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Proxy and web data providers · November 2026 Edition

Oxylabs vs IPRoyal

One of fourteen models named Oxylabs first on the direct prompt; zero named IPRoyal. Oxylabs was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and IPRoyal by thirteen and Oxylabs carries 58 labels and IPRoyal 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Oxylabs

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

IPRoyal

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5837A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Oxylabs reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Decodo was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Decodo vs Oxylabs · Decodo vs IPRoyal · Webshare vs Oxylabs

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the proxy and web data providers page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OxylabsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIPRoyal
Direct102 against Oxylabs
Paraphrase002 against Oxylabs
Comparative60
Budget-constrained013 against Oxylabs
Scale-constrained00
Negative217 against Oxylabs · 4 against IPRoyal
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Oxylabs and IPRoyal were named in the same answer eighty-nine times, of the 179 answers naming Oxylabs and the 103 naming IPRoyal. In those answers IPRoyal took the first choice six times and Oxylabs fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Oxylabs and IPRoyal stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Oxylabs IPRoyal first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Oxylabs on the left and IPRoyal on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Oxylabs and IPRoyal stood in it.

Oxylabs first, IPRoyal not the choice

1 of 14 modelsIPRoyal was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniBright Data, Oxylabs alternatives: NetNut, Smartproxy, Zyte API

Neither was the first choice, one was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Decodo alternatives: NetNut, Oxylabs
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmartproxy alternatives: Bright Data, IPRoyal, NetNut, Oxylabs
Perplexity SonarDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, SOAX
Grok 4.20Decodo alternatives: DataImpulse, IPRoyal, Proxidize, SOAX
DeepSeek V4 FlashDecodo alternatives: IPRoyal, Infatica, Oxylabs, Proxidize, SOAX
Llama 4 MaverickDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, Smartproxy, Webshare
Qwen 3.7 FlashSmartproxy alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs, Webshare
GLM 4.7 FlashXDataImpulse, Decodo alternatives: IPRoyal, SOAX
MiniMax M2.5Decodo alternatives: Oxylabs, Proxidize, Smartproxy, Webshare
GPT-6 LunaDecodo alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs
Muse Glimmer 30BDecodo alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs, Proxidize, Smartproxy

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallDecodo alternatives: DataImpulse, Proxidize, Proxyrack, Rayobyte
Kimi K2Decodo, Smartproxy alternatives: DataImpulse, SOAX

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
IPRoyal leads by nine points.
IPRoyal9%#3 of 8
Oxylabs0%#8 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Oxylabs2%#5 of 13
IPRoyal2%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Oxylabs leads at enterprise.
Oxylabs36%#2 of 7
IPRoyal0%#7 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Oxylabs

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid premium providers like Oxylabs and Bright Data unless you have a larger budget” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for Budgets: Premium providers like Bright Data or Oxylabs” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Reddit sued them in October 2025, alleging involvement in unauthorized scraping of Reddit comments... treat this as a reason for careful legal and sourcing review” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Safer Alternatives (For Reference) - Oxylabs: Ethically sourced through Honeygain partnership with informed consent” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · first choice
“consider a single vendor that spans all three layers (Bright Data, Oxylabs) to simplify integration and compliance” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Oxylabs | Business-grade performance, strong infrastructure | 100M+ IPs | High-volume business scraping” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about IPRoyal

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Removed from some recommendation lists due to concerns about fake reviews and transparency issues.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Why Caution is Advised: If you require strict vendor audits or clear documentation of their practices for compliance (GDPR/SOC2), this lack of transparency makes them a poor fit.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Caution. ... the proxy quality is poor—causing account bans” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“MarsProxies or IPRoyal offer the best balance of price, features, and reliability” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“IPRoyal (strong reviews, ethical sourcing, good value at ~$1.75–$7/GB)” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“Frequently top-rated for value; large global pool, hands-on support, and flexible pricing” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Decodo vs OxylabsDecodo vs IPRoyalWebshare vs OxylabsWebshare vs IPRoyalSmartproxy vs OxylabsSmartproxy vs IPRoyalDataImpulse vs OxylabsDataImpulse vs IPRoyalOxylabs vs Bright DataOxylabs vs Proxy-CheapBright Data vs IPRoyalIPRoyal vs Proxy-CheapAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full proxy and web data standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.