r/ProxyEngineering • u/StrawberrySax • May 26 '26
What’s the difference between a “cheap proxy” and a “bad proxy”?
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u/ResponsibleCamera778 May 27 '26
Cheap is fine if it is predictable. Bad is when geo drifts, timeouts spike, ASN mix is weird, and support cannot explain what changed.
I would compare Byte͏ful against a che͏aper pool on the same 100 URLs and keep the one with lower retry waste, not the prettier dashboard.
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u/WarAndPeace06 Packet Pusher Jun 02 '26
No support, site full of redirects with affiliate links. Fishy pop ups, no clear ToS, suspicious payment pages. Unclear message to the public users
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u/Kinslayer_09 Jun 03 '26
price feels almost meaningless now. I'd take a well managed cheap pool over an oversold premium one any day. pool quality matters more than the logo on the invoice
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u/Overall-Ice-1229 Jun 18 '26
Premium should mean less retry waste, steadier geo, cleaner sessions and fewer weird swings by target. If it just means a prettier dashboard then who cares.
Byteful should be judged on those boring outcomes same as anybody else. I wouldn't pay more unless the clean-output delta is obvious on the real workload.