Best Cheap Proxies 2026: Under $3/GB That Actually Work

By Elena Park 2026-02-09 7 min read Reviews

Cheap proxies don't have to be junk. Here are the providers offering sub-$3/GB residential that still deliver in 2026.

Cheap that's actually cheap

The price floor for ethical residential bandwidth in 2026 is around $1.50/GB. Anything below that is either (a) a botnet pretending to be a business, or (b) a heavily-overcommitted pool where success rates collapse at peak hours.

Top picks under $3/GB

**IPRoyal Royal Residential** — $1.75/GB, ethical sourcing, no minimum spend.

**Decodo Residential** — $2/GB at 100GB volume, premium-grade quality.

**Webshare Rotating Residential** — $2.99/GB, simple flat pricing.

**Infatica** — $3/GB, honest budget option.

**Proxy-Cheap** — From $2/GB on volume plans.

Where cheap stops working

Akamai-protected airlines and ticketing. Aggressively-managed e-commerce. Sites with rotating anti-bot challenges (Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha). For those, pay 2–3× more for a managed Web Unlocker.

Read more on ToptierProxy Blog or see our Best Proxies 2026 guide.