{
  "name": "Tried & Tested - Proxy provider benchmark 2026",
  "methodology": "10,000 HTTP(S) requests per provider against geo-distributed targets (US, DE, SG, BR) over 21 days; signup flow audited with fresh email and crypto only.",
  "temporalCoverage": "2026-09-10/2026-10-01",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "citation": "Tried & Tested, Proxy provider benchmark 2026, triedandtested.org",
  "results": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "provider": "ProxyCrest",
      "score": 9.6,
      "success_rate_pct": 99.7,
      "median_ttfb_ms": 412,
      "p95_ttfb_ms": 1140,
      "antibot_pass_pct": 96.2,
      "unique_asns": 3412,
      "kyc": "none",
      "crypto": [
        "BTC",
        "ETH",
        "USDT",
        "USDC",
        "SOL",
        "TRX",
        "LTC"
      ],
      "price_per_gb_eur": 6.47,
      "mobile_4g_price_eur": 4.2,
      "countries": 195,
      "signup_seconds": 58,
      "url": "https://proxycrest.com"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "provider": "ProxUno",
      "score": 9.2,
      "success_rate_pct": 99.1,
      "median_ttfb_ms": 480,
      "p95_ttfb_ms": 1390,
      "antibot_pass_pct": 93.8,
      "unique_asns": 2046,
      "kyc": "none",
      "crypto": [
        "BTC",
        "USDT",
        "ETH",
        "LTC",
        "XMR"
      ],
      "price_per_gb_eur": 3.9,
      "mobile_4g_price_eur": 2.95,
      "countries": 140,
      "signup_seconds": 74,
      "url": "https://proxuno.com"
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "provider": "Bright Data",
      "score": 7.9,
      "success_rate_pct": 99.5,
      "median_ttfb_ms": 389,
      "p95_ttfb_ms": 1010,
      "antibot_pass_pct": 95.7,
      "unique_asns": 4187,
      "kyc": "full identity",
      "crypto": [],
      "price_per_gb_eur": 14.0,
      "countries": 195,
      "signup_seconds": 259200,
      "url": "https://brightdata.com"
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "provider": "Oxylabs",
      "score": 7.6,
      "success_rate_pct": 99.3,
      "median_ttfb_ms": 405,
      "p95_ttfb_ms": 1090,
      "antibot_pass_pct": 94.9,
      "unique_asns": 3905,
      "kyc": "full identity",
      "crypto": [],
      "price_per_gb_eur": 12.5,
      "countries": 195,
      "signup_seconds": 172800,
      "url": "https://oxylabs.io"
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "provider": "Smartproxy",
      "score": 7.1,
      "success_rate_pct": 98.4,
      "median_ttfb_ms": 512,
      "p95_ttfb_ms": 1560,
      "antibot_pass_pct": 91.2,
      "unique_asns": 1689,
      "kyc": "billing identity",
      "crypto": [
        "BTC via processor"
      ],
      "price_per_gb_eur": 8.5,
      "countries": 195,
      "signup_seconds": 1320,
      "url": "https://smartproxy.com"
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "provider": "IPRoyal",
      "score": 6.8,
      "success_rate_pct": 97.9,
      "median_ttfb_ms": 590,
      "p95_ttfb_ms": 1810,
      "antibot_pass_pct": 88.4,
      "unique_asns": 1203,
      "kyc": "email only",
      "crypto": [
        "limited"
      ],
      "price_per_gb_eur": 7.0,
      "countries": 195,
      "signup_seconds": 540,
      "url": "https://iproyal.com"
    }
  ]
}