request, and none of the nine providers' pages promises it. Coverage in your target country and the choice of carrier matter far more. On a dedicated modem, how often the IP changes depends on when the modem reconnects to the carrier, not on whether it's 4G or 5G.

Buy rotating mobile proxies, billed per GB, when each request should come from a different carrier IP and your pages are light. Buy a dedicated mobile IP or modem port, billed per day or month, when you need one stable identity, heavy bandwidth, or control over when the IP changes.

A rotating pool hands you a fresh carrier IP per request or per session from a shared set of devices. Most also offer sticky sessions, which hold one IP for a set time, such as 120 minutes on DataImpulse or 24 hours on Oxylabs and NodeMaven, before it rotates. For more depth, see how IP rotation works.

A dedicated mobile IP is a modem or SIM assigned to you. The IP stays put until you rotate it or the carrier reassigns it.

Table 2: Rotating pool vs dedicated mobile IP

Divide the price per GB by the pages you get per GB, then divide by your success rate. At $4 per GB and 300 KB pages, a request costs about $0.0012. If 60% of requests succeed, each usable page costs about $0.002, or $2 per 1,000. Heavier pages and blocks raise that fast.

The formula is:

cost per usable page = (price per GB × page size in GB) ÷ success rate

Use decimal units, where 1 GB is 1,000,000 KB, so a 300 KB page is 0.0003 GB. The 300 KB page size and the 60% success rate are example inputs, not measurements.

Per-GB plans meter every byte you transfer, including block pages, CAPTCHA pages, and retries, so a block costs you twice: once in bandwidth and again when you retry.

Dedicated IPs flip the math. Divide the price per day or month by the usable pages you collect in that period. At high volume, a dedicated IP can undercut per-GB pricing, because bandwidth is unlimited on the plans that say so.

A per-request scraping API changes the unit again. The Scraper API Starter plan is $19 for 7,000 requests, about $0.0027 each, and Pro is $599 for 450,000, about $0.0013 each. Compare paid proxy prices across every type.

Table 3: Cost per usable page, worked example

Page size and success rate are example inputs. Use your own from a trial.

Not always. Mobile IPs carry more trust because of carrier-grade NAT, but they usually cost more per GB and can be slower. Start with residential proxies for most sites, and move only the blocked targets to mobile. Choose mobile first for mobile-only content, app endpoints, or targets that block residential ranges.

People often search for "mobile residential proxies," but they're two different products. Residential IPs come from home broadband, and mobile IPs come from cellular carriers. Residential entry rates sit well below most mobile rates, so run the bulk of your pages on residential IPs and send only the stubborn targets through mobile. For residential rankings, see the best rotating residential proxies. Not sure mobile is the answer at all? Compare the best proxies for web scraping by job.

You don't need mobile proxies for most public pages. Static sites, APIs with light protection, and bulk crawling run fine on datacenter or ISP proxies at a fraction of the cost. Use residential IPs for consumer sites, and keep mobile for the targets that still block you. A scraping API can replace the whole stack.

Escalate in order: datacenter first, then ISP or residential, then mobile, or a managed API at any step where managing proxies stops being worth your time. Start with shared and dedicated datacenter proxies for volume, and move to ISP proxies for long sessions when you need a stable residential-looking IP. Before you buy anything pricier, try the fixes that don't need a new proxy: realistic headers, slower pacing, and consistent fingerprints solve a surprising share of blocks.

Send ten requests through the gateway to an IP-echo endpoint and count the unique exit IPs. Look up who owns each IP and check that the name is a mobile carrier, not a data center. Confirm that a sticky session holds one IP and that wrong credentials return 407, then try your real target.

The script below does the first three checks. Run it during the trial with your provider's rotating gateway in PROXY_URL, a session-pinned username in STICKY_PROXY_URL, and, for a dedicated modem, the provider's rotation link in ROTATE_URL. It uses the proxy support in Python Requests.

"""Mobile proxy trial check: exit IPs, sticky behavior, rotation, and who owns each exit IP.

Usage (credentials stay in env vars, never in code):
  export PROXY_URL="http://USER:PASS@gateway.example:7000"            # rotating endpoint
  export STICKY_PROXY_URL="http://USER-session-abc:PASS@gateway.example:7000"  # optional
  export ROTATE_URL="https://provider.example/api/rotate?key=..."      # optional, dedicated ports
  python check_mobile_proxy_trial.py --requests 10
"""
import argparse
import ipaddress
import json
import os
import re
import time

import requests

IP_ECHO = "https://httpbin.org/ip"
MOBILE_HINTS = ("mobile", "wireless", "cellular", "lte", "telecom", "t-mobile", "verizon",
                "at&t", "vodafone", "orange", "telefonica", "jio", "airtel")


def session_for(proxy_url):
    s = requests.Session()
    s.trust_env = False  # ignore HTTP(S)_PROXY from the shell so only the proxy under test is used
    s.proxies = {"http": proxy_url, "https": proxy_url}
    return s


def exit_ip(s, timeout):
    start = time.perf_counter()
    try:
        r = s.get(IP_ECHO, timeout=timeout)
    except requests.exceptions.ProxyError as e:
        if "407" in str(e):  # HTTPS through a proxy fails at CONNECT, so the 407 arrives as an exception
            raise SystemExit("407 Proxy Authentication Required: check the username and password")
        raise
    ms = round((time.perf_counter() - start) * 1000)
    if r.status_code == 407:
        raise SystemExit("407 Proxy Authentication Required: check the username and password")
    r.raise_for_status()
    return r.json()["origin"].split(",")[0].strip(), ms


def owner(ip):
    """Look up the network that announces an exit IP. ipinfo first (token optional), RDAP as fallback."""
    token = os.environ.get("IPINFO_TOKEN")
    try:
        r = requests.get(f"https://ipinfo.io/{ip}/json", params={"token": token} if token else None, timeout=10)
        if r.ok:
            return r.json().get("org", "")
    except requests.RequestException:
        pass
    try:
        r = requests.get(f"https://rdap.org/ip/{ip}", timeout=15)
        if r.ok:
            d = r.json()
            return f"{d.get('name', '')} ({d.get('country', '')})"
    except requests.RequestException:
        pass
    return "unknown"


def looks_mobile(org):
    # A name hint, not proof: carriers also run fixed-line and data center ranges.
    return any(re.search(rf"\b{re.escape(h)}\b", org.lower()) for h in MOBILE_HINTS)


def run(label, proxy_url, n, timeout):
    s = session_for(proxy_url)
    rows = []
    for i in range(n):
        try:
            ip, ms = exit_ip(s, timeout)
            rows.append({"i": i, "ip": ip, "ms": ms})
        except requests.RequestException as e:
            rows.append({"i": i, "error": type(e).__name__})
    ips = [r["ip"] for r in rows if "ip" in r]
    unique = sorted(set(ips))
    owners = {ip: owner(ip) for ip in unique}
    latencies = sorted(r["ms"] for r in rows if "ms" in r)
    summary = {
        "label": label,
        "requests": n,
        "ok": len(ips),
        "errors": [r["error"] for r in rows if "error" in r],
        "unique_exit_ips": len(unique),
        "median_ms": latencies[len(latencies) // 2] if latencies else None,
        "exit_owners": {ip: {"org": o, "looks_mobile": looks_mobile(o),
                             "private_or_cgnat": ipaddress.ip_address(ip) in ipaddress.ip_network("100.64.0.0/10")
                             or ipaddress.ip_address(ip).is_private}
                        for ip, o in owners.items()},
    }
    print(json.dumps(summary, indent=2))
    return summary


def main():
    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    ap.add_argument("--requests", type=int, default=10)
    ap.add_argument("--timeout", type=float, default=20)
    a = ap.parse_args()

    rotating = os.environ.get("PROXY_URL")
    if not rotating:
        raise SystemExit("Set PROXY_URL to the provider's gateway, e.g. http://USER:PASS@host:port")
    run("rotating", rotating, a.requests, a.timeout)

    sticky = os.environ.get("STICKY_PROXY_URL")
    if sticky:
        s = run("sticky", sticky, a.requests, a.timeout)
        print("sticky held one IP:", s["unique_exit_ips"] == 1)

    rotate_url = os.environ.get("ROTATE_URL")
    if rotate_url:
        before, _ = exit_ip(session_for(rotating), a.timeout)
        requests.get(rotate_url, timeout=30).raise_for_status()
        time.sleep(10)  # modems need a few seconds to reattach to the carrier
        after, _ = exit_ip(session_for(rotating), a.timeout)
        print(json.dumps({"rotation_api": {"before": before, "after": after, "changed": before != after}}))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

How to read the output:

• unique_exit_ips on the rotating run should be close to the number of requests if the pool rotates per request. A value of 1 means you're on a sticky or dedicated endpoint.
• exit_owners and looks_mobile show who announces each exit IP. A carrier name is a hint, not proof, because carriers also run fixed-line and data center ranges. When looks_mobile is false, look up the ASN yourself before you blame the provider.
• sticky held one IP: True confirms that the session-pinned username keeps one address for the whole run. Repeat the run later to see how long the session really lasts.
• rotation_api.changed tells you whether the provider's rotation link actually gave a dedicated modem a new IP.
• A wrong password stops the script with a 407 Proxy Authentication Required message, which separates credential problems from blocks.
• Ownership lookups use ipinfo.io, which rate-limits anonymous requests. Set an optional IPINFO_TOKEN, or let the script fall back to RDAP.

For a SOCKS5 gateway, install requests[socks] and use a socks5h:// URL so DNS lookups also go through the proxy (RFC 1928 defines SOCKS5). For general checks that apply to any proxy type, see our general proxy testing methods.

To keep the first spend small, pick a paid short trial (IPRoyal's 24-hour dedicated plan, NodeMaven's $3.50 trial, or AirProxy's €9.90 for 72 hours) or a plan with a money-back window (Decodo's 14 days or DataImpulse's 7 days).

Using mobile proxies is legal in most places, but how the IPs were obtained matters. Some proxy networks have enrolled phones through hidden app SDKs without clear consent. Prefer providers that explain their sourcing, run KYC, and publish acceptable-use rules, and scrape only public data within each site's terms and local law.

In January 2026, Google's threat intelligence team described disrupting a large residential proxy network whose operators distributed SDKs that app developers embedded in mobile and desktop apps, turning users' devices into exit nodes. If a provider can't explain where its mobile IPs come from, treat that as a warning.

Some providers on this list address sourcing directly. Proxy-Seller says its mobile IPs come through agreements with carriers, and Oxylabs publishes a proxy sourcing page. Read those pages yourself rather than taking any certification on trust. This isn't legal advice. If your project touches personal data or a site's terms, check with counsel.

For scraping and data collection, Decodo and Oxylabs are the strongest all-round choices, and SOAX offers the most rotation control. For automation that needs one stable identity, such as logged-in sessions, dedicated mobile IPs from IPRoyal, Proxy-Seller, or AirProxy work better than a rotating pool. Test each one on your own targets first.

They're worth it only for targets that still block you on residential IPs, for mobile-only content, or for app endpoints. Mobile traffic usually costs more per GB than residential, so start with cheaper proxies and move only the blocked targets to mobile. Measure cost per usable page, not cost per GB.

On this list, DataImpulse is the cheapest pay-as-you-go option at $2 per GB, and NodeMaven starts at $2.20 per GB, as of October 2026. Per-IP options start around $10 for a day or a week. Free mobile proxies aren't worth the risk, and free proxy lists are for throwaway tests only.

Many do. Decodo, Oxylabs, SOAX, IPRoyal, DataImpulse, Proxy-Seller, and NodeMaven state SOCKS5 support alongside HTTP on their own pages. Others state only HTTP or don't say. SOCKS5 helps when your client needs non-HTTP traffic or proxy-side DNS. In Python, install requests[socks] and use a socks5h proxy URL.

They reduce blocks that come from IP reputation, because carrier IPs are shared by many real users. They don't fix the other signals sites check, such as headers, browser fingerprints, request rate, and behavior. Expect fewer CAPTCHAs, not zero, and respect each site's terms. A managed scraping API handles more of those signals for you.

Teams use mobile proxies to collect public data from sites that block data center and residential ranges, to see mobile-specific content and ads in a given country, to test apps and mobile sites from real carrier networks, and to run account workflows such as social media management that need a stable, trusted IP.

Rotating mobile proxies give you a new carrier IP per request or per session from a shared pool, billed per GB. A dedicated mobile proxy is one modem or SIM assigned to you, billed per day or month, often with unlimited bandwidth. You decide when its IP changes, through a link, an API call, or a timer.

Some providers allow it. Oxylabs lists carrier and ASN targeting, Decodo lists ASN targeting, IPRoyal filters by carrier, and Proxy-Seller lets you choose the carrier before purchase. SOAX offers ASN targeting on higher plans, and DataImpulse lists it as a new feature. Confirm the exit ASN during your trial with a lookup.

It depends on the provider and the carrier. Oxylabs and NodeMaven state sticky sessions of up to 24 hours, and DataImpulse states up to 120 minutes. Dedicated modem proxies keep their IP until you rotate it or the carrier reassigns it. Plan for unexpected changes, and design scrapers to resume after one.

5G can be faster, but it doesn't change how a site judges the IP. Sites see the carrier's address and network, not the radio generation, and most pools mix 3G, 4G, LTE, and 5G devices. Choose a provider for coverage, targeting, and price, then check speed on your own targets.

Get pages back without managing mobile IPs. If you're buying mobile proxies only to get past blocks, try the Scraper API first. It handles routing, rotation, retries, and JavaScript rendering for you, with no extra credits for rendering or geotargeting, and failed requests aren't billed. Start with 5,000 free requests.

Need raw IPs for your own scraper instead? Compare residential proxy plans.