Best Proxies for Market Research & Data Collection 2026

By Marcus Reiner 2026-04-19 8 min read Use Cases

Market research data is only as good as the IPs that collected it. Here are the proxies enterprise researchers trust in 2026.

What market researchers need

Country and city-targeted residential IPs, audit-ready logs, GDPR-compliant sourcing, and structured data delivery (datasets, APIs).

Top picks

**Bright Data Datasets & Web Scraper IDE** — End-to-end, compliance-first. **Oxylabs E-Commerce + SERP APIs** — Structured JSON across major retailers. **Decodo Residential** — Best $/GB for DIY teams. **NetNut** — Fastest sustained throughput.

Why compliance matters here

Research teams in regulated industries (pharma, finance, insurance) need vendor compliance documentation as part of their audit trail. SOC 2 / ISO 27001 isn't optional.

Scale typical

Mid-market research project: 50–200GB/month across 30+ countries. Enterprise: 1–10TB/month with daily refresh. Budget $2–8/GB accordingly.

Delivery options

Self-collected raw HTML. Vendor-delivered structured JSON. Pre-collected datasets refreshed weekly. Pick based on engineering capacity.

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