# Webshare: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 29 judge labels across 1 category by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/webshare

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proxy and web data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/index.md) | 13% | 2 | 10% | 29 |

## What the models said for it

- "Cheapest general-purpose option: Webshare — very low entry pricing and good for small-scale or mixed workloads." (GPT-5.4 mini, Proxy and web data)
- "For most budget-conscious companies, Webshare is the best starting point (free to try)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "Decodo and Webshare are the top choices for small businesses with limited budgets" (Mistral Small, Proxy and web data)
- "Webshare is the best starting choice—especially for datacenter or static ISP proxies" (Perplexity Sonar, Proxy and web data)

## And against it

- "Entry-level (Webshare, Rayobyte, Evomi) if you need reliability for business-critical tasks." (Grok 4.20, Proxy and web data)
- "it generally looks more like a cost-conscious option than the best all-around business choice" (GPT-5.4 mini, Proxy and web data)
- "Weaknesses: Lower success rates on anti-bot-protected sites, more detection risk" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Proxy and web data)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Webshare, from 63 of the 67 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- proxyway.com: 25
- brightdata.com: 22
- docs.google.com: 21
- proxy-cheap.com: 20
- aimultiple.com: 19
- proxidize.com: 19
- decodo.com: 17
- github.com: 13
- pcmag.com: 13
- g2.com: 11

### Pages cited

- https://pcmag.com/picks/the-best-proxies: 13
- https://brightdata.com/blog/proxy-101/best-proxy-providers: 12
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gp7l4B_kyiketulofPTPJ80uWtLKqLqPBlG7tpkw618/mobilebasic: 12
- https://me.pcmag.com/en/proxy/22143/the-best-proxies-for-2024: 11
- https://aimultiple.com/proxy-providers: 9
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V_LNmu_MKZMCxIiUJIDrLaVRkuIytT6YOm5D0-FsgSo/mobilebasic: 9
- https://proxyway.com/research/proxy-market-research-2026: 9
- https://proxidize.com/blog/best-proxies-for-b2b-data-collection: 7

## In its own words

What Webshare's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Fast, reliable proxies you can set up yourself (https://webshare.io/)
- For: From your first free proxies to billions of requests, Webshare makes it simple to start and scale. (https://webshare.io/)
- Price stated: $2.99 /month, $6.00 /month, $3.50 /month, $0.741 /IP billed monthly, $1.33 /IP billed monthly, $0.926 /IP billed monthly, $2.10 /IP billed monthly (https://webshare.io/)
- Starting price: $2.99 (https://webshare.io/)
- Free plan or trial: 10 Proxies Free Today. No credit card required (https://webshare.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 50 (https://www.webshare.io/integrations)
- Hosting: 195 countries, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Canada, Netherlands

## What it publishes

Every page webshare.io exposes, read 2026-10-05: 501 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 146 pages, 69 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-26
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 18 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- glossary or explainer: 103 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Ad verification for cybersecurity firms https://www.webshare.io/blog/ad-verification-for-cybersecurity-firms
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Adspower proxy https://www.webshare.io/blog/adspower-proxy
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Android free proxy https://www.webshare.io/blog/android-free-proxy
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Anti bot system https://www.webshare.io/blog/anti-bot-system
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Bing proxy https://www.webshare.io/blog/bing-proxy
- Recent: 2026-09-21 blog: Bitbrowser proxy https://www.webshare.io/blog/bitbrowser-proxy

## 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.