Webshare

What Webshare is

Webshare is the budget and developer-first proxy provider of this group, best known for the cheapest entry point in the market and a genuine free tier of 10 datacenter proxies. Founded in 2018, it built its following on a self-serve, no-friction signup and an API-driven approach that appeals to developers who want to provision proxies in minutes without talking to sales.

The network advertises 30M+ residential IPs and a large 30M datacenter pool across 195 countries, with quoted 99.9% uptime and a very fast ~0.5s average response. Datacenter pricing starts at an aggressive $0.99 per IP, while residential is around $4.50/GB.

Who it's for

Webshare is ideal for developers, indie hackers, and budget-conscious teams whose workloads lean on datacenter proxies — high-throughput tasks against sites that do not require residential-grade stealth. The free tier makes it the obvious place to start experimenting, and the self-serve dashboard means you are running within minutes.

It is a weaker fit for collection against the most aggressive anti-bot targets, where residential pool quality and unblocking tooling matter more than price. For that work, the premium providers remain stronger.

Proxy types & network

• Datacenter (30M IPs) — the headline strength: fast, cheap, and the basis of the free 10-proxy tier.
• Residential (30M+ IPs) — a sizeable pool from around $4.50/GB for tasks that need consumer IPs.

Webshare exposes everything through a clean dashboard and a developer-friendly API, with proxy lists, authentication options, and easy rotation. It is built to be provisioned programmatically.

Performance & reliability

On datacenter workloads Webshare is fast and dependable, with sub-second response among the best on this list. Residential performance is solid for the price, though success rates against the hardest targets trail the premium pools and there is no heavy unblocking layer. For straightforward, high-volume datacenter work it is hard to beat on value.

Pricing & plans

This is Webshare's whole identity: datacenter from $0.99 per IP, residential from around $4.50/GB, and a free tier of 10 datacenter proxies to get started. Plans are self-serve and scale cleanly. As ever, pricing changes often, so confirm current rates and limits with the provider.

Pros and cons in practice

Strengths: the lowest entry cost, a real free tier, a developer-friendly API, and fast datacenter performance. Trade-offs: residential success rates and pool quality lag the premium players, there is no advanced unblocking tooling, and support is more self-serve than hand-held.

Support & documentation

Documentation is clear and developer-oriented, well suited to teams that prefer to integrate via API and read the docs rather than open a ticket. Support exists but is lighter-touch than the dedicated account management of enterprise vendors.

Bottom line

Webshare is the value and developer pick, unbeatable for cheap datacenter proxies and risk-free experimentation thanks to its free tier. Choose it for budget datacenter workloads; reach for a premium residential provider when you need to beat the toughest anti-bot defenses.