# Proxy and web data providers for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "proxy network" and as "residential proxy provider for web scraping", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Bright Data leads with 47% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Bright Data](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bright-data/index.md) | 47% | 9% | 64 |
| 2 | [Oxylabs](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/oxylabs/index.md) | 36% | 5% | 64 |
| 3 | [SOAX](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/soax/index.md) | 6% | 6% | 16 |
| 9 | [Decodo](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/decodo/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 29 |
| 10 | [Smartproxy](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/smartproxy/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 17 |
| 11 | [NetNut](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/netnut/index.md) | 0% | 28% | 32 |
| 14 | [IPRoyal](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/iproyal/index.md) | 0% | 32% | 19 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 107 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Bright Data, Oxylabs; alternatives Nstdata, Proxidize, Proxy-Cheap
- GPT-5.4 mini: Bright Data; alternatives IPRoyal, Oxylabs, Webshare
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Bright Data, Oxylabs; alternatives Decodo, NetNut
- Perplexity Sonar: Oxylabs; alternatives Bright Data
- Grok 4.20: Oxylabs; alternatives Bright Data, Decodo, Infatica, NetNut
- Mistral Small: Bright Data, Oxylabs
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Bright Data; alternatives NetNut, Oxylabs, Proxy-Cheap
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Oxylabs; alternatives Bright Data, Decodo
- Kimi K2: Oxylabs; alternatives Bright Data, Decodo
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Oxylabs; alternatives Bright Data, Decodo
- MiniMax M2.5: Bright Data, Oxylabs; alternatives Decodo
- GPT-6 Luna: Bright Data; alternatives Decodo, Oxylabs
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Bright Data, Oxylabs; alternatives NetNut

## Sources the answers cite

71 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- brightdata.com: 32 answers, 68 citations
- aimultiple.com: 28 answers, 34 citations
- proxyway.com: 22 answers, 33 citations
- docs.google.com: 21 answers, 29 citations
- gane.ai/index: 19 answers, 20 citations
- oxylabs.io: 17 answers, 33 citations
- proxy-cheap.com: 17 answers, 20 citations
- g2.com: 16 answers, 17 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://aimultiple.com/enterprise-proxy (19 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/enterprise (19 answers)
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sN2aNXqFR60F9rpTF3smQXlFAHTy2cm9kAuQxl4kmVs/mobilebasic (16 answers)
- https://me.pcmag.com/en/proxy/22143/the-best-proxies-for-2024 (13 answers)
- https://brightdata.com/blog/proxy-101/best-enterprise-proxy-providers (11 answers)
- https://proxy-cheap.com/blog/best-enterprise-proxy-services (11 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/proxy-networks/enterprise (10 answers)
- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-service-awards-2024 (10 answers)
- https://liveproxies.io/blog/best-enterprise-proxies (9 answers)
- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2026 (9 answers)

## Warned against

- NetNut: 9 of 32 labels negative. "Public comparisons identify NetNut and 911 S5/related "free or ultra-cheap" networks as requiring especially strong scrutiny because of reported links to botnet abuse" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- IPRoyal: 6 of 19 labels negative. "Flagged for transparency issues, including concerns about fake reviews and lack of clear sourcing practices." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Bright Data: 6 of 64 labels negative. "Avoid entirely: anonymous budget resellers, P2P-based residential networks, and providers unable to prove IP sourcing." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- 911 S5: 4 of 4 labels negative. "Botnet-Linked & Seized Proxy Providers (Strictly Avoid) ... Networks such as 911 S5, RSOCKS, SocksEscort, IPIdea, and NetNut have been targeted by law enforcement" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Oxylabs (42%) to Bright Data (47%). Margin 11 points, beyond the floor.

- Oxylabs: 42% to 36%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 → 2 of 107.
- SOAX: 0% to 6%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 11 → 3 of 107.
- Bright Data: 42% to 47%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 2 → 1 of 107.
- Decodo: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 9 of 107.
- Smartproxy: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 12 → 10 of 107.
- NetNut: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 11 of 107.
- Zyte API: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 12 of 107.
- IPRoyal: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 19 → 14 of 107.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.