Webshare vs IPRoyal

Webshare and IPRoyal both publish proxy rates, yet they ask you to buy in opposite ways. Webshare lets you start with ten shared proxies and 1GB a month at no cost, then bills lists, gigabytes or single proxies by the month. IPRoyal's price list shows no free plan, but traffic you buy does not expire, and its residential rate falls from 7.00 per GB to 1.75 at 10 TB. Refund rules differ sharply, with two days at Webshare and a 24-hour fault window at IPRoyal. Neither company is European by its own pages.

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Both are reviewed in full in our proxy services ranking: Webshare and IPRoyal.

1. 01

   Gigabytes that expire or wait for you

   IPRoyal's residential page says traffic never expires and stays available until you decide to use it, and the pricing page lists no contracts for residential. Webshare prices rotating residential per GB per month, so a plan of 1GB or 3,000GB is sized for each month, and nothing on the page says unused bandwidth carries over. For irregular scraping that leaves long gaps between jobs, IPRoyal's model wastes less of what you paid for. Webshare's yearly billing saving does not change that.

   Edge: IPRoyal

2. 02

   A free plan against a free trial button

   Webshare keeps a permanent free plan of 10 shared proxies and 1GB of monthly bandwidth, with HTTP and SOCKS5, no time limit and no credit card. IPRoyal's price list shows no free plan, though its residential page shows a Start Free Trial button, and its terms say trials are at the company's discretion with possible identity checks. Webshare is plainly easier to try on day one, and a developer can wire it into code immediately.

   Edge: Webshare

3. 03

   Cost of the first and the thousandth gigabyte

   Webshare's rotating residential starts at $3.50 per GB on a 1GB plan and falls to $1.40 per GB at 3,000GB. IPRoyal lists 1GB at 7.00 per GB on subscription or 7.35 pay as you go, 10GB at 5.25 or 5.51, and 1.75 or 1.84 per GB only from 10 TB. At every volume both vendors list, Webshare quotes the lower rate, so a small buyer pays roughly half as much with Webshare. The gap narrows only at very large volumes.

   Edge: Webshare

4. 04

   Datacenter lists, static addresses and mobile

   Webshare sells shared datacenter lists from 100 proxies at $2.99 a month, 1,000 at $26.91, with 250GB bandwidth and unlimited on request. Its static residential starts at $6 a month for 20 proxies. IPRoyal prices from $1.39 per datacenter proxy with unlimited bandwidth, ISP from $1.80 per proxy, and mobile from $117 a month or $10.11 a day. The bases differ, monthly lists against per-proxy and per-day rates, so no clear winner emerges here. Pick by buying habit.

   Depends on the buyer

5. 05

   Two days with low usage against 24 hours for faults

   Webshare refunds a cancellation within 2 days of payment when usage is below 1GB on datacenter or static plans, or 0.1GB on rotating residential. Plan changes mid-month charge only the difference. IPRoyal's clause 6.9 makes paid fees non-cancelable and non-refundable, except a full refund if the service is faulty in the first 24 hours, and crypto payments are never refunded. Webshare's rule is narrow, but IPRoyal's is narrower still. Both are strict by retail standards. Test small first.

   Edge: Webshare

6. 06

   Identity checks, legal entities and location

   IPRoyal's terms, version 10 effective 15 October 2026, are with IPRoyal Services FZE LLC in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, and its KYC policy describes identity verification at purchase for unrestricted access. Webshare, Inc. lists a Walnut, California address, and its terms put the service under California law. We found no identity step described for Webshare, though that proves nothing either way. Neither vendor presents itself as European. Both entities sit outside the European Union.

   Depends on the buyer

Does Webshare's free plan work with code, or is it a browser-only demo?

It gives 10 shared proxies and 1GB a month with HTTP and SOCKS5, so you can use the endpoint in scripts. There is no time limit and no credit card. The home page also lists a documented API and a Chrome extension.

Why would anyone pay IPRoyal's 7.00 per GB starting rate?

The main reason is that bought traffic does not expire, so you pay only for what you use whenever you use it.

The rate also falls to 5.25 per GB at 10GB and 1.75 per GB from 10 TB. Subscription gets 5 percent off pay as you go.

Can I switch Webshare plans without losing money mid-month?

Yes, the pricing page says plans can be changed at any time and only the difference is charged. You can cancel by moving to the free plan. Yearly billing saves 30 percent on the datacenter lists.

• Webshare pricing page: the free plan, datacenter list prices, per-GB residential rates, the two-day refund rule and mid-month plan changes.
• Webshare terms of service: the Walnut, California address and California governing law.
• Webshare home page: the API and Chrome extension, and that no legal entity or owner is stated there.
• IPRoyal residential pricing page: the per-GB table from 1GB to 10 TB and the never-expiring traffic line.
• IPRoyal pricing overview: the from-prices for ISP, datacenter and mobile, and that no free plan is named.
• IPRoyal terms of service: the UAE entity, version 10 date, the 24-hour fault refund and the crypto exclusion.
• IPRoyal KYC policy: identity verification at purchase for unrestricted access.