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Proxy and web data providers · November 2026 Edition

Webshare vs IPRoyal

Zero of fourteen models named Webshare first on the direct prompt; zero named IPRoyal. Webshare was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and IPRoyal by thirteen and Webshare carries 29 labels and IPRoyal 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Webshare

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

IPRoyal

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2937A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Webshare 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 Webshare · Decodo vs IPRoyal · Webshare vs Smartproxy

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.
WebshareFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIPRoyal
Direct001 against Webshare
Paraphrase001 against Webshare
Comparative001 against Webshare
Budget-constrained71
Scale-constrained00
Negative014 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, Webshare and IPRoyal were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 67 answers naming Webshare and the 103 naming IPRoyal. In those answers IPRoyal took the first choice one time and Webshare six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Webshare 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
Webshare IPRoyal first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Webshare on the left and IPRoyal on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmartproxy alternatives: Bright Data, IPRoyal, NetNut, Oxylabs
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

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Decodo alternatives: NetNut, Oxylabs
GPT-5.4 miniBright Data, Oxylabs alternatives: NetNut, Smartproxy, Zyte API
Perplexity SonarDecodo alternatives: Oxylabs, SOAX
Mistral SmallDecodo alternatives: DataImpulse, Proxidize, Proxyrack, Rayobyte
Kimi K2Decodo, Smartproxy alternatives: DataImpulse, SOAX
GPT-6 LunaDecodo alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs
Muse Glimmer 30BDecodo alternatives: Bright Data, Oxylabs, Proxidize, Smartproxy

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
Webshare leads by two points.
Webshare11%#2 of 8
IPRoyal9%#3 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Webshare leads by eleven points.
Webshare13%#2 of 13
IPRoyal2%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Webshare0%#– of 7
IPRoyal0%#7 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Webshare

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

“Entry-level (Webshare, Rayobyte, Evomi) if you need reliability for business-critical tasks.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
“it generally looks more like a cost-conscious option than the best all-around business choice” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Weaknesses: Lower success rates on anti-bot-protected sites, more detection risk” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Cheapest general-purpose option: Webshare — very low entry pricing and good for small-scale or mixed workloads.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“For most budget-conscious companies, Webshare is the best starting point (free to try)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Decodo and Webshare are the top choices for small businesses with limited budgets” Mistral Small · budget 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 WebshareDecodo vs IPRoyalWebshare vs SmartproxyWebshare vs DataImpulseWebshare vs OxylabsWebshare vs Bright DataWebshare vs Proxy-CheapSmartproxy vs IPRoyalDataImpulse vs IPRoyalOxylabs vs IPRoyalBright 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.