Webshare review (2026): neat monthly plans, rarely the cheapest

Webshare pricing (as of October 2026)

Monthly plans

1 GB $3.50; 10 GB $27.50; 25 GB $65; 50 GB $122.50; 100 GB $225; 250 GB $500; 500 GB $875; 1 TB $1,500; 3 TB $4,200¹

Yearly billing

About 30% cheaper, per Proxyway²

Pay-as-you-go

Not offered on the residential page¹

Refund

Within 2 days of payment if under 0.1 GB used¹

Free plan

10 datacenter proxies only — no residential traffic¹

Plans run from 1 GB ($3.50) through 10 GB ($27.50), 100 GB ($225) and 1 TB ($1,500) to 3 TB ($4,200, or $1.40/GB), with five sizes in between¹. Proxyway notes yearly billing cuts about 30%²; we couldn’t see yearly residential prices on the plan page when we checked, so confirm before committing.

There is no pay-as-you-go option on the residential page, and whether unused traffic rolls over isn’t stated¹. Assume it doesn’t. The refund window is narrow: within two days of payment, and only if you have used less than 0.1 GB¹. Webshare’s free plan is ten datacenter proxies, not residential traffic.

How it compares: 100 GB a month costs $225 here, $49 on Evomi’s Core plan, $200 pay-as-you-go at Rayobyte and $275 on Decodo’s plan^3,4,5. Webshare is mid-market, not cheap.

Targeting, protocols and sessions

Targeting

Country, city, state, ZIP and ASN in 195 countries¹

Protocols

HTTP(S) and SOCKS5; no UDP²

Sticky sessions

“As long as available”; no custom duration²

Targeting is deep for the price — country, state, city, ZIP and ASN across 195 countries¹ — and Proxyway praises the API and customisation². Two limits: sessions last “as long as available” with no way to set a duration, and there is no UDP support². If you need a guaranteed session length, Decodo lets you set anything up to 24 hours⁶.

Sourcing, KYC and trust

Pool

Claims 80M+ in 195 countries; Proxyway measured 1,745,672 unique IPs²

KYC

None unless activity looks suspicious²

Support

24/5²

Webshare claims more than 80 million residential IPs in 195 countries; Proxyway measured 1,745,672 unique IPs². There is no KYC unless activity looks suspicious, though Proxyway mentions users being hit with verification requests they didn’t expect² — build a little slack into deadlines.

Support runs 24 hours a day on weekdays only (24/5)².

Independent performance evidence

Webshare’s 99.28% success and 0.86 s average put it mid-pack in the April 2026 round: behind Decodo and Oxylabs, close to SOAX, and well ahead of IPRoyal, Infatica and Rayobyte on speed^2,7,8.

Third-party figures are snapshots from the stated date, on the tester’s targets and setup; see our methodology for how we use each source.

Pros and cons

Who should pick Webshare — and who shouldn’t

Pick it if

• You want a fixed monthly bill and many plan sizes to choose from.
• You need ZIP or ASN targeting and a good API without an ID check upfront.
• You already buy Webshare’s datacenter proxies and would rather keep one vendor.

Skip it if

• You want the lowest price — Evomi’s $49 plan buys 100 GB³.
• You buy occasionally and want traffic that keeps — PacketStream and IPRoyal never expire.
• You need weekend support or custom session lengths.

Alternatives to Webshare

• Evomi review — its $49 Core plan buys 100 GB — Webshare charges $225 for that.
• Rayobyte review — pay-as-you-go with similar targeting, cheaper above 50 GB.
• Decodo review — faster measured results and 24-hour sessions.

For the full picture, see the best residential proxies by use case, the price-per-GB tables and our index of all eleven reviews.