Rayobyte
Why models recommend it
“Need simpler proxy-only usage? → Rayobyte or a similar proxy-focused provider.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · alternative
“If cost is your primary driver, start with Rayobyte or IPRoyal.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Covers entry to mid-market, with a good range of proxy types.”Mistral Small · Direct question · alternative
“Rayobyte is also highlighted as cost-conscious.”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Entry-level (Webshare, Rayobyte, Evomi) if you need reliability for business-critical tasks.”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“Drawback: Their interface is functional but dated compared to Smartproxy, and their customer support can occasionally be slower than the others.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
“Budget providers (Webshare, Rayobyte) have significantly lower success rates on protected sites”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · warning
“Providers like IPRoyal and Rayobyte showed poor stability”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Rayobyte, over the 21 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 8 | View → | |
| 17 | 6 | View → | |
| 15 | 5 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Rayobyte →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 19 of the 21 answers that named Rayobyte and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-six of the sixty domain citations in answers naming Rayobyte came from a third party's page. Four were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |